The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-12
ola Vie Socialiste," April-May)

In the last few months extremely interesting
has conducted the columns of the Vie soste the organ of
Socialist France the question congregations and Of
the relations between the religion and the church. that is be-
socialism and religion
that the socialism the Second International
was forced revise its program on 5 IN the bure an
religion, militant phase religious renaissance
every kind Of Intellectual for the
their old atheism religious nderentm and have stretched out
the land of Vol
old traditions bourgeois free thought of
separation church settling down to help religion
making the and preparing itself ideoogcay for
the fight against the proeara How far this religious
spread among intellectual circles specialists technan
Engineers shown by the interesting statistics published
Socste They deal with the ocaed pascal the
by the students the various higher educa
institutions The figures refer such important and influential
institutions the EeOle Pynique the Eeole Centra
Pyecnque Mines de Paris Points Chauee and all the more I'M
poant provincial schools The flower of the French ntegena
these circles that the most solid and capable
minds we'll the of intellectual free thought arise
Pyhnique for the first time 195
1928 students attended In 1928 there were LOO present
invitation the signed by 258S At the Eoe
900 attended 1920 and than thousand
1923 The % nols ut 1f France Taken
whole than 10000 of science officially acknowledge
occupy positions industry and into contact
with working class and that they penetrate very deeply
professors Union of Catholic Engineers which in 1920 had
membership $500 in its ranks These figures
speak eoquenty Henry Navarro when he to Cath
control of Paris reported have said paris
Messe"-tha worth paying the price of the
Today French ntegensa which leads
industry and science might be regarded as saying line struggle
that will supply them with the fight against
opposed this
concerning relations with Rome the revision of legislation against
schools and universities the proletarian
clearly and sharply marked out These the conduct of bitter
the
principles of Marxsm the sphere of religion the relations between
religion religion and socialism, religion and parties and pitt
struggle against infringement the separation of church and
To these tasks intense struggle must be wagd
the slightest attempt the part of the churches to conduct
schools and favor obligatory uniform
secular schools those private schools which are controlled by religious
bodies be abolished These the most elementary the most well
and axoms Only faint traces of this line of
be found the columns of La Vie Soaiste One thing
however they
and the German in that they
with the pomposiy Otto Bauer Max Adler they do
by Marx and Marsm Bauer does his
pamphlet religion and social democracy
Kahn expressed the whole great scientific
ompshment brief polished sentence Religion act
of belief in justice after DEATH
possible This is the contradiction between religion and
right penetrate into the of those
who solve this contradiction in or the other"
This just lengthy and tedious reitera
Socialism with life here and religion with life
hereafter socialism and the have nothing what
do with religion Mam simply leaves the hereafter re-
Marx but Bauer far as to wish to prove
subject the particular form of religion
We wish quite frankly that greatly prefer the Frenhman
Kahn who without studying and reached the
Another French Marxst Dexoun himself on this sub
with equal polish He has discovered that the basic principles of
Marxism consists the ideal puts forward Proetaran Of all
ideal which makes
atheist when they find themselves in and the party the
which recognizes its motto Proetaran of all countries
une" As concerned the principle of secular schools
everything question of religion For he this
against by both the Jacobn ad
ccas both tendencies have the
results both attention of the poara with
religious disputes thereby serving the interests of capitalist
PRESTON misad the workers from the path class struggle More
pearls from Bauer easurechest If Communists age for struggle
the church, against congregations and religion this that
they enounng the class struggle AS though the struggle against
religion the clerical the class
What wonderful pictured The Socialists"
Hers of Ponre led by Paul Boncour of the League Nations
acknowledged of the class
STRUGGLED
1t quite for these fighters welcome
tves Of all religious beliefs with The result rather
for Catholics and Protestan shade
all members party prang his little
Catholics they
but objection the Jewish
party. deeply concerned with exposing
differences between cecasm and christianity If he ce
caism then his advocacy Of christianity Of ue religion becomes
vigorous He makes the astonishing discovery which he
feels that he the "Marxs Bauer eve
consider religion social but biological factor fruits
alone of social nature"
Amazing discovery! Religion biological social factor
Sociology has gained little from and for appreciation the
biological value of this dscoveye leave that to the biologists
Perceau the only who
sincy of socialism and religion, although wholly
fashion attacked by all religious
example apologies for Peccau God the the