The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18

is being prepared by the present imperialist
world war
We do not preach the alliance with the pre-
sent socialist parties (Which dominate the Sec
ond internationally. On the contrary, we insist
on a breach with the compromsers. War is
the best object lesson. In all countries the
compromised politicians, their leaders, their
most influential papers and magazines, have
really formed an alliance against the proleta-
rian masses. You say that there are also in
America, socialists who are in favor of the
''war of defense" We convinced that an
alliance with these people is a crime. This
means an alliance with the national middle
class and with the capitalists and the breach
with the international revolutionary working
class. But we are for the breach with the
nationalist compromised politicians and for the
alliance with the international revolutionary
Marxists and parties of the working class.
We never objected in our press to the unfit
cation of the Socialist Party and Socialist
Labor Party in America. We have always
referred to Marx and Engels' letters Especially
those addressed to Serge who was an active
participant in the American socialist move
ment) in which both of them condemn the sec
tartan character of the Socialist Labor Party.
We entirely agree with your criticism of the
old International. We participated in the Zim-
merwald Conference lin Switzerland, Sept. 5
to s, 1879. We formed there left wing and
presented our own resolution and draft mani
festo. We have just published these documents
in Germany and I sending them to you
together with the German translation Of our
little pamphlet Socialism and War; hoping
that you have comrades in your League who
are familiar with the German language. If you
could help US by publishing these things in
English this is possible only in America, we
would then send them to England) we would
gladly accept your help
In our fight for true Internatonahsm against
the "Jingo-Socialists" always refer in our
press to the leaders of the policy of compro-
mise in America lin the S.P.) who for
restriction of the immigration of Chinese and
Japanese workers Especially after the SUIT
CART Congress of 1907, in opposition to the
decisions made there). We think that nobody
can be an internationalist and can at the same
time defend such restrictions. We maintain:
If, apart from everything else, American, and
especially English Socialists, who belong to
a dominating and depressing nation, do not
fight against each and every restriction of
immigration and against the occupation of
colonies (Hawaiian Islanis), if they do not
fight for the full independence of the latter,
then such Socialists are in reality "Jingos."
In finishing, / repeat best greetings and
wishes for your League. We would be very
glad to get further information from you and
to jointly carry on with you our fight against
the compromise politicians and for true Inter
nationalism.
Yours,
N. LENIN.
There are two democratic parties in
Russia. Our Party Central Committee) is
against the compromise politicians. The sec
ond party Organization Committee) is oppor
tunst. We are against an alliance with them.
You can write to our official address rus
sian Library; for the &C. 7, rue Hugo de
Senger, Geneva, Switzerland) But better
write to my personal address, vladimir Uuja-
now, Sedenweg IA III, Bern Switzerland.