The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-17
V. STRUGGLE AGAINST WAR DANGER

V. STRUGGLE AGAINST WAR DANGER.
Our leading, fundamental Communist slo-
gans in the struggle against imperialist war
are: defend the Soviet Union" Transform
imperialist war into Civil War;" and Defeat
of Our Own Bourgeosie." These the
elementary slogans in the struggle against
war. We have seen at different times a ten
dency to give these slogans not exactly cor
rect form-seen in the changing of the so-
gan: Transformation of the imperialist war
into civil war;" into "Answer the 9imperalist
war by civil war; or "Answer the imperialist
war by proletarian revolution" This is wrong,
and we must emphasize the fact that the strug-
gle against war is not an answer that we give
by some one act; it is a process of the de-
velopment of the class struggle, in the course
of which we transform the imperialist war
into the civil war. 1t is whole course of
struggle beginning now. 1t is not the San
swer' of "revolution' it is the development
of the class struggle, which in the of
development transforms imperialist war into
civil war.
Then we must fight against the idea that
these slogans represent different stages of de-
velopment of struggle against war. They
don't. They are slogans which go together
We don't begin with the slogan of defeating
our own government and then develop this
slogan into the slogan of Transforming imper-
ialist war into civil war. The slogan of de-
feating our own government goes hand in
hand with the slogan of transformation of the
imperialist war into civil war.
VI FAsCIsM AND THE A. F. OF L.
We will say a few words about fascist de-
velopment in the United States. In the first
e Id
continued the mistake we have been making
for sometime, in CHASING the A. F. of L. and
Music group together under the description of
social fascist" 1t is quite clear, and we
ourselves have recognized it in all our propa-
ganda, that the A. F. of L. is plainly fascist
1t camouflages itself not at all under the
phrases of social fascism. We mr make the
distinction between the openly fascist A. F.
of L. and the social fascist Music Group In
our propaganda work of the future we must
develop this difference more at length.
In the past we have somewhat neglected to
analyze the role played in fascist development
by prohibition in the United States. This of
course is not a specific class factor social
factor in the development of fascism. 1t is one
of the forms and instruments seized upon by
the bourgeoisie in the mobilization of their
fascist forces. That has already been men
toned in the thesis. l don't want to enlarge
upon or emphasize it too much, and especially
| hope that we will not have further develop
ment of some tendencies which we have seen,
for example, in the Dakota district, which put
out big leaflet on prohibition under the name
of the Communist Party in which the leading
slogan is abolish the Vostead Act" Qaugh-
teri. l don't think that our struggle against
fascism is going to be promoted by the Com
munlSt Party To fax tbo g
the prohibition repeal movement.
VII LESSONS OF MARCH 9TH.
The point which has marked the entrance
OF our Party and the working class into the
new period signalized by the economic crisis,
was March 9Th. The Political Bureau has pub
lished a detailed analysis and appreciation of
the March 9th events. We must understand
the full deep political significance of March
9th for our Party March 9th was the turning
point in the development Of our Party into a