The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-03
By VIM. z. FOSTER.
written in Jail.)

THE rise of the Soviet Union, which means
the birth of new world system of Soviet
society, is profoundly affecting the viewpoint
of every class in the capitalist world. Even
as it fills the hearts of the ruling exploiting
class with dismay and foreboding, it also gives
the workers new hope and understanding and
inspires them to fresh and more determined
struggle.
The popuarization of the wonderful achieve
ment of the Five-Year Plan now constitutes
the greatest single theological weapon we have
in winning leadership of the workers. Its per-
suasive powers are tremendous, but they are
still largely underestimate by considerable
numbers of our Party members.
The workers learn their great revolutionary
lesson in various ways-by their own practical
experience, by systematic theoretical education,
and by lessons from the struggle of other work
ers; all these ways are interlaced together
The Soviet Union is great revolutionary OBJ
ject lesson, an Overwhelmingly convincing prac-
teal demonstration of the correctness of the
Communist program.
Russian Workers Are Advance Guard.
The Russian workers are the advance guard
of the worlds working class. They lead the
international struggle directly, aiding and in
MIGRATING every phase of it. But aside from
this active leadership, the very existence of the
Soviet Union, by the force of its example, edu-
Gates organizes and enthuses the workers with
decisive force. In this sense it is most power
full lesson.
In the first days of the Russian revolution,
its stimulating force was very great. But this
weakened later when the revolution was fight
ing through it's most difficult years. While
the toilers were suffering bitter hardships, it
was easy for the social fascists to deceive large
masses into believing the cause lost. But now
the power of the great Russian revolutionary
object lesson becomes stronger than ever.
The worlds workers, pressed by the crisis
of the decaying capitalist system and seeing the
tremendous success of the Five-Year Plan, are
penetrating the lies of the capitalists and their
social fascist allies about the Soviet Union.
Consequently they turn in ever greater masses
and with renewed hope towards the Soviet
Union for inspiration
Soviets Spur World Proletariat
They take Up more determinedly and clearly
their own immediate battles and leadership,
and in the next few years, with the progress
in socialist construction, this power of the So
Wet Union to stimulate the world proletariat
to revolutionary struggle will be enormously
increased. 1t will finally become irresistible.
American workers, not merely the members
of our Party feel the revolutionary urge from
the Soviet Union, just as workers in other
countries do. Despite the immense flood of
capitalist lies about the Russian workers, the
toiers in this country are beginning to sense
the meaning of the great events in the Soviet
Union. They are consumed with interest as
to what is actually taking place there In in
creasng degree they are beginning to under
stand the basic contrast between decaying capt.
talism and rising socialism.
The terrific unemployment, wage cuts, etc.