The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-10
OF THE CHURCH
AND THE SOCIAL FASCISTS
AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION

what the Archbishop of Canterbury has tolt
them to say. The "Vorwarts,' the chief organ
of the German social democracy, praises the
papal appeal as IAN acknowledgment of the
principles of humanitarian democracy" and de-
clares that it is really high time that all
who are endeayoring to hold aloft the prin-
ciple of spiritual freedom took action against
Moscow" This organ of the social fascists Sc
vering and Zoergiebel has the brazenness to
support the anathema pronounced by the pope
by referring to the resurrection of the middle
ages" not perchance in social democratic Prus-
sia which concluded concordate with the
catholic church, but in the separation of church
and state and church and school in Soviet Rus
sia Thus, that which the social democracy in
it's better days advocated as its own demand,
it now describes, inlpapal jargon, as "a savage
terrorization of religious life"
One is declined to dismiss the whole matter
as something ridiculous and absurd, but thu
crusade, so far as its international historics
tasks are concerned, is of much deeper signi-
ficance. Hitherto it was one of the great
sources of trouble and worry to the world i'm
peralists and their social fascist train-bearers
that with the very extensive technical-military
preparations for war on the Soviet Union there
was lacking the necessary war theology in the
masses. The warmongers are quite aware that
without such an all-embracing and effective
war theology it would be risky business to
venture war.
In seeking for the most attractive war ideol-
ogy, the imperialists hit upon the papal slogan
of the necessity of protecting christian Euro
pean civilization from Goddess and Asiatic Boil
shevism. Here there was offered relatively
favorable opportunity to make use of the re-
ligious fanaticism of the masses for theological
war preparations.
That it is precisely the pope who is playing
the leading role in this anti-Soviet crusade is
not surprising. The catholic church and its
international structure best corresponds to the
imperialist League of Nations. Its authorita-
tive and dognlatic teachings based upon the alb
solute obedience of the masses, runs parallel
to the main feature of fascsn. The catholic
church, by the establishment of missions to the
heather in all parts of the world, has at the
same time the organizatonal means in its
hands for supporting world imperialism against
the Soviet Union and the oppressed colonial
peoples allied with it. Il
Thus regarded, the papal social-fascist CRIT
SADIE against the Soviet Union is nothing els j
but higher stage of the imperialist war pre-
parations against the rule of the Russian work.
ers and peasants. That all reactionary forces,
including the social democrats, stand united
behind the papal anathema against the Soviet
Union, only shows the attractive force of this
religious war theology and Herewith the in
creased danger Of war.
Therefore far from regarding the clerical
offensive as mere trifle the revolutionary
proletarians in all countries must display in
creased vigilance and stand ready to defend
the fatherland of all workers.