The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-09
"Anti-SOviet Lies and the Five
Year Plan"
Reviewed by A. PRINTZ

IN this period when world imperialism, with
American imperialism at its head, is openly
preparing new world war and military inter
vention against the Soviet Union; at time
when the economic war against our Socialist
fatherland is fast becoming armed attack
against the Soviet Union, the above pamphlet
along witch others recently published by the
Communist Party of the United States through
the Workers Library Publishers, are of particular
Importance to the broad masses of workers and
are invaluable for organizing and modifying the
workers for revolutionary action
These pamphlets bring out in the clearest and
most emphatic fashion that the new world war
now being prepared by imperialism and its faith
full henchmen, social fascism is too near a pos
sbility to permit of vague discussion and aim
less elaboration; that imperialism waits but for
an opportune moment to set into motion the
war machinery for an armed attack against the
Soviet Union; hence the immediate need for
an organized opposition on the part of the
working class against imperialist war for the
defense of the Soviet Union and for turning
the war against class brothers into one against
the class enemy.
In simple understandable words in popular
style Comrade Bedacht tells of the feverish i'm
perialist war preparations and of the particular
role of Uncle Sam in his holy" Crusade against
the Soviet Union. The brochure is a clear and
convincing answer to all capitalist lies about
the Soviet Union. The author simply takes
the reader by the hand, leads him through the
whole repulsive swamp of capitalsm's biased
phantastc and Systematically planned lies
shows him their origin and purpose and gives
the reader clear-out MARKHAM answer to the
entire fascist and Social-fascist barrage of lies
Comrade Bedacht poses both systems, the ca
lief
and gives the reader thorough analysis of both
in such fashion that the whole capitalist cam
paign of lies against the Soviet Union reveals
itself in all its ugliness
With facts and figures the author brings to
us the colossal unheard of growth of industrial
ization in the various branches of national eco
nomy, the sweep and tempo of Socialist con-
struction and the extraordinary rise in the
workers standard of living, the increase and up
hill march of domestic consumption and the
growth of the purchasing power.
When we see the Socialist system in its growth
and expansion contrasted with the decaying,
rotting capitalist system, based on exploitation
and robbery we understand the reason for this
gigantic industry of lies that has grown to such
immense proportions in this period of deepen
ing capitalist crisis. 1t becomes clear that it
is not merely lie-fabrcating, but war fabrica-
ton, aimed with all their strength against the
Soviet Union.
This brochure must become an effective
weapon in our campaign to shatter the deadly
barrage OF lies and insinuations against our So
cialist fatherland Every worker should read this
pamphlet in order to acquaint himself with the
facts OF Socialist construction and with the
plans and lies of the capitalists and their $50
cialist' friends The reader should particularly
realize from this pamphlet that the problem
now is not so much the recognition of the Sow
let Union as the defense of the Soviet Union