The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-02
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The Futility and Dangers of Pacifism

ment with all the violence at its command pass
successfully from passive resistance to militant attack
without long previous preparation and organization and
without revolutionary leadership? Very little chance
if any. The pacfst illusion that can be
batted by every individual refusing to do service
is sheer nonsense. 1t deceives the and helps
the imperalists
Mass resistance to imperiaist war-and this is the
only resistance that counts-is war, civil against
capitalism revolution. To this the masses must be
educated and prepared by clear realization that the
cause of is capitalism, and that capitalism must
be overthrown For this struggle the must
ganize themselves in their revolutionary class organ
izations, first of all the Communist Party and revolu
honary unions, which alone are carrying on a real
struggle against imperaIst
Imperialst war is not going to be stopped-et
alone abolished-by everyone folding ones 1t is
not 4npe In time of the capitalist class knows
that its very rule is at stake 1t, therefore stops be-
fore nothing to dragon and terrorze the into
the slaughter. The also must be prepared to
stop before nothing to defeat the and defeat capt.
talsn.
Here the pettyborgeois pacifist will declare that
he is opposed to all that he is for peace under all
circumstances. Such position clearly helps the
makers and the imperasts 1t certainly does not stop
the imperialst 1t only demoralizes the masses
and assists the imperiaist governments to corral the
masses into the slaughter The same applies to the
class struggle in the country Pacifist preachings do
not stop the Coal and Iron Police, the Pennsylvania
with the takers of the United Mine Workers, from
numbering and teargassing the striking miners and
their wives and children. But If the miners should
take seriously such preachingswhch fortunately they
do notthey would lose their fight for bread at the
very beginning.
Wars of imperialst governments of OPP
preston and robbery. Military intervention against the
Soviet Union is against the toiling masses all
the world Such war is crime against the work
ing class and all oppressed and exploited. Such
must be condemned and fought against in revou-
tionary way.
But the class war of the masses against their ex-
poers, the of the oppressed colonial peoples for
freedom and national independence-China India
Nicaragua-the revolutionary against imperialist
and for the defense of the Soviet Unionthese
of liberation, the only hope of the toing
and of the whole of humanity to make an end to the
sgones misery of the decaying rottening CAPT
taist system.
Pettybourgeois pacifism expresses the fear of and
disgust with imperiaist among the small capt.
taists who stand between the big capitalists and the
working class But this pacifism also expresses the
fear of the petty bougeoisie with the working class
revolutionary struggle against nperias war and CAPT
tahsin 1t is philosophy of fear and impotence. 1t
is not the philosophy of the working class The
ing class philosophy is Leninsm, the teaching of civil
war against inperiais for the overthrow of capt.
taism and the establishment of working class rule.