The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-11
Socialists Fear Ruin of Civilization" Capital
ISM and Rise of Some New Form of Class
Rule" Dictatorship of the PrOletariat.)
by BURC@

ISM and Rise OF Some New FORM OF Glass
Rule" Dictatorship of the Proletariat)
And if any worker has any doubts about the
role of the socialist party the same DECLARE
TON OF PRINCIPLES furnishes proof beyond
doubt as to the aims of the socialist party and
its betrayers of every struggle of the workers.
Says the declaration 9" =. nor does it (the SP.)
think of its present task as being the negative
one Of destroying capitalism such cataclysm
might result in the ruin of civilization Tread
capitalism, J.S.) or in the rise of some new form
of class rule" So now we have it. The social
list party is to put the class struggle back in
its DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES And what
for? In order to fight against capitalism? In
order to destroy the capitalist system? In Or
der to realize the rule of the proletariat? Oh
no. They have Just told us that they do not
conceive their duty to be a negative" one Of
destroying capitalism They have Just told us
that this would result in the ruin of civiliza-
ton" And what is this civilization? 1t is
good old capitalism And the socialists certainly
do not want to ruin civilization Capitalism.
Or it may result in some new form Of class
rule" And what may this new class rule be?
We have just been told that the socialist move
ment grows out of the revolutionary class strug~
gle" And that there are two classes. Then
what class rule are the socialists afraid of? Is
it perhaps the rule of capitalists? But even the
socialists will not be so stupid as to tell us that
now we have the rule of the working class. They
will readily admit that now we have the rule
of the capitalists. Then what rule can there
be otherwise than the present. class? OF course
the proletariat. And the socialists certainly are
afraid of that They are afraid of the rule of
the proletariat They are afraid of the Die
tatorship of the Proletariat. They are trying
to destroy the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
which already rules over one sixth of the globe.
They are trying to save the rule of the capital
lists, the Dictatorship of the Capitalist Glass
And it is for this reason that the socialist party
fearing either the ruin of civilization Capital
ISM" or "some new form of class rule Dicta-
torship of the Proetariat)" which of course
means the same thing are trying hard to save
capitalism. And once on this job they are,
of course, ready to more than give a helping
hand to the ruling class to get out of the present
crisis, so that the socialist party shall be able
Ito devote its efforts above all to the duty of pre-
pairing within capitalist society the conditions
necessary for building of the cooperative Com-l
monweaIth."
This requires that the burdens of the crisis shall
be placed upon the shoulders of the masses.
That the masses shall starve and not fight for
unemployment insurance That the masses shall
accept and not fight against wage cuts That
the masses shall be ready to die in new im-
perialist war in order to save capitalism. That
the masses shall be ready to fight against the
Soviet Union But the reader may ask Are
not the socialists proc inning that they are for
unemployment insurance, against wage cuts.
against war, etc?" OF course they do.
Words Versus Deeds.
But Lenin has already taught us that she
who believes in words is an idiot" The words
of the socialists are but to catch the inexper-
fenced masses and mislead them. To cover up
their foul deeds with radical phrases. Their
declaration of principles makes things more than
clear. Put the class struggle back agains to
fool the masses and then do everything possible
to stop the possibility of ruin Of civilization"
or some new form of class rule" The Com
munst Party is the only Party of the working
class. 1t is the only Party that stands on the
basis OF the class struggle of the exploited
against the exploiters Yes, the socialist party
believes in the claes struggle. But it repre-
aonCs and n9ht3 er ia CO. EALIST CLASS.
The working c-cea uc:'cc ti,o leadership of Com
munst Party will carry on struggle in de-
Tense of the interests OF the workers and make it
more and more difficult for the capitalists tai
overcome the crisis at the expense Of tbs work-l
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