The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-22

the actions of the Labor" govern
ment, which reduced unemployment
relief, carried through age-cuts, in
troduced economies" etc.
In exactly the same way, the strug-
gle against Fascism remains a hypo-
critical phrase if it is not accom-
panied by the organization of the
united front of the working class
with the aim of barring the path OF
the Fascist attack from the very be-
ginning.
BETRAYAL OF S. D.
DISRUPTS UNITY OF WORKERS
But in every country, the parties Of
the Second International, including
the British Labor Party, are doing
everything in their power to hold
back the majority of the workers
from participating in the united front
with the Communists for the struggle
against the bourgeoisie and Fascism.
BY their policy of collaborating
with the bourgeoisie and by their pol
lev of splitting the united front of
the working class the parties Of the
Second International are building a
road for Fascism.
Before the eyes of the workers of
all countries stands the example OF
German Social-Democracy. Under
the slogan Against Fascism and
Against Communism" it consistently
supported every reactionary govern
ment in Germany on the plea that 1t
was the slesser evil'' as compared
with an open Fascist dictatorship,
and in this way it restrained the
masses from the struggle against the
Fascist danger.
At the same time it attempted to
show the exploiters by means OF all
kind of concessions to the bour-
geoisie, at the expense of the work.
ers, that they had no need to replace
the democratic" constitution by a
Fascist dictatorship in order to carry
out their policy of attacking the
standard of living of the toilers.
All the repeated and insistent at
tempts of the Communist Party OF
Germany to call on the workers for
solid anti-Fascist activity, to form a
united proletarian front of struggle
were disrupted and betrayed by
Social Democracy and the leaders OF
the reformist trade unions. In this
way they succeeded in paralyzing the
efforts of the Communists to mob
iIize the majority of the working
class for mass resistance to Fascism
demonstrations, political strikes.
The other parties of the Second
international, and the trade union
leaders of the Amsterdam Interna-
tional who are connected with them
follow the same path as German
Social-Democracy.
Similarly the struggle against i'm
perialism and the wars which it ii
preparing remains an empty phrase
in the mouths of those who do moi
honestly and insistently strive tt
mobilize the working class for an II.
reconcilable struggle against the i'm
perialism of its town. country.
But the parties of the Second In.
ternational are themselves infected
through and through with thu
theology of bourgeoisie chauvinisn
and are interested in the success O.
the robber policy of their own i'm
perialism. Just as the Social-Demo
cratic Parties in every country sup
ported their governments during tn,
war, so are they now supporting TIN
bloody suppression of the colonia
peoples and other independent ma
lions, and the policy of preparing nev
wars.
In those cases when a Social
Democratic Party forms part Of tn
government, it directly carries ou
this violent imperialist policy OF tn
bourgeoisie (bloody repression in In
Ola and the bombing of unarmet
populations under the Labor govern.
ment).
Also, in the struggle between tn
capitalist countries and the Uniol
of Soviet Socialist Republics, tn,
Parties of the Second international
have really joined in the anti-Sovie
front of the capitalist world.
FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN REFORMSM AND
COMMUNISM
Therefore, there cannot be an!
i question of really serious support TO
the struggle of the Communist In
ternational against the capitalist of
fensive, against Fascism, imperial
ism and the menacing war danger, !
at the same time the harmful role o
the reformists and their hostile pol
Icy towards the working class are no
exposed and if struggle is not car
ried on against, them at every ster
If the Independent Labor Part,
wishes to help the struggle of tn
Communists against the bourgcoisi
and their chief social support in TIN
ranks of the working -class--the Sec
ond International, it will give rea
assistance to the development OF tn
uorkinp-c1ass movement.