The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08

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lately directed to other classes" than
the exploited.
But the giyeaway is contained in
the exposition of the class struggle.
1.-THE class struggle takes many
FORMS" says the Socialist tabloider,
"and it is not always inteIligently
waged by each group"
What does this new wrinkle in So
cialist theory mean in practice? What
is the meaning Of an 'intelligently
waged," class truggle "by each
group?" Which class is to judge what
is intelligent?
An intelligent class struggle from
the viewpoint of workers interests is
one in which the day to day demand
of the workers Unemployment insur-
ance, higher wages are clearly form
ulated and effective action organ
lied and carried through to protect
the interests of the workers against
the capitalist class, endeavoring to
prevent the capitalists from oyercorn-
ing their difficulties at the expense
of the workers and leading the work.
ers to the proletarian revolution and
Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. The
exploiters would not consider such a
class struggle intelligent" They al
ways consider strike of the workers
for higher wages as madness, as
greed, as failure of the workers to
understand the need for capitalist
profit and the necessity of paying
huge dividends to stockholders.
THE revolutionary struggles of the
working class actually leading to
the overthrow Of capitalism is con-
sidered by the capitalists not only as
unintelligent, but as lacking one
grain of sense or consideration for
the parasites. 1t is a fact that the
capitalist class to a man considered
the Russian Revolution as the great
est piece Of historical madness ever
recorded
IN practice land the history of the
socialist misleaders prove IT'D the
idea of an intelligently waged class
struggle "by each group" means the
! abandonment of the class struggle:
1t means class collaboration-the be-
trayal of the interests of the workers
and the rendering of service to the
capitalists.
After entirely abandoning TIL e
phrase ''class struggle" during the
period of prosperity" the socialists
bring it back again to justify their
class collaboration with the capital
lists in this perod Of fascist develop
ment.
Does the socialist tabloider consider,
for example, the socialist appeal to
the workers to vote for Field Marshall
Won Hindenburg of Germany as an
''intellgently" waged struggle ''by
each group" Do the socialists CON
slider the vote for Bruening, which
paved the way for Hitler, as an in
telligent way Of conducting the class
struggle "by each group2" Are the
methods Of the socialist Ramsay Mae
Donald in England an intelligent way
of conducting the class struggle?
In the United States the socialists
point out the intelligence" of Roose-
welt in the class struggle. They point
out the good features" of the in
dustrial slavery bill and its domin-
ant point class collaboration in the
| interest of the preservation of csni
talisn1.
RY calling on the workers and capt.
~ talists to wage an "intelligent'
class struggle by each group" what
do the socialists want? They want
the workers to surrender their class
interests to the bosses. In every in
stance, the socialists show in prac-
tice how this class collaboration should
be carried out "intelligently." In the
trade unions they help the bosses put
over wage cuts. They try to defeat
the united front of the workers
against the growing attacks of capt.
talism. In stressing the blessings
to be gained under the industrial
recovery act, they want to lessen
the struggles of the workers and aid
the fascist development of the Roose-
welt regime.
The capitalists recognize the ex-
istence of the class struggle, but 1t is
their object to keep the workers from
becoming class conscious and wagine
his day to day struggles against capt.
talisrn. The socialists talk about an
intelligently waged class struggle 'by
each group is direct support to the
class oppression of the exploiters.
AN intelligently waged class struggle
II on behalf of the working class is
a struggle of the workers against the
other group against the capitalists
and lead the workers to abolish CAPT
talism. Where do we see the class
struggle on behalf of the toiling mass
es most intelligently conducted?
We see it in the Soviet Union
where, under the leadership of the
Communist Party, the toilers have
actually overthrow the rule of cap
ttalism. We see the intelligently con-
Quoted class struggle in the carrying
through of the Five-Year Plan and
in the building of socialism.
WHEN they speak of intelligent
W action they have in mind an Elm
telligence" which is to the class in
terests of the bosses. When we speak
of intelligent action, we mean reyolu-