The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-14

masses are becoming more sQd more
radicahzed and more and more IN
terested in MarxiSIn -Leninisn, the
socialist leaders have made an effort
to appear MARKHAM" They hal
Marx as the Aristotle Of the 18th
century" and they say through
Morris Hillquit that 'MarxiSm is. q
living force" But what has Hnq,it
found In Marx2 He declares:
Some historical forecasts OF. Karl
Marx may have gone wrong, Some
OF his isolated statements and
theories may have proved erroneous.
Some of the methods OF combat
which he advocated may have been
rendered inefhcatiouS by new social
and political developments, But g.
the class struggle as the. motor of
social progress and the reliance on
the working class as the main M:
strument of human emancipation
has remained mistaken"
Mr.. Hillquit thus repudiateS a
number Of elements Of MarxtSTn re-
tanning the class struggle Some work.
ers may think that Hillquit, though
disagreeing with Marx In some" OF
the latter's statements" and meth
DDS of combat" still remains a Marx
list. This kind of ''MarxiSm" was
characterized by Lenin in the fol-
lowing words: vi !.
NOT A MARxIST > =
He who recognizes only the class
struggle is not yet a MarXdSt;; he
may be found not to have gone be-
yond the boundaries of bourgeois
reasoning and politics To. limit
Marxism to the teachings OF. the
class struggle means to cnrtail
+ Marxism-to distort It. to reduce
it to something which is acceptable
to. the bourgeoisie. A. Marx1St IS
one who extends the acceptance OF
class struggle to the. acceptance Of
the dictatorship Of the. proietariat.
Herein lies the deepest difference
between a Marxist and an ordinary
petty or big bourgeoisie. On this
toouchstone it is necessary to test
real understanding and acceptance
of MarxiSln" - ,.. i,
Mr.. Hil1quit does not accept the
dictatorship OF, the proletariat, He IS
very cautious. He is cautiously vague
He does not specify which elements
of Aiarxisn have been proven wrong, >
erroneous" and which methods OF
combat" have been rendered inafh-
cattous by new social and political
developments. This is because MIR.
Hillouit cannot afford to be. specific.
II he we're to decipher his illusions
it would prove that he Is opposed to
the very essence OF MarxiSm, Ito its
revolutionary soul. 8 The Second In
ternationaI with its Hillquits, Tho
masses, Scheidemanns, Vandervelaes
and MacDonalds repudiates the
Mardan teaching about proletarian
dictatorship and about expropriating
MARKHAM teachings about proletarial1
dictatorship that is building class
Less society. - = '.,
Those swindlers, while repudiating
Marx, try to hide behind Marian
phraseology In order thus to curry
favor with the working class. They
celebrate" the anniversary OF the
death of Karl Marx while fighting
against the very foundations Of Marx
ism. ...-- - -
Marx lives In the dictatorship Of
the proIetsriat of the Soviet Union.
Marx lives in the SoHets Of China.
Marx lives IN the struggles Of the
broad masses the world over under
the leadership Of the Communis.
Party. Marx, lives in the hunger
marches and In the other acts Of
struggle Of the employed and unem-
ployed workers IN, the United States.
Marx and Engels in the Cotnnaun-
list Manifesto said: The proietariat
will use its political supremacy to