The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-13

synonym Tor the capitalists. Hitler
ism told its victims: hit the Jew
and you hit capitalism. 1t told
them that those attacking national
ism because it helps the capitalists
are really Jewish agents of the
capitalists or agents of the Jewish
capitalists bent upon destroying the
unity Of the German people. This
unity is presented as the only
way out Of Germany'S misery. Thus,
with a few left phrases, Hitlerism
turned the anti-capitalist hatred of
the masses into a reactionary force
in the hands of the ca. oitalists. An
ti-Semitisn is thus constructed as
q safety valve which is to produce
arlt1-Jewish pogrons as a backfire
against threatening anti-capitahst
rebeilCns.
THE nationalist propaganda OF
Hitlerism proceeds similarly. The
masses instinctiyely blame the last
capitalist war for their plight. Hit
lerism switches this blame from the
native capitalists to the victor ma
tons. Hitlerite propaganda de-
clares class divisions the artificial
creation of Jewish propaganda. The
unity of interest of the working
masses of the world unity which
crosses all national boundary lines,
is buried by Hitlerism in mountains
of empty and meaningless national
list phrases. These phrases pro-
claim the unity" Of the natior
This propaganda intends to ST Vi
the suffering masses from fight
ing for themselves and to win them
to fight for the interests OF the
rich instead, by declaring the in
tereStS OF the capitalists the inter-
eSUS OF the nation. Glass peace is
put forward as the remedy, and
class struggle as the cause of the
misery OF the masses. This pro-
paganda aims at, a new war TO win
back for Germany, that is for the
German capitalists, q place i'll the
sun they lost in the last war. The
greatness" of Germany, which
greatness is measured by the op-
portunities the possibly victorious
German capitalists have in exploit
ing the world, is turned into an
inviting mirage. The purpose OF
this illusion is to make the present
misery of the masses bearable in
expectation of a glorious" future.
Thus it hopes to transform re-
bellion against this misery from a
revolution against tho capitalists to
a war for the capitalists
PERMANENT"
COUNTER REVOLUTION.
Tie upper strata Of the Hitler
movement are, of course, not VIC
tins Of these illusions. They are
their producers. These political
dope peddlers, former army officers,
ideologists and members of the
bourgeoisie and of the petty bour-
geoisie, and some members of the
jurker class, are consciously orga-
nizing and training the shock
troops OF fascisrn, Tor the defense
OF German capitalism. But great
masses of the followers of Hitler
ism are really inverted radicals and
are victims of Hitlers denagogy
and OF their illusions.
THIS is q determining factor of
the possibility of the success"
Of Hitler. Will Hitler temporarily
succeed in easing the burden of
the German masses? Will he thus
avoid revolution?, are the questions
asked today in meetings. No, Hit
lers function is not that. His task
Is not to revise the policies OF Ger
man capitalism SO that they may
become less burdenSome to the
masses. His task is to carry thru
these policies of capitalism, by ali
means. Since these policies must
of necessity become progressively
more burdensome to the masses
and therefore challenge, more and
more the resist ance of the masses
against them. the rule of German
capitalism today takes the form OF
fascisrn. The increasingly anti
social system Of capitalism cannot
be maintained any more by normal
means. Its anti-social character
creates continuously anew revo-
lutionary reactions on the part Of
the masses. The danger Of revolu-
ton against capitalism becomes
daily more acute. German capital
ism tries to meet this acute danger
of revolution by establishing per-
manent counter-revolution - fas-
cisrn.
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