The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-04
Opened Up New Epoch of the PrOletarian
Revolution in Imperialist Countries

That means that the October Rev.
olution opened a new epoch, an
epoch of the proletarian revolution in
the imperialist countries. 1t has de-
prived the landowners and the cap
italists of the means and instruments
of production and converted them
into social property, and by this
means opposes social property against
bourgeois property. It has thereby
exposed the lie of the capitalists re-
garding the inviolability, the sacred
ness and the permanency Of bour-
geois property.
1t has wrested power from the
bourgeois, deprived it Of political
rights, shattered the bourgeois state
apparatus and handed over power to
the Soviets, thereby opposing bour-
geois parliamentariSm, as the cap
italist democracy. Lafargue was right
when he said already in 1887, that on
the day following the revolution all
former capitalists will lose the right
to vote" The October Revolution
thereby exposed the lie of the social
democrats that a peaceful transition
to Socialism by bourgeois parlia-
mentarism is possible.
But the October Revolution has not
stopped short at this. 1t could not
stop short at this. After shattering
the old bourgeois order, it proceeded
to build up the new Socialist order.
Ten years of the October Revolution
are ten years of building up the
Party, the trade unions, the Soviets,
the cooperatives, the cultural organ
izationS, transport and communica-
tons, industry and the Red Army.
The Proletariat Can Rule
The indubitable success of the So
cialism Of the Soviet Union on the
field Of construction has palpably
shown that the proletariat can sue
cessfully rule country without the
bourgeoisie and against the bour-
geoisie; can successfully conduct the
whole national economy without the
bourgeoisie and against the bour-
geoisie; and that it can successfully
build up Socialism in SPIT Of the
capitalist environment. The old
theory" that the exploited cannot
do without the exploiters, has now
become the cardinal point Of the
political philosophy of the social
democracy in general and of the
social democratic policy Of coalition
with the bourgeoisie in particular
This theory" which has assumed
the character of q prejudice, con-
stitutes today one Of the most serious
obstacles in the way of the revolu-
tionary proletariat in the capitalist
countries. One Of the most important
results of the October Revolution Is
the fact that 1t gives a deadly blow
to this fallacious theory"
Such generally known facts as the
steady growth Of Communism in the
capitalist countries, the increasing
sympathy Of the proletarians of all
countries for the working class in the
Soviet Union, and finally the flock
ing Of workers delegations to the
land OF the Soviets demonstrate be-
yond dispute that the seed scattered
by re october Revolution is already
beginning to bear fruit.
q. The october Revolution has
shaken imperialism not only In the
centers Of its rule, in the mother
countries" 1t has also delivered its
blow against the outpOsts Of i'm
perialism, as well as against Its Dor
der districts, and undermined the
rtxIa saF ina. ~. Iser~ &c.
and dependent countries.
The October Revolution, by over
throwing the landowners and capital
lists, has broken the chain of ma
tional and colonial suppression and,
without exception, liberated from this
yoke all the subjugated peoples of
this gigantic State. The proletariat
cannot emancipate itself without
emancipating the subjugated peoples.
The October Revolution has accom-
plished these national and colonial
revolutions in the Soviet Union not
under the banner of national hos
tility and of COLLISIONS between the
nationalities, but under the banner
Of mutual confidence and of fraternal
approachment Of the workers and
peasants Of the nationalities, not In
the name Of nationalism but in the
name of internationalisni.
People Really Free
Precisely for this reason the pariah
peoples, the slave peoples have, for
the first time in the history Of hui
mainly, risen to the level Of peoples
who are really free and really equal,
and who have by their example in
fected the suppressed peoples Of the
whole work