The daily worker., 1933-03-21

We are Publishing IN tuu the
editorial from the Prayda on the
statement of the Executive Com
mittee of the Communist Interna-
tional in reply to the Second In
ternatiOnal. This Pravda editorial
appeared on March III the same
issue which printed the Communist
international call on the United
Front. The Pravda editorial was
completely distorted in a dispatch
by Duranty, the Moscow cOrrespon-
dent TO the New York Times. The
statement of the c. 1. appeared in
full IN the March Is issue of the
Daily Worker.-EditOrial Note,
The appeal Of the Executive Com
mittee of the Communist Interna-
tional to the workers of all countries
which is printed today in Prayda has
great political significance.
The offensive of capitalism against
the living standards of the working
masses continues throughout the cap
italist world. Unemployment con-
tinues to grow. 1t has gripped also
considerable part of workers, or
ganized in the reformist and the
christian trade unions. Ever greater
and greater masses of workers be-
come uncertain about the future.
They are beginning more and more
~ n q CT O
Social Democratic theory, that dur
ing the time Of crises it is impossible
to conduct successfully economic
strikes.
Who Is Paving the Way for
FaScisn.
The establishment of an open taS-
cist dictatorship i'll Germany, which
is a part of the general offensive Of
capital against the working class, Is
demonstrating before the entire
world the bankruptcy of the policy
of the Socisl-Democracy. Fvel
broader strata OF workers are begin
ming to realize that the offensive o.
Fascism became possible due to the
fact that the Social-Democracy hat
gone over to the side of the bour'
geoisie. After the crashing of tht
Wilhelm Monarchy, the Social Dem
ocracy rendered direct aid to tn
bourgeoisie in order to crush thu
Proletarian Revolution.
The murder Of the leaders Of thu
German workerS-Karl Liebknech
and Rosa Luxembourg the polit
ical bandits, among whom was Pabst
who is now in the ranks Of the Ma.
tionaI Socialists, rests wholly upor
the conscience Of the SociaI-Democ.
racyl
The Weimar Republic, headed BY
Social Democracy, has not touched
& single hair Of the head Of the mur.
derers, Of the Junkers, of the Dukes
Barons, Wilhelm's officers and Off
cialdom Of the old regime, The en-
tire terror Of the Welmar Republic
was directed against the working
class, and only against the working
class.
The Social Democracy has done
everything in order to Stangle the
revolutionary movement, W order moi
to allow the going over oS the masses
to the only Just war for their Hhera-
ton. 1t has concluded for the strug.
gle against the masses OF the people
an alliance with the bollrgeoisie ant
the Generals Of the Kaiser. Due te
the policy Of Social Democracy there
has come TO power now the darkest
forces Of reaction.
If the world Social Democracy die
not save capitalism in 1918, Hitlel
would not rule today in Germany
the FascistS would not be in power
in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Austria
Like the workers In the Soviet Union
the proletariat would overthrow cap
italism and would work out the solu.
ton of the great historic problem d
construction Of socialist society.
The Pressure OF the Social Demo.
cratic Workers Upon the Leaders.
The successes Of Fascisrn in Ger
many and the cowardly capitulatior
Of Social Democracy before Fascism
have brought about a crisis in thu
Second International showing in.
deed the bankruptcy of the theories