The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-13

fight against Fascism and the War
Danger. The leading Socialists OF
the world gathered there.
And out of that emergency"
conference, from which the Social
ist workers OF the world, oppressed
by capitalist exploitation and re-
dictionary terrorism, were to have re-
ceiyed revolutionary, Socialist, guild
ance in their fight against capital
ism, comes this miserable cynicaHy
hopeless prediction that the Social
ist leaders of the world are again
preparing to repeat the notorious
treaehery of 1914.
Out of this conference which was
ito fight Fascism," comes Panken,
the Socialist leader, who sees in the
United States happy capitalist
paradise. where Fascism is forever
an impossibility.
1t is 81 situation that deserves
pretty careful thought from every
worker, particularly the workers in
the Socialist Party, who sincerely
believe that their leaders are aim
ing at a real struggle against the
coming imperialist world slaughter,
who sincerely believe that their
leaders are putting up fight
against Fascism.
Two things stand out in Pankens
statement. He does not believe
that it is necessary to fight against
Fascist reaction in this country,
because I'VE are an international
country" And he is opposed to
workers revolution-he wants to use
democracy" to prevent revolution"
And there is nothing in the make
up Of the American Socialist leader
ship that makes similar action i'm
possible here in this country. The
clubbings that the workers OF Mil
waukee have received from the police
of the Socialist Mayor Hoan are a
grim forecast of what the Socialist
leaders can do along the line OF
preventing revolution"
Even while this Socialist delegate
was talking, about the blessings OF
capitalism, the long, muir
derous guns of the American inn
perialist fleet were lifting their
in the direction OF the
workers quarters in Havana, and
the hideous sound of machine gun
bullets and police clubs meeting
heads and faces of striking workers
could be heard in Paterson, New
Jersey, Utah and Pennsylvania.
Let it not be thought that the So
cialist leaders confine their desire 10
prevent revolution merely to words
In 1918 in Germany, the Socialist
government of NoSke, Ebert and
shot down the Com
mupist workers of Berlin quite as
efficiently as the Kaiser did.
In 1881, at Vienna, the German
Socialists boosted that Germany is
not Italy" They supported linden
berg as being preferable" to Hit
Ter. And let it not be forgotten that
the Socialist leaders all over the
world, including Norman Thomas in
this country, gave their whole
hearted approval 10 this policy.
Thomas hailing Hindenbers as
great democrat"
Now Hindenberg embraces Hitler
in public, murmuring hopefully OF
the return of my master, the
kaiser.
1t is obvious that Panken is now
doing in this country what his So
;ialist colleagues have done in Eu-
rope. He is playing right into the
hands of advancing capitalist Fas-
cist reaction by declaring that the
workers in this country do not have
to wage daily, active, struggle
against the forces of capitalist re-
action, against the growing menace
IF Fascist reaction.
And it is not without siynficance
that Panken is so certain of the
absence of any danger of Fascism,
lust at the moment when the Roose-
'elt government in applying the
NRA slave codes, is developing in
creasingly Fascist tendencies. The
deliberate strikebrezy,ing Of the
Roosevelt government, the instant
'se Of State troops in all strikes Of
arsc proportion, the increasing usc
Of blind, patriotic jingoism and
hysseria in support Of the NRA
codes. the ever-increasing interior
'nces OF the State power to break
strikes, 10 defend and oIIara ntee
profits-all these indicate
ne necessity Of organizing the
VorSers in daily fight for elemental
Evil rights, for the right to strike.
&c. And the Communist Party day In
md Gay out organizes the workers
OF these struggles.
Panken's compliments to American
epitalist dem ocracy," that svindle s
behind which the employers and
ven Street rule the working class
WITH TIE iron hand of capitalist die
acerslaip, are an exact American,
Of the German Social
ct retreat before, and support OF ,
'aeom;ny Fascis.r.
70 r,'2Tsnt, rs-Fo'ution! To last the
2 As9li5t rulers i, tie no.t war!
5as52 era IT, las5-orr the Amer
,sn soci5list lse6ers brought away
rom the rscer, emergency COR
erence to fight against Fascism and =
var
IL is something for Socialist work
rs TO think long and earnestly