The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-22

offer Hitler any resistance. but on
the contrary, advanced towards hin,
SO rapidly. For us Communists that
was not a surprise. We said to the
workers that the German Social-De-
mocracy in the period of the Eoyen-
Der Revolution of 1918 and after
wards, up to Hitler's entrance to
power, was a bourgeois party. and
has remained bourgeois party. 1t
saved the bourgeoisie and helped il
IN all the difficult moments of it's
life. Now, when a bourgeois bloc has
been formed around the Fascist par
W, Social-Democracy must naturally
be where the bourgeoisie is. because
1t always carried out the policy of
the bourgeoisie. There is nothing SIR
prising in this.
Will this new treachery be without
consequences for Social-Democrac
and the trade union bureaucrats?
certainly not. The struggle within
Social Democracy is inevitable.
symptoms of this struggle are al
ready at hand. In Wedding. the
workers quarter in Berlin, the So
cial-Democratic Party still had 5000
members even after the Fascist up-
heaval and the new members of the
Social-Democratic Party, under the
assumption that the organizations
would go over into illegality, re-elect-
ed their various committees and
chased the old functionaries out of
the leadership. Practically the same
thing happened in Lichtenberg and
other districts, where the Social
Democratic lower organizations un-
dertook to re-elect their leading COM
mittees. The Berlin district leader
ship of the Social-Democratic Party
prohibited the calling of party meet
ings and discussions under the pre-
text that that would give the Fascists
an opportunity to ban the Social
Democratic Party. In reality the So
cial-Democratic leaders prohibited
discussions and meetings only be-
cause they were afraid of the ire
mendous discomfort existing in the
lower organizations. There were cases
where the Social-Democratic organ
izationS got into communication with
the Communist organizations, with
the nuclei, and in that way informed
themselves as to what was taking
place in Berlin. Here and there they
even helped in bringing out Commu- 4
mist manifestoeS against Fascism. The
lower trade union organizations. I'M
der the influence of the Communists,
began to resist fascisation in many
places. From day to day these mani
festations will undoubtedly become
more frequent.
To the extent that this process is
taking place, constantly greater
number of Social-Democratic work
erS who are dissatisfied with the
treaeherous policy of their leaders
are leaving the ranks of the Social
Democratic Party. Part of these
workers, who still believe in the
radical phrases Of the left" hypo-
critics, will attempt to create new
organization, per-
haps even an illegal organization.
The real revolutionary workers will
go over from Social-Democracy 10
the Communist Party.
1t would, however, be very seri-s
Gus mistake to believe that Social :.
Democracy is already liquidated inc
Germany. To the extent to which
events develop, a situation will arise
where without left" covering Fas-
cism will no longer be in a position
to maintain itself and then it will
utilize the Social Democracy as
cleft" party in order TO prevent the
workers from going over to the Com
1t will require very pains
taking and thorough work by the
Communist Party of Germany in Or
der to convince the German Social
Democratic workers that the Social
Democracy is to blame for the fascists
taking over the power in Germany.
Whoever believes that that can come
through the objective conditions
alone, without the planned, SYSTEM
attic, unselfish and courageous work
of the Communist Party of Germany,
is fundamentally mistaken.