The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-13
Mighty UPsurge of European
Workers Against FaSciSm


IN Paris the proletariat is on the march in a mass
general political strike against fascSm that making
the entire capitalist world vibrate with its strides The
Austrian working class is now engaged in a bitter
armed struggle against fascism In Spain 10000 build
ing workers strike and united front is being
forged to weld the proletariat in a mighty struggle
against reaction.
These are the flames OF the rising offensive of the
revolutionary workers. against the whole rotten sruc
of capitalism with its barred fangs of fascist ad-
vance
Even from the muky dOetored capitalist press cables
from Europe, the American workers the fire of
rising class conflicts OF revolutionary upsurges OF the
proletarat aroused in battle against capitalism.
These rapidly widening struggles, symptoms OF the
maturing world revolutionary crisis are just beginning
With the most startling emphasis they underline the
wisdom and foresight OF the Communist International
the deep political understanding the genius of the 18th
Penum Resolution Of it's Executive Committee.
The tremendous strain of the international class
antagonists in the capitalist countries" says this
oluon, adopted less than two months ago. "aS well
OF the international antagOnss testify to the fact that
the objective prerequisites for revolutionary crisis
atured to such extent that at the present time
world is closely approaching round of revOlu-
ton and wars"
The Austrian, French and Spanish events the civil
in Vienna and Linz, the street battles in Paris
testify to the rapidly maturing revolutionary crisis
RESPITE every attempt Of the socialists the European
socal-dernOcracy, to stave of struggle by claiming
head It, TO meet the onslaughts of fascist reaction
with pacifist submission the proletariat, under the
leadership Of the Communist Parties, is forging its
weapons Of revolutionary struggle In Austria the
caldemocTacy which gave it's support to the fascist
DollfusS as the lesser evil" condoned the attacks
against the Communist Party, which kept the workers
in leash is forced to tag along in desperate move
Of the prolearat to smash back the rising hordes of
fascsm. Civil in Austria, with artillery and ma
chine guns aimed at the workers. with the ranks of
the workers weakened softened and pacied by social
democracy is garing accusation of the criminal sup
port given TO ottering capitalism by the leadership of
the Second Socialist International and its national
cohorts
In France in Austria the workers are beginning
smash down the buwark erected by socal-democracy
and the yellow trade union leaders in order to direct
The most decisive blow against the enemy capitalism
and its advancing fascist dictatorship.
Viewing what is going on in France Austria and
spain, gigantic sparks OF onconing cont1agration
to consume the degenerate forces of hunger war and
fascs, every worker should look his guide to the
resolution Of the Communist International to the
leadership Of the revolutionary vanguard the Comu-
MIST Party.
The 18th Penum Resolution foreseelng lust such
events as transpirtng said:
Even the most savage terror which the bourSeoise
employs, in order to suppress the revolutionary move
ment, cannot, in the conditions when capitalism is
shaken for long brighten the advanced strata of the
toers and restrain it from taking action: the indgna
tion which this terror has aroused even among the
majority of the workers who followed the sOcial-deo
Gratis, makes them susceptible to Communist
agitation and propaganda.
when the bourgeose reOrganzes its tOttering die
satorship fascist basis In order to create firm
solid government this in present conditions leads
70 the strengthening not only its class terrorism
but also Of the elements which disrupt power to the
destruction of the authority of bourgeois law in the eyes
of the broad to the growth internal friction
among the bourgeOse and to the acceleraton of the
collapse Of its main support-sOcial- democracy"
EVERY line Of this quotation applies with as much
force If it written after the general mass
political strike against fascsm France and during
the heighth Of the covil war in Austria
In France the attempt to strengthen fascist reaction