Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-19
Stain Cites Communist Stand On
FOrcibIe Revolt In Wells Interview

rotten that II must fall to the
ground by itself.
mo, revolution or replacement
Of one social system by another
was always a fierce struggle, q
painful life and death struggle.
And every time when people Of
the new world came to power
they were forced to defend them
selves against the attempts of
the old world to bring back the
forces Of the old order. These peo-
pie of the new world had always
to be on guard, ready to resist the
attacks of the old world on the
new order.
"Yes, you are right when you
say that the old social order is
breaking down, but it will not
break down by itself. Take fas-
cism for instance, Fascism Is the
reactionary force attempting to
preserve the old world by VIC
lenee. What will you do with
fascists? Will you persuade
them? Convince them? But this
will have no effect on them.
Communists do not idealiEe
the method Of violence. But Com
munists do not want to be caught
unawsres. They cannot calculate
on the old world going from the
stage by itself. They see that The
old order is defending itself by
force and therefore Communists
say to the working class: Be pre-.
pared to answer force by force.
Do everything to prevent the old
order from crushing you. Do not
put letters on the hands with
which. you will overthrow this
system.
"As you see, the process OF re-
placement OF one social system
for another is for Communists not
simply spontaneous and peace
full process, but a complicated
process, long and violent. Com
munists cannot neglect reckon
ing with facts"
Stain continued: Communists
base themselves on rich historic
experience which teaches that
out-lived classes do not voluntar-
lily leave the stage OF history. Re
member the history OF England
in the Seventeenth Century. Did
not many say that the old social
order had decayed? But was not
Cromwell needed, nevertheless,
to finish 1t off by force?
"The fact is that classes which
must leave the historic stage are
the last to be convinced that
their role has finished.
ut is impossible to convince
them of this. They imagine that
it is possible to patch up assures
in the rotting edifices OF the old
system, that it is possible to re-
pair and save the crumbling edi-
flee of the old order. Therefore
the dying classes take up arms,
and begin by all means to defend
their existence as the ruling
class"
Stain continued: First the
main thing for a revolution is the
existence of a social basis. This
basis for the revolution is the
working class.
Second, the necessary assist
ing force, which is called Party
by the Communists. This includes
the intelligent workers as well as
those elements from the technic-
al inteligentsia who are closely
connected with the working class.
The inteligentsia can be strong
only if united with the working
class. If it goes against the work
ing calss it is converted into 40
thing.
Third, power is required as
the lever for the transformation
New power creates a new legality,
a new order, which is a revolu-
tiOnary order"
At the conclusion of this con-
versation, Wells stated among
other things: AT the present
time throughout the world there
are only two personalities whose
every word is listened to by mil
lions, you and Roosevelt. Others
may preach what they will, no
one either prints or listens to
them. l cannot yet appraise what
has been done in your country,
where L only arrived yesterday.
But l have already seen happy
faces, and healthy people, and /
know that you are doing some
thing very great. The contrast
with 1920 is astonishing"
FRANCE-France, through her
arms factories in CZeohOslOyakia