The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Ten Years After

Lenin.
Lenin the theoretcian and strategist the prac-
teal organizer and actual leader OF the Russian pro-
letariat With Lenin's Bolsheyik Party (the Commu-
mist Party at its head the working class Of Russia
overthrow the czarst-capitast regime and on Novem
Der T. 1917, soldly established for the first time in
history, the rule Of the workers, a Soviet Republic
With the same revolutionary blow the staunch allies
OF the proletariat won through Lenins teachings and
leadership, the millions Of peasants and the oppressed
national minoTteS eInancipated themselves also from
the age-long persecution OF the landlords and czars
Lenins Party, the Bolshevik Party was victorious
precisely because it able to harness every reyo-
utonary force, under the leadership of the workers
in the struggle for the seizure of power.
THERE ARE THOSE like A. J. Music and other left
socal-fascist leaders, who would make out Of Lenn
merely Russian" leader, this for the purpose of
destroying the influence Of his revolutionary teachings
on the American workers They praise his revolution
airy achievements there only for the purpose Of con-
ceang their own betrayals Of his fundamental revo-
lutionary teachings here.
Lenin was the leader, the genius" CStaIn) of the
Russian revolution. But he successfully worked out
the problems Of the Russian revolution and led the
oppressed there to victory only because of his
world outlook, because Of his knowledge the world
laws Of capitalist development and of the world ex-
perenceS of the proletaran struggle. His role as the
theoretcian and srategist OF the Russian revolution
III GIIl, 1uther quauneQ nlT1 ana established him
as the world leader Of the revolutionary proetariat
Lenin today, ten years after his death inspires and
leads, through his writings and teachings and through
the feminist leaders which ne trained the struggle of
the oppressed toward the seizure Of power in every
land.
Lenin the best interpreter of the teachings
OF the first great world working class leader Karl
Marx Throughout the years Of his activities in both
the Russian working class movement and in the Second
International he fought against the opportunists and
the centriss of the Thomas Music type against all
those who tried to revise Marks theories and thereby
destroy their revolutionary content The Bolshevsm
OF Lenin the school in which Stain was trained grew
up and developed in the course OF this struggle against
opportuniSn. against the revision of MarxiSm with
the theory and practice Of Marxsn as the starting
point, he first analysed the imperiaIst epoch of cap
italiSm and worked out the strategy and tactics of
the worldwide workingcaSs struggle for the seizure
Of power Lenins teachings were best characterized
by Lenin's greatest disciple, Comrade Stain in the
following definition taken from his book, "Leninism"
"Leninism is Marxism in the epoch OF imperial
ism and proletarian revolution. To be more exact
Leninism is the theory and tactics of proletarian
revolution in general, and the theory and tactics
Of the dictatorship of the proletariat in particular"
Lenin's teachings the key to victorious pro-
letarian revolution in every country, including the
United States. Through his theory and through his
tactics alone solve the problems of our revo-
luton, Of our struggle to end capitalist exploitation
and to establish the rule of the workers and poor
farmers Through his teachings and under the leader
ship of his Party the Communist Party alone can
the American working class win as revolutionary allies
the great mass of the Negro people and the poor
farmers, the additional forces which guarantee our
victory.
THE TEACHINGS OF LENIN, and particularly the
applicability OF these teachings to our problems is
today burning issue before the American workers
This has become the touchstone in determining real
revolutionist
The need for revolutionary social change every
day becomes apparent to masses Of the toilers
as Roosevelt, in his efforts to find capitalist way
out OF the crisis places more and more burdens on
the backs Of the Thousands Of workers today
realize that, not through N.RA, C.WA, PWA will
a solution for the workers problems be found but
only through working class power, through govern
ment of workers and farmers.
The problem is how to attain that goal Norman
Thomas advises support for Roosevelt insisting that
the very N.FA which has led to greater exploitation
of the masses, is also the road to socialism. A. ].
Music while forced to criticize Thomas follows yerv
similar class coaborationist line rejecting united
front struggle with the Communists and building IN
narrow nationalist achauvinist attitude among the
workers by pratting about "Anericansm" to the ex-
cluson Of the revolutionary theories and experiences
of the world proetarian movement In their own way
both Thomas and Muste as well as all other reform
revolution and to aid the forces Of fascism These
policies policies that lead to defeat as by clear
ly seen by the role of the German social democrats
The road Of Lenin the road of the Communist In
ernatona the contrary is the road to victory This
is shown by the victory of the Russian workers. by the
great forward strides toward Socialist society in the
Soviet Union under the first and now the Second
Five-Year Plan. 1t is further shown by the setting
up of the Chinese Soves supported by over 100OOoOoo
Chinese people, by their ability to Withstand six mill
tary oensives launched by the Marking butchers with
the support of American British and French imperial
ism. 1t is shown by the heroic struggle Of the Ger
man Communist Party, against fascism and for a
Soviet Germany 1t is shown by the worldwide growth
and struggles Of Lenn's world Party the Communist
International
THE American workers be successful only if
they utilize to the full the experiences of their
own past struggles and at the time acquire also
to the full knowledge of the teachings Of Marx
Lenn and Stalin the concentrated experiences of the
world proetarian revolutionary movement
Our job is big one The poor farmers, the Negro
people, of the poorer middle class he