The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

OtlltIs AIOltbdIldn IGNOlublOIs
however, signifies the forcibIe in
vasiOn of the proletariat into the
domain of property relationships
of bourgeois society, the exprO-
priation Of the expropriating
classes, and the transference of
power to a class that aims at the
radical reconstruction of the eco
nomic foundations of society and
the abolition Of all exploitation of
man by man. The political DOM
ination of the feudaI barons all
over the world was broken in a
series of separate bourgeois revo-
buttons that extended over a
period of centuries. The interna-
tional proletarian revolution, how
ever, although it will not be a
single simultaneous act, but one
extending over a whole epoch,
observation-disclosures TO the closer
ties that now exist between the
countries of the world, will ac-
cOmplish its mission in much
shorter period of time. Only after
the proletariat has achieved vic
tory and consolidated its power
all over the world will a prolonged
period of intensive construction of
world socialist economy set in.
The conquest of power by the
prOletariat is a necessary condi-
tion precedent to the growth of
socialist forms of economy and to
the cultural growth Of the prole-
tariat, which changes its own ma
ture, perfects itself for the lead
ership of society in all spheres of
life, draws into this process of
Transformation all other classes
and thus prepares the ground for
the abolition of classes altogether.
In the struggle for the dictator
ship Of the proletariat, and later
for the Transformation of the So
cial system, as against the ALI
ance Of capitalists and landlords
an alliance of workers and peas
ants is formed, under the inteIIec-
tual and political hegemony of
the former, an alliance which
serves as the basis for the dicta-
tOrship of the proletariat.
The characteristic feature of
the transition period as a whole,
is the ruthless suppression of the
resistance Of the exploiterS, the
organization of Socialist Con-
structicn, the mass training of
men and women in the spirit of
Socialism ard the gradual disap-
pearance of classes. Only to the
extent that these great historical
tasks are fulfilled will society of
the transition period become
transformed into Communist So
ciety.
Thus, the dictatorship of the
world proletariat is an essential
and vital condition precedent to
the transition of world capitalist
economy to socialist economy.
This world dictatorship can be
established only when the victory
of socialism has been achieved in
certain countries or groups of
countries, when the newly estab-
lished proletarian republics enter
into a federal union with the al
ready existing proletarian repub-
lies, when the number Of such
declarations has grown and ex-
tended also to the colonies which
have emancipated themselves
from the yoke of Imperialism;
when these declarations of repub-
lies have finally grown into a
World Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics uniting the whole of
mankind under the hegemony of
the international proIetariat or
ganized as a State.
The conquest of power by the
proletariat does not mean peace
fully Capturing" the ready made
bourgeois State machinery by
means of a parliamentary major
ity. The bourgeOisie resorts to
every means of violence and ter
ror to safeguard and strengthen
its predatory property and its
political domination. Like the
feudal nobility of the past, the
bourgeoisie cannot abandon its
historical position to the new
class without a desperate and
frantic struggle. Hence, the vio-
lence of the bourgeoisie can be
suppressed only by the stern vio-
lenee of the proletafiat. The con-
quest of power by the proletariat
is the violent overthrow of bour-
geois power, the destruction of
the capitalist State apparatus
bourgeois armies, police, bureau
cratic hierarchy, the Judiciary,
parliaments, etc., and substitut-
ing in its place new organs of
proletarian power, to serve pri-
nlarily as instruments for the
suppression of the expIoiters.
2. The Dictatorship of the ProIe-
tariat and Its Soviet Form
As has been shown by the ex-
perience of the October revolu-
ton of 1917 and by the Hungarian
revolution, which immeasurably
enlarged the experience of the
Paris Commune of 1871, the most
suitable form of proIetarian state
is the Soviet State-a new type
OF State, which differs in prin-
ciple from the bourgeois State,
not only in its class content, but
also in its internal structure.
This is precisely the type of State
which, emerging as it does di-