The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-31

port 70 the nth Congress Of the
Communist Party Of the Soviet
UniOn.) As pages. Price 10 cents,
Reviewed by BILL GEBERT
DAsED on the decisions Of the 18th
u Plenum Of the E. c. G. I. which
characterized the present world sit
uation that We are entering q new
round Of Revolutions and Wars. -
Comrade Msnuilsky gave a report
to the 18th Congress of the Com
munist Party Of the Soviet Union
in behalf of the delegation Of the
c. P. s. U. to the Communist In
ternational. This report combines a
most thoroughgoing analysis OF the
present international situation with
revolutionary optimism and Boil
shevik sef-criticisn, and clearly in
dicates the immediate perspective.
Comrade Manuilsky in his bril-
liant report, draws picture of the
revolutionary upsurge Of the masses
throughout the capitalist world, an
upsurge which, though uneven, is
steadily pressing forward, as is
shown in the report Of Comrade
Stain, who gave the perspective of
the victory OF world proletarian
revolution in the following man
ner:
THE masses Of people have not
yet reaches the stage when they
are ready to storm the citadel
Of capitalism; but the idea of
stOrming it is maturing in the
minds of the masses-there can
hardly he any doubt about it,
Comrade Msnuilsky, in his re-
port, says: This 'unexpectedness'
and 'suddenness' of the revolution
airy explosions is a particularly
characteristic feature of the pres
ent situation To see how correct
this is, it is sufficient to mention
the class struggles that took place
in France, the barricsdes in Aus
tria, the struggles in Spain and in
Cuba, and the present upsurge of
the masses in the United States,
with armed clashes on a number
of class hattlefronts.
During the five years of the
world economic crisis, the capitalist
system" says Comrade Manuilsky,
has gone to pieces to such an ex-
tent that the objective prerequisites
for a revolutionary crisis are al
ready ripe in the weakest links of
the capitalist system, in the colo
mics and dependent countries oc-
cupying commanding positions"
THE breaking in the capitalist
chain in its weakest link" Comrade
Msnuilsky points out is taking place
in China, with the formation Of
Soviet China, whose strength is
growing and being consolidated
each day. And, what is more i'm
portant, Comrade Manuilsky points
out that Soviet China is what to-
morrow will bring in the colonies
and dependent countries crushed by
Analysing various class battles
and armed uprisings, including fer
ments in the armies and navies,
Comrade Manuilsky points out,
THE broad masses are learning the
science Of revolution and they are
learning it very quickly"
The report deals at length with
the situation in Germany and the
lessons drawn from it by the world
and declared the revo-
lutionary perspective for Germany:
with the transition TO fascist
dictatorship, the crisis Of the
power Of the boUrgeoisie does not
disappear: IL becomes intensified.
The bourgeois dictatorship,
by diSmissing social-democracy, Is
narrowing its mass base and roll
ing further into the precipice, like
Russian Czarism when II rejected
the support of the Liberals and
Constitutional Democrats. -.
The German fasciSts wanted to
kill by bloodIetting the desire Of
the German proletariat for revo-
lutiOnary violence, but they have
undermined the social democratic
workers democratic illusions and
the prestige of bourgeois lawful
ness, and are making the German
proletsriat a supporter of armed
uprising against bourgeois dicta-
torship."
In the light of the experiences in
and the trescherous role
Of German Social-Democracy, Com
rade Manuilsky declares that the
Second International remains and
Is "the chief support Of world re-
action" He characterized this in
the manner, pointing out that Ger
man Social-Democrscy had at its
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