The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-01
USSR Marks
Founding of
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Of the capitalists, elimination Of
claSses-this was the result, crown
ing the colossal edif1ce of scientific
socialism raised by Marx.
cat the time of the First Inter-
national, the dictatorship of the
proletariat was the slogan which
materialized only for the p days of
the Paris Commune, which was the
spiritual child of the First Inter-
national and which entered world
history as an act of the greatest
heroism of proletarians in the strug-
gle for establishment of power Of
a new class.
After the defeat of the Paris
Commune and the transfer of tr
General Council to America tM
first period of the First Inter
tional was ended. After a certs
standstill there commenced a ne
epoch of the labor movement amons
the large masses of workers. Mass
Socialist parties united by the Sec
ond International were created in
the capitalist countries. The epoch
of imperialism commenced, &C
companied by the formation of a
labor aristocracy and the growth
of an opportunism which, begin
ming with the World War, led to
the shameful collapse of the Sec
ond International.
nV7Iry he Y.
Lenin, steadfastly pursued the
revolutionary line of Marx and
Engels in the Second Interna-
tional.
The direct heir and cOntinuer
of the cause of the First Interna-
tiOnal is the Third International.
But what a tremendous distance
exists between the First and the
Third International! In the
course of many years Lenin and
Stain nurtured mOnolithic
party bound by iron discipline,
resOluteIy throwing opporunists Of
all grades and cOIors from its
ranks. Lenin and Stain created
new type of party, a party mer-
CHESS in its struggle with capital
ism, a party victorious in prOle-
tartan revolution, party capable
of OverthrOwing the power of the
capitalists and landlords and of
successfully raising the grand edi-
flee of classics socialist society.
Lenin and Stain created the
Third International as a party Of
world Communism, which in the
struggle against the main social
support Of the OurgeoiSie-world
social democracy-Organized tn e
masses against fascism and for
the overthrow of the capitalist
system throughout the world.
Proletarian dictatorship in the
epoch of the First International was
Latin to the masses" as Lenin used
to say. Now this Latin has been
translated into all the languages Of
the world. Now the idea of so
vietS," based on the experience of
two revolutions in Russia and
theoretically eXpounded by Lenin,
becomes the slogan in the class
struggle of the proletarians of all
| countries.
TN the country of the Soyiets-
the invincible fortress of proletarian
Observation-Disclosures political and
economic liberation of the working
class, which was the basic program
demanded by the First Interna-
tional, has ben materialized. The
Third International is the only
continuer, the only worthy heir of
the First International.
1.-The fiery words Of those geniuses
of revolution, Marx and Engels, "A
spectre is haunting Eulrope-the
spectre of Communism'-burned
then over the cradle of the First
International.
Now Communism is no longer
spectre. It's material, invincible
force finally conquered one-sixth Of
the globe, where it is now firmly
established. At it's head stands
Stain. He preserved unstained the
great, invincible banner of Marx,
Engels and Lenin, raised it high,
and now carries it forward to all
the toilers of the world.
1.-THE toilers of the world know
well that the banner which the
great leader of the Third Interna-
tional, COmrsde Stain, is raising
high over the whole world Is the
proletarian revolution. Under this
banner Communism will conquer
the whole world"