The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-01
New Edition of imperialism
Aids in Understanding NRA

Teller banks as well as by the Nor
gan banks, with few Slight crtti-
cisms and notifications. Through
the MIRA, Roosevelt has speeded up
the whole movement of monopoly
concentration and Capitalization of
capital.
Through initiation, he has in
creased the oppressive burdens on
the masses by monopoly capitalism.
Through his rapid preparations for
war, through the struggles for world
financial domination, through strug-
giles for markets and colonies, he has
enboldened imperialism in its hun
ger for new murderous adventures to
re-divide the world more favorably
for Wall Street.
Imperialism" Lenin repeats sew
eral times in his great work, sis the
eve of the proletarian social revolu-
tion."
A glance at the deepening world
crisis, the growing difficulties Of cap
italisn, the successful proletarian
revolution and the building of So
ciahsm In the Soviet Union, the
growing revolutionary struggles
Throughout the world, in a thousand
ways testify to this brilliant charac-
terization of Lenin.
At the same time, Lenin uncovers
the whole basis for social reformism
which at the present time becomes
social-fasciSm.
Particularly apt in it's application
to the present demagogic propaganda
Of the Roosevelt regime and its A. F.
OF L. and Socialist official supporters
is the following quotation from Len
ms mastery work:
ut goes without saying that il
capitalism could develop agricul-
ture, which today Iags far behind
industry everywhere 70 :t could
ras1a SSS6E X Of the
mt -, ,sssUI are still poverty
stricken and half starved everywhere
in spite Of the amazing advance in
technical knowledge, then there
could be no talk of a surplus of
capital And the petty bourgeois
critics Of capitalism advance this
argument on every occasion, But
then capitalism would not be capi-
AtAhSAAg lOI uACfCnCSa u utNElDu-
ment and semi starvation of the
masses are fundamental, inevitable
conditions and prerequisites Of this
method of B-oduction. AS long as
capitalism remains capitalism, sur
plus capital will never be used for
the purpose Of raising the standards
Of living of the masses, for this
would mean decreasing profit for
the capitalists. y
The whole Roosevelt program, dis
guiSed with its mountainous dema-
gogy as in the interest of the masses,
is used to destroy even the present
level of agriculture, to increase the
poverty of the masses, and to provide
greater profits to the big corporations
Through subsidies, increased price q
etc, etc. at the expense of the pow
erty stricken masses.
The oppressive burdens Of the
trusts are increased at rapidly
growing ratio under the New Deal.
Even those who have read the older
and less complete editions of Lenin's
imperialism will find it highly profit
able to re-read this work in its pres
ent form. In this book Lenin deals
with questions of the highest imme-
date Importance, as the contents
show: Concentration of production
and monopolies; the banks and their
new role; finance capital and finan-
cial o1garchy; the export of capital;
the division of the world among
the great powers; imperialism as
special stage of capitalism; parasite
ism and the decay of capitalism: crit
ique Of imperialism; the place of i'm
perialism in history.
The new edition corrects many err
rors in translation of older editions,
supplies missing sections, contains ac-
curately checked quotations and val
liable explanatory notes.
This new volume should be a pow
erful weapon for raising the political |
level OF the Party cadres particularly !
at this time when so much confusion |
is raised on fundamental questions Of |
imperialism and the role of the capt. |
talist state under imperialism.