The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-11

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Question: Why do Communists attack the pro-
gram of the Utopien Society if the Utopisns are
for cooperative state which would do away with
depressions?-M B. S.
Answer: The Utopians are among the many
movements that have sprung 10 as the result Of
the growing dissatisfaction of the masses with in
olerable conditions They utilized by the CAPT.
talst class divert the discontinued toilers into
safe channels. and to keep them from moving to-
wards the revolutionary solution Of the crisis.
Movements like the Utopians hide their defense
of the existing scheme of things with phrases about
cooperative states" and foster the illusion that
capitalism can be reformed by peaceful means
under the Constitution" Like the Nazis they blame
the evils Of capitalism uDon speculation" and
distinguish between good and bad capitalists They
also consider strikes wastefu" and speak of "un-
employment insurance and old-sse pensions. as
patchwork paneceas."
1t can thus be seen that on every point they
adopt position that is not in the interests Of the
working class They attack the fight for unem-
ployment and social insurance which is the CEN
trail demand and need of the workers. They adopt
the Naz practice of blaming the evils Of capital
ism upon the Spectator" They block the fight
for immediate demands which is the matrix out
of which develops the struggle for the revolution
airy overthrow of capitalism. In conclusion we
through the constitution. The latter is the legal
expression of the property rights Of the capitalists,
and as such has always been used as an nstru-
ment against the interests Of the workers.
Question: In the event of war between the So
Wet Union and Japan what would be the position
Of the Communist Party, if for reasons Of their
own the American imperialists we're TO declare war
upon their japanese rivals?-study Group.
Answer The question relates to a hypothetical
situation. 1t is highly improbable that events will
lead the American imperialists to attack their ia
psnese rivals at time when the latter were was-
ing imperislist of aggression against the
Soviet Union. The most likely course would be
that the American bourgeoisie would sell munitions
and supplies to the japanese militarists and hope
that the situation would result in stalemate from
which they could realize their own imperiaist am
billions
But if the situation did crystalline out in the
form of your hypothesis the position of the Amer
lean Communist Party would still be to wage
relentless and unceasing against capitalism
and own imperialists. 1t would raise Lenin's
slogan of turning the imperialist war into a revo-
lutionary civil war against the capitalists And all
Communists would be in the forefront of this fight
against American imperialism realizing that the
only genuine ally Of the workers fatherland would
be a Soviet America.
1t is pertinent to conclude that while your ques-
ton is justifable bit of speculation it is far
more important to keep your eyes fixed on the
present situation. Every enemy of capitalism and
every friend of the Soviet Union will be infinitely
useful if he interests himself in the movement
to establish the broadest united front in the fight
against hunger, fascsm and war The success of
this struggle would ooviate the necessity OF posing
your question even as hypothesis.