The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-19

store the uncontrolled rule of finance
capital, the master Of Fascism. The
German and Austrian working class,
after Is years of bitter and bloody
lessons Of the true meaning of the
policies of the Socialist Parties, of the
Second international, have now final
~ begun to turn away from them at
last to take the Bolshevik path.
U.S.A. Is Ripe for Socialism
In every material respect. the
United States is fully ripe for Social
ism. It's accumulated wealth and pro-
ductive forces, together with an mex
haustible supply of almost all of the
raw materials, provide complete
material basis for Socialism. All ma
terial conditions exist for society
which could at once provide every
necessity of life and even a degree of
luxury for the entire population, with
an expenditure of labor of three or
four hours per day.
This tremendous wealth, these gi-
gantic productive forces are locked
away from the masses who could use
them. They are the private property
of the small parasitic capitalistic class,
which locks up the warehouses and
closes the factories in order to COM
pei growing tribute of profit. This
paralysis of economy in the interests
of profit, at the cost of starvation
and degradation to millions, is en-
forced by the capitalist government
with all its police, courts, jails and
military.
There is no possible way out of the
crisis in the interest of the masses ex-
cept by breaking the control of the
State power now in the hands of this
small monopolist capitalist class.
There is no way out except by estab-
fishing a new government of the work
ers in alliance with the poor farmers.
the Negro people, and the impover-
ished middle class.
There is no way out except bv the
creation of a revolutionary democracy
of the toilers, which is at the same
time stern dictatorship against the
capitalists and their agents. There
is no way out except by Selling from
the capitalists the industries, the
banks and all of the economic institu-
tons, and Transforming them into the
common property of all under the d.
rection Of the revolutionary govern
ment. There is no way out, in short.
except by the abolition of the capital
ist system and the establishment of
a Socialist society.
What Is "Americmtism"?
The necessary first step for the es-
Enlistment of Socialism is the set
ting up Of revolutionary workers
government. The capitalists and
their agents shrek out that this revo-
lutionary program is un-American
But this expresses not the truth, but
only their own greedy interests.
Today, the only party that carries for
ward the revolutionary traditions of
ITS and 1861, under the present
day conditions and relationship of
classes, is the Communist Party.
Today, only the Communist Party
finds it politically expedient and
necessary to remind the American
working masses of how, in a previous
crisis, the way was found by the path
of revolution. Today, only the Com
munist Party brings sharply forward
and applies to the problems of today
that old basic document of "Ameri-
canism, the Declaration of Indepen-
dence.
Applying the Declaration of hide
pendence to present-day conditions.
the Communist Party points out that
never was there such mass of people
so completely deprived of all sem
blance of "the right to life, liberty
and pursuit of happiness" Never
was there such destructive" effects 4
upon these rights by ''any form of
government" as that exerted today by
the existing form of government in
the United States, Never have the
exploited masses suffered such ~ong
train of abuses" or been so reduced
under absolute despotism" as today
under capitalist rule The principle
which must provide the foundation of
the new government" mentioned in
the Declaration of independence is,
in 1884, the principle of the dictator
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