The producers news., 1936-02-28

-srRrTGGLE AGAINST
TIE WAR

: Even .,9 s1f" causes of modern war
sstars. anu o1,t '+ to prove that war is
q esseE'i'r 5ssar conflicts of capitalism $ m
Nan9ls'TSi 'TSiarxists or even liberals,
pseudo tor 41rl pretend to accept) this
/ 'oa:luo,+b oaa...o.tbeless. widespread and
s. :. EeEsr .etsrops Yr-s misconceptions are
a;1;';S,0ffoo q :, following out the conse-
held IL 81 this conclusion so far
y.'if = they apply to the S'ruesi'
sT.a yr1,' rost common mistake made
..I.bs Ij5s attempted struggle against
. q t'S eorIes from the belief that
gar E .S S:frpcgie is somehow "inde-
..a.ssdort" a,s r Of the class struggle IN
Ps,5srlI, PessDsraI. that a broad union of all
..s 5s.,s of persons from every social
J.ss s2lss ~ and group can be formed
ssrssrj s.ssS TT the issue Of fl ighting war,
slx<'I .:ssaIso the reasoning goes
Ss ,1ssc nersons may be all equally
oonosed "+T1S to war whatever their diff
isfsrces S5T on other points. In this
Iov, ..'r'', war is lifted from it's social
Is:e. S~s, considered apart from its
tspses and conditions, as if it were
: mystic abstraction instead of a
s,rcrete D historical institution. Act
iSg on this belief, attempts are
made to build up all kinds of
rerrgnent Peace Societies, Anti
Tu Organizations, LIE a que S
against War, etc.
This kind of attitude is about as
effective as it would be for doc
tors to treat the high fever in
acute appendicitis by putting the
oatient in an ice-box. The only
vay actually to get rid of the high
fever is to remove the cause OF
he fever-that is, to take out the
diseased appendix. The same thing
!. IS true for war: the only way to
get rid Of war is to remove the
cause Of war.
War is not the cause of the
. troubles Of society. The opposite is
true. War is a symptom and re-
suit Of the irreconcilable troubles
|. and conflicts of the present form
of society, that is to say, of cap
itaIism. The only way to fight
against war is to fight against
the causes of war. Since the
causes Of war are part of the in
1er nature Of capitalism, it fol-
lows that the only way to fight
aganst war is to fight against
capitalism.
But the only true fight against
capitalism is the revolutionary
Struggle for workers power. It
therefore, follows that the only pos
si9le struggle against war is the
SG!nggle for the workers revolu-
ton.
Aarxists must be absolutely
gear on this point. There is no
separate" or Special" struggle
sgalast war. The struggle against
S SaF cannot be divorced from the
.sS'to'day y! struggles of the work
sss ;a, 50 Tar as, in their historical
.,,psIIeStiions, ,,sI these lead toward
S.,1 SS9fherS' power. No one can IN
.O4 capltaism-whether directly
H. ssaa OPen adherent of the capital
q ~ fSs.II or indirectly, from any shade
,ni ~ iA9eral 9:{ or refOrmist position
au ssUi.1igt ngnt against war, because
C5ti"a!Sm iy:aliSm means war. Only a rev
5sc.~al 5saolllSt can fight against war.
S5sauSe Ss use, only a revolutionist takes
itaism. " '''0 overthrow OF cap
n: azi-
55ti,sp rl?. suppose therefore, that rev
no, ,arValsts %n can work out a com
a5S.,p25i,g11; 192 sR5Gigfam against war" with with
Sion 'Ihyuulutlonsts hu is a fatal illu-
such n5, : any organization based mon
STsri..pr ! Program is not merely I
becsn5iee to prevent war. boti
o,SrSsl55t rIe It serves in its own VUsI Ws1
va. sLaoa aa9 the system that breeds
tentona ta Sad II because e. it diverts the d+ at.
ZEAL I'll fi,II II Its members from FL.
@Iy 00gnt 0Sn1 against war. ITl There II, !,
&e' oroo, UNE program against war ;.
prograDSs !! FOR revolution-th,
y 6t fIn t5a Of the revolutionary par al,
viii i4S sli",?rk workers revolution can ar,
er6r,6lnate war because nv hv ''lr, Nv
ad sunnIgs,, UTlGg !capitalistic eco9oOo, oS nv
s.cisGsgt planting capitalism Nth /:
tie SS ca9,as economy, it will reInov, wIC"
Ism t5eree t5eceS Of o.; war. Under social social
5asic- coe+,I will no longer exist St'tfr r.,