The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-03-27
timed from last week.

fna1Ci"A ,;o,7e forms Oh DOyCOCC'
trade, va, va, them genuinely would
70 enforce ,co l.d of the country |
require Z. a nb D5 the sanctions were
against SI The probable, the al
INVOKED. .4o IN outcome of such a
most .,S Sel'a as history has 50 often
aocha4ae'i ). a. war-since the block
Proved + 10 cannot accept such a
sded na'iJ r,aaacefullv without sur
11si sa,qiiSg political sovereignty:
I'aoSl"2 = follows that sanctions
Io be either ine ef :r ALL nnf
H, (. iissrgge-scale bluff-or they must
+ .ss u . - are Intellectual, support
i snT' IS certainly no aid to
d sa'l 1or to Ethopia). If they
Peace. = w war, support of them-no
lsaf r with what verbal reserva-
nlaI.V' means 70" nothing else than
tlolls sor+ # war undertaken by the
Suppg yisIist government applying
I IN ea~ctions to be applied by the
.t.nl the Ssfs governments whether or
csp1 these are League members) is
INV y effect support of these govern
II ,s stss themselves. This means
t ssl's such support necessarily leads
IL' !. Ibatraval of the revolutionary
%s3r : against war, and the
p.,@RIi defense of Ethiopia,
T -g Is always a struggle against
~. Sl-I caritalist governments and the
5to,raeoisie whose governments
they are.
# does no good to say, as the
,oriaIdemocrats and the Stalinists
ssT, that we should support the
league and governmental sane
tions, but at the same time "point
ort that the League and British
and French Imperialism are acting
oDiv in their own imperialist in
terests in applying them; we are
temporarily able to ''use" the
French and British governments t
serve the interests of the working
class. because their interests mo
mentarily, though from "diame
tricallv opposite causes" coincide
This is the reasoning Of a Stain
or Blum, but not Of a Marxist
The Marxist knows that we Cal
never "use" capitalist government
for the interests Of the workin;
class, because what these govern
ments ARE is instruments to b
fused" for the interests of tn
bOurgeoisie. On the contrary, W
must always fight inexorably
AGAINST the governments, an
their acts. The Marxist know
that advocacy of governments
sanctions in any form necessaril
binds the working class to tn
state and the class enemy, nece'
Sarilv weakens the class positio
Of the workers and thus the worl
.erS struggle for power, and ne,
esSarily prepares for turning tt
workers over to the sanction-a1
plying government when the san
lions find their natural outcome
war. If we support sanctions, al
The sanctions lead to war, then Y
nave already by supporting Il
sanctions supported the war.
takes more than verbal resrv;
aons to crawl out of the inesca
able logic of cause and effect.
e The disastrous consequences
support Of sanctions are alrea,
apparent. In Great Britain a We
ago, the masses were turning "a
aly away from the National &c
SSament. Then the British Labo
Salty and the British Commun
palty came out strongly for sal
ETaS; that is, came out for
pOlicy Of British finance-capi
% 1R9 the National Governme
anlS has, naturally, fatally OBJ
fuIed the class issue. No long
Is t9ere any clear line between
' lurking class parties and the G,
ITslvatlves on the war crisis. I
a n@oOur Party and the Commur
EaFty have done for Baldwin wi
u could not do for himself: Il
'n ua: brought about "natio
UNITY" on the war issue. Bald
- course understands this: 9
SCOo1equently has called for
do ow elections to Parliament, col
A. S,' Of a substantial majority
sas s government. In France.
sJre result: The Peoples FIR,
~r a;.. sanctions, becomes
t5 elA support of the Republic
val al is. Is, Of French Imperialism;
@i nj, could reasonably apply for
is sna national unity on the
ms Tg n m90rtally weakens the ri