Evening star., 1953-05-23
Communism

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Communist society, after the
enslaving subordination of the
individual under the division
of labor has disappeared. and
Herewith also the opposition
between manual and intel
lectual labor; after labor has
become not only a means to
life, but also the highest want
in life; when, with the devel-
opment Of all Of the faculties
Of the individual, the produc-
tive forces have correspond
ingly increased, and all the
springs of social wealth flow
more abundantly-only then
may the limited horizon of
capitalist right be left behind
entirely. and society inscribe
on its banners: From every
one according to his faculties,
to every one according to his
needs"
MARI: CritiQue OF the Gotha
Program
We can then foresee the ad-
vent of social conditions under
which every one will be re-
lieved of the burden of ma
terial difficulty and distress:
. . In this society of the fu-
ture, personal freedom and
the well-being Of all without
exception will, for the first
time in history. become reali-
ties, and the individual will,
at the same time, be able to
develop fully his personal apti-
tudes and capacities.
-Marz: Capital.
The society that organizes
production on the basis of the
free and equal association of
the producers will put the
whole state machine where it
will then belong: in the mu-
scum of antiquities. side by
side with the spinning wheel
and the bronze ak.
-Enoels: Origin of the Family,
StaG9te StdGe Property and the
There is no trace of an at
tempt on Marks part to con-
lecture up a Utopia. Marx
treats the question of COM
munism in the same way as
a naturalist would treat the
question of the development,
say, Of a new biological species,
II he knew that such and such
was its origin, and such and
such was the direction in
which it was changing.
-Lenin: Tho State and Reuolu-
tton.
Marx and Engels showed
that the capitalist system
would fall, just as serfdom
had fallen, and that capitalism
was its own grave digger in
the person of the proletariat.
Marx and Engels taught that
1t was impossible to get rid
OF the power of capital and
to convert capitalist property
into public property by peace
tul means and that the work.
ing class could achieve this
only by revolutionary violence
against the bourgeoisie, by a
proletarian revolution, by
establishing its own political
rule-the dictatorship of the
proletariat-which must crush
the resistance of the exploiters
and create a new, classics,
Communist society.
Short History.
The proletarian revolution is
the most profound of all
revolutions in history. It
initiates changes more rapid
and far-reaching than any in
the whole experience of man.
kind. The hundreds of mil
lions of workers and peasants,
striking off their age-old
chains of slavery, will con-
struct a society of liberty and
prosperity and intelligence.
Communism will inagurate a
new era for the human race.
-. Qt) will bring about the
immediate or eventual solu-
ton Of many great social
problems war. religious
superstition, prostitution, fam
inc. pestilence, crime, poverty,
alcoholism. unemployment, IL
Hteracy, race and national
chauvinism. the suppression of
woman and every form of
slavery and exploitation of one
class by another: :.
Marxians have been able to
anaylze capitalism scientific
ally, to work out a correct
program and strategy Of strug-
gle to master generally
the laws Of social DEVELOPMENT
-. and we may be sure that
the revolution. in its upward
course. will carry humanity to
heights Of happiness and
achievement far beyond the
dreams OF even the most hope
fIl1 ltonions