PAGE THE MILITANT SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1931 IN THE INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR Reviews and News of the Working Class and Revolutionary Movements GERMANY Clearing Away the Petty Bourgeois Fog ARGENTINE The Latest Decree On the Road to the Proletarian Revolution in Spain Uriburu Dictatorship Against the Workers Strangles Labor Phone?
1s With the falling of the monarchy, crnment, although numerically pretty mirage leads straight to a consideration has begun to take seriously its role as The Bruening government has issued thore begins in Spain the revolutionary considerable, is completely lacking in of the rest of the population as a mans champion in the struggle for the liberaThe political and social situation of new emergency decree. Every emers destruction of the capitalist state. Spain political and economic independence and of slaves and future citizens engaged tion of the people from the yoke of dex Argentine is at standstill just now.
ency decree of this government leads to further worsening of the position of Russia of the czars, preserves the mon effectiveness as a leading force of soe at the next stage, to polish up the sacred situation is purely transitory. It will the puler of General Cribere fall the tolling masses. The disbursements archical form of the state until the al destinies is a thing of the past, belights of man and the free citizen not take long for the democratic in are so far as the well being of the com.
of unemployment Insurance and crisis epoch of the final crisis of the bour fore cither capitalism or its naturai Alfonso XIII Is Louis XVI: Zamora is toxication to be dissipated. Revolution try is concerned. Even at the time of provision are cut down further. The geols system of property. Passing through consequence the proletariat had mado Necker: Prieto in Danton: Marcelino ary situations are the strongext antilote he last war there was not so much unyouth under 21 is henceforth robbed or the historical period of the bourgeois its appearance on the scene. The inevit. Domingo is Robespierre. and so on to all varieties of poison and ambiguous employment as there is at the present any support. The duration of support revolutions, capitalism, indifferent to the able fate of the petty bourgeoisie in this down the line Alcala Zamora and Mig deals. The coming events to the Spanime: the farming population this year of seasonal workers to cut down, the form of government, was introduced and critical period of the destruction of capruel Maura represent the Girondist fac ish revolution will make manifest, with millions of tons of grain ungold The insurance proristons are reduced. The developed in Spain in a parasitie man talist civilization is to serve as assition. bit ungraceful is the end of the cut much delay what the democratic blue big bugs try to put the blame on Rusvoluntary obligation to labor, which ner, living by the graces of the despot tant to one of the two great forces frut act of this tragedy. seeing that really is: a conglomeration of illusions a y dumping out nobody seriously means nothing but forced labor is raised ism of a ruling bureaucracy which the which completely fill the palisades of these operetta Jacobina so gallantly as which simulate independent political ac believes it.
to the level of law. The agrarian tax monarchist autocracy had maintained history, the proletariat and the big capt cisted the despot to flee across the tion is nothing but one of the marks the usurers remain untouched, sugar is until then with the last resources of a talist bourgeoisie. With the former, it frontier, carrying with him the people smiling one of the counter revolution. Mum is the word in the labor and made increasingly dear. The salaries of colonial empire and with the drawa goes to the proletarian revolution (Rus milions. And lastly, we have stili to it in the period of a relativo equilibrium social movement. The biggest crime the small and middle class officials are blood of a brutalized and hungry peasant sia. with the second, to fascist counhear the sound of The Girondins have of the social antagonism it is possi anybody can commit now is to criticize cut down, but the high pensions, on the mass. Spanish capitalism was at noter revolution (Italy. This is the di betrayed us! To the lantern with them! ble for ideas, born out of a reality of the this government, so the solut Vant contrary, remain unchanged. The war time the natural product of the develop emma, without any possible middle way past, to appear as the proper norms of guardia is the only one that comes out as Communist In this false historical analogs, the social life, the special virtue of revolusual. or and Annrchist Invalids, the poorest of the tollers, again ment of the native petty bourgeoisie. for the pretty bourgeoisie. The dictator have their support reduced. The Em. llence the possibility for the monarchy ship of the proletariat is the only solu product of a complete ignorance of the thon rexts precisely on the fact that propers there is no sign, since all their ergency decree contains still other pro to succeed in prolonging its life to the tion offered by history to enable human real content of the revolution is rooted they draw to the surface, place in the leaders are dispersed.
which signify new burdens for the present day, due to the fact that captity to rise to a superior type of civiliza the multitude of democratic illusions of first rank and accentuate to the highest exploited. An end is made to the alalism, from its first steps onward, made tion, socialism. Fascism is entirely con of course, the advanced labor move.
the petty bourgeois intellectuals who point the antagonisme which had been ready feeble remnants of communal sell the monarchist state its own. If today trary to a historical solution; it only like a thick mantle of fog. veil the socveiled by the deceptive Ideological mixt. ment is supposed to be ready in face of administration.
we see the destruction of the monarchy, retards the effective solution of the al reality and prevent the clear examin. This is what will happen immediately the renction, such as the closing of the Policy of German Bourgeoisie it is not just because of the impulsion of same problem, since Fascism is nothing ation of the genuine character of the in Spain, making obvious to the blind labor halls and unions, suppression of the Ideological forces of the petty bont but the last resort to a ferocious die structure and the forces at hand. The est the profoundly reactionary and to the newspapers, denial of permits for The polley of the Germany bourgeoisie geois intellectual, but rather of the Irro tatorship by a degenerated capitalism narcotic effects of this kind of ideologi pian character of the socalled democratic meetings and conferences, etc. In the reis unconcealed. Without any democratic sistible pressure of the exploited masses without a future.
cal oplum is felt not only in the sector bloc.
vival of the procelure of cxarist Russia hindrances, it continues its robber policy of town and country for whom, on the of the pretty bourgeoisie but also influis something new in Sonth America. Por towards the proletariat. The deficit of clock of history, the hour of their rev. The fact that the Spanish state, until ences the attitude of the working mass Against the view of petty bourgeois the social and labor movements there the country is to be horn exclusively lolution has Anally struck. It signiften April 14 last, retained the form of ex, lacking in critical judgment and ideology, theoretically represented in the is now 10 law but the military law the tollers, but the bourgeoisle must at nothing that for the moment it is the despotie monarchy. is enough for the wanting a politien leadership of its provisional government. theoretically that is, the secret law of some wenerals the same time increase its profits. What ideologists of the petty bourgeoisie, the cowardly coterie of intellectuals who own in tune with the state of historical and no more, since it has toen proved in and officers. man is taken from his is the genuine meaning of this decree? republiean socialist. bloc which is ap rule today to conclude that it is a evolution. All this contributes heavily practise to the hilt that there is no place honse or on the street and is invited The German bourgeoisie is striving to parently on its high horse. These poor question of a feudal state. Naturally, to the insolent vanity of the intellectual in contemporary society for a directing to go over to the police station or to destroy with the means at its com Mustonists, reactionary utoptans will this small manifestation of a historicul nuclens of the petty Bourgeoisie which function of the petty bourgeoisie; every the barracks. From there he is sont Hovernment that is not the direct emboli to the jail or to the military tribunal.
mand, the positions still remaining to not have long to wait in order receive ment of the historical Interests of the Then he disappeara perhap exllel, dethe working class and to suppress it for themselves the sad lesson of the proletariat, is an instrumeut of the capt porteri sent to jail or to Ushuaia (concompletely. The realization of this aim events.
FOR THE SPANISH OPPOSITION PRESS talist dictatorshipwe, Marxian critica, vict settlement in Tierra del Fuego. is given over to Fascism. But aside from The petty bourgeois intellectual is the theorists of the revolutionary pro: All this without a word to anybody. His Fasclam, the possibility is still left to profoundly deceived thanks to his gross The events in Spain follow in rapid succession. Each day brings news letarint, assert roundly that the Spanish friends and relations don know whero the bourgeoisie to realize its plans with error in pwrspective and appreciation of the aid of the Bruening government which historical forces. Nothing is more stupia of the proletariat awakening to a realization of its strength. Every strug.
monarchy is not at all a fewlal state the man has gone to the newspapers are gle, every strike of the workers brings them into sharper conflict with the This is the political le of the revolu silent. We don know the number of is supported by the social democracy and futile than the ignorant and charla bourgeoisie whom they helped to power against the monarchy. The process tionary democracy which, in order to men so dealt with, but it must run into This road cannot be accompanied by such tanist abuse that Marcelino Domingo of disillusionment with the ruling power and of enlightenment as to their counterfeit a struggle for an emancipa the hundreds by this time.
dangerous convulsions as would be the and others of those who make up the preown historie mission is sinking its roots deeply in the consciousness of the tion which does not exist creats a fancase with a Fascist uprising. Bruening sent provisional government practise by masses. Only the Communists can hasten this process and place themselves tasy with which to divert the popular That is why there is a dend calm in road is still the surest one. It does not comparing historical situntions in order at the head of the proletariat for their final victory. In magnificent masses from the real road of the revoluthe labor and social movements in Ar.
take from the working class all its poli to establish a system of foolish analo work, the Left Opposition in Spain has taken its place at the very hend of the tion. It is a question of a maneuver gentine. Everything 18 Karalyzed but thoal, economic, cultural and social rights, sies, devoid of any content. Contrary to movement. Reviled, slandered, persecuted, it is yet forging ahead to the best throngh which the ruling bloc tries to men are thinking and resentment at one blow. By this tactic of the bour the belief and to the theory of tho of its power. It needs the aid of every militant throughout the world. Its hide its reactionism in the service of growing.
geoisle, the social democratic leaders petty bourgeoisie which rules today, press, the organ through which it upenks to the class conscious workers. bis capital. They believe, these ignor The Conservatives are uncany: the gengain the possibility to continue their be the revolutionary duel in Spain is being must be strengthened immediately. The Militant appeals to all its readers to amuses, that it is possible to scoff at heral elections have been put back to trayal not only of the historical inter engaged in not between the feudal st te give the most generous aid to our Spanish comrades. Funds are urgently torical intentions, juggling the tremen. November 8: the probnilities are that ests of the working class but also of and democracy, but rather between the needed. Send all you can to this great cause of the revolution. All con dous social truth by means of exercises by that time this military goverment will their daily interests, without any great capitalist state and the industrial prolo tributions will be recepted and announced in these columns Send all in lyrical sleigh of hand. To he con the itself into a knot.
obstacles their path. On this road, tarlat allled with the exploited peasant moneys to comrade Gonzales, care of the Militant, 81 East 10th St. tinued. It is easier to talk the masses into the masses. The pretty bourgeoisie, the socR.
Bilbao ESTEBAN BILBAO notion that the decree must be issued tal foundation of the Kleology of the govBuenos Aires.
for emergency reasons. With the announcement of each emergency decree, the contlict between further extension or In France the workers only protest, but for the The British Scene trade relations with the Soviet Republle moment they do not yet rebel.
or prosecution of its hypocritical fight In every emergency decree the main against dumping what they really point is directed against unemployment want is to change the present adverse support. Is this one out of reasons of balance, which has obtained ever since emergency, of economy? Is this really Has the MacDonald government any in the building trades the employers the re establishment of trade relations.
France is one of the last of the Eur. policy of the third period. canght it the main reason? The bourgeoisie knows solution for England crisis? Oh yes! demanded wage cuts and changes that are ordin sitten the in queste the Britieropean countries to be cripped by the in un exhausted state, the influence of clearls that thanks to the organizatlou But in reality its proposed solution is ings involving further reductions for customs house, during the first quarter economie erisis. In possession of anat trourgeois propagana conid make itselt tation is subject to certain limits. The British financial interests, although quits tening strike situation, the union leaders England to the value of 31, 266, 685: time a cheaply producing refining indus: the working class. The steadily growexperiences of the former and the recent diriterent in form and in the phraseology induced them to accept a six months while goods sold by England to the Sov try which opened the foreign markets in reformat organizations, on the other economic struggles have showed that of its presentation.
truce, hoping meanwhile to more effeciet Union amounted to only 6, 921, 180. to it, capitalist France looks back upon Isand, endeavored to maintain the calm while the hetrayal of the reformist bur its proposals are the overhauling of tively prepare the actual cuts. In South en ucracy is incessant, at the same time, the industrial machinery rationalization Wales an independient arbitrator fin. exl by Sir Geoffrey Clark a director of the second half of 1930. Only in the The condict was quite clearly express. prosperity period, which lasted into among the workers. The influence of bourgeois propaganda was above all exhowever, regardless of the generally bad. which means closing of unprofitable ally rendered an award calling for a re shipping and other companies, when he autumn of 1930 and the winter of 1931 pressed in strong anti foreigner currents economie situation and the enormous no mines, mills and factories: more labor duction of 75 a week for 162, 000 cont proposed the two internatives. One did the crisis make itself felt henvily in against the three million foreign born employment, no or almost no striko saving wage reductions of from thirty to forty output, and thus more goods at lower come threatening, the union leaders again import of Russian goods, which is not agrarian crisis and the price fall of the million colonial workers exploited to the breakers appear. In order to achieve of succeeded in casoling them into accept easy to effect, especially as certain great Ished goods threw French Industry into bone by French capitalism. These antipercent, howerer, the hourgeoiste needs tom ked world markets. These proposals ance on the promise of asking the gow. conntries are now reaping harvest a dificult position, whose atter effects foreigner currents, abetted by the rethe support of a strike breakers guard. are already being carried out and from ernment for the passage of a new min: from Russion orders. The other met the working class felt quickly and for a formints, penetrated right into the circles The industrialists know that the reform them flow the inevitable conclusion in imam wage law whatever that will od is to adopt a system of harter where long time. Uneinployment assumed of the revolutionary organizations. They ist bereueries, which will betray strikes creased unemployment and wage cuts. mean.
by Russian goods would be paid for lo great scope relative to French condt frequently made their appearance not In the pottery trade, on the main goods rting better arguments for keeping the workers further mergers or establishments with steamship lines, and in the ship building principle of balanced exchange Yes, ent shortage of labor, which led to the ed by the and in the revback from struggle. Throuh the reduc in industry and Anance. This also has yards, wage cuts are demanded by the not only balanced exchange but if possia immigration of foreign born workers, olutionary trade unions, but also in the geoisie hopes to demoralize and to dis poly, and larger and more powerful com engineering trades (machinists and metal espect, the British eapitalists are not found themselves either thrown out of in. Communist party itsell.
organize a part of the working class Vines to dictate more effectively working workers) have accepted a new agree the lenst sentimental, to make them a reservoir of strike conditions.
job completely or put upon part time.
ment involving reductions of standards Extension of trade relations with the At the same time, a stubborn offensive of The first hig struggles hroke out in breaking for the future.
It will be reenlled that more than and working conditions. These examples Soviet Union in successful competition capital set in to diminish the wages and August and September 1930, in the perThe Aims of the Decree a year ago, when, British financial in are sufficient to present a picture as to with the other capitalist powers, how the general standard of living of the lod of transition between the bating prosperity and the incoming crisis. For not yet hart the possibility to gain a of the United States and Germany. soveroment, Since the young workers under 21 have terests, following in the footsteps of its how the British workers fare under the ever involves the granying of large workers.
industry by the labor scale, long term crediits of which How did the French proletariat reply years the French hourgeoisie was acfirm class conselousness through political went in for rationalization, the Bank of It should now be clear also why these a couple of days ago. Thomas Johnson, lat has not yet taken up the defense it. strike of 000 to 5, 000 workers wa kepada tepable de concedas Sombosit to this attack? In general, the proletar customed to a moel proletariat before have few traditions of struggle, tbe bour England employed at a royal salary pious christian gentlemen of the Mae. with the exalted title of Lord Privy energetically. Because the policy of the of the labor conflicts were limited to and trade union training, since they still was looked upon as very important: most rationalization dictator. His reciti Donald government, in service to their seal. announced the intention of grant revolutionary organizations, the com few hundred participants and slight geolsle believes that it can sooner yoke duty was to lay down terms for rationenpitalist masters, demand and promuling long term credits for an expected munist party at the red them to its policy. The young will follization, when applications for loans gate mergers of Industrial establish order of up toward 50 000. 000 for heavy trade union center. as a result of the rise in wages sufficed to send then back low the old. The next emergency decree were made by industrial enterprises ments. Their Coal Miners Act of last machinery material, The gigantic strides again. The hourgeoisio carried through will reduce the support of additional the rationalization of the factories with categories. The bourgeoiste wants to The labor government became an errear established a state supervising or of the youthful Soviet industry will yet Centrism, MacDonald can today appear out encountering any noteworthy resist abolish the wage scale system. The pre The results are, as already stated, mount of the industry and, since the proof of ing trade with the capitalist world. recognition to Soviet Republie; as the power it introduced under the pretext rective handmaiden in these schemes, ganization based upon a regional division for some time to come require a grow almost unehallensced as the defender of apce. To consolidate the apparatus of sent emergency opens a free road. The ing unemployment and drastie wage cutthe pudding is in the cating, in this in growing import of machinery to bulta defender of trade relations with it and protecting the workers ageinst cerbourgeoisie calls it: Reestablishment Stance it was presented in the arbitrathe industry toward a socialist level as the sponsor of extension of these retain evilo social insurance which burof the freedom of motion of private ting.
rule. In reality, the introduction of Campaign of Wage Slashing ton Wow the anton leaders of the Iron ist nations this task could undoubtedly the roail of back door dealings to obtain form of compulsory contributions and coolte wages is to be attained in this to lend emphasis to the extent of pre and Steel Trades Confederation propose be immensely facilitated Unemployment credits rather than boully to proclaim chained them to capitalism under Drac no sllusions on a change of this polley will prove illuminating: During the dustry within the control of a publlo there would seem to be a special oppor: ance to bolster up the shaky government law came into forces at the same momonic conditions. On July 1, 1930the without struggle. The polley of the bour month of April, about a million and utility corporaton. Their efforts will tunity to set the British workers into of liberal labor politicians. It streng geo:sle in this question is stematic and half British workers in some of the big likely not prove unavailing, the same as motion around the signa of erantig ent, a ferment set in throughout the conscious of purpose. The aim of all geat and inost vital industries accepted can possibly be said for the efforts and large scale credits to the Soviet Union, thens the social reformism of the desple country which finally broke out openly the emergency decrees is to destroy the a reduced standard, cajoled into accept loud clamors of Jimmie Thomas in the To demand from the capitalist rulers to face of the inevitable British working movement which embraced close to 200, able Fabian brand of MacDonald in the in August in the North of France in still existing ability of the working class ance Buy their reactionary leaders who negotiations for the wage cuts to the to struggle to create the conditions held the whip over their beads of threats raffroad workers for mergers of the duction in England of machinery to the doubtedly strike an immense sympathetic smaller movements in other parts of the furnish such credits and to increase proclass revolt. The alternative would nnfor an enormous exploitation polley of to break any resistance. The railway un existing roads.
Soviet Union. This special opportunity chord among the British working masses country (for example, in the Lower Selne finance capital.
lons, embracing some 450, 000 men re with an overhauling of industrial ma nelongs to the British Communist Party who have before proved their readiness department) Hared up only to be extinTo hold back their own adherental ceived a cut, decreed by the Natiounl chinery, accomplished primarily at the It would afford the means of creating to support the Soviet Union. It would guished again. The labor struggles in who are being radicalized under the insh Wages Board, of two and a half percent cost of a lower working class level Bri powerful movement around a specific de of the crists, from the struggle against for those earning less than 00 weekly tish capitalism nourishes its hopes of mand upon capitalism at home. It help to make them real defenders of the the North lasted for weeks.
the present system, the Welses, Serer and five percent for those earning more still maintaining a leading position would afford the means of making the strength to the British Communist Party ines, and similtrs paint for them a pic. than 00 weekly. of the clerical the world market. Although compelled British workers real participators in the But the leaders of the party true pro(To Be Continued)
ture of the danger of a Fascist overturn. Grades, those earning more than 500. 00 to proceed from a greatly contracted wilding of Soviet Industry.
Therefore better the Bruening govern yearly received a seven and a ball per basis it will undoubtedly fight desper. Alas, this slogan, proposed by the inotypes of Stalinism, self contented burPIERRE FRANK ment, the lesser evll. And the slogan cent wage cut. This is how the semi ately for its diminishing ration.
One ternational Lett Opposition has been eaucrats who have gradually decimated workers. In the days of the crisis in government function to help overcome the growing market in the Stalin Comintern regime. Thus by an prevent this possibility.
has up till now still kept hinck the governmental agencies of the labor section is focussing its attention upon declared counter revolutionary by the the party, are using thelr powers to READ AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE the crisis.
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