TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1939 SOCIALIST APPEAL Begins Bronx Open Air Speaking Tour Cash and THE Carry Plan NEGRO QUESTION Speeds LABOR WITH WHITE SKIN CAN NOT EMANCIPATE ITSELF WHERE LABOR WITH BLACK SKIN IS BRANDED KARL MARX.
The Balance Sheet of Stalinist Bonapartism Com War Entry ISA wild and had 703 CATE here to read Leading Militants of Communist Party Resign to Join the etc. WRIGHT By JOHNSON In January 1935, Leon Trot eration of Stalinism but in the Jula increasing or lowering is The Negro and the War sky. analyzing the degenera history of mankind.
purely rhetorical. The stress is wrote: IX tion of the State But before formula, propose to draw a among other things, by the exIn the light of the foregoing on the increase. This is proved. diplomatic the world bourgeoisie and be preliminary balance sheet. tremely brief interval set for But suppose the war does begin. What do we do then. Continued from Page 1)
fore reformism; economic the collection of the tax, which WE CARRY ON THE STRUGGLE RELENTLESS may transport arms and airretreat before the petty bour PURGES CRIPPLE ECONOMIC LIFE immediately goes into effect.
LY THAN BEFORE. For capitalism here in America will planes to Canada under the act.
geois tendencies within the And this is called a cash and country: a political offensive Little need be said of the BUREAUCRACY EXEMPT still be the chief enemy. Naturally we shall not be able to carry neutrality measure!
The subterfuges employed by against the proletarian van Stalinist offensive against the FROM TAXATION fight in the same open manner as before. We will not be guard this is the three fola proletarian vanguard, which The deadline set for the payRoosevelt and his office boys in able for instance, to hold an anti war meeting. But in a formula of the new chapter in unfolded in this period in a se ment of the new tax is: Octothe Senate are made necessary the development of Stalinistries of persecutions, frame ups. ber 1, November 1, and Decemfactory some militant workers may propose a strike against by the existing overwhelming Bonapartism.
and murders unmatched in the ber 1, that is to say, from 60 to wage cuts oppressive conditions sentiment of the masses agThis chapter, approximately annals of history. The facts are 90 days, and even less. On this ainst involving the United There will be traitors who will join the government and States in the war. They must come to a close, punctuated, so with the turn in diplomacy, the said: The People Commiscapitalists in saying; Now that there is a war we must proceed under the slogans of to speak, by the outbreak of bureaucratic terror was imme sariats of the Federated Repubsacrifice for victory. But all true fighters against the war keeping America out of war, for war, which in its turn opens a diately intensified. After the as. Ties have the right to speed up MAX SHACHTMAN will refuse to accept this treacherous advice and will fight neutrality.
Roosevelt Plan new page not only in the degen sassination of Kirov, the terror the time set for collection of was unleashed, culminating in payments. but by not more as bitterly for the rights of the workers during the war as Roosevelt expects that the the Moscow Trials, the massa than one month. Pravda, before it. That is the way to fight against war.
adoption of the Pittman bill win cre of the generations of August 29. lead to a big boom in industry ber at home, and assassina Furthermore, the law proMany Ways to Fight War tions abroad (murder of Ignace vides for the taxation not only from Canada, England and Reiss, Leon Sedov, Klement, of well to do peasants but even There are many other ways which we cannot discuss in France. That the available cash thousands of militants in Spain, the income of (agricultural)
detail here. For instance, the Negroes can form small and restricted credits of the laborers and employes hitherPurge upon purge followed to exempt.
groups who will discuss the anti war struggle, distribute Allies will soon be used up, and which beheaded the Red Army. What social prop has the releaflets against the war among themselves and their fellow more extended credits. The alworkers and friends, and cooperate with all others who are ternative would then be a crl.
We who have been for many strikes and has not departed with capitalist powers, includ and crippled every sphere of gime to lean upon against the sis in industry as a result of years active members of the from this policy in this in ing Hitler Germany. But we Soviet social, political and eco inevitable reaction of the peas doing the same important work. Some cowards will say the cessation of orders from Communist Party, after long stance. We have not called any refuse to accept a stalin Hitler nomic life. Those executed antry? The answer is supplied that this is against the law. Of course it is against the law. abroad of the extension of and careful onenadyshes that are strikes and arePA workers. actions and joint communt. those sajled hundreds of thou Law, Apart from the aged, the fool who obeys the capitalist law when he realizes the ne Roosevelt feels confident that CP has abandoned the revolu Dally Worker, July 18, 1939. ques about how Stalin troops Sands, while not less than four only ones exempt are, and we positions based on in our opinion, by this state will mop up what Hitler million were herded into GPU cite Zverev verbatim concentration Not subject to the agriculcessity of fighting against capitalism.
ment of the masses can be Marx and Lenin. We, therefore, ment the CP, through the ac troops have not yet finished. barracks The result of all this will be, that when the great bulk of changed into support of the Al resigned from the ce on Seption of its responsbile represen. Above all we refuse to accept recipe Far from insuring the tural tax are teachers and agthe people, black and white, begin to feel the strain of the lies, including American mili tember 11. After an equally tatives in the Workers Alliance, the latest turn in the policies regime at home, this purge on ronomists, zootechnicians, vet tary intervention in the war to careful examination of the pro stands condemned as a strike of the American CP as a result ly added so much tinder for the erinarians, doctors and barber war and begin to revolt against it, they will have leaders guarantee payment of the cred eram of the Socialist Workers breaker and a tool of the Roose has suddenly come out for cumulated under the leaden lid and agrichkeizer specialists technicians, its.
and people who are well prepared. They will have organizaParty we feel satisfied that it is velt Administration.
tions ready to lead the great masses in their assault against will be heated debates in con class struggle program engineers, chief mechanics, diIn the coming period there the only party adhering to the As far back as May 1937, we neutrality because it realizes of Bonapartist oppression.
of had an experience in the York that the Soviet Union is today On the world arena, Stalin rectors of the Mechanical the chief enemy, the enemy who is at home.
gress between the isolationist Marxism Leninism. We there ville section of the CP which allied with Nazi Germany. We retreat led swiftly to a capitu Tractor stations, directors of lation to the fascist wing of the mechanical tractor shops and The workers and farmers, white and black, must never forces and the Admnistration fore announce our agreement served as an example an eye refuse to belong to a partyworld bourgeoisie (the Stalin directors supporters Sovkhozes; togethBorah and his and support of the program of opener of the sabotaging tac which bases its policies on the Hitler Alliance. It was preced ler with the leading personnel of forget this important fact. The statesmen and the politicthe of the tics with regard to strikes of maneuvers of the Kremlin forians did not stop the last war. It was the workers of Russia the arms embargo. But the theor the past few years we the cp. We refer to the well eign office, instead of the legied by a capitulation to the the district to the number of who brought Russia out, by the great revolution of Octo are unable to rally the people have witnessed the shameless known sitdown strike of 130 cig timate interests of the worla democratic wing of imper not more than 30 persons to a ber, 1917. And in November, 1918, it was the workers of against the plans of Wall Street and open support by the CP of armakers of the Auton Bock working class itself.
Germany who chased the Kaiser and his government out of They are for the defense of the blanker endorsement of the ville district. When the strike place was no longer in the CP. the entry into the League of ly lists the recentis constituted the coụntry and brought the war to an end. That is what system of capitalist Imperial. Roosevelt strikebreaking poli. was brought to the attention of We therefore took the first oc Nations, the defense of the ver bureaucracy, in the rural are we have to aim at. Fighting against the capitalists to pre ism for increased armaments cies that led to the sellout of the Section Buro by one of us, casion to express our disagree saddles Treaty, the policy of the as. Such is the composition of the new tops in Soviet Society.
vent them going into war, and if we fail to stop them, car. The pro war forces know that workers who were ready for section organizero Femarked at that meeting the party was sense, it may be said that in quote from a report from us. tv rying on the fight to bring the war to a close as quickly as the opposition of the isolation militant strike action. While the that it involved only few hailed as a great victory for the political sphere Stalin was the country granary) which possible. And not only bring it to a close, but sweep away ists will collapse like a house AFL members were on strike workers and therefore did not peace, as having strengthened ing role the new aristocracy.
capitalism altogether if we get the chance, and so prevent drageing the theory insucceed in cainst wasee cuts and the recrutare sioni a tre action the defense of the Soviet Union. Clusion draw his work to a concasts further light on the leadIn the report, which details the this mass slaughter which is inseperable from the cursed They know that these gentle. the President which called for blizing support for the strike that the pact encouraged Hitler THE COURSE OF progress of preparations for the capitalist system.
men will be invaluable recruit the firing of 1, 000, 000 WPA and for reporting the attitude to make war on Poland and was ECONOMIC RETREAT coming elections to the local ing sergeants under such condi workers the workers Alliance of the section organizer, one of a guarantee from Stalin to supBut the economic retreat at Soviets. it is stated: Great If America is dragged into the war, during the early through Herbert Benjamin, aus was framed by the Disply Hitler with raw materials home has far from followed activity was evidenced in the days the struggle against war will difficult. It will seem third force must intervene member of the National Com trict Committee of the cas necessary to carry on the im. this rectilinear course. If the regional conference at agita hopeless. But in Germany, December 1914, only one to stop Roosevelt dastardly mittee of the CP, sent a declara factionalist, removed as org. Bertadiste war. We also stated capitulation to the democratic tors, at which about 600 were man, Karl Liebknecht, raised his voice against the war.
scheme: the organized mightation to President Roosevelt in anizer of the Workers Alliance, that defense of the Soviet Union wing of the world bourgeoisie present teachers, agronomists, Hitler or with Four years after, the great masses in Germany were fol inely anti war elements of the lers Alliance of America has a section.
country lowing the advice of Liebknecht and bringing the war to a fixed policy with regard These policies which were a democratic governments brake upon revolutionary action Britain, France and the 1935. the New Constitution stratum of the population of introduction of Stakhanovism August 27. close by dealing with the enemy at home. At the beginning were explained by the CP as a but by the international solidar. 1936. concessions to the peas that has its roots deep in the those who oppose may be few, but the masses will come to necessity in order to facilitate ity of the working class. By this antry (the right to trade, pri petty bourgeoisie is the sole rethe struggle against fascism. we meant not defense of Stalin vately cultivated farm strips, maining prop of the regime!
us in time as they came to Liebknecht. The mistake that Actually, practice the CP and his bureaucracy but de ownership of land in perpetuity the German workers made in 1918 was to change one capihas been not merely passive ſense of the workers state in the mild tax laws, etc. and rigid CLUE TO THE but an active collaborator with Soviet Union. The section or legislation against labor (De BUREAUCRACY SIZE talist government for another capitalist government, inIN PRAISE OF Communist to come out and op the ruling class in paving the sanizer, the fuehrer of Yorkcember, 1938) that is, if Stalstead of sweeping away capitalism and establishing a workTHE APPEAL enly denounce Stalin and his way toward fascism in the Ville, not having any convincin retreated hitherto before the has all the vices of the classic How reliable is this layer? It.
ers government instead.
To The Editor henchmen in America for what This can be seen by the action ing arguments in defense of the petty bourgeois After reading the September they really are.
of the CP on February 20 when infamous Stalin Hitler pact, in within the country, then the im its virtues, especially in terms tendencies petty bourgeoisie and none of We Are International 13 issue of the Socialist Appeal, The stooges of Browder in it ordered all its members and dulced in the most contempt. mediate effect of the Stalin Hit of training, efficiency and loyIn all this difficult work, the Negroes of America must believe your paper deserves this part of the country remind sympathizers characterizes the petty bourtake the lead. They have most to win. Similar work is go praise for your stand against me of a mud turtle on dry land. from the counter demonstra. calling, such as fascist scum. er pact has been to halt this alty to the ruling regime that war. As a former member of They have pulled in their necks tion called by the Socialist Only yesterday rumors of any ing on in every country at the present time, though natural the Comunist Party, my res and are laying back like a Workers Party. By calling this pact between Germany and the main features of this new de In subservience alone do stalIn preceding article, the geoisie in capitalist countries.
ly the capitalist press does not publish it. The Socialist pects to the Socialist Appeal for snake in the grass. Stalin has counter demonstration the SWP Soviet Union were denounced velopment were outlined. With in petty bourgeois cohorts Workers Party has brother parties in England, in France, Browders and the henchmen of this time the sincere American struggle against fascism. The pact is a reality anyone who papers to this country, addition where.
in Poland, in India, in Africa, in China, all over the slaughterhouse Stalin here in workers will deliver the knock democratic LaGuardia por does not applaud is called fas al data is now available on the The numerical strength of the world who are carrying on this work. We recognize that America.
out puch to the Browders and lice, while protecting Fritz cist seum. This is Stalinist log economic blind alley of the bureaucracy has been one of this is an international struggle and therefore, our organi stand exposed before the massagainst the World War in 1915. This police brutality received complete lack of democracy come les newest crisis. The fun ficial press and his stooges their type. As one who fought Kuhn and his followers, brutalic.
These tactics indicate the ics whereby it seeks to over. crets of the regime. But the of Stalin regime, and the mechan the most jealously guarded sezation is international in scope.
that exists in the CP. The par. text of the new agricultural with a clue even in this sphere.
les us Lenin and Trotsky formed the Third International to One traitors to the American same as ever and that is the praise of the CP. The working class. shall do every firm stand against war and the Worker of February 22 last ty maintains its rule over the law is not yet available if it In an editorial devoted to the assist the workers, particularly in crises of this kind.
But today Stalin has the Third International working thing in my power to unmask war mongers in this country printed a statement from May membership through a Tam ever will be. neither are any preparations for the coming and expose these enemies of the the Browders included. or LaGuardia: think the po many like bureaucratic matoiling masses. It is the duty of only to serve him in the bargains that he makes with imlice did a very splendid job. chine which is more and more reports of the discussion that elections to the local Soviets, every sincere rank and file Duluth, Minn.
The meeting was held and being exposed to the honest the Supreme Council. But we following: 1, 300, 000 Deputies perialist governments like Hitler. One day the Stalinists that that say to fight for democracy. That is because Stalin wanted That the CP and the CI had those honest and intelligent port delivered by Zverev, viets of toilers deputies.
an alliance with Britain. When Stalin joins with Hitler, the MASS MEETING or putting up a real struggle pate the working class, we ap People Commissar of Fl. Millions of toilers in the city Stalinists begin to say that the war is not a war for democagainst war became clear with peal to repudiate the CP and and country have been drawn racy any longer, that it is a war between imperialist counthe signing of the Hitler Stalin join the Fourth International to sets a new mark for evasive elections to the local Soviets.
The report is very brief, and into the preparations for the Max Shachtman pact. We had always, and still fight for Socialism.
tries. That may sound allright but if Stalin changes todo, recognize the right of the SIDNEY LEROY ness. Only from the Pravda ed Suffice it to adduce single morrow, they will change again. They are not leaders of Soviet Union to make pacts itorial do we glean the fact that fact: According to factual reSARAH RICE the working class but agents of Stalin. They are particuEditor of the Socialist Appeal the tax for privately run en ports, in the whole of the US terprises amounts to 11 25 of SR there will be approximately larly dangerous because they use revolutionary words and their income. Pravda, Aug million people involved in ust 29. have a lot of money. That must be avoided like poison. the work of the electoral comWAR THE STALIN HITLER PACT Zverev report, which care missions.
It is because of the treachery of the Third International at the fully circumnavigates this asthat genuinely revolutionary workers everywhere have Series of FOUR Friday Night Lectures The regime boasts of a suppect of the new legislation, nev porting army of million. Performed the Fourth International. Negroes who see the sitPARK PLAZA ertheless clearly indicates that haps that is not exaggerated.
uation clearly should join this party. The workers can nevthe actual tax is higher by as One thing is certain, while the 1530 PITKIN AVENUE, BROOKLYN JAMES CANNON much as one third. The corres bulk of the Deputies (1, 300, 000)
er succeed without a powerful and clear thinking revoluFRIDAY EVE OCTOBER 6th, at 8:00 ponding passage from Zverev will be composed of teachers, tionary party. But if a Negro does not feel that he wants report touching on this point agronomists, doctors, etc.
ADMISSION 150 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8:30 reads as follows: etc. the majority of the milto join a revolutionary party today, that does not prevent shall not go into detail on lion must fall into a somewhat him from joining or from forming an organization of Auspices: Socialist Workers Party of Brooklyn The Aftermath The Versailles Treaty all these norms, but must say different category. The lower Negroes to fight against war. Such Negro organizations The Peace Which Prepared the New War that this question the question tiers of this young bureaucratic will work side by side with all other groups who fightof fixing the norms on various army have their roots in and still more in war. Do not join with one group of capitalists FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 8:30 ing against war in the only way this can be done, by fightstaple crops demands excep are subject to the pressure of ing against capitalism.
against another. Fight against both. The real enemy is at tional attention and commen the working class on the one The Advance of Fascism surate discussion on the part of hand and the peasantry on the home.
Causes Underlying the Triumphs of Hitler and Mussolini the Deputies of the Supreme other.
Real Enemy Is at Home In Britain, in France, in Germany, in India, in China, Council of the USSR. The The actual course of the law gives the People Commis struggle alone will determine Negro men and women in every country, in America, in everywhere workers who do not see this today will see it FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 8:30 sariats of the Federated Repub which of these two camps will the West Indies, in Africa; the Fourth International sum tomorrow. The united workers and farmers of the world lics the right to fix different prevail. An important indicaThe World in Flames Again mons you to fight for your own liberation, for full social, will oppose this bloody imperialist war to the bitter end.
norms of (calculating) revenue tion of the acual trends in these The Real Meaning of the Present War in various branches of agricul two camps, as well as their relpolitical and economic rights in America, for the indepen We will seek to build the new society, in which all men irture and various forms of sta ative strength, will perhaps be dence of Africa and the formation of Negro states in that respective of color or race, will be able to work in security ple crops with a view to in demonstrated in the very next continent so long oppressed. The enemy of your freedom and peace, and with full enjoyment of the good things of IRVING PLAZA, Irving Place at 15th Street creasing or lowering the norms days ahead, specifically, in the and of your independence is capitalism. Do not support the the earth.
envisaged by the law. up to elections to the local Sovieta Subscription for series: 750 Individual lectures: 250 30 of these norms. There is which will coincide with the capitalist war. Fight the capitalists in peace, and fight them THE END internal evidence that the form deadline for tax collections.
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