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6 THE REVOLUTIONARY AGE Saturday, April 5, 1919 The Constituent Assembly Accepts the Soviets TH HE civil war waged against the Bolsheviki The Siberian reactionaries have directed their at geois dictatorship or foreign bourgeois intervention; and the Soviet Government was organized and tacks against democratic parties and institutions. They but, on the contrary, it must support the most resolute directed by the Constituent Assembly, which was have arrested several members of the Constituent Ass struggle against both national and international redissolved by the Soviet Government in January 1918, embly, as well as Comrade Sourgouzchef and other action in order that the, Russian revolution and the and the majority of which consisted of delegates re militants of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, world revolution may be victorious. This is not the presenting the Social Revolutionary Party of the But the most important changes have taken place time for a fratricial war among the workers. right. These counter revolutionary democrats recently in Western Europe. Germany has met with co operated withi Allied intervention, until they real military defeat, and the treaty of Brest Litovsk, an This is why the Executive Committee of the Conized that this intervention was directed against them nulled by the Soviet Government, has lost its authority. asks all the soldiers of the popular army to stop the gress of the members of the Constituent Assembly as much as against the Bolsheviki. But still they persisted, until conquered in the civil war, abandoned by Germ Imperialism no longer exists and the Aus civil war against the Soviet Government, which, at the masses, and threatened by Kolchak and the Allies, tro Hungarian Empire is a thing of the past. Under the present historic time, is the only revolutionary they decided to accept the authority of the Soviet Gov the pressure of the working class of Germany and power of the exploited classes, and turn their amies ernment. This decision is made public in a Manifesto Austria the thrones of the monarchs of these countries against Kolchak, in order to crush the exploiters. issued in the name of the Social Revolutionary Par have been overthrown. The authority has passed into On its part, the Revolutionary Committee guaranty and in the name of the President of the Congress the hands of the workers, who, under the red flag of tees to detachments of the popular army, as well as of the Constituent Assembly, and is as follows: the labor social revolution, enter, like their brothers to isolated individuals and groups who voluntarily end in Russia, into the era of the world social revolution. To the soldiers of the Popular Army, to the Siberthe civil war against the power of the Soviets and who That is what has recently happened.
ian Cossacks, to the Czecho Slovak Troops: voluntarily join with the Soviet troops, that they will Soldiers mobilized and volunteers you entered Through fear of labor revolution at home the for be subject to no prosecution on the part of the Soviet the army to defend the sovereignty of the people and mer allies of Russia England, France, Japan, and the Government. The same agreement applies to the deto save democratic Russia from German imperialism, United States naturally took the part of the bour tachments which fight Kolchak.
which reduced it to slavery by the treaty of Brest geois dictatorship in Russia. The bourgeoisie of West The members of the Social Revolutionary Party: Litovsk. In the name of the Pan Russian Constituent ern Europe and of the United States declared war who accept this agreement will not be molested because Assembly, in the name of free Russia, independent against the Russian and German revolutions.
The of their membership in the party.
and united, you have fought against Soviet authority. Allies would not recognize either the authority of the Soviet Governinent or that of the Constitutional Ass Soldiers of the Popular Army, Siberian Cossacks And during this time, behind our backs, in the rear, embly. But they did recognize Kolchak and Denikine. and Czecho Slovaks! In acquainting you with this they executed a coup etat and set up the Kolchak agreement, the delegation of the Social Revolutionary dictatorship, the representative of the bourgeoisie and Under the pretex of fighting against Bolshevism Party invites all sincere democrats, all the peasants of the landed proprietors.
our former allies revealed their intention, on the one and all the workers to cease playing the role of blind The bourgeois dictatorship signifies the complete other, of crushing democracy entirely and consolidat sie, who, behind your backs, beat down your own hand, of exploiting the situation of Russia, and, on the itistruments the hands of the reactionary bourgeoicrushing of the proletariat and of the working peasants, and the complete triumph of those enemies of ing the power of the bourgeois reaction.
brothers. We ask you to turn your arms against the the workers, the proprietors and the capitalists. It All of those fundamental changes which have taken bourgeois dictatorship of Kolchak and to act in agreesignifies the suppression of all the conquests of the place in the world situation and in Russia have comment with the Soviet army.
great Russian revolution and the overthrow of the pelled the members of the Social Revolutionary Party democratic regime and the re establishment of the old to revise their program. Under no circumstances can Long live the labor democracy of every country!
monarchical regime.
the Social Revolutionary Party support either bour Long live the world social revolution!
The Young People Socialist League and Revolution By Oliver Carlson HE average American Socialist who is not well Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Scandinavian count themselves as creditably as did their comrades in Rusknows little or nothing about the Young People So assumed an international character. The young and movement which is seeking to overthrow the reactioncialist organizations in other countries, and what an enthuiastic Socialists joined hands, not in any attempt ary Socialists who hold the reins of government in important part they have played in the development to gain concessions, not to ask for a little bit more the interest of the capitalist class.
of Socialist thought and action. In this country we from the rulers and exploiters, but to seize control of The activi of the young all of the European have considered the League only as a gathering place ail, to expropriate the expropriator They were not for the young; we have been satisfied when they man chained to the past; they were ready to Hing to the countries gives us an idea of how important the aged to exist with the social in Socialist playing winds traditions and customs; view the present as really is. We are facing a critical period the the all important part; and when by chance a Circle only the present generation can, and above all things, revolt of the working class is spreading from east to or a small part of a Circle showed interest in the actual they were eager to study, to agitate, to educate, in west, from north to south, and threatens to encomstudy of Socialism, we were elated for we knew that other words, to act. And they did.
pass the entire world. What are we going to do? We these were indeed valuable exceptions. On the whole, The greatest stumbling block for the reactionary movement than ever before; we must see to it that our must devote more time to the Young People Socialist most of the older heads in the party considered the elements of the Social Democratic parties of all EurY. as an organization that was necessary, but young people become the leaders in thought and action ope was the Within it were the Left here, just as did the young in Germany, Russia and which was not likely to accomplish anything worth Wingers who wasted no time in dilly dallying with the while for the coming of the day when the emancipa trivalities that so concerned the old line leaders. They the other countries.
tion of the proletariat world become a reality.
refused to compromise. And so it was that the Young Within the a radical change must take Something has been radically wrong with the Young People Socialist Leagues of some countries were place. We who are members must bring this change eople Socialist organizations in this country. The practically outlawed by their respective and respect about, for the freedom of the movement from its preattitude of the older Party members toward them has, able. Socialist parties.
sent lethargy must be the act of the League itself, to a certain extent, been the correct one. But let us In Russia, it was the young who formed the most just as the emancipation of the working class must be not condemn the movement. let us not say that there active group of the Bolsheviki. In fact, the struggle the act of the working class itself.
can be no change for even now a great change is there woull, no doubt, have been much more difficult When we show our willingness to become an intaking place. Let us not hold preconceived ideas that one had it not been for them. Lenin, an ardent advoc tegral factor in the struggle we may rest assured that the young people organizations of Europe are similar ate of the was and still is a contributor the revolutionary Socialists will give us their liearty to that which we have had in this country.
to the Young International, the official organ of the support. Let us change our slogan from OrganizaKarl Liebknecht was one of the founders of the international tion and Education to Education and Organization.
Young People Socialist League. in fact, this was his The Ebert Scheidemann group of Germany feared. Then our solidarity will become a fact, and we, too, first real undertaking after graduating from the law the young to such an extent that they made every at may step forward to grasp the hands of our comrades school. The spread of the League throughout Europe tempt to break up their organizations. In the Spartacan in all parts of the world, ready to carry on the work was by no means phenomenal, but was a steady growth. revolts, these saine young Socialists are acquitting they have so well begun.