68 THE CLASS STRUGGLE IMPERIALISM AND THE MIDDLE CLASS 69 Such is the character of Imperialism in peace and in war.
And this character dominates all social institutions and all human relations. It means aggression and brutality, it means an utter disregard of human life and human rights, save the...

70 THE CLASS STRUGGLE IMPERIALISM AND THE MIDDLE CLASS 71 Capital itself and does in no way interfere with the fact that the State is dominated by the Interests of the Moneykings.
But how to explain that we do not see a strong fight of the independent capitalists against the monopolists who evide...

72 THE CLASS STRUGGLE THE CASE OF FRAINA 73 The Case of Fraina By EDWARD DRYDEN Louis Fraina and Edward Ralph Cheyney, arrested at a meeting of Conscientious Objectors, were found guilty of conspiracy to violate the Draft Law by a jury in the United States District Court, New York City, on Octobe...

74 THE CLASS STRUGGLE THE CASE OF FRAINA 75 If this verdict, gained in such a manner, is allowed to stand, then members of organizations of Conscientious Objectors are de facto guilty of conspiracy to violate the Draft Law, and may be indicted, convicted and sent to prison.
It is this which makes...

76 THE CLASS STRUGGLE THE CASE OF FRAINA 77 point is blessed, and judging from the working class standpoint is cursed, with a President who is particularly adept in the making of symbols and in the coining of phrases, which in themselves mean nothing in the struggle for freedom and democracy, but...

78 THE CLASS STRUGGLE THE CASE OF FRAINA 79 defense, under the able management of Louis Boudin, completely smashed the case of the prosecution.
Boudin first succeeded in having the first count under the Espionage indictment dismissed; and before the case went to the jury, he made a motion to dism...

STOCKHOLM 81 80 THE CLASS STRUGGLE course, no doubt of the fact that the Dutch Scandinavian committee which called the Conference was actuated by the very best of motives. But there seems to be as little doubt of the fact that the German and Austrian governments saw a chance of turning this Confe...

82 THE CLASS STRUGGLE STOCKHOLM 83 to Stockholm as the officially sent commis voyageurs of the Foreign Office.
But even more weighty than the opinions of these valiant and beloved comrades is the testimony of the known facts surrounding the Stockholm Conference. And first and foremost among these...

84 THE CLASS STRUGGLE 85 The Tragedy of the Russian Revolution nationalists and most valiant fighters for peace unrepresented would clearly be in such an anomalous position as to make its labors highly unsatisfactory. way must therefore be found to make participation by these elements possible. A...

THE TRAGEDY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 87 86 THE CLASS STRUGGLE The truth of the matter is that both Socialist factions in Russia are the victims of a cruel fate which constitutes the tragedy of the Russian Revolution. When the Russian Revolution was accomplished, the Russian Revolutionists who we...

88 THE CLASS STRUGGLE THE TRAGEDY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 89 As the moderates were being kicked and cuffed by their Allies in Paris, London and Washington, as their demands for a revision of the old secret treaties being refused, and their pleadings for permission to meet at Stockholm ignored t...

90 THE CLASS STRUGGLE 91 The Task of the Constituent Assembly. Republic without a President.
From the Iswestia. Reports of the Council of Deputies of the Workmen and Soldiers. Petrograd, the 13 26 of April, 1917.
Elsewhere in this issue we discuss the situation in Germany.
It is therefore unneces...

92 THE CLASS STRUGGLE THE TASK OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 93 When first chosen as member of the Provisional Government, he started with the significant words before the Council of Deputies of Workmen and Soldiers. Comrades, do you believe me? Do you have faith in me. Cries: Yes, yes, we have. am...

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94 THE CLASS STRUGGLE THE TASK OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 95 mocracy; it needs slaves, subjects. Militarism cannot stand democracy; it needs soulless machines, tools of destruction. It needs martial law; and the capitalistic classes of to day everywhere have thrown and are throwing sometimes s...

C 96 THE CLASS STRUGGLE THE TASK OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 97 Let us take, as an example, the question of the President of the Republic. In a Republic the president appears as the head of the State, just as the monarch represents the head of the State in monarchy. The greatest majority of the r...

98 THE CLASS STRUGGŻE THE TASK OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 99 Nothing could ever prevail upon our Constituent Assembly to incur such a risk and to make presidential adventures possible.
The position of a president offers temptation by all kinds of adventure, especially and mostly when the preside...

100 THE CLASS STRUGGLE CURRENT AFFAIRS 101 Current Affairs Is the increase in socialist sentiment and understanding in sound proportion to the actual vote cast for our candidates?
This, and this alone, is the criterion by which the true worth of this campaign may be judged.
The New York Mayoralty...

102 THE CLASS STRUGGŻE 103 CURRENT AFFAIRS way they could. For the first time in the history of the Socialist movement of New York our meetings were crowded with audiences made up of such newcomers. To speak to these people in the phraseology of scientific Socialism would have been more than futi...

104 THE CLASS STRUGGLE 105 CURRENT AFFAIRS all Socialists to fight their own capitalist governments and give no quarter. By using Liebknecht name in this peculiar manner they not only do injustice to the Socialist movement of the United States but create an impression of Karl Liebknecht which can...

106 THE CLASS STRUGGLE CURRENT AFFAIRS 107 tionary influence in the United States today than that of the average German voter.
The battle has been fought and won. new and a bigger fight is on, the fight, not for humanity and the people, as it was rather unfortunately expressed in our city campaig...

108 THE CLASS STRUGGLE CURRENT AFFAIRS 109 selves by declaring war without adequate or reasonable cause.
We should do the country the honor of correcting that fatal mistake as soon as possible. Alliance with foreign nations should not be tolerated. Our hands should be kept entirely free to negoti...

CURRENT AFFAIRS 111 110 THE CLASS STRUGGLE she is necessarily worse than those who have entered the struggle before her. Only that we have not seen the others when they were plotting, manoeuvring, calculating. When we first beheld them they were in the midst of the combat, a prey to the fiercest ...

112 THE CLASS STRUGGLE CURRENT AFFAIRS 113 paign, as long as the Allied peoples are taught by Mr. Simonds and their other patriotic advisers that national selfishness is the highest virtue?
Germany is able to follow the Napoleonic strategy because Germany has in fact no allies. Her allies have be...

114 THE CLASS STRUGGLE CURRENT AFFAIRS 115 was both a student as well as a teacher at that remarkable institution of learning.
The Neue Zeit was founded in the fall of 1882, when the Bismarck anti Socialist laws were in full operation and the German Socialist movement at its lowest ebb. But its y...

116 THE CLASS STRUGGLE CURRENT AFFAIRS 117 our feet by the vociferations of Messrs. Scheidemann Co.
and their following in Germany and elsewhere.
It is therefore refreshing to see Kautsky standing by the true Socialist principles, and braving the terrors of the German Government, as well as of Sc...