Alas workers' struggle rOW to be by as in Germany, bring bloodier route.
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West. all war?
the leaders big parties of Europe do not want to travel this road. Avoiding a today, they prefer to let capitalism run its course. This only means that wars, conquests, slumps and other catac vsms betall us tomor Then of course the revolution has made the hard way. The frightened and desperate workers will try to force their parties into power insurrection, a hazardous enterprise wnich orten tals. I insurrection succeeds and the parties take power, they will inherit a oroken and starving country wacre the difficulties of building socialism incomparably greater than in prosperous times and the temptatior to sell out the revolution in return for foreign aid overwhelming.
in Europe are exceptionally lucky. We know neither famines, nor conquests, nor majo. We do not wish to make their acquaintance. But working class leaders are so conservative that historv. we tear her wagon by the old and Nobody can be sure which of its for us. Some new 1929-style slump!
war of conquest in the Third World? Or perhaps, sometime before the end of the century, a wai between East and West? We do not Many people are convinced that recent events have brought closer the conflagration between East and Today the orchestra of reformism pla Strommunism. The social.
Euro-communism democracy soften the hearts of all. But what tune would these musicians play if that most terrible disaster of should threaten: a third world Oh terrible then will be their lamentations. In a pre-war emergen cy, to wait for the next general election would obviously be a useless The workers' parties would promptly overthrow the government and seize power, to conRussians for non-aggression pact, to pull the military out of NATO, and so on.
'But this means revolution', the workers' leaders will cry. 'It means civil war! We never expected that! Quick, where are the history books!' The hour of decision will be at hand. The revolution will have to be made. And under the most unfavourable circumstances And the consequences of failure?