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.sons of liberty,
vol. 3 no. 1 aug. 1933
nts of liberty,
vol. 3 no. 1 aug. 1933
no. 1 august
a rage for order, for
"bourgeois security", a passion for "the more perfect union"
seem now to have preceded the inevitable collapse of the Republic. One
can only reflect sadly and doubt seriously on the fate of the beautiful
but flawed old nation which some have called "the torch-bearer of
freedom". A great Republic has to hold its own flame a little longer.
Any more light and it would be extinguished.
The bourgeoisie of the U.S.A. is today an
organization of big business which has discovered that its future
cannot be secured by the maintenance of a democratic government for its
citizenry. The ruling class of U.S.A. appears to have realized
long ago that it is becoming impotent and that it is necessary to
dismantle the power of the working class as quickly as possible before
it is possible for this class to organize a revolutionary movement to
demand its rights.
This development, which has begun in America, can hardly be
confined to that country. It is a logical outcome of the general
processes which have been at work throughout Europe since the middle
of the nineteenth century. This process culminated in the great
economic crisis of 1929, which is still affecting and suffering
countries all over the world. This crisis shook the whole social and
economic structure of Europe and created a new situation for the
working class. The trade union movement, the working class parties
and the parties of the bourgeoisie, were divided. Some of them were
outraged by the crisis, like the Socialists, who tried to protect
their political power by reactionary means. Others, like the
Christian-Democrats, were in favour of a new alliance with the big
bourgeoisies and therefore with the reactionaries. These parties of
the middle class saw their future in the immediate interest of the
bourgeoisie. The more they acted in this way the more they
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