Chapter Seventy-Six: Between the Peace and War (22)

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"The government has been deceiving us that at such an important historical juncture, the American working class should unite and fight bravely, the Norfolk shipyard workers' strike and the demonstrations in other cities show the strength of the working class, and the party should not do nothing," Foster said in a deep voice in a dock worker's house outside New York, "We must now fight against Blalaud revisionism on the one hand, and strive to restore the party organization as soon as possible; On the other hand, it is necessary to stand at the forefront of the workers' movement and lead this vigorous movement. ”

"Do you want to launch a violent revolution to seize power?"

Forster shook his head: "We can't do this for the time being, the revolutionary situation in the United States has not developed to this point, and now the country is facing a significant threat from Japan, Germany and other Axis countries, the outbreak of revolution can only find an excuse for the big bourgeoisie to suppress the working class at home and surrender to the outside world, but we can take a clear stand against the Dewey government, oppose the incompetence, fraud and cowardice of this government, and create more space for the party to enter the political arena and win greater strength." ”

Brezhnev said right, the United States is the most organized, and the number of people is not small at the beginning, reaching 100,000 people at the peak, especially in the era of the great economic crisis, and the trade unions and industrial workers' associations and other organizations at all levels have had a prominent prestige, Foster, who served as the general secretary of the Communist Party of the United States at that time, participated in the presidential election in 1924, 1928, and 1932 as a presidential candidate, although each time without exception was defeated, but at least the party's prestige and organization are now incomparable.

However, after the end of the Great Depression, the American workers' movement entered a low point, and after entering the war phase, especially after the cooperation with the Soviet Union, Forster's road to the independent development of the workers' movement was interrupted, and he lost to Blalaud in the intra-party struggle, who not only became the new general secretary of the American Communist Party, but also pursued a politically coordinated revisionist line, suppressed or even abandoned the independent workers' movement under the slogan of "national unity", pursued reconciliation between the working class and the bourgeoisie, and even proposed to "follow Roosevelt and obey Roosevelt's policy in everything" By 1944, due to the dissolution of the Comintern by the Soviet Union, Blaud also immediately announced the dissolution of the United States, and only formed the American Communist International Association to retreat from a political party to a general and loose political organization, only studying the ** movement in the theoretical sense, and no longer guiding and guiding the workers' movement, and the workers' movement at this time was also mainly based on economic goals such as fighting for workers' rights, livelihood security and social assistance, without any political goals. In Brezhnev's words, it was called "digging one's own grave."

Foster could not tolerate such behavior, and as the situation in the United States deteriorated on the battlefield, he felt the grim atmosphere: the number of factory tasks increased day by day, the working hours became longer and longer, and the supply of materials was tightened day by day, but the corresponding salary did not increase. More importantly, Hoover tightened the supervision and management of the factory, and after the bombing of the Seattle Boeing Company, Hoover racked his brains to catch the non-existent "foreign spies" and tried to find a scapegoat for the bombing of the factory; After the "Last Judgment" of the attack on Oak Ridge was launched, Hoover's investigation of "spies" became more and more stringent, except for the cronies and people around the big man who were censored, all the workers working in Oak Ridge were interrogated, especially in the final stage, the commandos pretended to be scientific researchers or workers to infiltrate the outing, which made the FBI more "convinced" that spies were mixed in the Oak Ridge team, and ordinary union activities were branded as conspiracy elements.

"The purpose of this demonstration is to reorganize the originally loose alliance, to restore the vitality and vitality of the party, so that the party can stand with the working class, and at the same time to fight for an independent voice in the economic and political fields, which is different from that of the capitalists." "Although the news media repeatedly claimed that we had won more or less victories and destroyed millions of enemy troops, the reality was far from ideal, and the enemy had approached the mainland from both the east and west coasts, and on the west coast we had lost almost all of Hawaii; On the East Coast, we have lost the vital Bermuda Islands, and if we do not recover them in time, German rockets will continue to attack the cities on the East Coast, and the people will live in fear forever, and we must shout the slogan 'Defend America, No War, Peace!'" ’”

Others were stunned: the leap between defending America and fighting for peace seemed to be too big, and there could be no peace in defending America.

"The United States entered this war in part in solidarity with the progressive forces of Europe, but in the final analysis it was for the sake of world hegemony, which unfortunately our military does not possess, and our government and generals have not achieved this goal, and if it is carried out according to the strategy of the bourgeois government, the United States will be in a terrible prospect. You've all listened to the Voice of Europe broadcast, right? What did the Germans claim about the German-American peace? ”

"Do you believe Hitler's propaganda?"

"I don't believe, but I don't completely disbelieve that Hitler's goal was to fight for hegemony, the territory and resources he has obtained at the moment are sufficient, enough to dominate Europe, and he has no ability to attack the United States for the time being, and the conquest of the United States may be his goal in the next stage but not now, if the government continues to consume like this, who can guarantee that the ambitions of the Axis will not be stimulated? In addition, the current strategy pursued by the government is still mainly based on the struggle for hegemony, and has never fully considered the defense of the homeland, and they have so far maintained a large and meaningless force in Venezuela and Brazil, but they do not know how to fight back against enemy forces in Hawaii and Bermuda, and they continue to infiltrate Canada and Mexico, but they have forgotten to equip the eastern and western coastlines with sufficient defensive weapons; What is even more fatal is that the media have never really explained the severity of the current military situation, the high cost of continuing the war, and the heavy losses. The American working class should not risk its own blood, sweat and life to fight for the illusory cause of hegemony, which is an act that is beneficial to the bourgeoisie, what does it have to do with us? ”

Forster was a little agitated when he said this: "Especially for a degenerate class dissident like Blalauder, who has forgotten his identity, forgotten his position, and betrayed the interests of the majority of the working class in exchange for his own political interests, are you still going to go with him?" The U.S. has spent more than $500 billion in military spending and losses for this war, and if it were to give it to the American people, enough to fund our children to finish college, and each family could buy a car, who would pay for it? Do you expect the capitalists to bear the loss? In the end, it is not up to the working masses to bear the burden?

"Let me ask you again, how many people do you know of who have died in the past few years? Have any of your relatives or friends been killed or wounded? How many children of civilians are there in this army of millions of casualties, have you ever heard of the children of capitalists who sacrificed their lives for the country? ”

Everyone was silent: Forster's words hit the nail on the head, the working class actually had no interest in foreign conquest, and it was the right way to improve its economic treatment and social status, and now they were deceived into going to war together, and it was better to say that it was better to win the war, and everyone cheered together, but now not only did they have to donate money and lives, but even the safety of the workplace could not be guaranteed, and this kind of war could not be fought.

This is the "isolationism" of the American working class, which originally disappeared without a trace with Roosevelt's fireside chat, and now resurfaces with the unfavorable situation on the battlefield, in Forster's words: If the Germans and the Japanese are going to attack the homeland, it goes without saying that they will naturally insist on resisting to the end, but if the opponent only wants other territory and peace, why can't they just withdraw from the war?

"We need to convene a party congress as soon as possible, remove such opportunists as Blaud, and return to the side of the working class to fight against war and for peace!"

"Understood, we will connect as soon as possible, and I hope you can lead us again."

(End of chapter)

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