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Parnassus, v.1, issue 1, 1940s
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CHAPTER VII. 1. And on the seventh day, did James the Son of Ghu rest from his mighty labors. 2. And the mailbox opened, and the Word of Wolheim came unto James, saying 3. Well done, thou good and faithful servant. ....WITH APPOLOGIES TO THE KIDD. (RANDOM NOTES, by Art Saha, continued from page 8) until some group thought it would be advantageous to itself to have atomic energy. And of course the controllers of other sources of power would have opposed it with all the forces at their command. (It now remains to be seen if this first unleashing of even a minute fraction of the energy inherent in the atom will be worked out to its logical conclusion -- the utilization of the total power of the atom -- any atom: iron, mercury, or oxygen. Perhaps someday -- but when?) The sweeping victory of the Labor Party in Great Britain was certainly a step in the right direction. (Several English fans have been saying for some time that England would go Socialist in the next election held.) Something along that line in the editorial section of the home town paper was amusing: Just before the ballots were counted, an editorial stated that a Labor victory in England would surely mean Bolshevism throughout Europe. After the results became known, another editorial in the same paper said that the Labor victory didn't really mean that England would become a Bolshevist country, that the English form of socialism was older than Marxism, and that some of the Western European countries, France, Belgium, Holland, which were becoming leftist would probably now look to England rather than to Russia for guidance. Obviously the burgeoise are going to be worried by the results of the election. The will of the British people is very obvious. The interesting part will be to see whether the Labor Party will be able to carry it out. If you've read Strachey (THE COMING STRUGGLE FOR POWER) you'll recall what he says of social democracy in general, that they are incapable of carrying out their promises because they do exist in a country that still has capitalism, as exemplified by private enterprise. True socialism can come only with the extermination of the capitalist class. Ramsy MacDonald was also a Labor minister; however, he didn't have the strong majority behind him that the party now has. Let's hope that the Labor Party has changed since his time. Several characteristics indicate that it is more of a party of the proletariat than the American brand of Social Democrat. In the first place, the Labor Party is advocating strong postwar relations with the Soviet Union, and in the second place, the Labor Party was in favor of a strong unconditional surrender policy with Japan in contrast to the negotiated peace Norman Thomas' gang was working for. These are very good signs to my mind. I don't think one need fear any curtailment of individual rights in a socialist state. Of course the old ladies of getting to the top thru rugged individualism would have to go -- but that's been on its way out for some time. Socialism implies governmental ownership (government = people) and operation of all industry with people as producers sharing the fruits of their own labor. All the ideal socialist state does is to prevent the few from grabbing everything, and leaving nothing to the vast majority. Rest assured that a person will be given the right to choose his own field of endeavor. All will be given equal opportunity to advance.
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CHAPTER VII. 1. And on the seventh day, did James the Son of Ghu rest from his mighty labors. 2. And the mailbox opened, and the Word of Wolheim came unto James, saying 3. Well done, thou good and faithful servant. ....WITH APPOLOGIES TO THE KIDD. (RANDOM NOTES, by Art Saha, continued from page 8) until some group thought it would be advantageous to itself to have atomic energy. And of course the controllers of other sources of power would have opposed it with all the forces at their command. (It now remains to be seen if this first unleashing of even a minute fraction of the energy inherent in the atom will be worked out to its logical conclusion -- the utilization of the total power of the atom -- any atom: iron, mercury, or oxygen. Perhaps someday -- but when?) The sweeping victory of the Labor Party in Great Britain was certainly a step in the right direction. (Several English fans have been saying for some time that England would go Socialist in the next election held.) Something along that line in the editorial section of the home town paper was amusing: Just before the ballots were counted, an editorial stated that a Labor victory in England would surely mean Bolshevism throughout Europe. After the results became known, another editorial in the same paper said that the Labor victory didn't really mean that England would become a Bolshevist country, that the English form of socialism was older than Marxism, and that some of the Western European countries, France, Belgium, Holland, which were becoming leftist would probably now look to England rather than to Russia for guidance. Obviously the burgeoise are going to be worried by the results of the election. The will of the British people is very obvious. The interesting part will be to see whether the Labor Party will be able to carry it out. If you've read Strachey (THE COMING STRUGGLE FOR POWER) you'll recall what he says of social democracy in general, that they are incapable of carrying out their promises because they do exist in a country that still has capitalism, as exemplified by private enterprise. True socialism can come only with the extermination of the capitalist class. Ramsy MacDonald was also a Labor minister; however, he didn't have the strong majority behind him that the party now has. Let's hope that the Labor Party has changed since his time. Several characteristics indicate that it is more of a party of the proletariat than the American brand of Social Democrat. In the first place, the Labor Party is advocating strong postwar relations with the Soviet Union, and in the second place, the Labor Party was in favor of a strong unconditional surrender policy with Japan in contrast to the negotiated peace Norman Thomas' gang was working for. These are very good signs to my mind. I don't think one need fear any curtailment of individual rights in a socialist state. Of course the old ladies of getting to the top thru rugged individualism would have to go -- but that's been on its way out for some time. Socialism implies governmental ownership (government = people) and operation of all industry with people as producers sharing the fruits of their own labor. All the ideal socialist state does is to prevent the few from grabbing everything, and leaving nothing to the vast majority. Rest assured that a person will be given the right to choose his own field of endeavor. All will be given equal opportunity to advance.
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