Dntch Workers in Center of Europe's Boiling Problems
Lipschitz, Siegfried
By Siegfried Lipschitz Dntch Workers in Center of Europe's Boiling Problems Amsterdam. |_I< M.I.AND pays today for the sins of her colonial regime. The fortress of the Dutch colonial empire has...
...1 asked him...
...Too often have we proudly pointed to the deeds of our Socialist forefathers without thinking, first of all, of our own tasks...
...Well, look at the German and Jewish refugees in Holland, Belgium and anywhere else, and you will know what Fascism is...
...Whatever one might think of certain tactics,—and the differences of opinion regarding the methods of German labor are here no less numerous than in the United States—evey worker and labor leadc.- outside the Communist gos-I el feels that the hour of labor has been set back for many decades...
...I passed through the gate, sauntered over to the barn and to my profound surprise discovered the younger brother, but four years old, laying in a new foundation...
...AH the more intense have been the consequences to the old colonies which with their unceasing stream of raw materials and valuable tropical products con-otitutcd for cer-turies the source of the tremendous wealth of the Hollander...
...Vliegen's entrance into the organ-1 ixed Socialist movement .At thai age of seventy-ona Vliegen is still I intensely active...
...In reality, a blanket lies over the country which not even the cheerful statements of its trusted bourgeois lords and masters can dispel...
...THOMAS AIDS DRIVE FOR RAND SCHOOL As part of the program to raise the $11,000 that still has to be raised in the months of September, October and November to save The People's House from foreclosure and the closing of the Rand School, Norman Thomas and the very cream of Socialist and other orators have offered their service for from one to 10 meetings...
...Sure enough, there was the baby, driving a tractor...
...Against it stands the division in labor ranks which is gradually sapping away the last remnants of the workers' strength...
...Who's doing nothing about it...
...Charles Solomon, Socialist candidate for Mayor, was in fine form...
...Rmts in these city-owred houses are low...
...Bertha *T...
...The redecorated buikling and the new rooms which have been added to the equipment of the School made the best possible impression...
...There are at least four groups although it seems that a reconciliation between the two main groups will soon be effected...
...Do you always work like this, son...
...Old students returned...
...BOOST THE NEW LEADER...
...Saturday night, September 10, Camden, N. J.—Norman Thomas and other : peakers Friday, Oct 6, West New York...
...It is sufficient to look at tho government block, composed of the great Catholic party and two minor Protestant parties...
...H. Goebel...
...8, Trenton.—August Claessens and Geo...
...Nobody knows what th» morrow will bring and what forces will dispose of the murderous Nazi regime in Germany...
...Rand School Begins Biggest Year I AST Monday the Rand School opened with a rush...
...The fortress of the Dutch colonial empire has been greatly weakened by the blows of the economic depression, although, judging by outward appearances, conditions seem quite satisfactory...
...You're trying to be sarcastic," lie responded...
...but to set matters straight, the opposition is united only in a negative sense...
...26, New Brunswick.—Norman Thomas and Geo...
...Hut the Communists, true to the mud-slinging traditions of the last fourteen years, are doing everything to undermine the strength of the Socialists and their organizations...
...They differ on the necessary tactics and mostly on the racial preachings of the Mitlerites, which are held harmful to the Fascist propaganda at home...
...Furthermore, coupled with the Dutchman's characteristic individualism a situation exists even today which can best be described • in the witty words of Comrade Oudegcest, the able chairman of I the Dutch Socialist Party and for-' mer secretary-general of the International Federation of Trade Unions: To every Dutchman his own party and hjs own religion...
...The son of a) "DOING HIS PARr By Ariel TTHE other day, passing a fans, * I was amazed to see an eight...
...No wonder the Dutch capitalists in their despair and fear of rising mass-discontent are turning to the old time-honored methods r.nd are using all methods to suppress opposition, political and otherwise...
...A government composed of a block of bourgeois parties was fo-med aftar last elections under the leadership of the astute politician Colijn, a man with a philosophy of medieval liberal-paternalistic traditions but at the same timo capable enough to take with his political right hand thrice as much as his left is supposed to give...
...beautiful parks, streets and thousands of houses erected...
...Passing the peaceful realm of old Holland arci watching the stolid Dutch bourgeois in the st reel s and behind his glass of beer one ia inclined to believe that here, last of all, is still the stronghold of capitalism...
...Private capital desirous of building houses etc., receives the needed real estate in lieu for 75 years and pays fo* it an increasing annual rental tax...
...His address was an appeal to the students to study and to work...
...The main points of conflict are not the hatred of democracy and the working class...
...Tuesday night, Sept...
...Today the small capitalist is affected no less than the worker and the small farmer...
...This series will begin Thursday evening, Sept...
...The advantages of the bourgeoisie, temporarily united and in undisputed control of the state machinery, are obvious...
...new students appeared in unprecedented numbers...
...Vtiegen's Golden Jubilee On Saturday, September 9th, the Social ists of Holland celebrated the I fiftieth anniversary of Willcm 11...
...But weak as the political position of Dutch labor may be, the workers have every reason to be proud of their achievements...
...Next week new classes will be starting...
...The only non-party I speakers are John T. Flynn and Professor J. Parker Willis, both of them outstanding authorities on problems of finance and business organization...
...The new Amsterdam of today, filled with a real social spirit, is no lesi praiseworthy than he red Vienna...
...This, of course, does not mean that Holland does not have an anti-Semitia wave of her own...
...I know this work is really a lark, but take a walk over to yonder field and have a look at the baby...
...year-old boy busily engaged planting fence posts...
...Go over to the barn and have a look at my younger brother...
...Due to the Calvinistic edu cation of the Dutch people their minds still run along religious lines This is felt everywhere n politics as well as in other walks of life...
...and the conflict (is as bitter as ever...
...Sunday, Oct...
...The wife expects triplets today, then I'll be able to split the time and put them on a 35-hour week...
...protested the farmer...
...Comrade Cahan will arrive in this country from a prolonged European trip just in time to deliver this address...
...Party to attend this lecture...
...By now, the comrades in the United States are undoubtedly asking: What of Fascism...
...comrades from all over the metropolitan district came in to participate in the opening...
...Amsterdam enjoys an advantage under an old city ordinance under which must be all property within the city limits is city-own^d and not for sale...
...Try as hard as you may, united action is impossible with the loudspeakers of Moscow...
...These parties assure the >Joiijn Government a small but safe majority which if need be, can always be reenforced by a host of splinter parties, the scourge of every bourgeois democracy...
...We have forgotten the hungr...
...Friday night, Sept 22, ^assi a and Paterson, N. J.—Speakers, Norman Thomas, Chas...
...American comrades will without mental efforts visualize what such regulations would mean to the millions of cramped human beings in o-ir great cities who are daily sacrificed to the ever increasing greed ot real estate speculators and their faithful landlord allies...
...Man alive," I cried, "are you going to let those children work like that and lay here sleeping, doing nothing about it...
...The old motto still remains true: The Social Democracy must be destroyed ; the Social Democracy is our main enemy...
...S. P. Branches, W. C. Circles, Women's Committees, educational groups, or others willing to cooperate, or wishing meetings should write to Room 201, 7 East 15th St., New York City...
...H. Goebel...
...It is true that the mother country has not been hit as hard by the capitalist anarchy of the last four _ years as most other European nations...
...21st, at 8:31...
...H. Goebel...
...unsanitary slums razed...
...Already arranged are the following meetings, all in the largest halls or schools of taeir cities...
...Inertia coupled with a child-ib'i passive faith in the future, is gripping the very soul of our movement everywhere Why not say it in these fateful hours and at the very moment when the dice for Socialism's future is newly cast...
...This seems to be worse than momentary defeat out of which organized labor has risen so many times...
...The tragic happenings of the last six mont is, the bitter lessons of Germany whei e the Communist theory exploded with a bang which reverberated throughout the whole world, have not shaken the fundaments of the Communist tactics...
...However, it can safely be said that the very terror of the German Nazis has awakened the democratic spirit of the Dutch masses and led to an instant revulsion in the souls •' the people...
...At length I succeeded in arousing the farmer...
...souls of the people...
...The Dutch Fascist movement— aside from a strong German Nazi group busy with the "coordination" of all Germans living in Holland -is split in several factions...
...After 75 years the municipality becomes unconditional owner of these buildings, improvements, etc...
...Deeply shocked, I asked where I could find the father...
...The opposition consists of 22 Socialists, 4 party Communists i nd one independent Communist...
...Practically unknown to the Socialist movement abroad, the city administration of Amsterdam led an I dominated by Socialists has created an almost new city...
...Let there be practical political decisions...
...Truly, the European Jew of today is the wandering Jew of the world...
...The Rand School invites the whole Socialist...
...New city districts have been built...
...The Jewish mass-influx into Holland has added fuel to the flickering flames...
...The outlook of the refugees is well-nigh hopeless...
...let there be the need for Realpolltlk which not even an opposition party of the strength of the Dutch Socialists can entirely neglect...
...Since 1909 he has been almoat continuously a member, first of the lower and then of the upper house of parliament, and was also for several years In the upper city council of Amsterdam...
...Mailly of Camp Tami-ment and the Rand School will also tour for the drive, visiting and speaking at such cities as may be willing to aid the drive by so arranging...
...Augusato Claessens and Geo...
...H. Goebel...
...At the same time they watch fearfully the growing Fascist movement in Holland which although very weak in parliament (there is only one Fascist deputy) has grown by leaps and bounds after Hitler's conquest of power...
...Where and when his inal steps will lead him to nobody can yet ascertain...
...The special event of the week will be the first lecture in the Current Events Course.| The I Party's own leaders and-experts] have been chosen to discuss most of the topics...
...carpenter, he went to work when he was eleven years old, learned the printing trade, was one of the foremost organizers of the Typographical Union, turned to labor journalism in 1890, and is internationally known as a writer on economics and finance...
...Sleeping on the hill up there," I was directed...
...He said: "There never was a time when understanding was as necessary as now...
...Only if ve free ourselves from these mental shackles and the errors of the past will we be able to free the world...
...Hut to understand the real implications cf the political situation it is necessary t go centuries back and delve deeply into Holland's past...
...there never was a time when our movement had such opportunities as now and stood in such dire need of hundreds of young, trained workers who will go into the field at once and dedicate themselves to the Socialist cause...
...We have rested too long on our laurels...
...To speculate on what a united 'abor movement, sure of itself and its strength, had been able to accomplish in these decisive hours of Europe, is superfluous...
...Why, young fellow," I said, "you seem to be working hard...
...He attended the International Socialist Congress at Paris, conferred with the leading Socialists of all the important countries and observed conditions in Europe with the trained eye of a journalist His subject will be "The Crisis in European Socialism...
...The first speaker will be Abraham Cahan, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward...
...Just taking it easy today," returned the kid...
...Solomon, B. C. Vladeck, Rev...
...Already in her itinerary are the District Conventions of ic Workmen's Circle at Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept 17, and at Boston, Sunday, the 24th...
...Everywhere there is more light, more color, more cheerfulness...
...If this were all, one could e-plore it and let it pass...
...Frank Kingdon, and Geo...
Vol. 16 • September 1933 • No. 12
