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1 TheCommun st Party of the Un ted States hasbetrayed i t s e l f !I t has turned i t s e l f i nt o t he t r adi onal l eve r of a f or e i gn power t o overthrowtheGoverment of the Un ted States , not i n the name of f reedomor hi gh i deal s , but i ns er v i l e conformty t o thewshes of the Sovi et Un onand i n ant i c i pat i on of Sovi et Rus-s i a ' s completedomnati onof theAmeri canconti nent .The For s t er ' s and the Fl ynn' s of t he subs i di z i ed Commun st Party of the Un tedStates haveshownthemel ves t o bew l l i ng, gul l i bl e messengers of t he Kremi ns I n t e r -nat i ona l i s t propaganda .Therecan be no i nt erna t i ona l s ol i dar i t y wth thearch-betrayers of that most subl imei deal .There canbe no sympathy f or thosewhohave turned the i dea of communi smi nt o av i l l curse t o westernmnThe Sovi et s have commtted crimes unsurpassed even by t hei r ear l y day c api t a l i s tcounterparts , t he i mpri sonment of t hei r own peopl es , wth themass extermnati on sot ypi ca l of St al i n, and

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3 On y by dec l a r i ng i t s e l f t o be, not onl y not dependent upon, but opposed t o , Sovi etdomnati onand i nf l uence, candorment and di s i l l us i oned per son' s hope t o uni te t o freethe r adi cal movement f rom t s ' i n e r t i a .Through the re fusal of the Commun st PartyUS. A . to gi ve a c l ea r cut condemnati onof Sovi et pi r a t i c al ac t s , pr ogr ess i ves have been weaken i nt o a s t a l e c l a s s of f i f t hcol umst of the Russi ans .I n order t o f r e e the hes i t a t i ng and j us t i f i abl y uncer t a i n, f uture a c t i v i s t f or theworkaheadwemust remove that obst acl e whi chhas so ef f i ci ent l y retarded hi m namel y thedevoti on of Commun st Part y US . A . , t o the Sovi et Un on, Sovi et Goverment, andSovi et Commun st I nt e rnat i ona l Movement .r e adi l yI t i s f a i r l y f or eseeabl e that a comng economc, pol i t i c al or m l i t a r y c r i s i s , i nt erna lor ext er nal , w l l bri ng about the f i nal des t r uc t i on of t he c api t a l i s t sys tem assumng t h i s ,wecan see howpreparati on i n a speci al part y coul d safeguard an i ndependent courseof ac t i on af t e r the debacl e, anAmeri cancourse

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5far greater forces at work, t o bri ng-about the f a l l of the Un ted States Government,thanwecoul d ever Possi bl ymuster .Wedo not have any i nt er e s t i n di r e ct l y assumng the head of Government i n theevent of such an al l - 8ni s i ng c r i s i s . As di ss ent ent Ameri cans we are merel y i nt e r -e a s i l y drawnes ted i n opposi ng f orei gn i nt er v ent i on whi ch i s a reedi egl y erseee e concl us t i on i fonebe l i ves i n the theory of c r i s i s .Theempl acement of a separate, democrati c, purecommun st soc i at y i s our goal , butonewth unon-communes, democrati c soc i al i zi ng of producti on and wthout regard t omarxi stthe t w s t i ng apart of

i s ez communi smby other powers .propertyThe r i ght of pri vate personal perperty, r el i gi ous tol orance and f reedomof t rave l(whi ch have al l been v i ol at ed under Russi an "Commun st" r ul e) must be s t r i c t l yobserveredResouful l ni ss and pati ent worki ng towards t he af oresai d goal ' s are prefered ratherthan l oud and usel ess mani f estat i on' s of protest . Si l ent observance of our pr i c i pl es

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