The International At Lucerne 1919

Author : Labour and Socialist International
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330227824
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book The International at Lucerne, 1919 written by Labour and Socialist International and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The International at Lucerne, 1919: The Resolutions, the Provisional Constitution The International Socialist Conference meeting at Lucerne urges the Socialists in all lands to study, with a view to definite action, the political and economic problems and conditions created by the War. There exists to-day in the whole world a great struggle on the part of capitalism to retain a dominating authority in the sphere of politics and industry. The extent of this conflict is visible in all the great events of the moment - the Paris Conference, the intervention in Russia, the financial policies of the governments, high costs of living, &c. The International welcomes the splendid efforts being made by the working classes to transform capitalism into socialism and to prevent the old order of exploitation being again firmly founded upon Society; in particular does it welcome with enthusiasm the new Socialist governments and claims for them internal political liberty and self-determination at the hands of the Associated Governments, and pledges to them the support of the International Working Class Movement. The International recognises that, in a world passing through the revolutionary conditions which must always follow upon war, new problems arise and old ones gain greater importance, and that therefore the International must make its position precise on some of these problems. In particular it must consider the forms of democracy and representative institutions, the place of revolutions in the transformation of Society, the relations between industrial and political organisation and mass action, and it must prepare plans for socialisation in view of the struggle upon which the world has now definitely entered between proletariat and capitalist power. The Conference therefore instructs the Acting Committee to prepare forthwith and circulate to the affiliated organisations, not later than one month before the Congress meets at Geneva, reports on these subjects. In every country the working-class knows that the best guarantee of peace is its own accession to power. It knows that a real and durable international peace cannot be established and maintained so long as the national policy of the countries is dominated by reactionary elements. Thus never has a situation been so characteristically revolutionary, never has there been a better opportunity to inaugurate a socialist regime which, suppressing capitalist exploitation, would ensure normal production and an equitable distribution of natural wealth and the products of industry. The peoples should therefore utilise this occasion in order to bring about in the world as a whole such a measure of socialism and democracy as would make a return of all war impossible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.