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“...who penned it, but is also typical of the set of mon-
tal misfits conducting that paper. It is safe to assume that
even at this very hour, when event after event the world
over proves the unerring foresight of De Leon, as well as the
immense value of his teachings; when it is clearly seen by
millions of men and women, who never heard of De Leon,
that the foundation that he sought to place the revolution-
ary Socialist movement on is the only safe and feasible one,
the only way out, viz., the integral, revolutionary, industrial
organization of the workers of the world, enabling the work-
ing class, everywhere, to take and hold and operate the
means of production and distribution, so that, in time of a
world crisis, when an old social system is seen in the throes
of dissolution and a new order is being born, aye, even in
such an hour would the insect minds of the Volkszeitung
staff in all likelihood again pen the lines penned on May 13,
1914.
Here is the Volkszeitungs editorial. It is a "gem...”
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“...one individual could have pre-
vented that most horrible butchery the world has ever known?"
the well-meaning doubter would ask.
Yes, it was the indomitable spirit of a Columbus that
would not turn back the vessels which set out to reach land
by the western routeone man. Yes, the chart drawn by De
Leons hand will eventually be accepted and followed by the
working class. Then all the murderous implements of war
will become useless; the enlightened members of the working
class, organized in an integral body at the point of produc-
tion as well as politically, will raise the banner of Internation-
al Socialism not only over the parliaments and capitals of the
Political States, but also over the supply stations of the cap-...”
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