Merry Xmas. In this season of good-will when people wronged
and abused by the world, make an attempt to be merry, and to offer a message
and a greeting of good cheer to their fellow men, our gift to the ruling class
is our hatred.
At this season of the year when the air fills with prayers,
songs and speeches about “Peace on Earth” and “Good-will to men,” it is fitting
to ask in all seriousness whether the system of capitalism, which dominates the
earth, can bring about that peace and good-will so ardently desired.
The charitably minded will attempt to lighten the woes of
the down-trodden with philanthropic gestures but it is not an indication of the
goodness of man, but it is an arraignment of the capitalist system by those of
us who recognize the indignity that a small minority has the wherewithal to be
charitable.
Christmas is jolly enough, a day that brings kindliness
enough, but you must be able to pay for it. While happiness cannot be bought on
the open market, there are many things which, unless they are bought, will
cause misery. The position of the working class, now more than ever before, is
one in which suffering must result. Gloss over the matter as the apologists
can, there still remains the fact that this charity is the outcome of a most
deplorable condition.
For many the usual Christmas festivity and pomp is somewhat stifled
because of the “spectre” of austerity. For a privileged few, a lavish abandon
to luxurious feasting, without limit or restraint; and for many more others,
the meagre essentials for keeping body and soul together. Capitalists have no
sympathy with the workers’ poverty and misery. Capitalism, in fact, requires
such deprivations, in order that the employing class may have their lavish
Christmas dinners.
Our position is clear. Down with capitalism and class
exploitation. Away with palliatives of any sort, and forward with the
revolution. Christmas is the symbol of new birth. Let it symbolise the birth of
the working-class consciousness. The yearning of the peoples of the world for
lasting peace on earth and good will among men can be fulfilled only through a
social system based on human needs. That is world socialism, the goal of
humanity. It is the only way to have peace and security. Socialism is everybody
sharing. A system based on human need, not human exploitation.
Christmas after Christmas goes by, and still the workers
forget to learn the lesson of standing by one another, and demanding with one
voice that the capitalist system should cease, and should be succeeded by a
system in which the wealth of the country should be made “commonwealth,” and
should be produced, distributed and managed for the common weal.
Christmas Greetings for the Revolution.
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