MARCH,1946 93 likethattowardstheachievementsofpastthinkers.As MarxhimselfbuiltonwhathadgonebeforeBritish"classical"economics,thepolitical th-oughtof theEnlighten- ment,Hegelianphilosophy—somustanynewapproach crowout ofMarxism,(amongotherancestors)andnot simplyreject it.ButjustasMarx,whileoftenacknowledginghisdebttothesepredecessors,alsodidnothesitateto disagreebasicalywiththem,sotoday,inmyopinion,must webehaveinsimilarirreverentandevenhostilefashionto- wardsMarxism. (6)Astowhere,"precisely",is POLITICS going—Ihave toconfess I don'tknow.Farrellandotherreaders,however,mayfindoutforthemselvesbypromptlyrenewingtheir subscriptions. TheInteligenceOfice PROUDHONINENGLISH Sir I : wasexceptionallyinterestedinreadingthesplendid articleonProudhoninyourSeptemberissue. I would, however,liketocorrectanerror.Thearticlestatesthat thereisonlyonemajorbookbyProudhonavailablein English.An accompanyingadvertisementimpliesthat thisworkisJohnBeverleyRobinson'stranslationof The GeneralIdeaoftheRevolutionintheXIXCentury. IwouldliketocallyouratentiontoBenjaminR.Tuck- er'stranslationof WhatIsProperty? Alsothereis in EnglishacolectionofProudhon'swritingsentitled: Proud- hons' Solutionof theSocialProblem(Vanguard,1927), editedbymybrother,thelateHenryCohen. PALMSPRINGS,CALIF. T H Y R Z A COHEN Ouradusedthephrase"nowavailableinEnglish." I believethetwoworksmentionedbyMissCohenhavelong beenoutofprint.ED. "EVERYONESEEMSEXHAUSTED. • • • SYo ir u : rletterreachedusthisverymorning(Feb.13)and it broughtushopeandjoy. Inthepastwehavedonealot forinternationalsolidarity. Wehaveshelteredandhelpedhundredsof Italians,Ger- mans,AustriansandSpanishpeople.ButnowthatEurope issoterriblyshaken,wecan'texpectanyhelpbutfrom theStates. It isthefirsttimeweheardafriendlyvoicefromover there.Thislastwinterhasbeenterribleforus.Wemanagedtokeepourcouragealive for 5yearsalthoughwe wentthroughterriblesufferings,butnoweveryoneseems exhausted.AlthoughmyhusbandandIwereusedtofight andfeltoncehardshipwouldnevergetthebetterofus, weareterriblydown-hearted,evendesperate. Ourcountryisruined,soareourhopes.MostFrench peoplehavegotthehabitof livingonblackmarket.Moral- ityisterrible.Wefeelwe'vebecomeakindofSpain. MyhusbandisateachersoamI. As itwasimpossibleto liveonmyhusband'swages, I startedworkingagain,althoughIam48andmyhusbandis47. . . .Ourdaughter is25.Shegotnervetroublewherewewerebombarded thenwearesoshortoffoodshegotworseandworse. Myhusbandisalsoawriter. I f youfeelinterestedinan honestman'sopinion,hewillsendyoualetter inafew days,but it willhavetobeinFrench.MyEnglishistoo limitedtoallowmetotranslatesomethingserious. I can justmanagebabytalk. BibliotecaGinoBianco Wedon'trememberhavingtastedarealgoodmealcooked withdecentfat.Wedon'trememberhavingbeenwarm enough,andwedon'trememberhavingbeendressedde- cently.Thelackoffoodisterrible,butonegetsusedto it.Thelackofclothesismoreawful.Ourunderwearsare ragswith10or20patches.After 4yearsof thismisery wefeelterrible.Nowweknowwhatpeoplelivinginslums mustfeellike. Ofcoursewemanagetobedecentwhenwe gooutside,butall thetimewefeelrottenbecauseofour wornoutunderwears.Rottenandcold. HowIhatetoaskforanything. I shouldfeelverypleased simplytowritetoAmericanfriends.Foryearswe'vebeen stifling. It isgoodtospeakfreely. Tell thepeoplewho wanttokeepintouchwithusthathowevergreatandbad ourneedsare,whatwewantaboveall isunderstandingand theopportunityofwritingfreely. I wonder if youknow thatnooneinFranceisalowedtostartanewspaperwith- outthegovernment'sapproval.Myhusbandusedtowrite forantifascistnewspapers,buthehasgiven it up. Wethankyouverymuchforyoursympathy.Youmay Ix,sureweshallbeoverjoyedtoanswertheAmerican friendswhowill writeus. I encloseseveralnamesof friendswhoneedhelpbadly. DIJON,FRANCE M A R I E ANAPPEALFORAIDANDSOLIDARITY AdeclarationfromthePOUMto labororganizations andrevolutionaryworkersgroupsof all lands! ThePOUM,thepartywhichduringtheSpanishrevolutionstruggledsoheroicalyandsouncompromisinglyfor thevictoryof thework-ingclassagainstfascism,theparty which,slanderedandpersecuted,knewhowtodefendits programanditsmembership,inspiteoftheterribleStaliniterepression, thispartyremainsat itspost. ThePOUN.IwasreorganizedinSpainin1939—afew monthsafterFranco'svictory.Eversincethen,to fill in thegapproducedbytheabsenceofotherorganizations,its militantsorganizedvariousresistencegroups,amongthem "FreedomFront". ThePOUMhelditsfirstilegalnationalconferenceinthe autumnof1943,layingthefoundationsforthedefinitereorganization undertheFrancoterror. It heldanothercon- ferencein thesummerof1944—afewweeksafterthe liberationofFrance. From1939to1944,thePOUMhaspublished3undergroundnewspapers.SinceSeptember1944thePOUMhas publisheditscentralorgan "LaBatalla" (insmalltabloid form)andhasjustinaugurated a newillegalpaper "SocialistCataluna" intheCatalantongue. ThePOUMhashadtoreconstructitsCentralCommitee 3timesduetotheimprisonmentof itsleadingmembers. IntheprisonsandjailsoftheFalange,hundredsuponhun- dredsofourbestmilitantsarelanguishing.ButthePOUM continuesitsstruggleagainstFrancoandforsocialism. Its thirdnationalconferenceheldinOctober1945somewhere inCatalonia,hasshownitsvitalityandgrowth. HeavyresponsibilitiesweighuponthePOUMto help theprisonersand their families; toprotectthepersecuted comrades;toassurethecontinuedregularpublicationof itsorgans"LaBatalla"and"Catalunasocialista", the materialsupporttoallourfightinggroupsonlytomention themostimportant. ThroughtheexpressedwishesofourcomradesinSpain, weaddressourselvestothoseorganizations,groupsand friendsofourparty to allthosewhoaidedusduringthe evildaysoftheStalinistrepression.Oursisarevolution- arysocialistparty. I t doesnothavethetreasurythat NegrinwasabletotakeoutofSpain.Ours is aninterna-
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