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Science Fiction Collector, v. 4, issue 3, whole no. 21, August 1938
Page 11
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--- S - F Collector --- Page Eleven _____________________________________ platform." That statement, Mr. Speer, is really the keystone of your entire argument. You have relied on outside information (which in this case was misinformation) and you have not taken the trouble to find out for yourself. Frankly, I am a little disappointed in you: I would expect a sophomore in High School to go off half-cocked. You owe it to yourself to learn for yourself the facts about Communism, to look into the writings og Marx, Lenin, Engels, and others. John Strachey's "Coming Struggle for Power" is a valuable stepping-stone and not difficult to read; I think you will find it interesting. Then, you will be in a position to make competent attacks upon this system you consider so false and pernicious. I might also recommend, if you have a yen for more scientific stuff, "The Nature of Capitalist Crisis" as well as "The Theory and Practice of Socialism." If you do not want to plunge in to definite Communist theory offhand, I suggest "I Write As I Please" by Walter Durant, and "Red Star Over China," by Edgar Snow. Neither of these gentlemen are Communists, and you will find plenty of stuff you can use against us, if, after finishing them, you are not of slightly different mind. But the point is, when you know, you can fight us with facts rather than distorted information and lies. The Communist is not afraid of the truth; we have nothing to lose by it and everything to gain. Which is more than cane be said of the majority of those who oppose us. But the title of this article is "A Better Case Against Michelism," and I mean to present it. There are a number of weaknesses in the movement as it stands now, and I do not hesitate to air them. First of all, and most glaring, is the title of the movement. Michelism is named after John B. Michel; Michel is a Communist: therefore, reason the ininitiate, Michelism is a movement to Communize the rank and file of
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--- S - F Collector --- Page Eleven _____________________________________ platform." That statement, Mr. Speer, is really the keystone of your entire argument. You have relied on outside information (which in this case was misinformation) and you have not taken the trouble to find out for yourself. Frankly, I am a little disappointed in you: I would expect a sophomore in High School to go off half-cocked. You owe it to yourself to learn for yourself the facts about Communism, to look into the writings og Marx, Lenin, Engels, and others. John Strachey's "Coming Struggle for Power" is a valuable stepping-stone and not difficult to read; I think you will find it interesting. Then, you will be in a position to make competent attacks upon this system you consider so false and pernicious. I might also recommend, if you have a yen for more scientific stuff, "The Nature of Capitalist Crisis" as well as "The Theory and Practice of Socialism." If you do not want to plunge in to definite Communist theory offhand, I suggest "I Write As I Please" by Walter Durant, and "Red Star Over China," by Edgar Snow. Neither of these gentlemen are Communists, and you will find plenty of stuff you can use against us, if, after finishing them, you are not of slightly different mind. But the point is, when you know, you can fight us with facts rather than distorted information and lies. The Communist is not afraid of the truth; we have nothing to lose by it and everything to gain. Which is more than cane be said of the majority of those who oppose us. But the title of this article is "A Better Case Against Michelism," and I mean to present it. There are a number of weaknesses in the movement as it stands now, and I do not hesitate to air them. First of all, and most glaring, is the title of the movement. Michelism is named after John B. Michel; Michel is a Communist: therefore, reason the ininitiate, Michelism is a movement to Communize the rank and file of
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