Lenin CW-Vol. 23.pdf - From Marx to Mao

163THE YOUTH INTERNATIONALA REVIEWA German-language publication bearing the above titlehas been appearing in Switzerland since September 1, 1915.It carries the subtitle: “Militant and Propaganda Organ ofthe International League of Socialist Youth Organisations”.Altogether six issues have appeared so far. The magazinemerits our attention and should be strongly recommended toall Party members in a position to contact foreign Social-Democratic parties and youth organisations.Most of the official European Social-Democratic partiesare advocating the foulest and vilest social-chauvinism andopportunism. This applies to the German and French parties,the Fabian Society and the Labour Party in England, theSwedish, Dutch (Troelstra’s party), Danish, Austrian parties,etc. In the Swiss party, notwithstanding the withdrawal(to the great benefit of the labour movement) of the extremeopportunists, now organised in the non-party “Grütli-Verein”, there still remain within the Social-DemocraticParty numerous opportunist, social-chauvinist and Kautskyiteleaders who exercise tremendous influence on its affairs.With this state of affairs in Europe, there falls on theLeague of Socialist Youth Organisations the tremendous,grateful but difficult task of fighting for revolutionary internationalism,for true socialism and against the prevailingopportunism which has deserted to the side of the imperialistbourgeoisie. The Youth International has publisheda number of good articles in defence of revolutionary internationalism,and the magazine as a whole is permeatedwith a fine spirit of intense hatred for the betrayers of