The Last Racial WarBy Clara Zetkin(Well-known Socialist leader of Germany. Many times imprisoned for her denunciation of the present war. The following is from “Die Gleichheit,” a woman’s paper, edited by herself.)
By Clara Zetkin
(Well-known Socialist leader of Germany. Many times imprisoned for her denunciation of the present war. The following is from “Die Gleichheit,” a woman’s paper, edited by herself.)
Above the horror of this dark hour do we not see the light of certainty that the longing of the poor and weak for free humanity must again unite the peoplesin one ideal and effort? We women hear the voices which in this time of blood and iron speak low and painfully, but nobly, of and for the future. Let us interpret them for our children. Let us guard against the hollow din which fills our streets today, when cheap racial pride defeats humanity. In our children we must have a pledge that this most fearful of all wars is the last racial struggle. The blood of dead and wounded must have become a stream to divide what present need and future hope unite. It must be a chain to bind eternally.