A.B.C. or ANARCHISM of science, the educator, the physician and surgeon are not produc. tive in the industrial sense of the word. But their work is absolutely necessary to our life and welfare. Civilised society could not exist without them. It is therefore evident that useful work is equally important whether it be that of brain or of brawn, manual or mental. No1 does it matter whether it is a salary or wages which one receives, whether he is paid much or little, or what his political or other opinions might· be. All the elements that can contribute useful work to the genera] welfare are needed in the revolution for the building of the new life. No revolution can succeed without their solidaric co-operation, and the sooner we understand this the better. The reconstruction of society involves the re-organisation of industry, d,e proper functioning of production, the management of distribution, and numerous other social, educational, and cultural efforts to transform present-day wage slavery and servitude into a life of liberty and well-being. Only by working hand in hand will the proletariat of brawn be able to solve those problems. It is most regrettable that there exists a spirit of unfriendliness, even of enmity, between the manual and intellectual workers. That feeling is rooted in lack of understanding, in prejudice and narrow• mindedness on both sides. It is sad to admit that the.re is a tendency in certain labour circles, even among some Socialists and Anarchists, to antagonise the workers against the members of the intellectual proletariat. Such an attitude is stupid and criminal, because it can only work evil to the growth and development of the social revolu· tion. It was one of the fatal mistakes of the Bolsheviki during the first phases of the Russian Revolution that they deliberately set the wage earners against· the professional classes, to such an extent indeed that friendly co-operation became impossible. A direct result of that policy was the breaking down of industry for lack of intelligent direction, as well as the almost total suspension od" rail· road communication because there was no trained management Seeing Russia 'facing economic shipwreck, Lenin decided that the factory worker and farmer alone could not carry on the industrial and agricultural lif.e of the country, and that the aid of the profes· sional elements was necessary. He introduced a new system to induce the technical men to help in the work of reconstruction, But almost too late came the change, for the years of mutual hatin! and hounding had created such a gulf between the manual work~ and his intellectual brother that common understanding a~ co-operation were made exceptionally difficult. It has taken Russ11 60 Biblioteca Gino Bianco
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