A.B.G. OF ANARCHISM out the other; both are equally important in the scheme -of life .and equally so in the revolution and the building of a new society. It is true that revolution first breaks out in industrial localities rather than in agricultural. This is natural, since there are greater {:entres of labouring population and therefore afso of popular dissatisfaction. But if the industrial proletariat is the advance-guard of revolution, then the farm labourer is its backbone. If the latter is weak or broken, the advance-guard, the revolution itself, is lost. Therefore, the work of the social revolution lies ,in the hands of both the industrial worker and the farm labourer. Unfortunately it must be admitted that there is too little understanding and almost no friendship or direct co-operation between the two. Worse than that-and no doubt the result of it-there is a certain dislike and antagonism between the proletarians of field and factory. The city man has too little appreciation of the hard and exhausting toil of the farmer. The latter instinctively resents it; moreover, unfamiliar with the strenµous and often dangerous labour of the factory, the farmer is apt to look upon the city worker as an idler. ,A closer approacn and better understanding between the two is absolutely vital. Capitalism thrives not so much on division of work as on the division of the workers. It seeks to incite race against race, the factory hand against the farmer, the labourer against the skilled man, the workers of one country against those of another. The -strength of the exploiting class lies in dis-united, divided labour. But the social revolution requires the unity of toiling masses, and first of all the co-operation of the factory proletarian with his brother in the field. ·A nearer approach between the two is an important step in •preparation for the social revolution. Actual contact between them -is· of prime necessity. Joint councils, exchange of delegates, a system of co-operatives, and other similar methods, woulp tend to form a closer bond and better understanding between the worker and farmer. · · But it is not only the co-operation of the facto·ry proletarian with the farm labourer which is necessary for the revolution. There is another element absolutely· needed in its constructive work. It is the trained 'mind df the professional man. Do not make the mistake of thinking that the world has been built with hands only. It has also required brains. Similarly does the· revolution need both the mail of brawn and the man of brain. Many' people imagine that the manual worker alone can do the -entire· work of sbciety. It is a false idea, a very grave error that -{:ailbring no end of harm. 1h fact, this conception has worked 58 Biblioteca Gino Bianco
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