“That is just the frightfulness of the situation. One wants to go with the Left, naturally. One has stood on the Left all one's life, but what if the Left is going more and more to the Right, denying its birthright, willing to barter it away to the highest bidder? What if the Left is now more concerned in getting the goodwill of all the reactionary governments in the world rather than the support of international labor? It is indeed a spectacle for the gods to see the Soviet government clamor for sanctions, or being linked with the warring parties! Is that not a greater betrayal of the struggle for freedom and emancipation of the oppressed than anything the reactionary forces can do?”