There are political organizations that stand, as we do, for international
peace, the abolition of private property, and full community of goods. Yet
we cannot simply side with these organizations and fight their battles in
their way. We do feel drawn, with them, to all men who suffer need and
distress, to those who lack food and shelter and whose very mental
development is stunted through exploitation. With them, we stand side by
side with the "have-nots," with the underprivileged, and with the degraded
and oppressed. And yet we avoid that kind of class struggle that employs
loveless means against the opposition and that seeks to avenge the lives
of
those who have taken lives from the ranks of the proletariat. We for our
part reject the defensive war of the working class just as much as the
defensive war of a nation.
We live in community, because we take our stand in the spiritual fight on
the side of all those who fight for freedom, unity, peace, and social
justice.
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