Marxist journal ever published in Finnish began appearing in Finland in February. It is called Neuvostovalta (Soviet Power). The new magazine will serve as a major instrument for the small revolutionary Marxist nucleus that now exists in the country in building itself into an organization capable of beginning to influence political events in Finland. In the first issue the comrades explain that the magazine will be especially devoted to analyzing the theory and practice of the traditional workers parties in Finland. This is a particularly necessary task because of the extreme political narrowness and nationalism toward which the Stalinist party has ments.
"The General Council has decided to place the above-mentioned demands before the whole country in connection with the token strike on 3lst January. It is confident that our action on that date, on these demands, will not only widen and strengthen the action of the organised working class on that day. but will also serve to raise working class consciousness of the necessity to unite its forces under its own class banner, for effective action against capitalist exploitation and oppression under the present
Government or any other capitalist government that may replace it. "• first revolutionary marxist journal in finnish channe led the younger generations of students and workers. In addition to the editorial describing the role of Neuvostovalta, the first issue contains articles on the working-class struggle in Finland, a polemic with the Stalinists on the history of the CP, a crifique of the CP-led Chile solidarity committees, and articles on Spain and the Arab East. We salute our Finnish comrades for this very important first step in the creation of a revolutionary Marxist organization that can begin to re-assert the heroic history and traditions of the Finnish working class. m
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