$ evig Sman a beast of prey? 0] 3 YR can't change human na- Selfish oe Men are naturally Evil a anis a beast of prey,” S$ Up from the abysmal depths 0 Man,» f the perverted will of _ How often ng Statemen air of Profoun "Y are cla are these depress- ts uttered with an dwisdom! How often oe to represent eVolutionss le judgment of Y Science or modern Psycho} ; Og Q Variety: Y of the Freudian Even 4 the one suest film critic in Newing Daily Worker re- Fecently a Lord of the Flies” 4 party of ae the collapse of *Sland int YS marooned on an © Savagery and murder 4 fair ny: : Dic Aiable to what we are « The r the oy; ‘are few wh Xistence *Tession Titi, O would deny of deep instinctive im man,” says the * aii Men, Tue? Is this the judg- of oe m e *holog y2 odern Science, of psy- at We a, that ae easily persuaded pine a € Case is distressing “itatict how the ideology of ‘ Mpetitiy ey organized for Ry ae Strife, its one law: tes 5 : for himself” domin- Minas Minds of men, even the Socialists, Of ¢ Mrresci men are selfish and ered on © in a society based on ton, On (privilege and exploita- Nd y i lifebuoy for two men, May mo do you expect? But, as They, phatically declared fetioy, ature of man” as such ice Of f, an’s nature is aproduct lings, Clety he lives in and a Yithin it Of his class position Cleary, if this isnot so, if man ‘the innate is really “driven by unconscious primitive ferocity, by the old in- stinets derived from our tribal ancestors, by all trends of ag- gressive impwjses to hold what we possess and to nagquire what others possess, inherited from long generations of savages and from the predatory beasts from which we have evolved” —and that is precisely what is being said today and what “The Lord of the Flies” is meant to demonstrate —then goodbye to Socialism, and goodbye to peace, War and capi- talism for ever! There is, however, no scientific basis for this pessimistic creed and Socialists should not be bullied into submitting to it. We ought not to be saying: “There are few who would deny aggressiveness of man,” but “there are few capital- ists and war-mongers who would deny the aggressive nature of man, for it is the basis of their whole system of society; but for our part we emphatically deny it.” * * * Freud is not the indisputable authority he is supposed by many people to be, Most psychologists reject his view that man is fun- damentally a creature of such basic instincts as aggression and the death wish, It is because Freud considers society as he finds it in the capi- talist world, frustrating human happiness, as the unalterable nature of things, that he devotes all his attention to the inevitable reaction of men to this state of affairs, and, turning things upside down, derives asick society from man’s innate aggression, instead — of deriving protest and revolt from the impotence and cruelty of a class system, Science demonstrates that man is essentially a co-operative ani- mal and survives not by reason of his bestial instincts but by reason of his achievement of a: society held together and pro- gressing by mutual aid, ; Human nature so far from being permanentis always chang- ing, AS man changes his tech- niques from simple crafts to machines so he becomes adiffer- ent man; ashechanges the social structure from tribalism to feud- alism, from feudalism to capital- ism, as he changes his habits, his character, his standards of behaviour, to conform to the new in which men organise ways the world’s themselves to do work, When man socializes produc- tion he begins the transforma- tion of capitalist man into Social- ist man, Marxists do not, therefore, as their critics say, declare that man is naturally good, nor is he naturally bad, Human nature de- pends on the nature of the society in which we live, and man changes his nature as often as he changes the conditions of his life and the structure of society. Man is not ready-made, finish- ed and stamped in a permanent mould, Man makes Hinisel sci cc. * * * Small wonder that when we accept the present system as nat- ural and inevitable and“ capitalist man” as man as he always willbe, that we not only slander human nature but increasingly regard - life itself as cruel and meaning- less, For what should be attributed to the contradictions and evils of capitalism are held to be due to the nature of life as such, to the *perman ent predicament of man,” rather than to the present predicament of an acquisitive society. So, far from regarding the ac- quisitive society as unalterable, the working class and its allies intend to abolish it, establishing in its place a society in which the free development of each is the condition of the free develop- ment of all—replacing the com- petitive rat race by the co-opera- tive commonwealth; thenext item on the agenda of human history, —John Lewis (Br. Daily Worker) Mette LS Beatles have refused a — for a segregated Bris = in Jacksonville, onvin .« Their show in Jack- € had been arranged — a the custom in most €rn states — with a spe- ee ction to be used ex- Ively by Negroes, Sou Denti the Beatles were in Cit, Paul McCartney was Conte, by a reporter atapress Part Fence whether they would h Beebate in the show if the Were segregated, a8 N ir” © sir,” was McCartney’s te Ply, “We know that in some Beatles beat Jimcrow cases certain people are sold tickets which entitle them tc a place off to the side, but we do not favor any segre- gated concerts in any way.” Apparently, whoever was in charge of promoting the con- cert became convinced the group meant what they said about segregation, because assurances were promptly given the boys that they would not be asked to sing before a segregated audience, McCartney told reporters about the change in plans when the Beatles arrived in Toronto after leaving Detroit. They created quite a stir in Toronto when Mayor Philip Givens was not allowed to visit them in their hotel room by their press secretary. “1 told her umpteen times I was Ma- yor, but she said; ‘Two of them are asleep and two are with relatives — nobody gets in’ and slammed the door in my face,” Givens was quoted as saying, Canadian fashion designers might take a tip or two from the 7 above. They are the official dress suits which will : worn Aue es ple women athletes of the Soviet Union at the Tokyo Olympic Games this fall The clothes are Soviet designed and manufactured. : Qo FORUM Financial Column? C, J, C, Vancouver, writes: No progressive person would disagree with your cutting re- marks in regard to crooked and high-pressure practices in re- gard to stock promotions, One has to oppose evil wherever it strikes, and certainly where money is involved evil will enter. But I am afraidinacertain way your column’s treatment of the Timmins furore does nothing to correct a widespread notion among socialists that speculation as such and investment as such is dishonorable and evil, We know there are crooked lawyers, but we do not condemn the practice of law as such, We know there are certain evils in money-lending, but we do not fail to use banks and organize credit unions, We know that suburbia is a travesty on healthy human en- vironment, but we do not fail to subscribe to it, We know there are crooks and bureaucrats and ignoramuses in trade unions, but we do not fail to see the need for such organizations, We know that there are evils in the trans- actions of the stock markets, but we do not avoid using our spare cash to. make advantageous in- vestments for ourselves and for our organizations, I feel that it is necessary for socialists and workers to get over a certain sick fear and aversion to participating in the ownership of Canadian industry and resources, Part of our trouble is acertain ignorance and lack of understanding of what the market and what shares actually are, There is no .reason why Pacific Tribune and other labor papers should not have a financial column, which does not simply muck-rake but gives honest and helpful advice to workers who wish to invest as individuals or in groups, . In fact, it is part of our time that workers are more and more getting spare cash together to put into properties, mutual funds and individual portfolios, Tniaing tain this is not an evil but a September 18, 1964—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 9 healthy development which we should aid by fighting for co- operative activity, research, democratic controls, and ethical practices, * * Thirst For Power L, A., Vancouver, writes: This letter may express an ideaIhave had for some time, Ithas seemed to me that fascism has a large pool of potential recruits almost waiting to be given a “cause” and direction, I do not believe that this is exclusively the result of propaganda, but rather is due to the frustrations of capitalist liv- ing, because it shows up in many countries, Capitalism today, at the top, strives for power rather than. security and in this it is admired and envied, Thus it seems to me that there has been a gradual awakening, especially among the youth, to the fact that power can be had without wealth, by beating someone to abloody mess, raping a woman, or terrorizing consti- tuted authority, Thus I see Goldwater as having merely to direct attention to- wards Communism or liberalism as the main “enemy”; to call on such people to defend their coun- try from these “menaces,” by the invention of a few imaginary dangers from this “enemy,” and he will have them feeling justified and even heroic in giving vent to their lust and craving for power— in the form of beating the other fellow down, Recently The Sun ran an article which showed how these types were taking over PTA meetings, etc,, by not allowing liberal- minded people to be heard, More- over, we see delinquent gangs, a lot of senseless stabbings, people beaten up, etc,, which to me at least would indicate that such people have found that power, raw brutal power, can be had without money or influence, And like a deadly drug, it becomes an addiction requiring greater doses to satisfy, Truly aterrible indictment of present-day capit- alism, :