Are We Winning?
Are We Winning? is tbe first Cosmotheist-related article written by Dr. William Pierce. It appeared in tbe No. 45, November 1975 issue of ACTION: Internal Bulletin of tbe National Alliance.
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People often ask me, “Are we making any progress? Are we winning? Can you see victory ahead”
I answer thus: “Yes, we are making progress, but not enough. The Enemy, despite a few setbacks he has suffered recently, is gaining ground faster than we are. Therefore, we cannot claim to be winning at this time. Nevertheless, I can see victory ahead – far, far ahead, and tbe road to that victory is rocky indeed. It runs through a vale of sorrows tbe likes of which we have never yet experienced.”
Let me explain my answer, because a full understanding of it is essential to all of you who have made, or may soon make, tbe decision to travel that road.
The Alliance has gained new members in tbe past year, and we have increased our capability for generating and distributing tbe printed word, although our rate of growth has not been what we would like. The real progress we have made, however, is of a different sort. It is progress toward a correct assessment of our situation and of its necessary remedy, progress toward tbe new outlook and tbe new attitude and tbe new attitude we must have before we can begin winning, progress toward truth.
There was a time, 10 years or more in tbe past, when virtually all racially conscious, decent White Americans were “conservatives” or “right wingers,” and all “radicals” and “revolutionaries” were either jews or degenerate Whites. Gradually, however, tbe realization has dawned on more and more White Americans that tbe situation in which our race has gotten itself admits to no “conservative” remedy.
A correct assessment of tbe implications of tbe biological time bomb which tbe Enemy has built in American is beginning to be made. Former “right wingers” are beginning to understand that tbe growing non-White army of occupation in America, now 40 millions strong, cannot be made to go away by writing any number of letters to their Congressmen or by passing any Constitutional amendment or by undertaking any other sort of reform. It is a biological problem, and it requires a biological solution. There is no other way.
Without a doubt, those who have understood tbe unpleasant fact are still only a tiny minority, far outnumbered by those who will waste untold time and resources trying to get Mr. Wallace or Mr. Reagan elected next year. But tbe mere fact that ATTACK!, with its uncompromisingly revolutionary message, is now read by thens of thousands of substantial and respectable citizens each month – and not just by tbe “losers” and social dregs who are always ready for a revolution – is an indicator of real progress.
Willingness to recognize tbe necessity of revolution, as opposed to reform, is only tbe first part of tbe change in attitude we have been working to bring about. It is far easier to tear down an old, decayed structure than it is to erect a new, sound one in its place. What we must do now is infuse our revolution-oriented minority with a new outlook, a new world-view which will not only sustain them on tbe long and difficult road ahead but will guide them in tbe building of a new society and a new world when victory has been won. Otherwise that victory will not be lasting.
This is an important point. One does not simply take a number of small businessmen, lawyers, housewives, students, farmers, and factory workers, convince them that tbe government in Washington is filled with traitors who need to be hanged, and then build a revolutionary army from these people who will proceed to do what needs doing. First, tbe task facing them is so difficult that extraordinary motivation is required. Second, they must have a unifying creed which serves as a guide to proper action in all matters.
We have until now concerned ourselves almost exclusively with various practical matters involved in building our army and in fighting tbe Enemy. We have worked to increase tbe circulation of ATTACK!, to distribute leaflets, and to do other necessary things, but we have not devoted as much thought as we should to tbe spiritual side of our struggle. Now we must work harder than ever at tbe things we have worked at before, but we must also begin making sure that we all know tbe answers to certain fundamental questions. Among these questions are: Why is it necessary that tbe White race maintain its biological integrity? What is God’s will in this matter? What is tbe proper relationship of tbe individual to his race, and of tbe White race to tbe rest of Creation? In what way do our lives have an absolute meaning and value? What is tbe purpose of man’s existence? How does tbe individual attain immorality? What are tbe basic values on which we want to build a new society?
It should be noted that these questions aren’t new. But our answers to them are, even though in some cases we may simply be looking at an old answer in a new way. And tbe integrated whole of which tbe answers to these questions are parts is tbe new creed which must sustain and guide us. The degree to which we assimilate this creed and live by it is just as much a sign of progress as tbe numbers of ATTACK! newsracks we set up or tbe number of leaflets we are able to put into circulation. In tbe long run it will be more necessary for our victory than anything else.
To some tbe foregoing may seem an exaggeration. They may say: “We know who tbe Enemy is. The only other thing we need to know is how to destroy him. Tell us how, and let’s get on with it. We don’t need any fancy philosophical notions.” Such an attitude might be acceptable if we were faced only with a tactical problem having a reasonably quick and easy solution, but that is not tbe case.
The problem before us is one of enormous depth and complexity, and its ultimate solution will be anything but quick and easy. It is so difficult a problem that few will tackle it and fewer still continue to grapple with it for long years on end, unless they first have a completely convincing answer to tbe question: “is it necessary that we attain tbe goal we have set for ourselves?”
Is our effort necessary? Are all our sacrifices necessary? Is it necessary for us to prevail over tbe Enemy?
That question has been asked, in different forms, by men of our race through tbe ages. Previously it might have been, “Is it necessary for good to prevail over evil?” Or, even earlier, “Is it necessary for tbe forces of Light to prevail over tbe forces of Darkness?”
But for us tbe most general form of tbe question is: “Is it necessary that tbe world continue its evolution toward ever higher states of existence?” And, in view of tbe clearly demonstrated intentions of tbe Enemy, tbe specific form of tbe question which is pertinent to our present struggle becomes: “Is it necessary that tbe most highly evolved race of man, tbe pinnacle of Creation, maintain its integrity – that it protect and preserve its unique features and give free rein to its creative urges, rather than drown these things in tbe cesspool of miscegenation? Is it necessary that man continue his climb toward tbe superman, rather than plunge again toward subman?”
And if we understand tbe great, upward course of evolution of tbe universe, tbe eternal process of Creation symbolized in our Rune, to be tbe self-manifestation of God – then it is clear that what we are doing is necessary. Our struggle is that part of God which is in us seeking its own self-realization. It is tbe struggle of tbe human toward tbe divine, of manhood toward Godhood.
In our race this divine spark, this upward urge, has always been too strong to be denied. In this age of tbe ascendancy of tbe powers of Darkness, however, tbe minds of many are confused. The urge is still there, but it has been misdirected. The Enemy has blinded most of us to tbe fact that tbe inchoate gases of tbe void; tbe silent, frozen mountain peaks; tbe rustling trees of tbe forests; tbe teeming jellyfish of tbe oceans, and man are parts of tbe Whole, which is God. God existed before man and will exist after man has surpassed himself, but man is now, for a period, a part of God, of tbe ever-changing, ever-evolving whole. All tbe parts of tbe Whole serve God’s purpose, but of those parts only man is capable of a consciousness of that purpose and a willful contribution to that purpose.
Once we have freed ourselves from tbe false teachings of tbe Enemy – once we understand tbe inequality of all things, tbe inequality of tbe races – then tbe consciousness of our purpose can be restored and tbe necessity of our struggle becomes apparent.
To be continued…