12 SOCIALIST APPEAL August 28, 1937 Clarity Splits New York Yipsels Join with Right Wing to Ohio Youth Votes Solidly with Left Wing Expel 11 Revolutionists 408 pages An overwhelming victory for By Robert Stiler the AYC stating that unless the following is done by the National (Continued from page 1)
in their totality a veritable Black the Revolutionary Socialists was Council of the AYC the YPSL tion organ, the Socialist Call of Book. In many instances, so des won at the State Convention of and the building of a new, Fourth shall withdraw its delegate to the today. Clarity had a dual motive: perate is their anti left wing the Ohio YPSL held in Cleveland International, based upon the National Council. to carry Altman campaign campaign, they have shamed Alt last Sunday, August 15th. Out principles, strategy and tactics Repudiate and refuse to seat where Altman could not himself man with their methods. Not of a total of sixteen delegates Of Revolutionary Marxism The the delegates of the Italianwage it; to scotch a left wing even Altman would have dared Clarity was represented by two. Clarityites in their usual attempt American civic league.
majority at the National Convento rescind out of hand a referen The convention demonstrated to circumvent any political ques2. Repudiate invitations extendtion of the YPSL.
dum that been constitutionally beyond a shadow of a doubt that tions, stated that they were for ed by Carey to other fascist orWhen the Clarity right wing demanded on the dropping of the 90 per cent of the membership the Fourth International butganizations.
bloc dropped the four Yipsels four Yipsels.
in the league in Ohio actively not at this time. Withdraw the from League membership resolution on Their methods are air tight. supported the political positions Altman demand after they had First, they try to expel 200 or of the Appeal. resolution vigorously con against armed insurrection, rebeen rejected for Party mem more members of the New York demning the Right wing of the pudiate the impartial aid to bership, it set a precedent for il. League. Next, they plan to sus tion Clarity stated that any dis sharply criticising the Clarityites that we are only in favor of aid At the opening of the conven Party for splitting the and Spain and issue a clear statement ever, the same formula could not fornia, which it undoubtedly win cussion on political questions for aiding the Right wing was to the Spanish anti fascists.
be used in the instance of those now that the California Party would be futile since Appeal had passed with the two Clarityites Remove Governor Hoffman who had been expelled from the has been suspended. Between an overwhelming maaority, and voting against. The resolution and all other anti labor names Party by the Altman machine. times they use their control of asked the convention to limit it lso called upon all YPSL ers to from the sponsors list of the Altman had stepped brutally self to organizational questions. Solidarize themselves with the congress.
upon Clarity bunions in order the apparatus to inflate their The Appealites pointed out that expelled comrades of the Left In spite of the convention of the Youth was wing and strongly condemned the Clarity they could not deny the to guarantee his two thirds ma support. They cheat, or try to, jority, and the Clarity caucus its proper representation. Then facing a crisis because of political attempts of Clarity to gerry necessity hoy these demandes. They one circle after another out of the party and had cried out in pain that the ex: they come to the national con questions and that it was the duty mander the majority at the pulsion was an illegal act, and vention, confident of. ma tively intervene in the struggle. YPSL.
of every YPSL member to ac forthcoming convention of the passed unanimously.
not to be recognized by the Par jority if they can first guaran. The desire of Clarity to limit the The revolutionary Socialist ty membership. Though a section of the Clarity caucus, as reveal tee the support of the right by convention to organizational On the American Youth Con position on the Role of the YPSL was passed as was a statement ed alsewhere in this issue, favor taking severe enough measures ed a change in its position on the against the left. Finally, they questions at this time showed gress question the Clarityites solidarizing ourselves with the expulsions, a majority prevailed delude themselves with the vainconclusively, the political bank voted against a resolution which Fourth Internationalists in Spain. regional committee of seven against. But expel the left from hope that the Appealites, will be ruptcy of the Clarity brand of alled for a break with the reach the YPSL they must. Altman weaklings who do not utter question Clarity could not remain clution passed with the Clarity members, with disciplinary and demands it. Clarity itself de word of protest.
consistent. When the political ites voting against. After the policy making powers was set up.
manded it in the interest of seesolutions were offered Clarity resolution on the AYPC the fol Comrade Stiler Akron was curity by hook and by crook an How they reckon without their did participate in discussion and wing motion was presented: elected Regional Secretary of the anti Appeal majority at the Na the nation League membership. every political question before mediately issue an ultimatum toto extend over the state of Ohio a decisive defeat on We demand that the NEC im committee whose jurisdiction is tional Convention.
As daily the revolutionary ele the convention.
Whole Left Wing Involved ments in Clarit anks, disA meeting of the DEC called tics of its caucus leadeship, join Fourth International was passed gusted with the capitulatory an resolution calling for the SELECT LIST OF PIONEER PUBLICATIONS for August 13 was deliberately hands with the Appeal, that ma with the two Clarityites voting sabotaged by Clarity formula jority becomes more crushing against. After analyzing the had not as yet been found. That No more than the left wing tol current world situation and the LEON TROTSKY formula was discovered at a erated disruptive tactics of the bankruptcy of the existing interstormy session of the Clarity New York DEC, will the national nationals the resolution concludTHE THIRD INTERNATIONAL caucus on August 16. Charges League membership abide the ed in the following manner: The involving every single Appealite, machinations of the Clarity right appraisal of the past experience AFTER LENIN and many who are not members wing caucus. Expel, cheat, lie as of the working class, the present 50 of the Appeal, were presented that combination may, the League crisis, and the perspective for the against the eleven on August 17, membership will be represented future, lead thus to the concluTHE STALIN SCHOOL with a supplementary list held in Philadelphia in its proper pro sion of the inescapable and imOF FALSIFICATION in abeyance for one week. On portions. And its revolutionary mediate need for the regroup368 pages 50 August 20 the expulsion vote was will will be done.
ment of the revolutionary forces, cast. Hardly a day wagted!
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