а bat THE COMMUNIST the masses are still without any re difference in principles. which, official copy of the manifesto and volutionary consciousness (and with however, you are unable to define, program: out arms) is to make a farce of Comfundamental in order to bluff the membership of The revolutionary epoch demunism and shows mands the application of such melack of understanding of Communist the party into helping you maintain your clique control. You dare say in thods of struggle which concenprinciples.
your manifesto: trate the entire strength of the Mass action is the tactical essence If there is one outstanding proletariat; namely the method of of the entire program adopted at Chidifference between the Second and mass actions and their logical cago. It has been the dominant theme Third International aside from outcome. direct collision with of all our party literature. Just why the bourgeois state in open comnow does the majority the vital differences in tactics suddenly it is, that the Third Communist come to the realization that all our International, must be and is a This declaration conceives of mass living, vital organism, actually action in different forms, for the propaganda and program have been non Communist? This is nothing but functioning in the world revolu phrase is mass actions. It is the view a shallow, cowardly play of being tionary movement, guiding and of the minority in harmony with this ultra revolutionary.
shaping the policies of the Com declaration, that mass action develops It is the same demagogism as the munist parties of all countries. by stages of which open, armed conappeal to the Federation memberi Guiding and shaping the policies flict is stated to be the final stage; that there is prejudice against foof he Communist parties of all that the Communist Party must suit reigners. Obviously it must be a countries! and yet you repudiate its propaganda at any given moment disdain of foreigners by foreignthe Third International the moment to the stage of mass action which can ers. The minority group is about its policies are contrary to your be developed through the existing 99 foreign.
revolutionary consciousness which the group interests!
social and industrial conditions have MASS ACTION Federations produced.
The present majority group, The majority seems to be of the Since our party is a party largely through its caucus, controlled the opinion that there is only one kind of Federation membership, the maChicago convention. What the proof mass action, that of armed conflict, jority naturally tries to inject the gram of the party says about mass for it says, the Federation issue into the controaction is something the majority is With this conception of mass versy, hoping thereby to secure the responsible for. When someone chalaction the majority completely support of this membership.
lenged the majority to say what disagrees. We maintain, that if the What are the facts. was meant by mass action of the lessons of the history of all revol In the past the party has been a revolution no one of the majority utions and particularly. the Federation of Federations rather group dared rise to his feet and de proletarian revolutions mean than a unified organization. The Cenclare that mass action of the revolsomething and teaches us anytral Executive Committee of a Feution meant open, armed conflict thing (lessons which the Second deration could by majority vote take between the working class and the International completely failed to a Federation out of the party whencapitalist state.
The reason which the majority learn. we must propagate to ever it suited the majority. notable the workers the USE OF FORCE group would give for its failure to example of this is the desertion of the as the ONLY MEANS of constate fully the implications of the party by the Hungarian Federation Communist program at the time was quering the power of the state and after the January raids. It left the that the Communist Party was being establishing the dictatorship of the party without so much as saying organized as a legal party. If this proletariat. good by. Similarly the Jewish Fewas a good reason for silence at that Since it conceives of only one form deration Central Executive Comtime, can we now bind those of our of mass action, the majority takes mittee withdrew that Federation from members who have been arrested and the position that the propaganda of the party when the present controindicted for their activities during the party must in every instance be versy developed, hoping to remain this period of legality not to take that of armed conflict. This is the neutral.
the same position? This has been the anarchist position and a perversion The minority believes that the only way in which the issue has of the principles of the Third Inter new conditions require a more cenbecome before the Central Executive national.
tralized organization than we have Committee. Of course the members The members of the majority are had in the past, closer unity in the of the majority were not in a podogmatists. Even their view of the Communist Party than a Federation sition of danger on this account and present situation in our party had of Federations. It proposed, for this they were indifferent to the fate of to be expressed in language of the the many hundreds reason, and because experience had of comrades Russian Revolution. Kornilov and shown that it was a more efficient throughout the country who are held Kerensky in order to appeal to for deportation and imprisonment.
their dogmatic minds system, that dues payments should they accept The party must be ready to put be handled through the District Ora certain principle they consider that into its program the definite stateganizations. This would have brought its application is the same under all ment that mass action culminates in conditions. They would reject as outabout a closer unity between the open insurrection and armed conflict rageous Lenin advice to Bela Kun membership. In place of having to with the capitalist state. The party deal with nine offices located in difthat the Hungarian Soviets, should program and the party literature not slavishly try to imitate the Rusferent cities, the membership of the dealing with our program and policies sian Revolution. In fact some of them Federation branches would all transshould clearly express our position on are carrying on a propaganda against aet their business with one central this point. On this question there is Lenin office with which they were in direct no disagreement.
as a compromiser. In their opinion he is in the same class as the connection.
There is a difference in viewpoint minority.
The minority also holds that the The minority holds between the minority and mathat we should assume the dialectical future development of the party orjority as to when the idea of armed view and consider each situation by ganization must be in the direction revolt need be and should be projected itself. The circumstances under which of shop units. It is in the industries to the masses. The minority holds a certain principle is applied is allthat we must establish contact with that if it were to inject this question important in determining the course masses of the workers and there our into such a struggle as the strike of organization must be rooted. With the railwaymen it would be acting as the agent provocateur of the capitIn carrying on the work of agithe possibility of nine Federations tation and education, the social and being represented in alist class.
a single inThe position of the Third Internaindustrial condittons must be condustry, shop branches and the pretional was stated as follows in the sidered. To talk to the workers about sent form of dues payment cannot armed insurrection at a time when exist together. Continued on page of action to pursue.