THE MILITANT Saturday, Febraury 22, 1930 Can Monopoly Capitalism Be Organized?
An Opposition Group in Mexico Formed we have ever done in this field; and it advanced by Bucharin in his book, Economic Theortes of the Transition Period. published in 1920. This whole opportunist theory of Bucharin, which did not then in Herbert Hoover, the engineer in By Arne Swabeck ing degree.
the least prevent his leadership of the politics has again assured the public What are the prospects of this exper Leftists supported by Pepper who also ning.
that economic conditions are essentially Monopoly capitalism has had its iment, this attempt to institute social then posed as Lett, was criticized by sound He sees a new upward trend. development par excellence in the United control for the utter anarchy in the gov Lenin at the time. Trotsky has never Undoubtedly this is not very assuring to States. The great resources have been ernment of Industry. The present cri been sparing in his criticism of Bucharin the growing numbers of the millions al sufficient to keep the biggest enterprises sis and its consequences are the answer opportuniem; but from the Stalin regime ready tramping the streets in vain search solidly in the hands of private owners, to developments to date. Moreover, the nothing was heard. Nay, more, this opfor a job.
without much need of the government tak whole history of development of produc portunist theory was the basicelly acThere could perhaps be no better ing over such functions, save such exam tive forces under capitalism points to the cepted theory of the Right Center bloc, proof that the selection of the president ples as the shipping Board. The inevitable conclusion that precisely this one of its expressions being socialism in of the United States is made entirely in government could serve capitalism better which is almed for social control one country with the kulaks gradually Accord with the interests and policies of by appearing to stand seperate and to of business. based as it is upon further developing into socialism, already ninethe dominant imperialists. Prior to Nov. maintain the illusion of democratic reg expansion of productive capacity, instead tenths attained! The Leninist opposition 1928, the coming lean period could be tore ulator of relations of production. Now of becoming a substitute for, becomes the to this theory was expelled and exited.
seen. mediocre Coolidge would not do the first actual tendencies are indicated lever to further inerease anarchy in pro.
The international character of the revolution to carry the scepter. An engineer was toward the higher stage of development duction as a whole. Instead of decreasing was forgotten. Its international developtoward state capitalism. tot, of cour in required who could step forward and boldor doing away with present contra ment and organization became subjected ly carry out these policies, which, as the the same forms, ramifications and methods dictions, social control of business. to opportunist combinations on top with coming period will witness, havo intimate of developing state capitalism of the fag which in the capitalist system could only the betrayers of the British general strike, relation with world shaking events. cist state in Italy, nor even the forms of mean strengthening of the control of one the Purcells and Hicks in the Anglo RusImmediately the Hoover prosperity the actual tendencies toward state capl class the capitalist class will increase sian Unity Committee; with the hangmen was made proverbial. At the beginning of talism in Germany; but rather as one cap and sharpen the contradictions both with of the Chinese proletariat, the Chiang Kalthis present crisis he set out on his first task itallst economic writer hopefully puts it in the country and in the international Sheks in the four class government. to restore public faith. His economic in the Forbes Magazice: An experiment sphere. The question, however, just how The position of social democracy on conferences were heralded as the unfailing of social control of business. as a sub this experiment will appear in the the development of monopoly capitalism stabilizer. Did he set out to materialize stitute for the utter anarchy which in the United States and the possible manifes and tendencies toward state capitalism, the program of the Committee on Recent past characterized the government of in tations of its effects, both in general and given its classical expression by HilterEconomic Changes, headed by himself, dustry. with a new code of rationalized upon further working class developments ding, can be summarized into. new era which summarized the problems of Amer. co ordination and stabilization in the inare of particular interest to Communists. of transition from competitive capitaltcm ican cepitalism as follows?
terest of the larger economic group. Lenin and Trotsky Combat Bucharla and into organized capitalism overcomes the To maintain the dynamic equilib Capite! ism Can Only Intensify Aberch!
Stalin Economic Theories anarchy inherent in the former; then the rlum of recent years is indeed a probProdaction further transformation into an econoniy Between the Center and the Right lem of leadership which more and more The first steps in the direction of this (the Stalinists and the Bucharin, Branddirected by the democratic state. From demands deliberate public attention and experiment. the most important aspect ler Thalheimer, Lovestone, etc. group) of organized capitalism to socialiem. control. Research and study, the orof the Hoover ecpnomic conferences, gives the Communist movement a battle of quoThe Socialist Party in the United States, derly classification of knowledge, to the building program the role mainly tations is now taking place on this probalthough it can still afford to pose in Joined to increasing skill, well may of the public front. The projected econ lem of effects of capitalist developments some respects as a Left wing within the make complete control of the econ omic council, now being formed, is to bcin the post war period monopoly capitalSecond International, being yet far away omic system a possibility.
come the experimentel instrument, It 18m with its tendencies toward state capfrom governmental responsibilities, takes esIt so, the anewer can already be given cen be expected to have fa: reaching pow Italism. Both sides quote Marx and Lenin sentially the same position in greeting the categorically: Not until the capitalist sygers; but the mere shouting of fascist profusely for their own ends. The Center Hoover economic conferences 29 sometem of production with all its cancers council without full understanding of the quite easily proves the similarity of the thing the socialists have always advocated.
and conflicts is abolished will complete process become empty chatter, despite reformist position of the Right wing to Levestouo and Boeborn Approach Socialcontrol of the economic system be a pog the fact that fascist methods will be emthat of the socialist imperialists of the Democraey Views sibility. And then no more in the inployed against the workers in an increas Second Internationa. The basic proof The sharp gravitation of the Bucharterest of the capitalist exploiters, but in in Lovestone Right wing toward the Hilthe interest of the proletarian producero, ferding position is, of course, clear. It Oppooltion Platform Forecast Present Crisis is swinging from the view of recognizing The pheneomenal rapid expansion of external contradictions on a world scalo American Imperialism during the last decThe International Communist Opposi wing and maintaining his complete disaesoby development of monopoly capitalism, cade; the extreme rationalizetion of its tion lives and grows! All the lies slander, clation from the latter. The tiny group of but eliminating internal contradictions, to industry: tha gigantic development of proconcealment and terror of the Stalinist bur atlo from the latter. The tiny group of the view of overcoming anarchy in productive forces, outstripping the expansion eaucracy cannot prevent its extension. Stalinist leaders are of course still trying duction by organized capitalism.
of the market; the immensely increased Fittle while ago, we announced the forma the Orcical geme learned from Earl BrowSays Lovestone in Revolutionary Age exploitation by speedup of the workers tion of the first Opposition group in Latin der of insisting that Bach, egrete, Mon(No. bringing in its wake an immenso standing America, organized by members of the Ar zon and Rivera are in one and the same The plethora, the superabundance unemployed army: the reduction of sk111 gentine Communist Party. Today we are camp. Naturally, there is neither an ounce of capital in the country the basic and sharpened economic contradictions; able to announce the second: the Opposition of truth or sense in this eclaration.
cause of the panic (stock crash. The. these bave brought the first inevitable brought on a condition of the most sergroup in Mexico, directed ly comrade Ro comrades of the Mexicar Opposition are result in this present cyclic crisis.
ballo Negrete of Mexico City, member of the moving forward to Communism not to 80lous dislocation between the security We described this is our Communist Central Committee of the Young Communist clal democracy and class collaboration.
stock and the fundamental conditions (Opposition) platform, of April 1929, as a of the capitalist productive League who has recently been expelled Bach, Monzon and Co. are in the camp of econo growing disproportion between the rate for his Opposition viewpoint. Comrade Neg Calles G11 Rubio. Our comrades are in the my. of expansion of productive capacity and rete was in New York City some time ago ranks of the International Revolution. mere dislocation from the sound the rate of growth of production and conin Party work, and came to speak with the economy and further. sumption. We cited the index figures The pante in Wall Street did not comrades of the Communist League (Op. GASTONIA STOOLPIGEON GOT HIS of production la big industry as having position) here. Plans were laid for the come as a result of the decline of CHARLOTTE, Claim has been risen from 146 in 1919 to 171 in 1927 (1914 American capitalist economy. It came as carrying on of work for the principles of filed with the state industrial commission equals 100. The index figures for workthe International Opposition in Mexico. At a result of the very strength of Amer.
ers employed in big Industry fell from for compensation for the death of Marvin the first sign of this activity, the hopelessly ican capitalist economy (1. magally.
129 in 1919 to 114 in 1927 (1914 equals 100)
Johnson, detective, employed by Gaston Menshevik leadership of the Mexican party, fug and sharpening the contradictions although population growth for the same county to act as stoolpigeon on Loray mill the subservient ally of the Calles regime of world capitalism (emphasis in years was from 106 to 120 respectively strikers held in Jall following the Aderholt original. for years, expelled Negrete and other lead(this includes the period of socallod procshooting ing and active comrades. The Mexican parBucherin says in his book Economics perity. In addition there has been an ty has been virtually wiped out, betrayed by Jallers who threw tear gas bombs into of the Transition Period. published in 1920: flux into the ranks of the unemployed its leaders (Galvan, etc. and unable to the strikers cells to stop them from sing Finance capital has destroyed the of declassed farmers. It has also been mobilize support to fight the governmental ing, forgot Johnson was among them. He anarchy of production within tho estimated by most economic authorities cla repression.
pulmonary disease, it The Opposition is attempting contracted countries of large scale capitalism. Monthat during the last decade the improveto mobilize the dispersed Communist eleed, from which he died.
opolistic associations of enterprises, the ment of machinery has increased the procombined enterprises and the penetration ments and help trengthen a proletarian ductivity of labor by 45.
revolutionary movement in Mexico, 1stead of AMERICAN PLAN MEANS 56 CENTS of finance capital into industry created Hoover Program the confused workers and peasans party FOR MACHINISTS ning the anorganized capitalist system a new type of production relations, tur.
Hoover in stepping forward with his that has been masquerading as Communist DETROIT. American plan, Bocalled, program for maintaining economic balin Mexico for years.
blooms to perfection in the Smiley Machine of goods exchange into Ananclel capit.
alistie organization.
ance did not call upon Congress; but Co. plant in Detroit, Skilled machinists are The fury of the Stalinist bureaucrats The Centrist Phrases and the Results openly proclaimed where the real power getting 55c an hour and working 51 2 lles by calling upon financiers and exec in the and Mexico has exceeded all Yet today the Centrists, all their deehours week. One mechanic, a belt repair larations notwithstanding, continue to reutives of the big corporations and banks. bounds at this new development. The man and millwright, has worked with the Compare for one moment this present ar Daily Worker has been surpassing itself in peat parrot like supposedly revolutionary firm nine years, but still gets 55 cents. The rogant dominance of American Imperial falsehood by trying to identify the Comphrases devoid of the content which will foreman employed there for 16 years, gets ism with the United States of pre war munist Opposition with the Right wing secure a mass basis. They proceed with 85 cents.
days. President Rockevelt, also the their false concept of revolutionary untons whica has organized the governmental. choice of the Republican party, became Communist Party (Bach Monzon and other MINERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE PART OF Isolating the Communists from the basic rejecting possible labor party developments the best possible public front to express Mexican friends of Lovestone and Company. STEEL TRUST GOLD THEY PRODUCED and simultaneously to allay the large recent statement in the Worker by Hersection of the working class; they thus nenan Laborde, secretary of the Mexican party HIBBING, Minn Net profits of almost middle class suspicion and antagonism togate the correct analysis of growing siganward trust combination. Only under the repeats the calumnious lie that comrade 200, 000, 000 taken last year by Steel tie contradictions with its opportunities for shield of his trust busting program Negrete collected money to be sent to Loveare not reflected in the mining industry growing mase contact and for laying tho stone here! Needless to say, our Mexican on the Messata range where most of the could the basis be laid well for the furfoundation for a class movement of tho comrades have no connection with Lore steel trust ore is mined. Wages in the ther rapid capitalist monopoly developAmerican workers. The Left policy of stone or any other Right wing group.
mines are only 20 a day.
ments. The Sherman anti trust law proved the leadership still represents the strateg.
Ical conjectures from which sprang the opno real obstacle whatever.
It is intercsting to note that comrade NEW YORK French navy men were Gigantic mergers have been on the orportuntet tactics of yesterday.
der of the day ever since, yet representing Diego Rivera, one of the most notable thrown on the Ile de France, crack French leaders of the Communist movement in LA liner, when seamen struck in the port of only a fraction of such developments to The growing capitalist contradictions tin America for years, has 18gued a state seamanship the French line decided to The Interstate Commerce Commisof the imperialist stage will be taken up in come, ment supporting the International Left Op Le Havre. After taste of the Davy men slon proposal for merger of the existing Another article in the next issue of the Militant.
we into 19 systems is but a begin position led by comrade Trotsky, denoun grant concessions to the strikers,