oturdey, may avvy MILITANT Page Ruining a Movement ITROTSKY Decline of the Chinese Communist Party BOOK FREE! SHANGHAI valls upon the poor peasants not to force the Party from the workers. Indeed, things The Chinese revolution of 1925 27. was the struggle against the rich ones when have even gone so far that in some Shangdrowned in blood by the joint forces of the they should be the direct object of attack hai factories, the Communist workers try imperialists and the national bourgeoisie What did the poor peasant answer? to organize their own unions behind the with the help of Stalin. The Communist In the province of liupeh, for example, backs of the official leadership and opDo you want to get a copy, free of Party suffered a series of defeats in the they said in one meeting: We shall make pose their meddling in their affairs.
charge, of My Life by Leon Trotsky? Do struggle and became completely impotent no more revolutions. What good does it The characteristic feature of this peryou want to get the book whick is arousboth by physical extermination of the white do us? They slept in the meeting instead iod of adventurism is that it is coinbined ing such enormous interest in the revoluterror and the demoralization caused by of taking an interest in it, that is, they with opportunism of the worst kind. The tionary movement in Europe and America?
Stalin theories. The Sixth (last) Con passively resisted the official policy. In last year sent Communists into the Many workers anxious to have it are ungress of the Party held in June 1928 dia some other provinces, the rich peasants army of the Left Kuo Min Tang generals employed. They can get it in spite of that.
not sum up the lessons of the greatest made their way into the Party, filled its to cooperate with them in the military camThe Militant is offering a copy free to any evolution in the East and straighten our ranks and even occupled leading posts paign against Chiang Kai Shek. The Party worker who turns into its office TEN yearly political line in order to prepare the third there. When the Central Committee issues has sent representatives to attend the antisubscriptions or TWENTY six month subChinese revolution; instead it deepened its directives to such Party locals, with Chiang Kai Shek conference in Hong Kong criptions to the paper, Approach your past mistakes and disarmed the Party slogan against taxes of every kind, against in which the reactionary militarists and friends and fellow workers. The Jub for ideologically and politically before the rent and payment of loans, then these lo the Lefu Kuo Min Tang participated. Many a year is 00; for six months it is 00.
bourgeoisie.
cals only carried out the directives against lower Party workers were taken in by the Collect the subs and the money, forward The Congress defined the character of taxes but not against rent and loans. Left Kuo Min Tang military adventure them to the office and get your copy of the the next Chinese revolution as still a bourZig Zagging Policies against Chiang Kai Shek. Others followed Autoblography, which has been called Trot.
geois democratic one and refused to see Because of the Stalinist leadership in the tail of the Left Kuo Min Tang in the sky greatest work, absolutely free of that the course and experiences of the charge. This 00 book is yours for the the Comintern, the Party is left without economic struggle and trade union tactics.
1925 27 revolution have shown that the little effort required to get the subs or any policy and definite line. It is help At he top of the Party, a wlid camsolution of the tasks of a bourgeois demo less before events.
renewals.
Right on the eve of paign is developed against the Left M, cratic revolution can only lie in the dic. the war between Chiang Kal Shek and the full of invective and abusive words, but tatorship of the proletariat. The Congress Kwang Si clique in the Spring of last behind the scenes, the official leadership gave ambiguous expressions concerning the year, the Central Committee of the Party coquettes with these same lefts, organizes present stage of developments, saying that categorically stated that no war is possible the armed uprising together with them. OR YOU CAN GET FREE COPY OF although there is no broad mass revolu beween these two militarists groups, and The Central task and slogan of today tionary upheaval, it is nevertheless inevit this in face of the ſeverish military prepofficial leadership is the general political The Real Situation able; we can already see weak symptoms arations and transport of arms which constrike, partisan warfare, armed uprising, of this upheaval but we must not overin Russia vinced even the local Party organ of organizing the local uprisings, preparing estimate them.
the inevitability of war. Only yeaterday to establish the revolutionary power, etc. This book is also available free of An Open Road to Adventurism it spoke of not forcing the struggle against that is, to run further away from the work charge to all workers. Here you will find Thus the Congress did not give cor the rich peasants and denounced the Troters in order to combine with the Left the nly Englisa translation of the famous rect and definite estimations of the present skyists for such a standpoint. Today, it Kuo Min Tang and become in fact the Plat m of the Russian Opposition, supperiod as the one between two revolutions, opens a campaign in the Party Press instrument of the petty bourgeoisie. pressed by Stalin, and Trotsky letter exand did not put up transitional, revolution against those members of the Party who The Guerilla Warfare posing the falsifications of the History of ary democratic slogans for the conquest show hesitation in the struggle and an As to the guerilla warfare, in many the Russian revolt:tion and the Communist of the masses. Instead it opened all doors nounces itself ready for fighting the rich places it becomes aimless burning, killParty. You will also find here the imto every adventurist explanation of the peasants to the bitter end. Yesterday it ing and pillaging under the leadership of portant Testament of Lenin. It is a 00 resolution. Every manifestation of dis said that Chiang Kal Shek represents the the declassed elements (from the Party book but you can get it free from the content among the massee, no matter what bourgeoisie against the feudal power of ciroular. sind it lacks a mass basis. It Militant by turning in subscrip: character it assumes no matter how sporthe Kwang Si clique. Today, it says that sometimes violates the poor peasant proptions (at 00 each) or 10 six month subs adic and spontaneous it is, a defensive the Kiang Su (the province where the erty becaus the armed forces of the land(at 00 cach. Rrewals are accepted.
strike or a mutiny of the soldiers, or the Chiang government is located) ruling class Iords and rich peasants are too strong to riots of the rickshaw coolics in the breakis dominated by feudal elements. All these permit of plundering. In other villages, ing up of tramways all this is put into theories are changed like the weather or the guerilla warfare which has some inass the scheme of the approach of the great one Huen. What serious revolutionist basis, divides the land among the peasants WE ALSO OFFER FREE COPY mas revolutionary upheaval 18 seized upon can have confidence in such a leadership? and annuls loans, doing something in the to prepare the uprising or general strike. In the sphere of action, the Party lead Interest of the peasants by exterminating Since Lenin Died Those who do not believe this way are, ership shows no less lightmindedness. the landlords and bureaucrats. But these of course, Trotskyists and therefore liquid Since the first of May, the Party has again acts are too far from the important cities This book by Max Eastman was the first ators.
entered the era of adventurism.
work in the English language to tell the Demon to exercize any influence upon them, and By defining the character of the next truth about the struggle in the Russian strations were held in the streets accord besides when it assumes a more inenacing Chinese revolution (or the present unfin ing to the calendar of revolutionary festi character, it is overpowered and driven Communist Party between the Opposition ished one, according to the Stalinists) as vals, if not with the masses then with the away by the government troops.
led by Trotsky, on the one hand, and Zinbourgeois democratic, the Party raised in Party membeds alone. Instead of takinp Since last year, the Party has concenoviev, Kamenev, Bucharin, Stalin on the its Program of the Chinese Revolution at possession of the streets. some hundred other. You will have an excellently drawn trated all its propaganda work in the strugthe Present Stage ten demands, as for people together with the bystanders, stand picture of the beginings of this fight ifter gle against Trotskyism. because the Comreading this book. The Militant has sucexample: Expropriation of the enterprises on the sidewalks of an appointed street at munist Opposition has begun to work in ceeded in getting the last few doz:n copies and banks of foreign capital; establish an appointed time, then someone gives the China. Since then, it has taken a series of this book, of which no other edition ment of the workers peasants soldiers So signal with firecrackers, some slogans are of organizational measures against us. It exists. It has been sent to us from Eng.
viet government; confiscation of the lands showted, leaflets are thrown into the street, fights most fiercely against one slogan, the of all landlords and transference of all and then there are some arrests, most of land, the American edition being exhausted.
Constituent Assembly, denouncing it as the of it to the peasants. This means that the the participants and observers going quietIt sells for 00, but you can get it free of slogan of the Left Kuo Min Tang. Thus, enterprises and banks of Chinese capital ly home.
charge by turning in yearly subs (at the constituent assembly, together with the shall not be touched and violated in the Of course auch farcical demonstrations 00 each) or six month subs (at 00 hour day, the confiscation of land, and revolution.
each. It also gave elastic formulae can only lower the standard of Communism, the fight for the complete independence of concerning the peasants movement, such make the Communist workers leave the China and sell determination of nationalas, It is not correct deliberately to force Party ranks, and arouse the antipathy of itles within China, which form our trans(or to fy) the anti rich peasants the workers. The attendants the emon itional revolutionary democratic demands struggle. but this is not to mean that we strations become less as the former beto mobilize the masses, are liquidators Send All Subscriptions and Funds to should give up the class struggle against come more frequent and desperate. Wben demands in the eyes of the Stalinists.
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the attendants diminish, then workers are But that does not in the least prevent the 25 Third Avenue, New York City Such formulations naturally become re hired to show up in the streets! No official leadership of the Party from orpulsive and excite indignation among the serious agitational work 18 developed in ganizing the League for the struggle for rank and file of the Party members under the factories or works, in the important big Freedom. together with the discontented TIROWS HUNDREDS OUT OF JOBS the conditions of sharp class struggle an taotories only two or three Communist petty bourgeois elements, intellectuals and MILLTOWN, With the closing tagonisme in China after the revolution workers remain and even then no regular professors, which is necessarily a decor of the Michelin Tire Co. works at MillAlready in the enlightment campaign on meetings take place. sometimes for two ative and helpless institution like the Anti town, near New Brunswick, hundreds of the Sixth Congress, the workers in unit months. The local organizers get in touch Imperialist League all over the world: a French workers imported from Brittany meetings demanded why the enterprises of with them only when it is necessary to veritable tail of the petty bourgeoisie. are jobless here in a strange country. They Chinese capital should not be confiscated enlist them in demonstrations.
NIEL SIH staged a short walkout two years ago, in by the revolutionary power. The workers Decline in Membership April 13, 1930.
revolt against a wage which sounded good were not silenced by the scholasticism of The membership under such conditions in Brittany when they left their fisher the Party functionaries and said in Indig is miserable. According to an official adnient protest: You are the second Chiang nets to look for gold in America. Arrived mission in a circular of the Shanghal EastATTENTION!
in Miltown, they found the 12 a week Kal Sheks, only without arms, and then ern district (the biggest industrial district The Militant office is anxious to get wage paid adult men didn mean what quit the meetings.
in Shanghai. the membership decreased hold of a copy in English of The Conditions the equivalent in francs would buy back The tactics towards the rich peasants, since last August from 85 to 82. The of the Working Classes in 1848 by Frederin the old country.
when put into practise, can only mean the membership in all Shanghai, according to ick Engels. The book must be in fair union with them but not the struggle the most optimistic figure, is about 800. shape and the price asked for it should against them. The rich peasant in China There are many other industrial cities be equally tair. If you have a copy you CLEVELAND Over 109 men have been is mosi hated by the poor peasants, and by where the Communist workers do not count would like to sell, please communicate, giv dropped from the Cleveland Railway Co.
the village laborers, because he is a userer, more than ten. We owe all this to Stalin ing details about price, conditions, etc. to payrol: since January The company rols the poor peasant by making loans blind policy of adventurism, to the destruc The Militant, 25 Third Avenue, New York, saved 74, 663in maintenance in April, and at lary tes of interest. Now the Party tive work of the Stalinistr win wlagate NY Be will annreciate all offers 14 QOCO was cut off operating expenses.