GERMAN ELECTIONSS Page THE EMILITANT CHINA Hoover Advises Labor Published Twice a Month by the Communist League of America (Opposition)
Vol. III No. 31, NEW YORK, October 1, 1930 PRICE CENTS Manifesto of the International Left Opposition Workers United Front vs. Optimistic» Pledges!
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During the last few months a considerable peasant movement has again appeared in certain provinces of Southern China Not only the world press of the proletariat, President Hoover has given his reply Uriah Heep, emphatically disagreed. But atively required is a leadership that will but the press of its enemies as well, is filled to the needs of the unemployed workers what Hoover doing to call a halt to the give the movement a head and direct its with the echoes of this struggle. Deceived, in his speech, at the bankers convention in wage cutting drive? Not a thing. And energies profitably, Such leadership defeated, emasculated, the Chinese revoluCleveland. With a characteristic genius tion still shows that it is alive. Let us hope for cause, since he is the chairman of the properly belongs to the Communlets, who for insight, he disclosed the fact that what capitalist class executive committee in alone represent the present and future that the time when it will again lift its prowas wrong with many people was. the Washington, the menial of the bankers and labor letarian head is not far off. And in order But the Communists will establish reduction of their incomes. And how had business men. All the solemn pledges themselves as leaders of the masses only to be ready for this, we must put the problem of the Chinese revolution on the order their incomes been reduced. The answer to maintain wage standards have dissolved if they can convince the masses of nonof the day of the working class of the of the Great Engineer is: The income of before the offensive of the bosses. No Communist workers that they are fighting worla.
a large part of our people is not reduced less loyal a footman of Amerian capitalism for one militant line of struggle FOR We, the International Left Communist by the depression but it is affected by than William Green of the of must THE UNITED FRONT!
Opposition (Bolshevik Leninista) consider unnecessary fears and pessimism, the re publicly regret the increasing wage cuts, The United Labor Front it our duty to raise our voices now, in sult of which is to slacken the consumption which, according to his excessively moder The slogan for the united front of laorder to atract the attention of all Com of goods and discourage enterprise. ate figures, affected 24, 700 workers in Augbor to resist the offensive of the capitallats munists, all advanced revolutionary workers It is the proper answer from the high ust and cuts averaged 10. percent the and ameliorate the lot of the jobless, comto the task of liberating the great country est official representative of the capitalist highest yet.
bined with a minimum program of demands of the Asiatic East, and in order to warn class to the wokers whose wages are being The same question can be put to Green for which the workers can fight (and not them at the same time against the false cut and hours of work lengthened, to the as to Hoover, The answer is that this merely cast a vote for in November. that policy of the leading faction of the Comunemployed who are starving and being lackey without livery is working in the is the need of the moment. That is what munist International, which obviously evicted. The reason for the slackening labor movement with might and main to will get masses of workers into motion threatens to undermine the future Chinese in the consumption of goods is that the prevent or crush the spirit of resistance under the guidance of class conscious and revolution as ruined the revolution of working class is affected by unnecessary 1925 27.
rising among the workers. The Greens far sighted leaders. But it is precisely fears. The workers do not buy food and serve the masters of the land as effectively here that the leadership of the Communist The symptoms of the resurrection of the clothing, they do not cannot. pay their as the Hoovers each in their own allotted Party has failed so miserably. Their stubChinese revolution in the country indicate Its inner forces and immense potentialities.
rent because. they are pessimistic, born, gross mistakes, their piling of blundSurely, it was worth while electing But the task is how to transform these Two Servitors of Capitalism er upon blunder, their capers and lunges potentialities into reality. The first condiHoover to the presidency in order to have Green denounces the Communists, orfrom frigid sectarianism to the open option of success is to understand what is this brilliant analysis of the present state ganizes pogroms against them in the trade portuntem in the election campaign in a happening e. to give a Marxian definition of affairs, and get such soothing assurances unions, serves as informer against them to word, the overbrimming cup of the third of the moving forces and to evaluate cor for a working class driven desperate by the the courts of capitalism. Hoover speaks to period threaten to lose an unprecedented rectly the stage which the struggle has sharpening crisis.
the bankers in Cleveland on the depres opportunity for the Communist movement.
reached at the present moment. In both Hoover and Wage Cuts sion. while victims of this depression The Browders, Bedachta, Hathaways these tasks the leadership of the Comintern Hoover speech to the workers was a demonstrating in the streets for bread or and all the lesser Harrison Georges are is wrong.
campaign speech, made at a time when the work, are clubbed and bombed by Hoover dealing blow after blow at the very vitals Is There a Soviet Government? Republicans, the party of prosperity. 13 police. French royalty sarcastically told of the ovement under the impulsion of being hard pressed by its political oppon the people to eat cake if they could buy the international Stalinist machine which The Stalinist press is full of communents. Misery is spreading among the work no bread. Hoover tells the people to be has tossed them to the surface for a brief ications about a Soviet Government estab.
ers and farmers of the country like a prairie courageous and optimistic while they are moment. The Communist workers in the 11shed in vast provinces of China under the fire. The coming winter looks bleak in protection of a Red Army. Workers of varon the rack of unemployment.
ranks within and outside the Party must It is correct but not as Hoover means more than one sense. An Intensive wageward off these blows. The quicker this fous countries are excitedly greeting this cutting campaign is being conducted it. The workers need to be bold and condone and the whole camorra of Stalinist Of course! The establishment of a news.
Soviet government in a considerable part of throughout the land, actively instigated by fident bold enough to act decisively and leaders put where they properly belong the China and the creation of a Chinese Red business men and bankers, passively ac confident that united action will bring them quicker the Communist movement is reArmy would mean a gigantic success for the cepted by the capitalistic labor leaders. relief from the torments of the crisis. Why stored, the quicker the working class will international revolution. But we must state At the very same bankers convention, John be mobilized to fight in united ranks.
are the workers embittered but passive toopenly and clearly: It is not yet true. Barton, president of the national bank day? Why do they not enter in masses In spite of the meagerness of the infor division of the American Bankers Associa into open struggle against the masters of mation which reaches us from the vast tion, declared that the standard of living industry and finance? Because they fear spaces of China our Marxian understanding in America is too high and advocated defeats. which disunity, and lack of organof the developing process enables us to carving another pound of flesh from the ization and leadership bring in their train.
reject with complete confidence the Stalin. bodies of the working class.
The pressure of the crisis is driving tens ist point of view of the present events. They But this is an inportant election year, and hundreds of thousands to the ideas The editors of the Bulletin of the are false and extremely dangerous for the 80 Hoover, with the arch hypocrisy of an and moods of struggle. What is imper Russian Opposition inform us: further development of the revolution.
The Bolshevil Leninist, comrade SelThe history of China has been for ceninitchenko had been confined in exile at turles a history of menacing uprisings of a Samarkand, where he was taken 111 with destitute and hungry peagantry. Not leas tuberculosis of the larynx. His health than five times in the last twc thousand grew worse every day. As his condition years have the Chinese peasants succeeded few thousand textile workers have porter can be found here and there. in grew worse, instead of taking him to a in accomplishing a complete redivision of gone out on strike in Danville, Va. under the landed property. Each time the process the rest of the textile centers practically more favorable climatic environment, the the auspices of the United Textile Workers. the same condition can be found. The Stalinists took him to the city of Osch.
of its concentration would begin anew Elizabtheton, Ware Shoals, Marion and only cities in which any semblance of an Osch Hes in the Kirgis Steppes, far from the asd continue until again the growth of the other places where the progressive organization is functioning is in New Ped railroad, without the slightest possibility population produced a partial or general has led strikes are sufficient indic ford, Mass. and Paterson, of any kind of clinical treatment. After the explosion. This vicious circle was an exation of where they intend to end up with In New Bedford where at one time arrival of comrade Selinitchenko, the Oppopression of economic and social stagnancy.
the Danville strike. Because of that, the thousands of textile workers rallied under sitionists exiled there applied in a series Only the inclusion of China in world question must be asked: the banner of the today not of telegrams to the Central Committee and economy opened new possibilities for the What has happened to the National much more than 200 are to be found in Central Control Commission of the Party, Chinese people. Capitalism invaded China Textile Workers Union? Since the recent the organization.
In Paterson even and to the and requested the fom the outside. The backward Chinese strike in Bessemer City, which the smaller group is functioning. Everywhere transference of comrade Selinitchenko to bourgeoisie became an intermediary between Daily Worker proudly heralded with an else where the was developing other climatic conditions and pointed out foreign capital and the mercilessly exploited eight column streamer as being led by the strength and in the past had some mea that an inevitable and swift ruin threatmasses of their own country. The foreign only to turn around 24 hours la sure of success all semblance of a union ened him in Osch. No reply was received.
imperialists together with the Chinese bour ter and admit its leadership by men who has disappeared. This includes Fall River, So the Osch exiles decided to get comrade geoisie combine the methods of capital were opposed to that union, things have Mass. Passaic, and Bethlehem and Selinitchenko to Tashkent on their own ist exploitation with the methods of feudbeen strangely quiet. In fact, since the Allentown, Pa.
hook, in spite of the fact that the PU.
al oppression and enslavement through Bessemer City episode where the End the Stalinist stranglehold of the could hold them responsible for flight.
usury.
organizers were virtually run out of town, Stop the exaggeration pol Placed before an accomplished fact, the The fundamental idea of the Staliniste the Left wing union has not been conduct icy and deliberate lying, of which the Bes was compelled to transfer comrade has been to transform the Chinese bourge ing any activity whatsoever. This is in semer City strike is only one of many Selinitchenko from Tashkent to the Crimea.
olste into a leader of the national revoludistinct contrast to the increasing in cases! Allow non supporters of the Brow Here, however a new series of sufferings tion against feudalism and imperialism. The fluence of the United Textile Workers der machine to participate in the union began for the steadfast Bolshevik: free consequerdes of this political strategy Union throughout the South, which has led work! Conduct a real broad united or treatment was refused him, etc. The Staruined the revolution. The Chinese prole to the present Danville situation, ganization campaign to enroll the work linist has attained its alm: comtariat paid dearly for a knowledge of the In the South there is now practically ere in the rade Selinitchenko could not even last a. Continued on Page 6)
no left. Only an isolated aup FRANK BROMLEY few weeks in the Crimea, and went under. n.
Boris Selinitchenko Danville Workers Out on Strike a