strike was the point of departure for will of the comrades of the Madrid a part in them. It is suficient merely to we decided to demonstrate with the party the social democracy, marking alive All Stalinist regime, which hans macle of this the the police, who after a battle lasting gathered there, about twenty decay of the the social democracy action against Fanclsm but at the same England Economic Plight tine workers are beginning to distrust the world war, and the establishment of the The open door policy of the American hontell our slogang of united front with itself to pronounce a verdict Brainst the the that the is in the front PAGE THE MILITANT SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1931 IN THE INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR Reviews and News of the Working Class and Revolutionary Movements THE ARCHIO MARXISTS IN ACTION The Spanish Masses in Motion Where Polish Social Democrats Capitalize on the Is the Communist Party. Left Opposition Leads the May Day Blunders of Stalinism The Strikes In the Communist Party Struggles in Greece At the end of May, the annual con xeneral protext welke embracing the gress of the Polish Socialist Party (P. whole mining section broke out after the In our notes of the preceding week, we At Madrid, the Autonomus Communist Polish section of the Second in killing. In all these movements, the said, in speaking of the failure of the Organization has met. It was declded Our Archio Marxist comrades of the more than an hour, arrested a large ternational, met at Cracow. The debates Communist Party of Poland was without Pasajes (Guipuzcoa) strike that the to propose to the the official Greek lett Opposition have transmitted number of our comrades, later condemned at the congress, like the atmosphere in ang iutueThe First of Marle movement failed, due to the Civil Guard party the formation of a united front the following report concerning the to several months of imprisonment. which it took place, were entirely differ already emphasized this weakness of the and the massacre brought about by the of the Communists for the. or publish it to refute all the calumnies at the places designated by them all the influence of the world economic crisis party too bureaucratic amendame to strike movement around economie de sanization, we witness the provocativa Circulated against these yaliant com though we were certain that these de and the role of the on the the centrist International. The mands, involving the entire Spanisl of the partisans of the Irresponsible and rades.
monstrations would be attended only by olish proletariat. Never since the war in the past had virile madres, a wellworking class.
adventuristle Some of their fol On the occasion of the First of May. members and sympathizers of the two have words so Alled with revolutionary rooted influence among the mine work week has passed, and the strike move lowers came to provoke the meeting but been pronouncedl. never has alers, the metal workers, ete oday ment has taken oa genuinely broad and the two hundred workers assembled enour organization, in an open letter pnt organizations in the Puli No. 21 we ardor entire organlmore severe condemnation of the caple there is nothing or almost nothing left Jeep proportions. In Coronia, the match cretically repudiated them.
We must note the almost childish faith proposed a united front to the party in nation and its sympathixees to participate talle rexime fallen from the line of of it. One of the taxt strongholds, the workers are on trike. At Gijon, there is a strike of the street car workers that the comrades of the organization the demonstrations at the different places in the united front and to demonstrate the leaders. For the first time shop council of Upper Silesia, where At Lugo, the painters are striking. In share in their hope to make to assemble each year (since 1918. at took all the necessary preparatory meas roland hux congress of the Socialist moreover, should play a positive role.
Morocco (at Mellila) there is an elected front with Renti, between Athens and Piraeus. We ures to assure its success party expressed itself resolutely agninst was lost in lections to the tricians strike, and small economie belief in a reaction against the bureau All our members and sympathizers re war with the and even benefit of the Only the destrikes are spreading everywhere. Yes crats of the Fortunately motivated our proposals on the fact that Keneration and the derline in influence terday, however, the biggest and the most many of the comrades are beginning to although our proletariat is very militant sponded to the appeal in a lowly. This for the defense of the Reasons for Radicalization of communism permits the to serious strike since the coming of the realize that the crisis in the Pof in its economte struggles, it has not threw the party people into a fii, markconsolidate itself and to play at radi Republic, broke out. The mine work Spain is only one manifestation of the yet reached the point of fighting for ed by shameless sabotage.
Demonstration Disrupted One inks what it is that could radi calization.
ers of the Asturias have gone on strike crisis in the comintern and that in or state, which prohibited all meetings in At Athens seeing the concentration of callze the in this manner dur The Opposition at the Congress had alwith the demand of a two peneta wage der to bring about the units of the Span our city. In our opinion, it was our duty our forces, they started the demonstra ing the congress. Resides the world most half the votes, and yet no split increase and a seven hour day. The Re to go where the workers are to be found tion prematurely and without any recrisis, two unexpected and at first sight took place which proves once more that publican governinent, refusing to grant to bring about Communist unity internathe seven hour day, has taken the side tionally and at the same time to change at present, in order to lead them much sults. They gave the police an oppor contradictory things have operated in communism is far from being a menace further.
tunity to intervene and to proceed with the form of the degeneration of to the In Lenine time, so proof the mine operators. The reformist the political conrse of the found a discussion in the ranks of the In their paper, they called us social de muss arrests. Seeing this situation, our Polish Communist Party and the econand social democratic leaders also order But the comrades must be convinced comrades followed in rapid succession, omic development of the social democracy would have led to the ed the workers not to go out on strike their own experiences that the left morrats and splitters, who with this but their march was quickly stopped by Moreover, examples where the social at the same time organizing groups of opposition alone has a genuine Com action want to pull the workers out of swinging black jacks and countless ar. democracy. Knowing the weakness of the passage of whole organizations to com munism strike breakers. On the very first day. cistline. That is what the Spanish the town and therby play the game of rest After the dispersal of the de permits itself to make game with the miners were already confronted by communist Opposition and st monthly, the bourgeoisie. We must not forget monstrators at the Omonta Place the de Left phrases of the workers who are Results of Social Fascism Theory Today there is nothing of the kind the strike brought about a Woody con the comrades in Madrid, Bilbao, the self In militant demonstrations of and public oflex of Venizelos Refore a state limited to roland. One can make a gen the masses disillusioned by the policy of Alict, in which several workers fell, badAsturias etc. are actually doing.
10 people, our organization organized as lent number of the demonstrators. 30eral observation that with the develop. the bloc of the social demetry with meeting at Renti, which was attacked by ly wounded. HENRY LACROIX per cent of them our comradet had ment of the crisis and the ever growing the bourgeois and peasant left demand At the time this is being written, the strike is still solid. More than 60 per members began to shout: and, after a which at the beginning of the crisis time retain their confidence in the P.
cent of the Asturian miners are out, alThe British Scene few minutes took to their heels and went tended to want to calm down the sand let themselves be lulled by the though the reformist lenders claim that over to claim the Noriet Embnsay. spirits of the workers to diminish left leaders. Can more disastrons exonly 20 percent of the workers respond no amples he found of the Stalinist tactic leaving our comrades alone to little the the importance of the crisis, ed to the strike call. But even Alaura, police with stones and to draw fire ou Inger conduct themselves in this toward social Fascism. a tactie which the minister of the Interior, is forced themselves. In this manner, the forma manner. On the contrary, the leaders admirably serves the social democracy at to admit that more than mine thousand tion of a new manifestation to compen of the left social democracy and even the time when the crisis is undermining of the twenty five thousand workers are The decline of the British empire haceeds everywhere in China it cannot be sate for the meeting broken up at the those of the Center speak openly about all is foundations?
on strike. And at that, the figures of almost become proverbial. The last part said that England has been most success. Omonia places was obstructed.
the crisis of the regime and advance as The question of the 11. was the minister are far from accurate. The of the nineteenth century already It At Salonica, they refused to announce the sole way out of the crisis socialism. raised a mumber of times at the constrikers are determined to hold out essed the rise of the threat to its dom reactionary militarist oppositions to the the meeting place to cause us confusion. To be sure they take cool care not to grow. The deputy Carpinski, who delle against the artression of the mine own ination. Germany, then the most active Nationalist government of Chlung Karl All that was achieved at Salonica, war point out the concrete roads for attainered the report on the world situation, err agents. It is a very difficult situa competitor, began crowding England in Shek which of course, was equally as brought about against the will of the Ing it, but the mere fact that the social made the following demagogie proposals tion for the social democrats, orkil market. But it is since the reactionary but so for more successful.
democracy which has remained the most in connection with the dangers of war: said at the last Plenum of At Yolo, two of our comrades who loyal servitor of the bourgeoisie, permits Ma promises of the socialist ministers. United States a world dominant imperialists because of their having less The Partial Election of May 31 creditor nation, that the decline has important concessions won favor with the party at the party demonstration, bourgeois regime at a congress, is quite ranks of the reparation for an antiSoviet war. representative of the Sov.
come more accelerated. This is perhaps the bourgeoisie of the Chinese National were seized by party members and hand significant for the present epoch.
With the absence of a leading force, let Telegraphie Agoney is present. Let Sunday, May 31, was the day set for not so much demonstrated in actual Ist government. The success to date of ed over to the police who promptly the election of the muntetpal council ures of lost ground as in the import of its present degree of stabilization is in save them the works. We proposed these demonstrations, which frequently sulm write to Moscow that the lors, em contested after the election their comparison with general world to small measure due to the defeat of Commission of Inquiry. composed of cost the proletariat fatalities, lend to not only net preparink war, but of April 12. As was predicted, the elec market conditions, and above all in the the revolution of the Chinese workers and this day we have not yet received a workers were killed in a strike and an agression in lost the members of both organizations, but to nothing. few weeks ago, four mine that it will oppose with all its strength tions were a success for the socialist political import of this factor.
peasants because of the Menshevik polThese words were warmly applauded hy republican coalition. The monarchists England did not experlence since the icy by which it was conducted by the reply.
the delegates and those present on the were victorious only in a few smaller war, an intervening prosperity period Stalin Comintern regime. However, the comrade who bore the letter proposing arrests.
At Cavalla, the police arrdated the At Agrint, the police made preventive platform.
VRlages. Only one candi. late of the as did the United States from 1924 to perspectives for political superiority of the united front to the parts. The party our organization, struck.
Seventy workers, members of It must be avowed that the change Was elected, at Seville.
1920, as did Prance, not even such a American Imperialism in China are by is profound. The which, as reBut it must be established that in the temporary upward swing us took place no means secured. The Chinese revolulenders disappeared and consequently, We did all in our power to assure the cently as the First of May, condemned more strictly working class centers, it in Germany. Since the world war sletion is still smouldering.
due to the lack of united action, little success of the demonstrations. The the in its appal has made was the radical socialists that were vie has been suddled with an enormous in In South America, British Imperialism was accomplished, outside of a meeting party did everything to sabotage common an abrupt turn in this question followtorious, while the serialists were suc debtedness to the United States. It is striving tesperately to maintain ite of two hundred workers called by our action. If one united from proposals had ing the new orientation of the Polish cesful mainly in the villages with a would be difficult to calculate the total foothold against the American agressor, comrades in front of the Tribunal. heen accepted and special Joint commls bourgeoisie itself an Orientation inaupetty bourgeois population. This is for amount, but payments of the purely gov. But the immense preponderance of sions of the two organizations formed, surated at Genera by the notorions ther evidence of the decline in the inernmental debts to for the pro credits available in Wall Street presse empire economie unity. Espcially note the First of May would have been a sue speech of Litvinov on the waceful coers are more for the radicals, who, in amount to 150, 520, 000 according to the ments. Itecently the air has been astir Lord Rothermere and Ben verbrook and First of May demonstrations turned ont The increasing need of machines and the question of the reprisals against the New York Times estimate. After a de with newspaper rumors of some sort of the break within the Conservative party to be a flasco.
creslits in the 11, oceuring paralCommunists, are developing a more desperate struggle, England did succeed in extension of the Hoover moratorium ac on this issue. Even the General Coun Our action made such an impression on lel to the development of the onomie magovic and seemingly more radical acre establishing her gold standard but is tion for rellet of South America. How of the British trade unions joined the party, that for two days Its paper crisis, makes it one of the last clients tivity than the socialist strike breakers now quite alarmed at the protracted ever, as is admitted, it is in this sphere with the Federation of British Industries and not breathe a word and tried hard of the world bourgeoisie, and provokes and butchers of the revolutionary work heavy flow of gold to the and not a question of governmental debts in issuing a statement for empire econ to screen them. Then it proceeled with among the capitalista a veritable race for ers.
France.
and hence the purpose could possibly omie unity at the time of the last Its habitual slanders and finally, of late, Soviet orders. The Polish dionrgeoisie Suprises are expected from the eleeThe decline has become reflected with better be necomplished without official Congress at Nottingham.
1t has prohibited its members oven to has not remained indifferent; and in the tlens for the Constituent Assembly. in the country, that is, aside from the governmental action. And no doubt Wall At the last Imperial conference to go near our comrades. On the other turn it has sent to the 11. X, a delechange of sentiment in the electorate is differentiation of interests within the Street itself will know how to make the dominion premiers came and apparent hand, the party members who are really gation which conclucted some good bustbound to benefit greatly the radical soc dominion empire, in a steadily mounting broadest possible application of the ly felt right into line with the economie sincere, salute us as comrades wherever ness and received important orders for falists, who are the most radical wing unemployment: In a marked uncertainty Monroe Poetrine with its government units idea. As a matter of fact it was we meet. They are beginning to come its Industry. This fact cannot remain of the bourgeoisie. It would mean within the upper les. in decline of the ready to back it up in due time. British halled like their own proposals, to be to our offices and to our unions. All the unknown to the lotish workers and unbreak in the hold of the socialist party decadent Liberal parts and new divisions investments in South America are stiu connected with the most favored nations comrades of our organization have under employel, among whom is being manias a workers party, as it still styles within the political parties in general, far greater than those of the American Clause: but as the discussions developed stood through their own experience what fested a strong current of sympathy for Itsell both capitalist and labor; in a diminu. Imperialisht. According to Revista de further it was soon found that the dom a powerful arm the united front is in the It is regrettable that the has ton of the formerly powerful aristocracy Economia Argentine the algures in 1928 inions, having developed capitalist econ the struggle against Stalinism.
The leaders of the who know not yet been born. But for the leaders of labor as well as in sharpenedl class were 4, 103, 000 000 for England and omie Interests of their own came into In so far as we ourselves are con very well the current agitating of the official without a following. antagonisms 2, 107, 000, 000 for the United States. even sharper collision with those of the cerned. we have noted a great number working class, did not hesitate to make the party exists and works. Gradun Iness some time ago became It is in the control of clectricity and mother country and thus the iden doos of mistakes, which hindered. PICCAN turn and to proclaim themselves de Financial Panie Donald alike. As far as its ohject is is being waged in the South American Multiplications of capitalist contradie. Although the mobilization of our forces hardly prevent them tomorrow, in a dirYesterday. the peseta fell in a most mental differences discernible, all possi. Exchange boom was on, many securities England. Its age long dominance in the initiative and of experience were the agressive enemies of the concerned there have been no funda republics When the New York Stocktons record some classe examples in at Athens was almost complete, lack of ferent situation from twing the most Alarming fushton. Several banks and we pione protestations by MacDonald to went trom London 40 Xew York. Atier world market, with a steady flow of im cause for the non reallnation of our atm.
hereceased functioning the contrary notwithstanding. And sure the slump set in some have traveled the port of raw materials and export of We have suffered the following casWhere Is the Communist Party!
At Madrid, the pante de enormous. There Is England is now experiencing a gradu. was back. In the little revolution to manufactured goods and foundation of malttes But where in the otish in all Is the talk of the resignation of Indal alness of decline. with as in a past Brazil, Wall Street prematurely backed a colonial empire. free trade became ele At Athens, of the thirty comrades concentrism which by its policy of advenacio Prieto, the minister of finance. The history, so also in the future prospects lower and since then the sucessfulvated to a cred prine. ple. Way back, vletel (eight to two months and 22 toturism or else of opportunisin, lets go this? Here again is a consequence of population is very restless because, due at some violent interruptions, both of revolutionists have called to their 13to the prodation of the peseta, there war und of revolutionary upheavals. istance an expert of the Bank of Eng days steps were earnestly taken for. Archto Marxists received two months the proletariat and weakening the social during the hard times of the Elizabethan one month imprisonment respectively. by the best opportunities for winning the most furahtful starvation and misery declining more rapidly than is interna But such an instance can hardly yet to those days was prohibited in the colontea, month each: all in all, 16 Archio Marxmore, one democracy.
the sus When the Left Opposition, two years rension of financial operations, a few tional trade. Figures are very tiresome considera typleal.
great tarif walls were erected with a Ists were convicted.
ako, advanced the slogan of economic but to cite a few in demonstration will industries particularly in the building nevertheless prove illuminating. The tour of the South American republiceeds for the colonies canie the indusrades have been arrested but not yet unmasking the sociable demorar comid the frndes. working on a credit basis have net favorable balance, or free interchange within the empire of At Salonica: one Archio Marxist was collaboration with the with Recently the Royal Salesman made staple products to England and finished seriously wounded. number of com the aim of strengthening Communism and credit heen forced to foreclose. Thereby. the British trade and services of all kinds made a similar good will tourist market lay at its feet and the tariff walls them are sedition murder and violation leaders of the shonted about fall of the peseta has eanged a direct for the year 1960 amounted to 180, 000, before his inauguration It will be remembered that Hoover also trial revolution in England; the world brought to trial. The charges against Centrints of the whole world and the Increase in unemployment. We shant 000. Before the war, with its lower Salesman returned and had a nice little deal more thoroughly with this question price level, the net balance was never speech written up for him which be we might add while it was the first time condemned to 15 years imprisonment and day. xonomic collaboration is being rel.
of the Extra ordinary Taw.
opportunism and did everything to sabIn our notes for the coming weeks.
History is now repeating itsell and At Cavalla. Archio Marxists were take the realization of this slogan. Totheless much higher. For example, in delivered to a gathering of fellow capl1913 a total of 878 000, 000 and in 1907 talists at Manchester. It laid great as a tragedy, it is the second time as deportation and one party member to sized between the and the a total of 670, 000, 000. How seriously stress on THE MILITANT problem of England re farce. section of the capitalist class, years. Our comrades were besides, tor capitalist states, but communism is in England has been hit by the present capture of these parts of the world mar is reverting to the clamor for protection them reveal the names of the authors for its propaganda and of unmasking the and indeed the most powerful section. tured for ten consecutive hours, to make capable of drawing any profit from it Vol. IV, 73, July 11, 1031 of Trade index number of industrial pro for England decadent industry. For of the leaflets we distributed. They lost social democracy.
Published weekly by the Communist duetion. With 1924 as its lave line it Growing Conflict at Home the development of a young capitalist consciousness but revealed nothing; and the congress of the threw a League of Amerien (Opposition)
shows a drop from 114 in the fourth British enpitalism, however, is now industry facing an open world market, gained the admiration of the party com light on two things. 1) the working at 84 East 10th Street, quarter of 1929 to 110. in the first violently torn between the two problems protective tariff walls easily become rades arrested with them.
class is in a state of effervescence and quarter of 1930: to 106. in the second of struggle to maintain its world mar an important incentive. But matters We had hoped to gather around us on the lookout for new roads. 2) the Editorial Board quarter to 99. in the third quarter. ket position or turning the major at stand entirely different in England to few thousand workers. 1f Rent! had economic development of the The yet more recent figures of the Boardtention more inwardly upon the dominion day. For a declining empire facing a been accepted as the meeting place. As which can bring about deep changes in Martin Abern James Cannon of Trade for the first quarter of 1931 and colonial empire. Although this turn definitely divided world market, for a it was, the manifestation at Athens com the social democratie mass. Only the Max Shachtman Maurice Spector shows a fall of imports of 308. 467. 665 is pretty much forced hy necessity, in bankrupt sytsem, neither the reactionprised only the members and sympath mistakes of Centrism, only the incapacArne Swabeck and of exports of 330. 002, 566 below the efther field its difficulties are mounting, aries of protectionism nor the reaction izers of the two organizations. How ity to which the Stalinist leadership has corresponding period of 1930.
not diminishing. With this is connected aries of free trade can furnish the solu ever we could not adopt a different at reduced Communism prevents the Polish Subscription rate 00 per year: for Growing Conflict in World Market also the growing conflict of protective tion. That can be furnished only by the titude from the one we did, because proletariat from turning away from the eigh 50. Five cents per copy. The competition and preparations for tarift walls as against free trade. Many program of the social revolution. that would only have brought grist to social democracy and regaining the revBundle rates, cents per copy the conflict with the United States pro have been the voices recently favoring ARNE SWABECK the mill of the party leaders.
olutionary road. FELIX th The Royal could be eliminated.