PAGE THE MILITANT SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1932 Review of the Recent National Tour Set back for Resurge of Mine Struggles Stalinism.
were valuable les. com carefully.
the ON THE QUESTION OF THE STATE The Sweep of the Economic Crisis; Its Effects on the Revolutionary Movement Miners Learning, Gathering Forces for Coming Fight On Jan. 18, was asked by my Local tour of the country today reveals evidently had so far had very little in the down town section. The latter Unton to give a report on the Marine Reports from the mine fields tell, erators and Department of Justice comparticularly the stark picture of the contact with the Communist movement proved highly successful. It attracted Workers Defense Committee. At once of a restablishment of the influence of bination. Scores of plain and simple realities of unemployment. Cities like but nevertheless had received one ob good sized audience and brought out the chief lender of the took the in recent months. ionixts had been rounded u krilled Chicago and St. Louis, one can suy, are ject lesson from the capitalist crisis. Also many questions which in sum and the floor and made a motion that my reThis organization, controlled to the and jailed because of their so called taking on a desolute appearance. The couple of Stalin supporters took exceps substance amounted to almost a full re point of strangulation by the abomin port be delayed. His reasons were: titt sympathies with the communists. It Illinois government itself admits 1, 049. tion to our views, but it came the view of the Left Opposition platformi.
fact that the rank and tile move.
able Lewis machine for years was is their delegate was not present and froin 000 unemployed in the state, or 15 12 form of merely repeating old slunders. This branch has some recent gains to what information they had so far, the considered to be on its last legs only ment wanted the alliance of the comper cent of the total population. Yet of Trotsky always having been a men its credit, particularly among young committee should be withdrawn.
a short tin. ago. Due to the split munists but the official party bluntly reHe everywhere the signs of a live virile shevik. Unfortunately for the objectors, workers. Those comrades who a short was followed by one of his lieutenants ting up of the advanced militants fused. condemning the movement as a unemployment movement of a mass char. a person who evidently had strayed in time ago were expelled from the who also spoke in favor of withdrawamong the miners, the Stalinists al betrayal. It was several werks before acter are quite absent, although a numby accident very fervently took up the because of their fight against the sys ing from the Committee. was granted lowing the progressive fakers. free the anger of the rank and tilers could Wer of councils have been organized in cudgels for the capitalist system which tem of bureaucracy have continued their the floor next. explained, that since hand by their narrow and bureau. be overcome and gradually we the various cities. Throughout the of was under indictment of the whole audi logical development and adhered to the their delegate had only attended one of cratically limited policy, the Mable to convince the miners that there ficial party there is an immense turnover ence. And despite our efforts to make Left Opposition platform. They are now the three meetings, he could not kive liecause of its job control is was at difference between the Commuof membership. As many as join the the distinction clear, it quite naturally active members of the Chicago branch, much of a report, and that was askel being looked upon by many miners nsin of the official party and the comparty rauks, pressed by the realities of turned its sworn almost equally painst comrade Sutir is alrvady busily engaged by the Committee because of his absence the only orxanization left for them. munism of the Opposition. The result is the crisis, leave it rain in just as large all three objectors is common. teaching other young workers. While and lack of Interest to have the The liew Intlux of membership into that tolay the miners know a creat deal numbers. As a matter of fact most of The Tour Further West there have been periods of a certain letrend another deleshte in be place.
the wion will undoubtedly revive the more of Trotskyixm and its diferentes the new recruits leave its ranks after In Kansas City we met a different town in active work carried on by this Therefore urged that action be taken Left wing within it and open up real with the false teachings of Stalinism.
a very brief sojourn. Um the party kind of opposition. The party function branch in the past, its future prospects immediately. The membership which is soxibilities for militant action among If we were not able to make crester this turnover is making its indelible imarles spared no efforts to keep the work of steady growth are already quite well now familiar with the case, became unthe miners on a nation wide sale. In organizational rains in the strugle it print.
In the left Opposition branches this from the unemployed council were war.
er away from our meeting. Members are.
view of all these developments in wax ban of the numerical weakness easy. They could not understand the in view of the approaching internat and the difficulties of going dishonest maneuver of these two would man is not the case. We are gaining new ed to stay away. Those who had distri Winding Up in the East tinal convention of the MW. the raw material and xhowing them the he revolutionary leaders of the members slowly, the new recruits remain buted our leaflets were labeled danger In the Eastern section, we held publ. refused the article by comrade Allard publish differences betwern the factions. This in our ranks, but our members are stilous to the working class. But there ittsburgh and Youngtown. In the lat. the chair was demanded. The vote was lie meetings in Boston, Phialdelphia, ment. An appeal from the devision of entertain the amend ed below is pwrially interesting and problem. asme, is winversiil. It small. What then becomes of these many was no evidence that the workers took important. More articles by 1lie same still, it is a liever problem mang the visitors to the party ranksy Most of ter city we will hence that very seriously and those party memcomrade and by other comrades in Anterian workers, due to their wolitical them take leave gain because of being hers who came to our meeting Krecting functioning branch. It begins its activ! about a hundred and twenty five (125)
the mine fields will follow. Ed.
Imekward.
repelled by the existing bureatıcracy of the first remarks with Nieker, som deterrent; it has been the history of our to the eighty eight (8) voted was held soon after the rank and. We may summarize the strucles of ity with small numbers, but that is no inembers, about eighteen (15) belonging The district convention of the specifically by its undering mistakes. became attentive and listened very (auses for Retreat Some of them learn in the process and come toward the In both of these cities there are good es which are today very lively. In Clere Ave (1) voted to postpone it. must say icely defeatel by the Lewis Walker up of the rank and literx their weaknesses Left Opposition. few become so as opportunities for the movement in een land we have also taken steps toward that can hardly find words to express gusted that they are brow beaten buck eral and for the Left Opposition. Our the formation of branch. When we my gratitude to those members of the and failure to capture the union, as follows: into their former apathy, int most of units, however, are us yet weak numer. reach the point of recording the sain whom their conviction for platform and tried to take the gave away them unquestionably remain within the wally, a condition which we must, or a few young recruits in that city, a live bade to raise their hand with the five (5) from him to reopen the ineeting The rank a file leadership was movement, sympathetic to Communism course, endeavor to overcome. In this existence will be mesured.
weak in understanding the most clemenallies of the hangman. We also owe a In this sense the movement as a whole respect comrade Clarke, who went to The efforts made by the little party certain free for all was in full swing and tatry problems of the working class. has certainly experienced growth. But Kansas City to stay for a period, in lo bureaucrats in Pittsburgh, to break up bers of respect to those memthey are not familiar with in ten minutes another third period therefore it was virtually without a prowithin the party itself the idealorically ing good pioneer work. Our St. Louis our meeting and by similar individuals the case. Yet as workers, rather than to bad taken place. Casualities were as fol. fam.
low level is particularly apparent. The branch is taking up much more effee In Youngstown to create friction, our throw their lot in with the hangman they lows: compound fractures of two chairs Trules of opportunists, diskrentea political life within the units is reaching the work. Perhaps there could le no realers already know, came to naught abstained. Now camo my report. In and three tables les, a few minor scull fakers, warmed into the movement com zero.
In the Illinois mine fioks this condi better tribute to this fact than the panic in a rather inglorious fashion. In all order to clear up some of the misumbruses. The peace treaty is it for Jantaminating the healthy proletarian base.
tion is reflected by well as is also the fear with which the winty bureaucrats the meetings there was a good sprinderstanding. had to quote the statement wary 21. Al now a few words on the use our party controlled by elements fact of the party failure to employ the have done about destroying the one kink of party members present, at sex from the Daily Worker mentioned in chairman. Ile helped to make history that do not understand the need of uni.
united frrut poltes: Cumpelled by the winning to develop in Sonthern Illinois ticipating in the discussion. Throughouted. They were ashamed of their own blackest spot of any of his forerunners. The combination of the reaction.
power of Job control concentrated in the Irticularly through the assistance of the tour good collections were made to quotation. strowed the work of the Never in its clarkent days had a chairman ary forces of the A. the lossen hands of the union officials, and by the our St. Louis branch.
aid us in further activities. As one ex Defense Committee and also read off the of this Local taken such action. And and their government. These forces agreement reached between the Johu Minneapolis Movement Growing ample in this respect, we might mention letter from the in which they now, to prevent any such recurrances drove back into line nearly 35, 000 Lewis and John II. Walker ellynes, the Illinois miners are again all back in the In this respect we have had similar that from seven comrades alone, in Bos now offer to defend the Marine Workers. we have to recall him and elect a new miners who had throuhy their lokal the rank and tile did not even have to re appen when chairman at our next meeting. Should noions endorsed Now they may expect a wage experiences in Minneapolis. There, our ton a total contribution of 50. 00 was made.
cut at the expiration of their agreement members have for years been deels All in all the tour brought splendia man, make a motton to donate them and who supported him in exercising his some members shouted Brother chair the L, whose battle he fought. file ottice The oflicial party hostility and in April. But testifying to the oppor rooted in the labor movement and estaberexulta. First, in again bringing to another fifteen dollars and to subst egal rights nnder our constitution to stubborness in demand in the unconditunities which have been available is shed real prestige for themselves among ward in public meetings the Left Op. tute the one delegate.
the fact that in several local sections pro progressive and Left wing workers. Na position views of problems of the class adjourn the meeting, feel that we are tional control of the rank and file move.
The chairman awnin refused to enter doing them and the workers in their ment. The party refused to be a minorgressive elements still have considerable turally our members would be of ser struggle. Secondly, in strengthening our tain the motion. Instead he picked up camp an njustice by this more they can ity. Of course, this is the coural influence. The National Miners Ciuton tons account in a Money move. nenet ac tranches everywhere and lastly, but per the constition and started. In the again exercise their leal rights by gram of the and there is is non existent in that field. Its attitude tually organized on a united front basis. bps foremost, in knitting our organi name of. declare this meeting nd appealing to the District Council nothing in the outrageous of boycotting the rebel morements and because of this, the petty party bureau xation as a whole more closels together. journed. No sooner had ho finished General President Hutcheson!
its failure to meet them on a united front crats worked overtime maneuvering to they wave help to the enemies of the 111 ARNE SWABECK.
basis brought this result.
when two members jumpel inois miners. To me, this was the most II.
keep our branch representation out. By tragic experiment in the labor movement, Meetings in the Mine Field little trick it was mocomplished at The present situation in Illinois Naturally we presented this criticism the first conference, but with the result surely hending toward another movement at our meeting in stauntoti, 111. resent that all representation, outside of the that will be fought bitterly. The con were the party organiwer in the mine party and its auxiliaries, dropped war tract expires March 31, 1842. The III fields with some of the party members. Soon we remedled and the Mooney movethe vanishing point. This, however, can comrade from Bethlehem writes to, an industrial form or the political ex Left Opposition, we have reason to be inois district represents the last sem.
In the discussion they had very littlement rebuilt.
the Militant that Communists, sympath pression of the masses, lieve will get remedy the wituation with blance of absolute job control in any to say about this question, the organizer in the Communist movement in Russiamining field in the country. We can go Our Minneapolis branch had not less imers and Left wingers still inquire on The dictatorship of the proletariat, in and internationally, farther by saying that it In the last see had soinething else in mind. He asked than four publie meetings arranged for the attitude of the Communists toward Russia in the form of a Soviet Governtion of the American unskilled working the direct question: Do you support the tour with a banquet thrown in for the question of the State. They further ment Workers Councils represents the The Viewpoint of the Opposition class that has job control. The union is the hunger march to Washington? The good measure. But it occurred just ask what is the position of the Left transition form between capitalist socIn Problems of the Development of at stake. The miners organization in answer was in the affirmative. He then, during the period of the Christinns holi Communists. The comrade inquires. 18 lety and the fuel establishment of class the a draft of a thesis this state will not le fighting for better after first voicing his Agreement with days which to an extent accounted for the alm of the Communists, after a suc. less hence governmentless society of the International Left Opposition on conditons, nor to hold what it has, but our general analysis of the capitalist the fact that these meetings were not cessful proletarian revolution, the estab that is communism. The Sorict state the Russian Question comrade it will fight for its very rights to exist tion was the opposite support of organized by alive and strong tranch. letariat, to continue to build a stater all forms of capitalism and capiatlists causes and cure of the situation existing surely In not very much concerned, ax This contention, be quoted the following Nevertheless the elements mostly attractIn reply to the comrade, it can be petty or large. At the same time, as one in Russia and in the Comintern. We most of the present staff nave pecumu.
open letter to the party on the cd were those with a militant record stated that the views of the Commun. of its outstanding achievements, the so can think of nothing better to recommend latel wealth and are independent.
unemployment question: It is false to in the local labor movement Beenuse ists relative to the State, or government, let government assists in the establish to our Bethlehem comrade and to all Conditions are horrible. The plight of center the unemployment program, and of that, the discussions following cach are definite and specific. The early and mentor eller opsting analsecondo con other interested workers than a close the American workinx class is well felt the activities and demonstrations, nround lecture became very thorough and fruit modern leaders of sclentile socialism ortions of the working masses. So long as study of this thesis.
by every revolutionist. There is no need the deceptive opportunist petition cam full.
It is highly sig paign to Congress. For us it be It is there pointed out that the party, to dwell on that here. portion of the Minneapolls stay be that is involved therein. The first to do governmental apparatus or state will came quite easy to verify, not only that came devoted to the problems of our so were Marx and Engels In their his exist. Its final elimination or dissolu like all political institutions, is also anificant, however, to point out the fact this was still as correct as when writ branch and its function. It has suctorie Communist Manifesto and in tion can only be the result of a long uroduct of the productive relations of that the national governinent in a public ten, but also that the hunger marchers creded in adding quite substantially to its rigely Socialism Utopian and Scienti process in which the useful producers society. The bureaucracy that has de statement says that the American Red theinselves declared that they did not rankos. Its activities are onernly or fie. which comprises a section of his. workers of brain and muscle hulle veloped in the Communist arty of the Cross has changed its policies relative come to congress to present petitions sonized in a thorough manner, particu larger work, Landmarks of scientifle establish all the necessary basis of goc Soviet hion, in the Soviets, etc. is not to an act of God and is appropriatlut to make defluite «lemands. The andilarly centering in the trade union field. Socialism (Anti Duehring)
tal production and distribution, without an independent historical factor; it can in money to aid the bituminon min The State Committee on temploy.
ence present roleed no doubt of our far. Just now It is renewing its efforts to put any kind of exploiting factors or rom. of Stalinin has nevertheless, because ment also emphasizes the dire need of ther statement that the workers will inore active life into the local railroad Class Society and the State obtain only what they are ready to council to organize a fight against the The Communists see in the state an wherein no form of governmental appar of pressure from the Left Opposition the bituminous coal miners. This is fight for.
pending wage cuts.
organ of domination of one class in socatus is required. In other words. to and the proletariat, dereloped on the not an accident or an unrelated incident.
Excellent Meeting in Chicago iety over another. Till the advent of paraphrase Marx and Kugels, the admin basis of the dictatorship of the proletar. Whether the coal miners conditons are St. Louis Crowd Responsive power by the proletarint in the Soviet sitration of men (government is to be int.
worse than those of the rest of the The city of St. Louis has very little The Chicugo Left Opposition branch nion, the State had always been an replaced by the administration of things. The fundamental danger of the bureau. American working class is not the ques.
of a revolntionary movement or of Commade one important step forward in instrument of power of a ruling and that is, the administration of the procracy, In addition to all the crimes then that concerns the realiser munist activities. Naturally our Left acquiring permanent headquarters. It exploiting class over the mass of excesses of production and distribution or minst the Russian and international It is of supreme importance, however, Opposition branch there is small still has become a place full of life, meetings ploited people. This has been the situa the establishment of a social and Indus proletariat committed by stalin and his shut the coal miners have a strong tradi: a splendid meeting gathered for our and study classes take place regularly tion in all preceiling class societies trial commonwealth in which political netton, is that, even if it can not Street crash and even prior to that time meeting. In fact we were greeted by and generally speaking, quite successful slavery.
the bearty applause of a typical Amerly. For our tour, one public meeting feudalism and today capitalism. government, as we understand it now. self become the foundation of state capitalism ican audience composed of workers who was held at the headquarters and one growth, and largely even yet, expresses will function through social and indus extremely easier for the power to be in bloodly guerilla warfare. That is the in its stages or becomes wholly unnecessary. Society rower, it can, with its policy, make it some section or other of the industry has at one time or another been involved itself through the parliamentary alles: trial forms. On this question Daniel De ransferred from the hands of the class dynamite that strikes fear into their Left Opposition in Appeal to Needle Trade Workers edly through the methods of universal Leon, the American revolutionist. has into the hands of another, namely, the suffrage form of government. But al made great contributions which have paxxing of Soviet power into the hands (Continued from page 1)
work and activities of the Organization, rendy, in its imperialist epoch and its been attestel to by Lenin.
of the fourgeoisie. The present clay The Minery Educational Langues start ngin a movement for unity. If the Committee.
decadence or decline on an international Respecting the gradual elimination of Soviet apparatus is a bureaucratic, pleb. In Franklin County, over 20 local un Right wing will reject our plea, if the the publicity and propaganda abont scale It is resorting to another form the State, Engels has described the pro isritarily distorted form of the dictator ions are affiliated to a Franklin County Right wing will refuse a conference for the demands must be spread far and of domination or dictatorship, that is cess as a Withering away or vanishing ship of the prolerint. At the same liuers Educational League. This is a a tarike, then all the dressmak wide. The deep going crisis, the mis the Fascist ietatorship, which, among ot the state. Our readers can find vol time, however, it is a potential instru duplicate of the Staunton subalistrict or will kuow whom to blame for the takes of the T. and the other things shows more plainly the uminous material on this and kindred ment of Bonapartism. But, the lat sanization. It holds meetings regularly division in our ranks. We will then hand in glove work of the bankruptcy of the economy of capital questions in Leniu brilliant work. the opposition, points out the proletariat in varions mining towns every Sunday proclaim louder than ever: The Right with the bosses, dampened the fighting ism today and compels it to resort to State and Revolution. Trotsky Ter and the worker Communists will resist The benefit of this orxanization is great wing bureaucrats DO NOT WANT spicit of the dressmakers. This spirit special repressive forms to maintain, rorism and Communism. Marx Crit such development to the limit, UNITY with the Ludustrial Union which must be revived! The bosses must feel somehow, capitalist domination.
icism of the Gotha Program and other between the present function of the apminer. The thinking of the miners is represents the most inilitant section of long before the strike begins that they The Communists understand that the works. The point of view of the Left naratus and its possible function, the stimulated and raised to a higher level the dressmakers. Both unions must be will not succeed in cutting off another state is but the outgrowth of the exOpposition is amply expressed therein. blood of civil war would still have to The tolerance towards communists is ex recognized as bonn tidie organizations, on slice from the meager earnings of the isting social and class relations which The Soviet Goverument Today How. The proletariat will Indeed not cellent and every form of political phil this bass, dressmakers. united struggle against arise out of the conditions of produc.
We propone that: the bosses will again bring to the fore tion and listribution of the means of exThere remains nevertheless the situa lightly give up its power because of the orophy is permitted expression. This minority right is in line with our pro The should send a front the rebellious fighting power and istence. This is so under the Soviets in tion in the Soviet Union today. That crimes of Stalin and the bureaucracy.
letter Immediately to the Joint Board hatred of the workers In brief, comrade Trotsky proves, The gram and is receiving great sympathy against their the period of the proletarian dictator. Stalin and Stalinism have to a large of the proposing a con class enemy.
ship, even as in capitalist society itself. degree converted the Soviet apparatus strength of the Soviet bureaucracy has throughout the whole union, Agnera Left wing program has been adopted to ference to draw up demands and to The Left wing cannot wait any long No Communist desires a state or reinto a bureaucracy which less and less unfolded on the basis of the abrupt ile the present before the international conven elect General strike Committee, reer. THE LEFT WING MUT ACT, if it pressive organ for its own sake. But represents the baste historcial interests clue in the political activity presentative of both unions, each union wants to retain the contidence and loyalty unlike the Anarchists and Syndicalists of the proletariat, does not do away with Soviet proletarint after a number of tion. Resolutions on the Soviet Union reserving the right for freedom of erit of the worker dressmakers! Now they know that the mere dental or nega: the fundamental fact of the necessity years of the highest exertion of forces. Criminal syndicalism. Unemployment the time to lay the foundation for one tion of the State and its role, does not do for the proletariat to create a State, am a series of defeats of the inter Mooney, Against the appointive Power This letter to be printed in thou union in the trade. Joint Conference nway with it.
Soviet government, for its own ends national revolution, upon the stabilixrestriction of length of time in office sinds of lentlets in a number of langu. for a united strike of the dressmakers is Stalinism has abused the proletarian tion of capitalism and the strengthening abolition of the International Executive con The Proletarian State ages to be distributed among the wide a real beginning for final fusion of both State, has made a mockery of proletarian of the International social democracy Board, numerous revisions as that reading The proletarian State, the Soviet Un democracy in the Communist party, iu Nevertheless, the bourgeoisie could stitution such masses of the dressmakers with a call unions into one.
to them to force the officialdom of the ON WITH UNITED STRUGGLE son, too, is an apparatus of one class the Soviet goevrnment in the unions, come to power in the In no share of our products to the fol to accept our proposnls. AGAINST THE BOSSES AGAINST against another. The proletariat has etc. but despite the terrible abuses, de other way than with the aid of a coun social value of our products. etc. cte joint shop conference to follow DIVISION IN OUR RANKS AGAINST snieceeded the bourgeoisle as the ruling spite the usurpation of powers by the ter revolutionary upheaval. The proletare some of the things the Educationa which would definitely consider and sanc CLASS COLLABORATION POLICIES. class, and, in alliance with the peasantry bureaucracy, the Soviet government re arian vanguard retains the possibility of Conferences have adopted and sworn to tion all conference proceedings and door better conditions for fighting cul producers and endeavors to elimin all that happened, the Left Opposition subordinating it to its control, of insur. This left trend has been brought about cisions.
Union all huge Joint Organization Com. Signed)
ate all forms of exploitalon and exploit has full faith in the regeneration of the ing the correct policy and by means of due to the prevalling conditions, natural ers. Soviet rule is the highest form of Communist party of the Soviet Union and decisive and bold reforms, of regenerat ly, but also by the great pressure o mittee to be organized of both unions Needle Trades Workers, democratie procedure yet developed. It the Communist International. The vising the party, the trade unions and the Left Opposition comrades and other clas Members of the Communist with every worker who is ready and w111is not a parliamentary form, after the flance and understanding of the worker Soviets.
conscious militants in the field.
ing to help ellgible to participate in the League of America (Opposition) manner of capitalism but, in the main, Communists and proletariat, led by the. MA. GERRY ALLARD.
from hearts of