THE MILITANT WORKERS OF THE WORLD.
UNITE Weekly Organ of the Communist League of America (Opposition Published weekly by the Communist League of America (Oppoaltion) at 84 East 10th Street, New York, Entered as second class mall matter, November 28, 1928 at the Post Office at New York, under the act of March, 1879 VOLUME V, NO. 39 (WHOLE NO. 135 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1932 PRICE CENTS our papers.
Chicago Stalinists Echo Barbusse Action MILITANT SUB DRIVE Aid from All Its Supporters Our Club Plan Once more we appeal to you, our comrades, sympathizers, and friends, for donishting on the inancial front with our Official Party Leaders Forced to Abandon Sectarian Attitude Towards New Union HALF YEAR SUBS FOR 50 CENTS ancial assistance. We declare to you backs to the wall. With our fight is half year sub of 26 issues to the that these dia merimieren en best frische volcedo ou revolutionary internationalism, Significance of Offer of a zations in the struggle for wages and Progressive Miners Union Under Militant costs will be 50 cents that 18, provided you have been struggling has assumed such the clarion of the ideas of Marx, Engels United Front working conditions, in the struggle against the remnants of the Lewis machSevere Attack send them in clubs of four or more. Any a threatening aspect that we are forced nin and Trotsky will continue to be The National Miners Union, officially, ine as well as ways and means toward SPRINGFIELD, ILLcomrade, sympathizer, worker can get a to sound a serious note of warning: heard regularly.
halt year sub to The Militant at the re Unless we can raise money immediately with the tide of revolution rising all through its secretary, Frank Borich, has complete unity of militant unionism in THE MILIITANT.
The Progressive Miners of America, duced rate of 50 cents by getting three we cannot say whether we will be able over the world, with the maturing of the addressed a letter to the Progressive the mine fields.
the new union in this distrlet, came into other workers to subscribe with him. to get out the next issue of the Militant. great events that are on the order of Miners of America, at Gillespie II. being as another sell out was being perprovided bere and send it us to use sat economy. every twist and dodge open and responsibilities being placed on us its national committee and its member Frame Up Challenge Stays been all tow. As headed by John 3, East 10th Street. We will enter them to us. But despite our efforts the in by the development of the International ship for the herole struggle of the Illinois Unanswered by Party Walker and John Lewis in their aton the mailing list and they will receive roads the crisis has made on us have af revolution we must not retrench to a miners and proposing some measures of tempt to force the miners to accept anthe Militant for the twenty six weeks tolfected us so badly that we have been semi monthly. We cannot miss even a unity of action. It proposes a conferother 25 reduction in the already relowing the receipt of their club plan drawn deeper into the bog of debts. These single issue. To lose a day is a setback. ence to be composed of representatives Central Executive Committee duced starvation wages of the miners.
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weigh on us now with territto pressure. We must continue to appear regularly. of both organizations to discuss the fol Communist Party of the United States. The leadership of the is comAny worker in a position to get subs It seems that when difficulties arise We must go forward.
lowing points: What can the National. The Daily Worker of August 23, conon this basis can have, free for the askoreditors dun us with merelless InsistWe look to our friends everywhere to Miners Union do to help the Illinois mintained a direct frame up charge of muroud of varying shades of political op ing, a number of blanks like the one beence.
help us Who will be the first? Starters to defeat the wage cut, and the strike der against the Communist Left Oppoei inton. There are republicans and demlow, for his use or for distribution. Just On top of all this a series of technical pathetie to our cause contribute what This represents a complete round about number of leaflets issued as well as in its in a very small minority, whilst write in to ask for them and we will troubles with our press, arising directly he can. Make this a demonstration on turn on the part of the official party lead. subsequent issues of the Daily Worker.
official Communism is not represented in shoot them out of course this reduc. from our poverty, have presented us with a nation wide scale of the fact that the ership at the head of the affairs of the We could consider this only as a vic this great struggle of the miners.
tion in the subscription rate applies only number of problems. To solve them eause of Marx and Lenin, the enuse ofx. It is a change to be wel ous attempt to incite a black hundred Confusion Sowed to four hale year subs sent in at the same we have had to make terrifle efforts. Such the International Left is not without comed. But while this one instance 18the allure on your part to answer polit opintons at mass meetings, sow contupogrom campaign against us in Neu of The various shades, expressing their time on one club blank. Half year subs went in singly or in less than four win troubles may arise again unless we are friends ready to support it and make still far from an open acknowledgment of able to get the minimum of equipment sacrifices for it.
ically still be one dollar per sub.
single one of our arguments on slon in the minds of the miners who a necessary change of attitude in gen: vital working class problems. We are decidedly militant and class consciMILITANT BUILDERS necessary to turn out our books and Rush funds at once to THE MILITANT eral on the vital question of a working branded it in our publle declaration pub ous. The rank and file of the bitumin. at 84 Fast 10th Street, New York, class united front policy, it is neverthelished in the multicant or August 22. we ous area are rampant and voice in true From now on only those comrades and sympathisers will be considered Militant less possible to say that, if followed up also declared our readiness to have the militant spirit that resentment engenderBuilders who send in one or more of correctly, this beginning can become of facts of the situation, which you turned ca lw the corrupt and degenerate leader these club plan banks Alled out. Each week we will publish a standing of the labor and revolutionary movement. Those gated at a publle working class hear always been in the front ranks of the builders. And we expect it to be long, who set themselves up as the high priestsling. To this effect we addressed a let. American class struggle and today they and the standing close. Past perform CHICAGO message. For au fustant there glim of a so called new revolutionary theoryter to the following central organiza are showing the road which the entire ances are no guarantee of leading honors in this drive. Everyone is placed square Stalinist method of fighting against the couple of Lett Oppositionists present that of course, is no united front at all, have American working mass must follow in Another example of the efficacy of the mered a faint hope in the hearts of the funited front from below. which. tions: Communist Party of this particular phase of the class strug.
ly on his mettle. It will be nip and war danger occurred here today. In a finally some sort of a Communist view. become compelled, not by virtue of their Trade Union Unity League gle.
tuck from start to finish.
beautifully appointed, luxuriously carpet point would break through. Comrades own theoretical conclusions to be sure, American Civil Liberties Union This new union, born on the eve of IMPORTANCE OF THE DRIVE ed lodge room in the Masonic Temple all know Bechtold as one of the pioneer but at least by force of the realities Conference for Progressive Labor the betrayal by the reactionary misleadComrade Carmody writes from the coal there was held the Chicago sequel to the Communists in this country and one of the class struggle to take a step toers, is not going to surrender to the fields that the miners are reacting to Amsterdam farce. The audience was on the extremely few party members left ward a change in the right direction.
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bosses agents, Walker Lewis, without a The Militant very favorably. They read tirely composed of well dressed pinks, who have more than a bowing acquaint The logic of the development of work Industrial Workers of the World who merciless struggle. Those miners our point of view on working clase prob liberals, social workers and other well auce with Marxlan principles ing class forces in motion compelled the You failed to answer this letter, and have been months on the picket line lans and our policy on the present strike, known lovers of the human race. After However, after the first few words the conclusions which, on the basis of official party leadership to begin to draw, so did the and the TUUL which are very watchful of the men they have and are very favorably impressed. listening to the disgusting pacifist drivelour hopes were dashed, for the eloquentits false theoretical position it was un. You direct. The other organizations de chosen to lend them in this strike. The number of them would become subscrib one ld only be glad that such was Mr. Bechtold mission was not to capable of rriving at.
clar themselves ready to rticipate tirst false more of the leadership toward ers but for one thing: they have been on the composition and happy that the answer the liberals but to take the col What the Can Do for the Strike Convincing proof that you were not at by the bosses will mean that the rank a publie hearing. To us this is the most capitulation to the new scalo proffered strike since April and cannot afford al workers were conspicuous by their ab lection! Not one word of criticism.
subscription.
sence.
It is quite clear that the pitiable post all prepared even to make an attempt be and file will again choose men who will With our new club plan we expect that Next was introduced Mr Malcolm Cow. tion of the its organizational fore the eyes of the working class to not sell out their very meacer demands.
number of these wishes will be trans spoken preacher chatrman representing erican delegate to the Amsterdam Con suffered due to the strangulating bureau your foul attempt of incitement did not initial start of the general defense which The meeting was opened by the softley, editor of the New Republic and Am wenkness, its isolation and disrepute make good your charge. You found that the miners know that this fight is the lated into subs, not all of them, to be the Abrahant Lincoln Center. After a terence. His speech consisted of anec cracy imposed upon it, resting upon a succeed and you were compelled to back the entire working class is taking up get otherwise. Our organizers in the first speaker, Rabbt Friedhof, as one that pacifist luminary said. He mildly heroic struggles that unlon has conductthe down.
field will see to that.
of the foremost fighters against all insisted that the cause of wars was eco ed, is in the main responsible for this and unsubstantiated position on your dens of the crisis on the backs of the In view of this retreat from a false talism in its attempt to place the burThis club plan lends itself to our sc wars.
nomic and showed by League of Nations change of front. Sence tivities in the class struggle. Illinois Is The Rabbi who went as far back as the figures how the cost of armaments was more it is much part we intend not to make any further workers. In order to break the strike one example. The Spartacus Youth Club Greeks for his inspiration, addressed growing space. When it came to the voices to continue relentlessly until this tioned for a public hearing. Your fear state milita, Lewis and his henchmen necessary for the Communist request upon the other organizations men and have the mines guarded by the of New York is active in the Rex metal himselt entirely to the liberals. The method of lighting for peace his was no change becomes the true beginning to of meeting the teruk squarely before the are pulling off some old tricks, Last workers strike, on the pleket lines and only way to abolish wars, according to different than Rabbi Friedhofs.
in the strike hall. No doubt they will him, was for all liberals to band toward a genuinely conceived working working class has therefore closed this Sunday morning the offices of the Taylorbe able to use the offer of a fifty per gether and will the nasty wars out of the pledge to stand against war as the The meeting ended by the reading of class united front policy.
phase of the incident.
ville Breeze, an organ of the bosses, and cent reduction in the sub rate to get alexistence. He questions: Will the over audience stood. Not a few had their it must be admitted that there is not temptible effort on your part, stooping were dynamited, a provocation to cover In this present condition of the We do declaro, however, that this con the sub district oflijce of the number of subs from the workers.
throw of capitalism abolish war? and heads bowed in the attitude of prayer. so much it can do directly to help win to the worst methods of reaction, served up Gov. Emmerson willingness to bring This increase in subs is what is need. he answers his own question by assert. The reading of the solemn Invocation was the Illinois strike and defeat the strike to open the eyes of many serious Com the state troopers into action. Now at bundle orders. Every day mail brings no guarantee against militarism. All perceptibly moved to an Amen. No disa representative of the Left wing forces willing to listen to what the Left Op artillery who, working under orders from ed to complement the steady rise in ing that the proletarian revolution is ended and the line of many naturally and breaking Lewis Wallker machine. But as munist workers and render them morta Taylorville there are two companies of us new bundle orders ind increases in that is required is that the greatest cussion was held.
the Dutnber of coples per bundle order. agencies of propaganda be directed in there is much it can do. The position has to say, or this we have re the Peabody Coal Co. and Lewis, pre This side of the story affected us first the channels of creating the good will his disgust to Bechtold standing in the es the ideas of the Left. It is a Left for our ideas. We shall not fail in the On the way out the writer expressed despite its present shortcomings, express celved ample proof by growing sympathy rent picketing and mass meetings. But because workers waking up to the bank which will abolish all wars.
the mines remain closed.
ruptcy of the Stalinist course and to the back. Bechtold apologetically replied. union. As such its essence embodies the least to continue our political hammer Reign of Terror correctness of ours probably went from After this nauseating stuff, which was this is not a Communist meeting, wo essence of future unionism in the Uni blows for a return of the Communist The state. Peabody, and Lewis, have stand to stand looking for emellante. loudly applauded, the chairman intro don want to scare them away. Thisted States. It is in this light that the Party to a Leninist basis.
their major concentration in Franklin As we know the Militant is on, compara duces Mr. Eugene Bechtold, an active is what Stalinism has wrought. question of correct polley assumes its Communist League of Williamson and Saline Counties. Here tively, so few stands that the search for member of the Chicago Committee for enormous significance.
America (Opposition) their heavy artillery is brought into play. GIGANTI it is a modern version of the story of Abolition of Wars who has an interesting It is a quite well known fact that the ARNE SWABECK, See Continued on page 3)
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leadership of the Progressive Miners of Many of these workers will no doubt America contains many elements whose take advantage of this reduced rate. It ideological base is an outright reactionwill certainly pay them to do so. On ary one. There are opportunist elements the stand 26 issues will cost 30. By and timid elements who particularly fear the club they will cost. 50. The trick any contamination with Red issues.
is to reach the workers with the offer. First Four Courses Will Begin in New York City Next Month It is most likely that all these will unite Stalinists and Opposition Today that is not difficult.
The Barbusse «Charter to oppose the overture made and the band BUILD THE FIRST STOREY The Communist League of America has, from Oct. 19 to Dec.
extended by the If not as yet Twenty one Wundred delegates parti The an For almost four years, now, we have carried on extensive propaganda in the The Theoretical System of Marxism in a direct sense, then at least indirectlycipated in the Amsterdam Congress. An end on August 29 with the vote for a poured forth a steady stream of Marxist. United States for the Marxian position Hugo Oehler, 10 lessons from Oct. 19 to for the time being, until they may feel around the Congress large inscriptions scandalous manifesto which is to serve (Continued on page 4)
of the International Left Opposition. We Dec. 21, every Wednesday.
themselves more ready to thwart the in chalk covered the sidewalks: Long as the charter of action for those who have been laying a solid foundation of Registration for each course is 00. rank and file desfres. And this is pre live Trotsky. Free Rakovsky and the adopted it. The fourth of September, Marxian principles. Upon this buse we The teaching of Marxism cannot be cisely what needs to be guarded against. deported Oppositionists! These were that is, a week afterwards, this manifesto have developed, and upon this base the carried on in the class rooms abstracted There need not be any doubt that the the immeuse signs which met the dele has not yet been published anywhere, MINERS! Read International Left Oposition continues (in the United States, it has not yet been to grow while the Right wing disinte from the world shaking class struggles Milinois rank and file miners, to the very sates The opening speech by Barbusse was a published. Ed. Why?
LEON TROTSKY srates as the stalinists move deeer into of the proletariat. Communist classes deepest core of their ranks, genuinely cannot be carried by self styled In and seriously desire an honestly con pathetic eulogy to the manifestation of Humanite (central organ of the ON contradictions of their own creation.
dividuals and study groups divorced from ceived unity of action in this fateful the strength and sincerity of the Con. French Communist Party) of September The Trade Union Question With this foundation, with our growth the class struggle. Nor can the members moment and for the future of their new gress. lyrically hailed as a decisive stage speaks of the putting into effect of and with the increasingly favorable sit of the non Marxlan or revisionist cur union.
in human history. In greeting this as the Congress decisions. Which decisions?
Communism and Syndicalism uation in the United States the Left Op rents of Marxism in one degree or an However, this proposal made by the semblage above the parties. Barbusse It is eight days since the reports of the position can now take another step for other conduct study classes in Marxism. represents only one small step. nevertheless promised a thoroughgoing Congress have been made, but the essenPaper Cover: 64 pages: 15 Cents ward. The extension of our propaganda Only the Bolshevik Leninists who trans The Illinois miners strike and the defeat discussion and study of all the propos tial part of them the charter the o Cents in bundles of Ave or more. activity into greater class activity. One late the class events into correct theory of the Lewis Walker machine there is als. The declaration of Romain Rolland manifesto, the decisions bas not been Orders from our literature agent in part of this activity is the transforma as a guide to class action can carry on only one side of the question. To what to the first session addressed itself to made public.
pringfield, Illinois Joseph Angelo; tion of the New York study classes into Marxian teachings. The role of the In that must be added the one of the future the army of men and women of the Can it be that the text, after the vote, from Foster Book Store, 410 a school the INTERNATIONAL WORK ternational Left Opposition in the class of untonism, of uncorrupted unionism, of whole world coming deelare, to im is still being retouched. Vashington Street, St. Louis, Mo. ERS SCHOOL struggles places a task and duty of de militant unionism resting on a class pose, peace upon the world. This ap. However that may be a text was subor direct from The INTERNATIONAL WORKERS veloping a national training center for struggle basis, throughout the mine fields. peal by Rolland, declaring that it does mitted to the Congress (in four languSCHOOL is now a reality, and as a the American Communists. The Inter That much the miners understood today. not call into question the doctrines and ages: FrenchGerman, English and PIONEER PUBLISHERS modest start we are opening an enroll national Workers School is another step Bpt how to attain it? That is the tacties of the parties, raised as a prin Dutch. few changes of detall were 84 East 10th Street, ment campaign for four classes to begin torward in this field by the Left Opposi problem.
ciple that each front has its own free made in the text distributed through the New York, October 17. Just as fast as possible wWe are determined to carry through we have made and fought for the correct the tone from the outset for the whole ing of the final text by Barbusse.
We are convinced that in this respect dom of action. These declarations set Congress, changes known from the readwill organize other classes equally as important as the first four.
this plan. To do this we need your proposals, both by propaganda in these of the Congress.
On the vote the floor was refused to By October 15 we will have a new help. We need a fund of 300. 00 to columns as well as through the direct The election of the presidium took us in spite of our vehement insistence.
SPARTACUS AFFAIR headquarters for the Left Opposition and launch the School and new headquarters, and loyal activities of our comrades in place in the atmosphere of passive un It was accorded, however, to Mr. Patel, On Sunday, September 25, the Spar class rooms for the International Work. The followers of the Left Opposition the field. We can conceive of no better animity to which the Congress was de the former president of the Indian Natacus Youth Club of New York will geters School. There will be office rooms, throughout the United States must help way than to follow up these proposals livered bound hand and foot. It was com tional Congress, who explained his objec together for an all day good time affair. class rooms and a Hall for our regular in this The burden rests upon the New and we therefore take the liberty to ad posed of a heterogenous succession of tions at length even though he had voted ball game and other outdoor sports Friday Forums. The first four classes York comrades but all help, all dona vise the militants in the Progressive personages chosen for their renown. for the charter The presidium refused will be played. All sympathizers and will be: tions and contributions from any city to Miners of Amreica to fight for their real Cachin and Mme. Duchene, Barbusse to put our text, regularly proposed, to members of the club come out and let The History of the American Commun lay the foundation for a national train ization. To accept the invitation from and Fonteny, wearing the rosette of the a vote. It even refused to take the negaget better acquainted. Bring your own ist Movement. James Cannon, lesing school is needed.
the honestly and sincerely, but Legion Honneur, the leader of an asso tive, to ask who was opposed to the Barlunch as this is an informal affair. sons every Monday from Oct. 17 to Dec. The New York workers must come in to broaden its base hy proposing a conciation of radical veterans, Muenzenberg busse manifesto. We had to intervene The place is Tibbetts Brook Park. Time.
the office and enroll at once. Registra ference which shall be invited also the and the General Baron von Schoenaich, violently to record our vote Against.
from 10 on. Take Wood State and Revolution Jack Weber, 10 tion is 00per course. ENROLL NOW. Miners Union of West Virginia and other Katayama, Patel and Mme. Sun Yat Sen. In Humanite of September 1, Cachin, lawn Jerome Avenue line to last station, lessons every Monday from October 17 Call or write for our catalogue. Mail sections which haev broken with the Behind them were called a few worker speaking of the manifesto, writes: On Walk to entrance of the park. Comrades to Dec. 19.
all contributions, and registration fee to: Lewis machine. To propose that this militants. In this manner was the show this program of revolutionary action, so will be there to direct you until 12 The History of the Comintern Max Weber, Administrator, 84 East 10th conference consider ways and means of front of the Congress constituted capital for us, no reservations were for clock Shachtman, lessons every Wednesdayl Street, New York City.
a united front of these various organt. Continued on page Continued on page 2)
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