From Istanbul to Copenhagen New York United Front our of PAOL THE MILITANT SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1993 Russia ber two sons and tiny children were macred by order of Troteky.
Was it necesary to repeat: Thore 18 something rotten in the state of Den From Istanbul to Copenhagen and back by a whole series of means of locomotion What Happened Along the We do not report Autwerp here, for the marker narrative te contained in the open letter left. By force, the police sought to em.
At Marseilles, the boat for Istanbul had Party New Turn in Right Direction Contains Serious Dangers (Continued from page 1)
thing that might have furnished an te Route of Trotsky Trip? to Vandervelde.
Finally, during the return, at the bark our comrade on an Italian freightfall also to mobilize under the banner of In word wherever changes have the united front call those non Commun teresting theme for an able writer. Yet North Station in Paries, the engineer ander. Trotsky refused to travel 15 days in you çannut tud even an attempt in this direction in the press: a few pen push spond with their views, it corresponded Areman of the train saluted Trotsky: the manner. He addresod the following been made in the party policy, as ist workers who, only the day before, ens confined themselves to invented inter Just 48 litte with the interests of the and in the Lyons station, while Journal telegram to Herrlot, Chautemps, De Mondicted above, have not only been in the were repulsed by the old policy Opportunist Aspects of Change ists and photographers walted in vain zle, with a copy to the socialist leader right direction, but more specifically, they have been in the direction advocated by In the second place, we must call atviews, Mke that in the Petit Journal, stalinist facion.
whose correspondent, it appears, met During his passage through France, en on the qual, on the other side of the Bium and the party leader Thorez: to Together with my wife, have re the Left Opposition during all the time tention to another aspect of the change Trotsky last year on the island of route to Denmark, the Stalinist Humita train score of railroaders came Majorca! But this indigence did not cle was very reserved. The hateful cam shake Trotsky by the hand, greeting celved authorization to prevent the press from revealing on ser pullen of the bourgeois pros must certain him with the Rot Front of the German France, from Constantinople to Copen. little better than Left Social Fascism reaucratic Centrism in the communist hagen and return. At Dunkirk, my in the eyes of the Stalinists.
movement have proyed beyond the perfriende informed me that by losing the But when we say above that we can adventure of a doubt that it is incapable eral occa005 by information, by die ay have dictated such an attitude to it. Communiste.
tortion or by Nilenco Its sentiments to Let us point also to the fact that, for The voyage is at an end. Trotsky is boat we would be forced to remain agree with the change in policy repre of pursuing a consistent Leninist policy.
wards the various stages of the trip. example, Kacamond, declared to one of who claim to express public opinion. say to the bourgeoisie, it would be: the In the life of the Left Opposition and of uid not enter into our traveling plana we also have in mind several distinct wing opportunism and Infantile ultraLet ut set down the position of those our comrades: 18 we had anything to be clean eraketimes an important episode did not een com Marseilles, which we te doby the New York conference call. It swings like a pendulum between Right Without setting down Leftism. Class conscious militants canand also the attitude of those proletar themselves and the bourgeoisie has concluded. The leader of the world pro on our arrival in Marseilles we were put frankly our inability to accept the pre not permit the struggle for relief from lans who were encountered along the nothing to do with our quarrels. We letarian revolution has spoken before or an Italian boat Campidigito. in spite sent turn unreservedly, we should be the scourge of unemployment to be con route.
Let us pass over everything which than dexorable that the TASS agency red by radio over the vast territory of organized the new arrangements made ruling group in the party made a sharp which he reformiste otwa.
smacks or fantasy, imagination and did not follow this advice. On the way the United States: by means of the alm. We ascended the boat without objection turn away from the opportunist Right to divert it. Not only from strictly party taste for scandal. Objective reports, or back, Humanite contented itself with thousands upon thousands rather strict information, e rarely to be a few empty comments: it had to pay its be reached. In the wall erected by world then learned that this boat is not in swang abruptly to the Left at that time front morements, the Communists must uncritically. liamentary action is at best a secondary.
dent restraint: a tew French papere dia the French Communist Party found the brings its support in the form of cal Windows to get to Constantinople which. Opposition we did not make the mistake to the fundamental truth that perelem bers The main emphasis the same; the socialist Populaire in way of covering itself up before its supumny and falsehood, a large breech has without speaking of the material difficult of swallowing everything particular had lusions ncerning the eriors: that the only thing that mat been made. Nothing can all it up again. ies, would be entirely prejudical to the We raised our volcos then to admonish Auxiliary weapon.
health of my wife and me. When tried the party against the infantile and ex must always be placed upon the militant AT MARSEILLES social democratic tribune accepted by tered.
to explain to the special commissioner tremist aspects of the Leftward turn of sight of the masses, in their organizaThe return voyage of all Trotsky to deliver his justification for The Danish Communist paper, Arbeitcomrade that cannot leave on this boat, bel Centrism. The failure to hoed the warn tions, in demonstrations, in the the October against the social democracy, erbladdet, bl weekly, was obliged to give Trotsky ended according to Hoyle; the threatened me with violent measures. Ing of the Opposition brought the now forms of the struggle outside the poisonNot a single paper gave any sort of an an important place to Trotskyisen nervousness of the police, the provoca The transit visas, even the strictest, well established results.
ed, sterile atmosphere of capitalism objective exposition of the ideas of the Never has the Danish party known any tions of the reactionary press and the do not signify, at least without previous The same holde true this time also legislative halls.
Lert Opposition.
Left Oppositionists. Isolated from the insults of Humanite showed without a formal advice, the right of the police even if in reverse order. In the With these considerations in mind, the first The Anti Bolshevik Fury Comintern, Trotskylam had never been doubt that Trotsky, that the deta he to hold me as a prisoner and to force place, the party leaders have made the open to the most serious criticism. The call of the Trade Union Committee is fought in this tiny party. This time, embodies, remain the implacable foes of me to take a boat which is absolutely turn behind the back of the party. The only concrete proposal for action containOn the other hand, the anti Bolshevik Stalinism let go in full. But not a sin capitalism and of everything that demor contrary to that Indicated for my trip inevitable consequence of such a practice ed in the call is expressed in the exhatred, the rury of capitalism which has gle new argument: upbullding of social alizes the proletariat.
retained an ever smarting souvenir of At the moment when Humanite tried prevent this abuse. am ready to quit cracy will accuse the rank and file mill ference is being called solely for the tract already quoted above. The conwar, expressed itself with a terrific vio organized by the Danish party. Opposito besmirch our comrade, here is whom France by way of Italy, and hope that tants of having failed to carry out of purpose of discussing the advisability the October and the years of the civiu 19m, Ave year plan. at the meeting lenge in the canards of the various countlon comrades who had come to Copen it joined in chorus: let every party com Ithe Italian government will not refuse understand properly the correct general of carrying through a state wide work tries. France, in the big press, it is of the dificulties in language and the People (12 32. One of the greatest would permit me to leave France tomor understand and execute the policy of program in defense of our interests.
the Journed that took front place by its Stalinst campagn was shot full of boles. Assassins of all times, which called him row or the day after.
State from Moscow, that trom self Bronstein or Braunstein in the await your reply on the quals of ly. 1) that there has been a turn; 2) Words. Yet the whole phrase reeks with act of the Bosheviks, showing the whole stalin, that the vorst provocations had ghetto and whom the papers respectfully Marseilles, with my wife surrounded by what is the nature of the turn and the the spirit of those arch respetable petty world proletariat the emptiness of the to come. The fear expressed in this title call Trotsky, has paid us the honor police agents. The declaration of the reasons for it. 3) that the policy of yes, bourgeois legislative al defense tne signing of the Brest Stalin to a direct and open denunciation relatives of the Russians butchered by sibility for the attitude of the Russian error always leads to another or prepares lobbyists, or the ambitious Socialist Litovek treaty, is depounced by the to the international police against 8o the Bolsheviks would not take kindly to Whites cannot change my decision, which the ground for it. Not the least reason mrty statesmen of the Waldman Solomon Journal aus treason. It seeks to ex called International Conference of the the butcher. Monsieur plolt all the chauvinistic and conserva Trotskylats in Trotsky was is dictated by the circumstances. for the Injurious consequences of the no: Thomas Blanchard school. Whoever makes tive sentiments of the petty bourgeoiste diplomacy also made its Copenhagen. Soviet guarded by our police much more ef TROTSKY united front at all policy of the Third the slightest concession to this spirit, against the Russian revolution. It is above the interests of the proletarian Petlura and Doumer, president of the police are going to put u in a hotel was fundamentally wrong with the ophave so sedulously cultivated in contribution :tectively than the Ukrainian Hetman have just learned that the Period was the fallure to explain what which the reactionaries and reformists quite normal on the part of an organ State, it put the interests of the bureau Republic.
in order to set us on the Italian boat by portunist united fronts with Chiang minds of multitudes of workers, is doing the which was one of the most rabid eum cracy and the Stalinist faction. facetious deputy has demanded from force, If the Italian land vise is not Kat Shek and Purcell which preceded it, a distinct disservice to the movement.
porters of carism, of Russian loan Herriot ministry if the costs of this given us before our departure.
not out or benevolence, to be sure and and the failure to condemn them clearly.
solicitude, in accordance with the Without in the least ignoring or rejectwhose patriotism did not cause it to In the end, the Italian transit visas This maxim holds true in the presenting the tribune offered the workers, emThe capitalist governments overlook its treasury during the war. In the Franco Soviet pact, will be relmbursed to were granted. The French police, which case with just as much vigor.
ployed and unemployed, by the legislathe Belgian press, the anti Communist states through which Trotsky had to our poor budget by the Soviets. The was above all concerned with Trotsky It the party falls to explain clearly tive chambers of the ruling class, without themselves varlously reply is to appear, according to the rules, not gaining any contact with the French why the socialist and of Luulons underestimating the value of worldng hatred expressed itseif with just as much ps, conducted workers, authorised the departure were social Fascist or outright Fascist class demonstrations and the presentafrenzy, but in addition it had that special some with a measure of correctness, in the Journal Oficiel. As Monsieur Trotsky was to pro through Italy.
imprint which a few grotesque provin. but all with the same intention. guard ceed to Copenhagen, yesterday, with which no united front tion of our demands before the state and Danish prince who Humanito, by its whole attitude dur was admissible, whereas today a united federal Capitols, our main task remains cials put upon it. In the ble style, the police measures. becauneing into contact with the proletarians, became indignant that his people forgot cipally by its cowardice, and devoted a brings good results it will not only gle outside the parliamentary halls of Malin deplore the an they tala not permit theres cursesa te the Communist movements. The Italian so quickly the exploits of the monsters Sew lines of information to the last in. fail to generate concerted and intelligent capitalism. The very first appearance in action by the party members, but it will the Communist movement of any tendreach the cars of Trotsky. In reality. Fascist government, which really has no a Danish princess was the czarina of cident.
the police measures could not prevent a need of justifying its reactionary nature, ency to minimize or ignore the primary number of shouts of sympathy form permitted Itelt a cheap gesture and suimportance of this task, must be promptly reaching our comrade.
thorized Trotsky to visit Pompei. The combatted and checked. Only by the exTo be sure! a number of Danish Jour democratie and social democratic tra parliamentary mobilization of the nals made a good deal of noise about governments which must give guarantee masses will our demands upon the legisfelt themselves comrade Trotsky presence in Copen to their capitalism. Continued from page 1)
troops, and replacing them with pitched sants party. Every one of us lature gain that momentum and force should hagen. The repulsive Communist. the obliged to act in a very strict manner.
unfavorable to the watch the developments with the most ist law makers. Any other conception is which will compel action by the capital Bolshevik agitator. blood covered At Copenhagen, not a single day of ex the ranks of the militarists battles which are peasant detachments, but warmly wel serious attention.
hands the expressions have not chang tension of the visa; two days were left acute and serious.
The responsibility for the defeats of comed by Chiang Kal shek, who is able an opium dream or outright deception, ed since 1917. The reactionary Danish him before the departure of the boat; the peasant detachments 1s due largely to give his heavy cannon and alrplanes December 12, 1982.
We refrain from dwelling here on press gained an ally in the person of it was an affair of state, order was en to the lightmindedness of the Stalinista a more decisive role to play. In fueri other shortcomings of the call. It would sociallo prince Aage, whose sole distinction lles dangered. Belgium where the First, their evaluation of the present rilla warfare, cannon and airplanes play have been for more in harmony with the In having served as an officer in the For democracy has such strong positions situation in China is erroneous. In the little part, the former being almost to THE and THE DICTATORSHIP requirements of the situation had it been eign Legion. This individual found it in did not permit single one of Trolley political resolution of the latter part of tally ineffective swing to tremendous CLEVELANDIssued formally to all the working class place to recall the noted phrase: There traveling companlong 1982, the obicial Chinese Communist weight and difficulty of transportation. At a meeting here of the Socialist LA to the petty and ineffectual evasion of organizations directly, without resorting is something rotten in the state of Den illegal measure from the standpoint of arty writes: This was clearly revealed in the events bor Party addressed by one of its lead appealing only mark. Prince Aage never thought of the bourgeois legislation itself; but what In evaluating the present situation of Western Hupeh and on the borders ers, Verne Reynolds, to branches and our Opposition locals. Furthermore, it is not correct fact that among the characters of Shake matter. few hours of promenading speare there are not Hamlets but also would surely bave put the foundations we must point out the fact that the com of Anhwel and Honan. Before the pea. comrade, Joseph Keller, asked the speak to confine the objective of the movement of capitalism in danger. And a demparative relationship of class forces in sant detachments adopted the tactics of er question: Since the SLP dentes to the demand for unemployment insurclowns and buffoons.
The Danish socialist paper, Socialdemocratic France, of the right of asylum our country has undergone changel pitched battles, their defeats were very the necessity of the dictatorship of the ance. Especially now must the demands would you proceed for immediate relief, for long term okraten at first sought to exploit the act to the Gorgulors and all the White Wolches wholly to the advantage of the few and rare on the contrary, they al. proletariat, how the through the transitional period, that is, credits to and recognition of the Soviet eight days. It presumptiously pretended eary was granted. Herriot, during his to the Red Army and the Soviet move bourgeols press had to acknowledge. The the period from capitalism to socialism, Union, and the six hour day without reof its government in granting a visa for scoundrels, not a minute more than Dec workers and the peasantry as well as ways gained victories which even that the social democracy had made it visit to Russia In 1923had promised ment. The strength of each section of Stalinists became dizzy with rejoicing without using force to crush the resist duction in pay, be put forth in an unpossible for Trotsky to emergo for and that when he would be minister, the the Kuo Min Tang has been weakened, over these triumphs and loudly proclaimance of the capitalists and to eliminate employment program, not as disconnected hour from the prison where his friends decree on expulsion Issued against Trot whereas on the contrary, the workers ed the coming of a revolutionary situs the parasitie elements of the old order? demands, but as inseparable parts of a confined him. But Trotsky speech puted to come to France. Empty promise! have grown and been consolidated. The tactics of pitched battles. They assem the SLP men on this point, attempted to sky in 1916 would be recalled if he wish and peasantry and the Soviet sovernment to changing the guerrilla tactics Into Reynolds, as is usually the case with whole.
But bearing all these reservations and Homes Hoteles teo hay under efter to become one would have made the mother sick force, the Soviet power religius love in mente deschied hele weber Readiliarment with the aid of a little comedy. Several remains that the movement to related by nothing to make his lean towards dem. there was not one government that did Army has brought it to lay selge around that provinega But the facts on how usatnst the fallure of the speaker to League of America Opposition) will the pre established plan by a single tota, population. The advance of the Red Ing for the first triumph in one or ser. were present felt compelled to protest step forward. That the number of papers, in Denmark and politeness and reveal the tear that incipal and semi principal cities. The pole able to deal therenemy, the tatal blow, the meeting, these comrades, who are the resources at sted command, tech?
in other countries, displayed their dis spired it.
appointment over the fact that in his Pine spite of all Imaginable measures, occupying large cities, does not now har heavy defeats and had to retreat to the thing but what it really is, learned with support of every worker, employed of speech Trotsky did not engage in polemnie the feelings of the proletariana, of the monize with the facts. The enlarged Northwestern part of China.
considerable surprise that comrade unemployed, and of every working class against the stalinist polley and that on revolutionists, showed themselves on Soviet districts must draw in the fragu All that we have mentioned here clear Keller was a Trotskylat. organizations.
the contrary be gave an orpoaltion various occasions during voyage. We mentary districts into one whole, and ly proves the erroneousness of the Stalinbased upon scientific conceptions, of will say nothing about the comrades given the advantages of political and let political line. Of course, Stalin him.
review Marxism, of Leninism, the most magnificent and cleareighted justification of the charged by their various sections of the military conditions, must occupy one or selt will deny this and in a not very Cannon Speaks at Right The reague accepted and sent comrade Opposition to assure security: they did two important central cities. This will distant future he will make somebody Russian revolution, putting in the shade their duty and they laugh at what the constitute the beginnings of the first responsible. In the period of opportun Wing Forum Cannon to speak on What the Left Opall the ritualistic and hollow phrases bourgeois and the social democrats have triumph in one or several provinces. ism, the man responsible was Chen Duposition Stands For.
which the official Stalinist propaganda to say about it.
This is now on the order of the day Hsiu. In the period of putschism, it As our readers know from the reports spreads throughout the world. Natural The bourgeois pross is not accustomed for the whole party and the Soviet more was Tslu Tslu Bo, and during 1920 1930, and analyses which the Militant carried, January 8, to a crowd of some 300 Left Comrade Cannon spoke on. ly, the bourgeols and the social dem.
ocratic press could not appraise the in. tions of the Communist party. But for It was the LA LA San line. Who will the Right wing of the Communist move. Oppositionist. Lovestoneltes And warty to giving much space to the demonstra ment.
Polley Change Is Injurious. be the scapegoat now? We do not yet meat internationally is in the process of and YCL members. The meeting lasted direct manner in which our comrade once. It changed its habits and exagger Here we ask the Stalintats: Is the know. But the clever Stalin has un disintegration. In Czechoslovakia it has until one o clock. In the discussion percombatted Stalinism. Some expromedated the hostile demonstration organized strength of every section of the doubtedly selected somebody whose name gone over bag and baggage to the social lod the Weisbordites made united their astonishment and their discontent by the Stalinists during the disembarca actually weakened? what degree are we shall soon learn. The fact that democracy. Not so long ago that refront ment without restraint. The October tion at Esbjerg. which was limited to they weakened? Only the Stalinilets, who soculied Chen Du Hsluism, Tsit Talu doubtable Trotsky eater and defender of Opposition by attempting to revolution, stage in the historical the few Jeering whistles and nothing more. shut their eyes to the facts, do not seo Bolsm and Li Sanism are taken to the infallible line, Bert Miller, accom its representative.
Their stock in trade from below in attacking the Left of humanits this was the quintessence On the other hand, it preserved silence them.
of the declarations. But Trotsky does about all the demonstrations of sym. Min Tang militarists and it quite easy own lle We do not asert of course, deserted the solled banner of Lovestone in the Hearst exposure style not say the least little word about his pathy towards the organizer of the Red to unite and to wage a brutal attack that no mistakes were made by Chen for the shoddy progressiveness of Muste.
conflicts with Stalin and his exile. The Army upon the armed forces of the peasantry. Du Hslu. Telu Tslu Bo and Li Li San. Now the Lovestone group is in the question must be put frankly as to why Benjamin, Wolfe and Zam were the In Greece, there not only was no Stal. The exaggerations of the Stalinists do but their errors pele into Insignificance throes of a serious internal division over Lovestoneite heavy artillery. All three Trotsky e accepted the finvitation of the Inist demonstration at Piraeus it was not help the peasant troops at all, on the before the international line of the the Russian question. The people who made a miserable showing. They made students. wrote the pretext invented by the Greece contrary, it does them a great injury.
the Hamburger Fremdeblatt of Novem police for refusing Trotsky authorization proclaimed the correctness of the Stalino effort to counterpose any point of In the second place, the political line It is well to note the fact that the ist line for Russia contend with the view of their own to the presentation of ber 2, 1932. In the report of Socialdem. to visit the city but our Archio Marxist of the stallnlsts is to have the village Stalinists who charge the Left Opposition contradtctions which their false position our stand by comrade Cannon. What skraten, you can read: applause which comrades made demonstrations on the surround the city, to have it lead the with being liqufdators. have removed and their entire course have created. they accomplished was a terrific expos had only a polite character. Trotsky qual, later in accompanying Trotsky workers, and not to have the proletariat the Central Committee of the Chinese The serious situation in Soviet economy ure of their bankruptcy. This was apaffirmed, and it was quite superfluous, wife, comrade Sedor, during her lead the peasantry. The victories of the party into the Soviet districts. This has its repercussions in the American parent to all not blinded by Lovestonelte that he was a Communist In the first visit in Athens and Anally above all, Stalinists come out of the milltary ad. proves that the Stalinists are not lkq stronghold of the Brandler internation patriotism. And even on these workers half, Trotsky bore himself as a profess the demonstration organized at night rances of the peasant detachments and uldators but the banner bearers of runal. Under the pressure of their rank a serious impression was made by the unwhile, he spoke loudly and gesticulated members who during the PASSAGE of as a result, the Stalinists are leading urban proletariat: Such a light is no Horting to maneuvers to wriggle out of. It is almost unnecessary turning to all sides, striking the table the boat through the Corinthian canal. the party onto the road of a peasants small matter. The development the their contradictory position. Gitlow as that this meeting was entirely peaceful. his volce acquired a great force. He shouted: Long live Trotskywas an impassioned agitator. What the Commune!
Long live party. Red Army has brought the Stalinista sells the stalinist policies as Trotsky. Four years have not passed in vain. The stupor among the indolent social dem Moreover, the political mistakes exer to the attempt to realize the fantasy of 1st. Lovestone, still pursuing visions of black Jack and knife assaults committed In Denmark, between Esbjerg and cize an influence on the military defects. the village laying selge to the city, that power and position, is attempting to in against us have passed into the Himbo of ocrata!
Copenhagen, at many of the stope, rall. The Stalinists, in order to harmonize the is, the line of the peasantry leading sratlate himself with Browder, Amter and history. We think that the Lovestoneltes rond workers, metal workers. came to situation with their false evaluation the workers. What will be the result the other pillars of American Stalinism. will think twice before resorting again Bourgeoiste and social democrats were shake Trotsky hand. German work (irst triumph in one or several proof such an idea and course! This: the of this nature was hle anity confer to this method of ideologien argument.
not alone in their discontentment with or preweed his hope of seeing our vinces. are giving up the guerrilla tac Chinese Communist Party will be load by once of last spring. For the some These are now the exclusive property of Trotsky speech. If it did not corro enmrade return to Russian right away. ties which are favorable to the nartigan the Stalinists along the road of a por reasons they recently invited the left the stalinist regime in the Comintern, The Stalinist Policy in the Chinese Peasant War report