PAGE THE MILITANT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1933 The Elections and Labor Struggle the new situation produced by American capitalism. this new social program Left Oppsition Grows in China difficulties 10, 000 Out in Briggs Auto Strike Oppositionists Expelled from Mooney Congress trial struggles, envisages also independto the official Left Opposition. They Note must be taken, now that detailed What the Presidential Vote bulwark against effective clase struggle be seen the postele mele cele teh. The bere rade Arst letter. About two working for the Lett Opposition as a new bourgeoisie all view such a party as a ent political action by the workers, is to PEIPINGAbout a month ago we received com were earnestly welcomed, and are now figures are available, of the extremely low poll of the various parties of the Means for the Workers and social revolution. The working class reaction working class in the national elections in the United States, which will move tive side, the vote of labor in the Nov. weeks ago we received his second letter force.
in November, Even in absolute terms, Chen Du on both the social reformist and revolu ember elections, has already been record together with yours. The Russian texts the Set Opa in round Ogures, higher votes have been sideration is given to the millions of lish labor and political movement had swiftly hereafter grasp political lessons rapidly forgotten in the natural course cirenlated among the revolntionary mass. position took a step forward. More pib and current political problems were tion and extension of suffrage to women action or agreement between the indus the form of the Labor party. Hence, In with the employers and the government new. precious writings respect to the Labor party, it must be al apparatus.
Before September 18, 1931, the date of held. More Inner discussion was carried to It is found that the various labor part trial and political arms of labor said that the Inst few years have witThere need be no doubt that unorgan the invasion of Japanese imperialism of on. More members willingly went to les. the Communist party. Socialist achieve labor aims. The movement has nessed changes in outlook about it. ized labor will be found ready to ada last year, the Left Opposition in North work in the workers districts.
More its forces to organized labor in common crn China was mainly occupied with pamphlets and papers were written and party, SLP received proportionately the proceeded by the process of evolution and But if the American workers have not struggle, and, indeed, to go beyond the theoretical questions. After the in distributed. Targer masses were aroused lowest vote in 32 years. Such a result division. Rapid changes in the condiis surprising in view of the years of all bring the mass of English workers, the parliamentary, field more in accord that is not under discussion here what there in the leadership of the movement. mowy was collected.
Spottion of Great Britain imperialist dom reacted on the political, or more strictly official program in all respects. But vasion our comrades appeared here and wander the Opposition program. More economic crists, which, one could expect who ndhere to the political platform of ance with the acuteness of the economic is decisive and important is that the Our political program was widely car. But we must recognize that this is far or hope, would have a radicalixing, it not revolutionary. Influnce on the poli socialisme, to the point where they will conditions, they are preparing for class dialecties of the struggle are about to ried out. And we truly became the fron enough. In every respect we must tick mattitude of the American workers have to abandon once and for all the strane sleditan obere fronts to stone other reconcile the sceming contradictions of most dangerous enemy of the Chinese make greater efforts to catch up with working as the Stalinists put it.
and Yet, not only did the Communist party tempo of gradualism in socialism and than Willian Green, president speaks class on a higher plane of struggle and enough to correct the wrong course of When the anti Japanese imperialist the Stalinists. We are DOW receive a distressingly low vote, but even over to the tempo and outlook of American Federation of Labor about economic struggles that will en vision. While the election results are sentiment was raging the majority of the meer tremendous physical working the Socialist party with its emasculated communism.
There is need to allow and hope to wage the workers on many and big therefore, extremely disappointing and Stalinist comrades co operated with us.
program appealing to the vast mass of the petty bourgeoisie and what remains believe in swifter reactions and develop Trouts. It is not needed here to explain this field of struggle is yet to be mill Only when the anti imperialist movement hmt we are sure that the greater the labor, obtained a vote lower than the NOW on. Though in the last elections, the cause of militant labor struggle and still they are not the final and only baro Teaders find us the most dangerous en say that we owe you very much and of the upper strata or aristocracy of hent among the American workers from Green role or his sudden espousal oftantly invaded by the American workers, receded did bureaucratic Stalinist fort the less the difficulty is true.
As to our relations with you we must thrir vote indicated from a class stand a new deal for labor. That has been meter. Behind the peaceful gesture of emy. At the same time high vote of Debs.
spread point, almost total ignorance of the sig done already in the columns of the American labor at the ballot box, there more flusions about the peasants Red expect much more from you! The scatSome Factors in the Low Vote it is noteworthy that is to be seen already the clenched fist Army among the masses, while they ceived enabled us to learn a great deal It will give some comfort, but not be social milieu, the fact remains that in Green has felt it necessary to give lip about to do battle with his class enemy. continued their course along the road of abont the experiences of the Internatelling the whole story, to acknowledge their daily life they pay very close at service so far to the pressure of the The Communist party and the Commun tureaucratie adventurism.
a number of factors and deficiencies of lantion to it, and can be expected to mass of the labor movement.
ist Left Opposition must be prepared to tional Left Opposition and lessen our American political life which effect the generalize their experiences in a more Even more important is the fact that assist and lead in the historic battles that tion have joined the and fought! certain number of the new genera mistakes.
tabulation of the voting strength of the tirough going class manner. How does the new program of the labor movement, will tend to change rapidly the face of euergetically for it. Not long before the Our organ is called the Vanguard. We American workers. First there is the this show itself?
with all the confusion and illusion still American social and political life.
disfranchisement of vast numbers of The Labor Party to be found, has begun to catch up with. MARTIN ABERN.
arrest of comrade Chen Du Hslu we gain have now published six issues. Besides the foreign born, though that need not, Let us take the matter, briefly of the cene ed more militants for the Marxist Lenin this we have a workers newspaper which be a permanent obstacle; there is, too, Labor party. It is still by no means ex ist Fighting Club. This club was form Is a weekly and a student weekly, four the intimidation and terror in the Southcluded that there will be formed a Labor erly semi party in character and was issues of which have been published, which brings about the real, if not form party in the United States. But the recomposed mostly of members emerging If you can find a Chinese comrade to al, disfranchisement of the mass of Negro Mution of the Communists toward it, at from the Stalin clique. But now they translate them we will send you some workers and peasants. Corruption and least that of the Left Opposition, has (Continued from page 1) from participation in the strike, but the fully accepted the ideas of the Interna copies.
vote stealing are factors, perhaps even breu clarified: namely, that of sharp ex they bave not forgotten the machine en New York Times of Jan. 20 states that leadership and declared thelr allegiance. LEFT OPPOSITION OF worse than conceived by revolutionists pasure and opposition, despite our readi fusillade of last spring when four work. Phil kaymond, former communist canNORTH CHINA.
themselves, as revealed in the recentes to consider what might be our workers were shot down in cold blood for didate for Mayor of Detroit, is taking elections in New York City when eren a ing relation to it if such a movement de demanding relief from Ford.
an active part in the strike. Raymond Democrat, McKee, swerving from the velops.
Of the same yarn is the fabrication that stated that he was a representative of Tammany machine, found later that Not so many years ago, when Labor You can stop progress our plants the AWU and had been hired by the some 150, 000 votes for him had not been party agitation and attempts at organi will be going again full tilt in a very strikers to organize their forces.
The AWU in existence now for several YOUNGSTOWNing of Communist and socialist votes. the proponents of the Labor parts. In ac the depression the capacity production of sears, has yet to prove itself to the The political writer Kent maintains that cepting it, undoubtedly attached a detin cars in the United States was 700, 000 workers. This strike is its opportunity ndmitted to the ILD here in Youngstown. concerned has nothing to learn from John eighteen members present. The chairman On December 29, four workers were who, as far as bureaucratie procedure is the political anachine having the most ite class significance to it, in fact in a year, the average yearly production leadership of workers exploited by spy Three of us entered as Left Opposition Lewis, counted nine votes for our exmoney for campaign wins the major elections. Grant its im They viewed it, not as the Communists Production was 1020 with 5, 621, 715. The speed up, and all the refinements charac me of our admission was to help in concerned, was the end of the matter.
purposes always many cases, a revolutionary importance. was 4, 000, 000; the peak year of actual systems, unemployment, low wages, lists.
Our purpose as we stated at the pulsion. And that, as far as he was portance to the capitalist parties, that didos a part of a process of American Latest Higures for a full year during the teristic of Ford progress. With the uilding up the ILD as a weapon of de Despite our protests no vote against was phase nevertheless have only a secrolitical evolution but rather as the depression give a production for 1932 otanto workers out on strike and the mo fense against the capitalist class.
ondary significance for the working class class movement of the workers and a approximately 1, 411, 000 cars and trucks. mentum of the mass movement, the work taken; nor were the abstentions recorded.
parties which depend on basic social and substitute for any other revolutionary This last figure is about 18. of capacityers will quickly sense and follow a re Ahout a week ago we met the section The Left Opposition comrades rose and economic factors for their ultimate vic movement. It is true, also, that this and 25. of the production of the peak sponsible leadership which really means oaniner of the ILD on the street. She left demonstratively. Love remained detory. The social patriot and many times same bulk removed from the Labor party year. Full tilt? Pap.
to achieve an iudustrial union for mass told us that the four of us were expelled claring that he was a member of the socialist minister of Belglum mon any idea of mass actions, extra partial The of and the blows against the dead hand of trustitied hearing and an opportunity to defend bureaucratie procedure. The bureaucrats from the ILD, in our absence, without a ILD and would not be expelled by such archy, Emile Vandervelde, in his book, mentary activity and viewed it in the This struggle seems to have been quite competition in the auto industry. Socialism Versus the State made out parliamentary or English Labor Party spontaneous in its beginnings. Certain ourselves before the membership. When attacked him. The noise of the fight something of a case for the tremendous sense. And such a Labor party, it it ly the of which has claimed MARTIX BEARDSLEE. we asked her what the charges were reached us on the street. We rushed ballyhoo methods of the American capi. develops, will have all that opportunist Jurisdiction over these fiercely exploited she said: Because of beingrenegades back to separate the comrades and pretalist parties to affect the working class virus and confusion. But such as it was workers, was not on hand and has not and counter revolutionists. That is bevent the interference of the police.
in casting their ballots. But that too in those years of 1922 28, it was essen offered even to help. It will be recalled cause we are Left Oppositionists. The can have but transitory significance and tially a movement of labor and even that in 1926 the of asserted its fourth worker is comrade Love, a founThe workers in the hall were decidedly had its basis, in part, in a stable Amer regarded by opponent classes and groups intention of organizing the automobile (Continued from page 1)
dation member of the party in Youngs against this disgraceful scene. Their incan capitalism. In addition, many mil as a narrow class movement which industry. At that time seventeen crafts freedom. No. The language of the call town, now sympathetic to the Lovestone terference, however, was temporarily postponed by the sudden appearance of Tons of people continued the practise of might have its dangers for capitalism. agreed to waive jurisdictional claims precludes any such idea. There is also sroup, staying a way together from the polls. But today, irrespective of the devel during the proposed campaign, but eren the fact that the date is set for April On Friday, January 27, we went to the Rogers. He rushed in and drew a murderfour years after the most terrific econ 19 looked upon altogether differently. The Job no move whatever was made.
The sad truth is that in 1932, almostopment of a Lalor parts, such a party with this enormous impetus to start the and May. Mooney chose this time know. general membership meeting to ask the ishing this the made for the left op workers as well as the bourgeoisie, mid have made their way on an internationalay off is a more to break the Briggs ment against him and Billings is sched. demand that we be given our rights asidus had not the workers, alarmed by According to the Daily Worker, Ford on the last count in the original indiet ganizer had told us was true, and to position comrades. He might have kill dle classes and farmers, voted their be scale. not excepting America. Among its strike and prevent it from spreading to uled for February 11. The dates alone workers to be heard in our defense.
The Comunatic forced him to curb his lust.
let in the efficacy of capitalism yet to proponents in America are middle class his own plants where strike sentiment speak volumes.
bureaucrats tried to get around this ele throw them out. The workers anxious solve the ills of unemployment, low leaders who find in the platform of a was growing as a result of the activities mentary workers right by ruling that But what Mooney move does mean is the ILD meeting was a closed meeting to put an end to the whole wages, etc. etc. It is true that they re Labor Party the reflection of the middle of the AWU. Be that as it may the that he considers the apathy of the Com and telling all those who were not membusiness jected the reactionary administration of classes own needs and ambitions. The Murray Body men, like the Briggs strik munists no means of solving the problembers to leave. Two workers who had threw us out.
Hoover and accepted the demagogic wiser bourgeoiste, despite contrary noise. ers, are following the leadership of the of his freedom. And we must acknowlcome to the meeting to join protested.
But this is no solution. The workers politician Roosevelt, but that of course View such a possibility or other changes militant awu. Daily Worker, Jan. 28) edge that he is correct. Our failure to the membership saw the sense of their opposition that must be thrown out but must understand that it is not the Left dee. The shift basically was not xublican and Democratic system with mass picketing. At the Mack Avenue not to blame. The stalinists, as we have them we succeeded in getting the ques. position will continue to press forward Left Op change from their capitalist outlook, but equanimity only a change of administrators of the itical observer as Samuel Blythe fore strikers away but failed because of the pointed out, must answer to the class fortion on the agenda. At this point Rog in Youngstown, as elsewhere, with the system of private property.
sees such a break up in one more, maybe militant mass picketing. The AWU is ers, section organizer of the party, left ideas of Marxism. Not all the murderDoes this mean that relatively swift two elections.
leading the strike. Daily Worker, At the Chicago Conference everything the meeting and went into the cellar. ous bureaucrats in the Stalinist apparchanges of the political physiognomy of Communists, surely, have no illusions January 27. will again favor the Communists.
After a discussion conducted, surprisatus can stifle the voice of the proletarthe American people, and particularly about a Labor party (or do some of the rumor was spread in the capital Mooney call insures that no liberal ingly enough, in a comradely spirit, we lan revolutionists. We win return the proletariat, are excluded? By no them still have. The Labor opponents ist press that the Briggs workers ad socialist Wobbly clique will bar them. It came to the vote. There were about the ILD and the party.
means. Despite the afirmation of faith of revolution, the middle class and the opted a resolution banning Communists lays the basis for a class struggle tight.
of the vast mass of American people Chicago is the scene of the recent siganin the social system of capitalism, it is tic united front of socialist and Comnevertheless observable that there is a munist workers for relief. The tradi search for new methods, even new systions of that struggle and the fighting tems. There is no longer the same cer.
role of the Communists will stand them To date our comrades and friends have Friend tainty about the durability of capital 00 in good stead at the coming conference. responded to our appeals with the fol. PHILADELPHIA: ism or its parts. Too many dents have It will give them a sympathetic hearing lowing amounts: Katz been made in Its armor and the soldier 00 and following.
doesn seem to be such an ardent fighter.
NEW YORK: Wilson 00 It is fact that with one hand the AmLastly, there is the half turn that the Beardslee 00 Goodman 50 erican workers gave their okay to Am party and the ILD are making. Hacker KANSAS CITY: 00 Cannatta erican political system as such, and that Kansas City Branch admitted at a meeting last Sunday that 00 00 with the other, they are girding them.
the line of the ILD in the Mooney fight Cannon 00 00 Buehler selves for struggles which will bring had been sectarian. And Frank Spector Capelis 00 PITTSBURGH: Oklin 00 them into sharp conflict with capitalist writes in the February Issue of the Caldis 00 Labor Defender: At the bottom of our property rights and ideas. Sifakis 00 50 Carmody The masses often devise their own failure to develop a broad united front 00 Hinich Colay 00 strategies in the class struggle, evidently has nearly always been the sectarian 00 Liperis Compton. 75 preferring or Anding it necessary to attitude on our part. This does not o exF. Charles. 75 00 Rubinstein Vomvas perlence every possible solution for their trace the root of the trouble to the soil Basky 50 00 requirements. The American workers, from which spring these weeds of pol Eckstadt 00 NEW HAVEN: having had in the past the least need icy the theory of social Fascism. But 50 Gordon 00 Duell it is the beginning of wisdom.
for independent political experience and Gendelman Glee. 50 00 MISCELLANEOUS: actions, because of the circumstances and Katsikas 00 character of American economie life as If the party members will raise their Graham 00 Kent against that of Europe, are proceeding voices and demand a full accounting inW. Kitt 50 Minnotola, 5. 00 to turn over in their minds the ways stead of this half way apology (which is 00 Marcus accompanied by the usual benedictions of Miller and means out of their impasse. In thia, 00 Total 189. 75 they are no different than the workers in the line and the criticisms of execu.
II. Milton 00 other countries, albeit not yet 80 adtion) they can make this turn a genuine. 50 Marsh vanced politically and industrially.
one. They must insist that they enter Poulos 00 International Workers School the Chicago conference prepared to work Lesson from England 00 with the other groupe represented there, Ross Robin 00 People often shift their base of atnot giving up for minate their indetack in the hope of effecting their aims. Saul AMERICAN LABOR LEADERS 25 pendent role as the vanguard of the class When the ravages of the Industrial Rev. Sterling 00 The Movements and the Men and their right to criticism of their opolution in England, in the beginnings of Schulman 00 Series of Popular Lectures on ponents. With a correct policy on the capitalism, ate their way into the sinews 00 Splegal question of the united front and the American Labor History and its and bones of the English workers, they BY Stamm 26 Outstanding Personalities capital of Mooney call, plus their splenturned toward trade unionism and initi. 00 did record in the relief demonstrations Unser Kamt by ated big struggles. Various factors conF. Victor 00 the Communists can win the leadership JAMES CANNON tributed to their defeat on the economic of the movement and raise the struggle Weaver 23. 00 field and they abandoned that field alto new heights.
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