Trotsky Writes To the British Activities «New Leader»
13, conPAGE THE MILITANT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1933 was vigorously applauded by the LEAGUE ACTIVITIES workers present.
PARIS CONFERENCE Where are the Comrades throughout the country should take note of this in.
them.
ciclent, which marks the recurrence Ed. Note: For the information ests of the proletariat and con Stalinists The forum season is also getting of the Stalinist policy of breaking of our readers who wish to fol. sequently to ruin the German workunder way. Each of our three up meetings and seeking to disrupt low all the important interna ers movement as is to be seen durin New York branches plans to have its own the Opposition gatherings with the tional developments step by ing the Ilitlerite era. The policy Today?
local forum in its own quarters. only means at their dispeoal: viol. ster, we are reprinting here. of the social democracy was esREORGANIZATION The New Manhattan has already begun, and ence, rudeness, hooliganism. Such with the general resolution sentially that of the Second InOctober 2, 1933 York brunch having grown beyond its forums will take place every a reactionary course can be met which was adopted by a major ternational. Even after the com The Stalinists boast that they Editors New Leader ity vote at the Paris conferwhich effective Friday evening at SIM sharia with only one reply and the Op plete failure of this policy, neither are the revolutionary vanguard of the size within Dear Comrades: functioning is possible, the mein Ast vrluny, October Joseph position everywhere has been pre ence of Left socialists and in the Second International nor any the working class. But are they?
In the Daily Worker of Septembership decided to reorganize on Carter spoke on the signitiepared and will continue to be pre dependent Communist organiza of the parties which comprise Let us sce.
tions. As stated in the resolu it have drawn the lesson of the Today the workers in the United ber 14th found the letter of com. Ithe basis of borough units. Work ance of the revolution in Cuba pared to make that reply. We have rade Smith who defends the ing branches are now operating in the wock following on October 20, not the slightest Intention of al. tion, of the International Sec terrible events in Gerinany.
States are in motion as they have of the Left Opposition from the accusation that the boroughs of Manhattan, the Max Sbachtman will speak on the lowing our meetings to be dispersed retariat Oct. ith) our dele its de chave participated in On the other hand, the Gernot been since the crisis set in.
ind Brooklyn, man Communist arty has existed The six hundred thousand miners Paris in antonomy for fourteen years. It had the are stirring with unrest. Thou.
one Half International. huve no other part of the country, each the Left Opposition, in any and put forward the studence of workers misled by the bureaucratssation did not accept this reat who comfortably occur their of solution. It is reprinted here great moral support which was sands have struck for recognibasis whatsoever to interfere committees, the same time the problem of what the chairs during these frays. Op however as a document of in given to it by the presence of the tion of their union. Thousands are the essence of this polemic. while having the in with its own exwork centralized ticket revolutionary workers should positionists, defend your meetings formation.
Soviet Union; it obtained the vast still striking for recognition of the must point out, however, that from unde guided RESOLUTION OF THE PARIS material assistance for its pro 21. This is the largest the letter of comrade Smith the Committee. Enthusiasm is running Bronx and Brooklyn forum meet the labor movement!
CONFERENCE ganda and it worked in favor group of workers in a single in.
conclusion might be drawn that in high and cach of the branches is ings will be announced in the comThe International Struggle of the able conditions created by a worla dustry in the United States. This Paris there was actually laid the working out plans for concentra ing sues of the Militant. All Working Class.
crisis of unprecedented proportions. Is a basic indu miners foundation for a Two and One tion on its own territory. workers are invited to attend and 700 Hear Swabeck Half International, although with all three branches now have participate in the question and dis1. Since the publication of the By its mistakes, it also demon are a decisive section of the proLetariat. in traditions of struggle, public manifesto at the beginning. The Third International canin organization. He eine gunded out the participation of the their own headquarters. In this cussion period from the floor. consider it necessary to dis way, there will not only be a cenIN THE TRADE UNIONS in Toronto seven pel any misunderstandings independent revolutionary not escape its heavy responsibilit: they belong to the most advanced readers of the New Tender might forums, branch meetings, the small in the New York organization to was held for comrade Arne Swabeckveloped with a terrifying force.
thout ter in each of these boroughs for efforts are now being concentrated Toronto Canada. huge meeting socialist parties, events have de ies for the bankruptcy of the Ger section of the American working man Communist Party have on this score.
It is true, that certain organiza a gathering place for all friends tant in the trade union movement. es turned out to hear his analysis the capitalist system of production ordered by this Third Internation. Imom winem modernt mosters promet The world crisis has shaken pseudo revolutionary policy was the Stalinists who once led the tions which occup an internetiary and sympathizers of the Left Op As the work is being systematized of the international situntion and to the point of chaos and rain and also the latter has completely among them today? Almost none.
the Third International, such as New York headquarters remain to that hitherto un unionized mem. size of this meeting is 50 much most extreme measures in order mistakes by rejecting its own ideo een stranse leerlingen til de er ley not French the Italian Max. and are on all day long. The or industry. Several of our com counter meeting held the same eve ruling classes.
Third International, dominated by the larger struggles.
imalists and others have particip headquarters of the Bronx branch rades are now very active in the ning by the Stanists and several World unemployment In the Russian Communist Party, and In New York City almost a hunated in the Paris conference.
But have just been opened at 1135 East organization campaign being con trade union meetings in progresscreases from day to day and the the results of the absence of a dred thousand workers have struck precisely all expressed themselves itbetes beath Street: George Samal is the ducted by the Hotel and Restau. the same evening. fuller report attacks on the standard of life and corolering abrough the form against the branch organizer. The headquart. rant Workers branch of the Amal of this meeting will be given in on the political rights of the work, socialism in one country, the buso on strike for essentially the through the formula of Thousands more are threatening to new International. For the creners of the Brooklyn branch are 154 amated Food Workers. Others a subsequent issue of the Militant. ing classes grows tion of the new International, not Watkins Avenue corner of Belmont, are leading the movement to orreaucracy of the Third Interna same demands.
a Two and One halt, but a Fourth with Joseph Carter as local organ sanize the Greek spxaking painters, The danger of war has reach tional has betrayed the interests of Stalinists? How many of these International, were the following iner All three branches meet on of whom there are upwards of Phila. School Starts obion, the Socialist Work. ning The International Tuesday at o clock in the eve 2, 000 in New York City, into a tarist and nationalist passions are the struggle of the Russian Party none. How many of these workers local of the Brotherhood of Paint Classes developing from one and of the into the parties of the other coun. are following them? Very few.
ers Party (SAP) of Germany and OUR MEETINGS. The first two ers and Decorators of the of world to the other.
tries. It has strangled internal Where are the revolutionary two Holland Socialist parties, the mass meetings in the series organ. One Independent Socialist Party and ined For a New Communist in most active militant among the the our comrades is The Philadelphia Section of the At the same time Fascism, democracy. It has persecuted the trade unions of the TUUL? Viewed the Revolutionary Socialist party. ternational! For a New Commun. novelty mirror workers who are International Workers School the terroristic force of capitalism critical spirits as heretics.
They hold conLeader. as however, also the read be highly successica! preved to low seeking to establish a local of opens its Fall term, Tuesday, Octobercony, with the single aim of 10. We have appealed for unity of the Daily Worker they lead destroying the workers organiza of action. This appeal has receiv certain existence.
ers of the Daily Worker to acquaint hattan meeting at Irving Plaza had following their strike. The StalinThe classes will be held on Tuestions and plunging the workers ed no effective response from flores have no influence on the strug themselves with the Declaration of the hall till midnight, listening to ists, in this field, are engaged in our cold Fincas, childreneh week on tyranny wil march rapidly with 11. Considering the bankruptes les fotele workers who are stream the aid of violence and INSTRUCTOR Necessity and Principles of a new and shachtman and participating and are flirting with the idea of SUBJECT forces.
International. Here shall quote actively in the question and discus a red union for these workers.
Tuesday of the second and third Interna shells. And they cannot be revived.
only one paragraph (No. 8) outsion period. In the Bronx, some Another one of our comrades has C. of Marxism6. The Hitlerite regime has tonals, the socialist workers of It is hopeless to think that the of eleven.
completely destroyed the workers the world are more than ever faced future course of the workers strug 200 workers turned out to attend just returned from an organization 7:30 to P. Holmes organizations. Never before has with the enormous aim and the les fill lead through these paper While ready to co operate with the Hollywood Garden meetings. drive among the clothing workers Labor in American all the organizations, groups and Plans are being made by all the of Haverstraw, New the world kt: such it disaster, History to 10:30 task of regenerating the shells Jersey.
The capitalist prons admits there fractions which are actually devel branches now to follow up the inducted by the Amalgamated Clothone which has struck down the international movement of the Carey oping from reformism or bureauitial meetings with others dealing ing Workers of America, which German organizations which were working class and retrieving the are close to a million unemployed Friday class in New York City and says there cratic centrism (Stalinism) to with the same subject. took the form of a militant strike Communist Manifesto engaged in safeguarding the inter international unity of this ests and the rights of the wrokers on a revolutionary socialist basis. Is no prospect of improvement this wards resolutionary Marxian pol. SCHOOL AND FORUM. The lasting several weeks. Our young 7:30 to P. Ilardy icy, the undersigned at the same full term of the International Worker comrades have been active in The victory of Fascista in The first step whould be made by winter. Relief has been curtailHistory of the Left time declare that the new Inter Ters seway, October 15th, with Doll and Toy workers union. Others 10:30 Morgenstern began national cannot tolerate any con last in Manbattan the recently concluded strike of the Opposition to Germany has shown the entire convenie a world congress and reed. Where are the stalinists?
world the bankruptcy of the social presenting all orniations which What are the unemployed councils democracy and the Communist accept the basis of revolutionary doing? Nothing. They have ciliation towards reformism two of the courses: The State and have been in the front line of the the duration of the term wi Party. The Social Democracy was struggle for the realizations of so real existence. There is no move Se. The necessary unity of the Rerolution given by Jack strike of the New York upholster be ten weeks. In the elementary the strongest pillar of the Second cialism. This world congressment of the unemployed in New the stalinists are attained by the blurring of reform given ly John Wright Both sult of the work carried on by 18, within a period of three weeks at capitalist state, its collaboration the studying of a general expose out of the fricture.
The Stalinists are bankrupt. If or the adaptation to the Stalinist to 10 Monday evenings. Two upon one of their own militants in advanced classes registration classes, its participation in govern. effective revolution action which the Stalin party can be said to policy but only by combatting the other courses are given at the same in the Upholsterery Workers indus can he made at any time on paymental coalition, its toleration of will be prepared and submitted to exist at all it is only as a bureaupolicies of both bankrupt Interna hour on Wednesday: Organization trial union, comrade Arthur Brand ment of 50c, single classes 10c reactionary governments (policy of the parties by the independent socratic apparatus with a diminishing tionals. To remain uqnul to its Prinieples by Martin Abern and mark, who has now joined the These classes mark the beginning the lesser evil. has led it to cialist parties. These parties will number of workers. Politically the task the new International must Applied not permit any deviation from rev. The by Field. Opposition.
of intensive educational activities abandon the defense of the inter take the initiative for the meeting stalin party is dead. As events and to each session is olutionary principles in the quer twenty cents, and the fee for an tion of trade union policy, the City tion.
To continue the work of clarifica in Philadelphia by the Left Opposi. of the congresy at a date which the class struggle are drawing will be determined later and they balance under the policies of the dictatorship Soviet form of the twelve sessions, is 60. Regis bership meeting of all three branch plocs of the International Workers Our Open Forum, under the ansgress to al workers organizations, the Stalinists who began as a party an. State, etc.
12. The inlepondent socialist are retrogressing to an ineffectual say that the International Left 126 st 16th Street, all day long a discussion of our trade union In conclusion allow myself to let the headquarters of the school at the bes beeld Sunday, October 22, School will hold its first meeting, parties will be convinced that this opportunist propaganda SUBJECT: to begein Opposition (Bolshevik Leninists) and in the evenines up to 10 PM line, to be led by comrade LABOR AND THE lions of workers whose admirable as Marxian propaganda group is is much further removed from cen. Complete outlines for the courses Cannon. The meeting is to start Speaker: Morgenstern courage and perseverance has not moving againe communist party trism (No. 1. 2) than the present are to be made available to regis at P. sharp. All comrades Your atendance at these classes been shaken by the policy of bank new and Barbussized Comintern.
trants at ten cents a copy, and are required to attend and parti and cooperation in the Open Forum With revolutionary greetings, twenty five cents to others, not cipate.
As our comrades and friends all ruptcy which has led from one on the unshakable foundations of TROTSKY.
Marxism and Leninism Istudents, who are interested in THE BANQUET. Attention and other important work of the over thie country in the sub drive catastrophe to another.
is Left Opposition is sincerely de. the called to all friends and sympath sired.
list izers of the Opposition to hola Branch Youngstown of.
ber 4, so as to attend the banquet Swabeck Lecture Aber Reapolis Hedlund Minneapolis by the New York local. The ban in Rochester Hardy Philadelphia The economy of the United as cheap as possible. About threeThe continued attacks on their weeks ago bring them to the union quet will take place on that day. Fruitman Toronto states has undergone such deep fourths of the school children in living and teaching conditions and did not prevent them from denounc P. at the Stuyvesant Casino, Rochester, The following Shechet Boston going change in the last decade the agricultural districts are kept the attacks now and a half that what was formerly out of school for the beets for from are ing as dual unionist the other or oth Street and Second pending Avenue, is a report of comrade Swabeck L. Goodman Philadelphia ganization of the unemployed by with music, entertaininent, a liniecture here in Rochester. The Eekelberger New Castle, Pa an avenue of escape from wage a month to six weeks each fall.
awakening the rank and file of the the rank and Ale. In short they ner and brief speeches. Admission: meeting was orderly and nobody The following comrades got one slavery for the industrial and The beet labor is done by either Teachers Union of New York City supported the administration from cents. Further announcements interrupted swabeck. The audi a piece. Ross, Manhatan; Nagricultural proletariat (home native Americans, German Rushas sians, Mexicans, Japanese, or Italtheir interests. Their alarm and CITY COMMITTEE.
their desire to resist is making it. The rank and file have carried members of the Stalinist party, 20 lyn; Buehler, Kansas Ctly become a closed alley or an irre lans, each of which are prejudiced against the other nationalities.
self felt on the conservative unton out a policy which is now conof the proletarian and about 10 of Carter, Brooklyn; Capelis, pairably broken ladder.
About our sympathizers.
25 Manhatan. Coover, Minneapolis As wage workers, though in Most of these people are housed administration. Under this press tradicted by the new developments Successful Meet in others were there. Gottlieb, Minneapolis. inarticulate and practically isolated in miserable shucks or granaries toward the left. It now demands that the stone was hopeless atkat Brownsville After Swabeck had spoken, Sam Add them up: that makes 49 new from political or any kind of class in the summer time; and move to unemployment insurance for unem. the administration had a strangu.
Essman, one of the Stalinist lead subs since the opening of the drive. guidance, America agricultural towns in the winter time where ployed teachers and speaks of hold. lating grip on it; that it could not ers here, arose, and commenced to And there are still a little less proletariat is in desperation and they ing mass meetings of the teachers be reformed into an instrument of The third meeting in the series speak. He admitted that the than four weeks to go. We expect restlessness. They are moving doled out by the county, the State and is engaged in organizing them, struggle in the interests of the organized throughout the whereas formerly it preached the teachers. Teaders noe meble Milica of New York on the new Corough: statinets made many mistakes but the drive to gather still greater about or planning to move, know relier, or some other for the State ing the far reaching influences of called charity. Each month each the present economie system. district or county advertises the gospel of reliance on the state leg. will recognize this thesis is one of ist International and the New Com that they welcomed criticism within THREE FACTS.
Three facts stand out from thel. Just today received the follow. list of people who have received wing for insisting on mass actions union line. It is the of cessfully held in Brownsville at were trying to demoralize the above tist: The branch is showing ing request from my brother Rocounty aid, also to what amount.
of the teachers themselves. company union idea applied to the the Premier Palace last week, with party. He forgot that Trotsky was the field a clean pair of heels. Numbert, a beet worker in the state They do not get enough to feed, a sounder trouncing of Teachers Union.
Stalinism in the clothe, house, and keep warm their It goes without saying that we and the Stalinists y when he criticized and ber two: Notice the number of of Colorado: is than either they we thenow Try and let us know if you home and are often driven to steal.
have no faith in the administration. Errors of Left Groups checks ing or writing or we had calculated on. More The party welcomes criticism of ing in the list. That is one of think that there will be any without It sold out the teachers in the fight The consequences that have flowthan one hundred and fifty workers other but not of its policies. When the brightest things about chance of getting a job in New funds or, in some cases, to bootYork this winter, as there will legging.
And if it gets the chance at wined from the false policies of these were assembled, listening attentive someone criticizes its policies they drive. And three: Minneapolis and be nothing going on here. The landlords, businessmen, govtwo twing and have not helped of view by Max Shachtman when have to listen to his criticism be list which means that if you take am quite sure that shall not say that they are undesirable for ernment employees, and teachers for the teachers in this new turn the union. Now after a fight of an organized group of Young Com cause he is not within the party it from the point of view of collec stay here after beet harvest; eigners, or, if they happen to be of the union administration is that years the Left wing is in a worse munist League and Communist any more. Very intelligent tactics tive, organized activity they are and maybe Richard will go with it has been forced to move in the position than it was and the ad Party members native Americans, they are poor managers, or they say they are un desirables who It opens up possibilities that may ministration is firmly in the saddle: the hall and were finally admitted his spirt Instead of servine sinished doing a fine job bolstering up the me too, but he talks about go inherit criminal agine that the economic system After the remarks of the two Op a change to answer him, he gather QUOTAS.
well sweep beyond the limits which Even now they are more interposition speakers comrade tendencies like drinking and stealJames ed his lambs around him and ad.
ested in preserving their factional Cannon having followed Shachtman Journed to their meeting room quotas for themselves in the drive.
is about as cruel toward the it sets for the fight. number of cities have set proletarian class most any other ing: or they are half wits, ignorLeft Wing Opportunity differences and justifying them the floor was thrown open for where, suppose, he gave them an New York has undertaken to raise place as it is here, but there is ant, lazy, or degenerates selves to their own members than questions and discussion.
not much industry in this part Practically every beet farm is explanation of Swabeck criticism. a hundred dollars in subs divided An alert and correctly oriented they are in building a united Left of the country: the beets are The first speaker in the discus. Their owned by a landlord and farmed Left wing can play a decisive part wing. That is the task that the sion was the representative of the The others one left the room. as follows: Manhattan fifty: about the only Industry here, by a tenant, who hires people to Bronx and Brooklyn twenty five in this morement. This is the opprogressive teachers in the unton Section committee of the official do the labor. In some cases the The remainder of the meeting each.
portunity for which it has been face. They can, if they make the party, a Stalinist named John Morof while Oregon and Washington was orderly with questions being twenty five bas set a fool fruit, have beets, farms are owned by farmers who subs. So has lumbering.
working and preparing. In have government loans that would answered within the delphia. How, about Chicago, Pithop raising ship work, and take them 33 years to pay period and in the period to come the idea of one united left wing. is, who was granted 10 minutes asked and COMRADE. tsburgs, St. Louis and the other stock raising. Another great in which to present his apology room.
them.
its influence and strength should For this they need a Whatever tirogram they work for the criminal course of his leadcities not yet heard from?
handicap here is that you have When one keeps in mind that outership. Despite the courteous ex ON THE HISTORY.
no chance to learn much of the first important strike of sugar But this new perspective finds cannot includes the these solicies tension of his time by chairman Swabeck Tour Itinerary announcements that wherever there anything and there is no enter tainment the Left conceptions the stalinist. afforded which beet workers in this country took place only a year ago last summer the opportunities that are present and Lovestone trade union lines. more than half an hour, standing is a tie on November 15 when the amounts to anything. Life is The teachers need Instruction in on the presumptuousness and in Other meetings on comrade Swa drive closes the prize for that place in Colorado there is justification very monotonous and lonesome int for the conclusion that this section into two groups that are as hostile will be given to both the tying con here.
of the working class too, pusbed to each other as they are to the union movement. The way to do to bring the meeting to an end Sat. Oct. 21st. Chicago, Ill. testants. This makes it an even In the same letter we are given on by the conditions here describit is not in the secret domination then and there and prevent further Pro of the Left wing Sun. Oct. 22nd. Chicago, ILL.
present greater inducement. The prizes the experience back of this cooled, will transform their by discussion Mon. Oct. 23rd. Chicago, Ill. are: for first place the three vol clusion, this state of mind. For restlessness into that of organized a Lovestonelte trade union policy tion of policies on the basis of take up a collection for the Daily Tues. Oct. 24tb. Chicago, Ill.
hoeing, and struggle to improve their condi Wed. Oct. 25th. Springfield, Itevolution by comrade Trotsky. topping the sugar beets the agricul. tions as agricultural workers.
tion in its literature and speeches trade union democracy. How can Worker on the spot. Together with Thurs. Oct. 28th. Staunton, for second place two volumes; for tural workers have received 11. 60 The problem of organizing the his supporters, he succeeded in and Ale, the other Left wing group. ministration which has destroyed throwing the meeting into momentFri Oct. 27th. st. Louis, Mo third place one volume. That is per acre this year, bol Food cloth: agricultural workers and educating. Their orientation was reform of trade union democracy if it violary turmoil, until he was gently Sun. Oct. 29th. Kansas City, Mo.
as when they paid 30. 00 per acre: terms and act in solidarity with the administration.
They condemnates it in its own house?
Mon. Oct. 30. Kansas City, Mo. FROM THE WEST COAST: some things are higher and some their fellow workers everywhere is When the Left wing is united it mihiling of the platform and his Thurs. Nov. 2nd. Minneapolis The Paterson strike issue of cheaper now posed before us.
activity on the part of the Left can press the fight for a militant to their chairs. The pitiful atus. They are Frt. Nov. 3rd. Minneapolis the Militant is a dandy, and it Children under sixteen years of not organized. writes my brother, wing. They branded as dual union union representative of the inter tempt at thuggism and intimidation m any judge it should win age are worked in almost all of and do not feel as a class, but feel Ist any such attempt. That they ests of all the teachers in the sys did not, of course, made any seri. Sun. Nov. 6th.
Sat. Nov. Mindspot for us many new friends. The the beet fields There is supposed that they are unfortunate indivithemselves organized some of the tem, steering toward the working ous headway and during his de Tues. Nov. 7th. Chicago, III. new character of the Militant to be a child labor law here, but duals. That is to say, they feel unemployed teachers outside the class movement.
nunciation of the Stalinist tactics Thurs. Nov. 9th. Davenport, Ia. will appeal more to the work. It is not enforced because the the need for organization.
union and did not untila few STAMM. in the summary, com. Shachtman FH. Nov. 10th. Davenport, Ia.
Sugar Co. wants their labor done GEORGE SAUL Militant Builders Left Wing in Teachers Union Exploitation of Farm Laborers party for grow.
ed to it. The Left wing is divided how to find their way to the tradel solence of hooliganism. In order beck tour are as follows: gradonive Group which carries mas eligues the open formula padently announced that he would eri.