WORKER OF TRE WORLD UNITE THE MILITANT FOR THE 4th INTERNATIONAL!
Weekly Organ of the Communist League of America VOLUME VII, NO. 13 (WHOLE NO. 217 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1934 PRICE CENTS Appeal of the Communist Internationalists to the Workers of the World We, the representatives of the Communist Inter honest worker to come to the defense of the Soviet times it slips down a few steps, sometimes the enemy today, we see active proletarian self defense as the nationalists (Bolshevik Leninists) of Ger State in the hour of need.
dynamites the steps which have been cut, sometimes main task. Force against force! The workers militia they cave in because they were cut of poor material. is the only weapon in the struggle against fascist many, France, England, Italy, Spain, Holland, Under the pressure of world imperialism, internal After every fall one must arise; after every slip down bands, who sooner or later will have the aid of the ofBelgium, the United States, South America, China and one must reascend; every step destroyed must be reficial police.
other countires turn to you, workers of the world, in difficulties and the mistakes of the leadership, however, an hour of impending danger, with this appeal. a powerful bureaucracy has elevated itself over the placed by two new ones.
workers and peasants soviets, and now makes a reA workers militia, however, is not for parades or Since the crushing of the Austrian proletariat and ligion of its infallibility. The autocratic rule of the guarantee of success if one must speak of theatre performances, but for fierce struggle. workthe bloody tights in the streets of Paris, it is clear unrestrained bureaucracy today constitutes the chief guarantees lies in the fact that we are enriched by ers militia, that is the mailed fist of the proletariat.
even to the blind that old methods of struggle, based danger to the further development the peoples the experience of the Second the Third Interna Answer each and every blow with two blows. Carry on peaceful development, are completely exhausted. the USSR and to the triumph of world socialism. The tionals which were of great service to the proletariat the struggle to the point of exhaustion, to annihilation.
Rotting capitalism has no other resort except to Communist International created by Lenin has fallen before they broke down. We stand on the shoulder. Do not let the Fascist enemy raise its head. Follow suppress the proletariat, smash its organizations, victim to its slavish dependence on the degenerate of our predecessors. That is our greatest advantage. hot on its trail.
crush its will and reduce it to abject slavery. The Soviet bureaucracy.
We gather all who today have realized the perniciousbourgeoisie will not and cannot wait until the proleness of the policy of the two outlived bureaucratic The general strike of February 12th in France was an impressive warning, but no more than that. Scenttariat gains 51 per cent of the votes. The question Which is the Way Out apparatuses. The correctness of our methods, our prewill be settled by force. Finance capital is organizdictions and our slogans have been incontestably ing the danger the enemy has doubled, trebled and ing and arming fascist bands. Mussolinism is not an new party and a new International must be proved through the entire historic development of the quadrupled its efforts. The working class of France, Italian but world phenomenon. The gangrene of built. Although in these words many hear the voice last ten years, that is, the period of the degeneration like that of the whole world, will be able to hold it barbaric reaction is spreading over one land after of sectarianism and despair, this slogan is dic and decay of the Communist International. Correct position and win new conquests in no other way than by heroic battles. The revolutionary defense must be another. France is next in order. February 6th tated by the situation in the world arena as well as theories and a correct policy will inevitably clear marked the first rehearsal of Fascist banditism. The in each individual country. There is no other way. road for themselves and gather the majority of the come a great school for attack. The workers of France have shown that the blood still runs hot with the flame same manifestations are in preparation in England. Is it possible to reform or renew the Second Interna world proletariat under their banner. Thus is revolu of revolution which flared in the Paris Commune. But The prerequisites for fascism exist in the United States tional, pervaded by crimes and treacheries? The war tionary unity forged.
the readiness to fight, as shown by Austria, is not just as much as in Europe.
and all post war events answer: No! The matter stands no better with the Third International.
We first glance, seems most convincing: The Fourth InHere, however, we hear another answer which, at enough. It is necessary to know how; organization is What a, terrible degradation. Bolshevik Leninists, known hitherto as the left Oppo ternational will not crystallize at once, and measnecessary, a plan is necessary proetariat necessary.
The proletariat is the only creative class in pres sition have tried for ten years to reform the Cominwhile fascist pestilence stalks over every land with On the 12th of February, on the day of the genent day society. On it depends the entire life of the tern, to bring it back to the road of Marx and Lenin seven league boots; is this the time to divide the ranks eral strike and powerful demonstrations, the workers country, its economy and culture. Together with the Colossal events in all parts of the world have conof the working class? To this we answer: For the of France forced the two bureaucratic apparatuses semi proletarian masses, whose leader it is destined to firmed our warnings and appeals. In vain! The coninto a united front for 24 hours. This was, however, be, the proletariat constitutes the overwhelming major servative ideas and the interlocking interests of the unity of the ranks in the direct struggle there is the Leninist united front policy. Bolshevism was victorious improvisation, and for victory organization is needed.
ity of civilized humanity. It is inspired by a great privileged bureaucratic group have proven stronger in October, 1917, thank only to the correct applica The natural united front apparatus in days of struggle social ideal. During recent days in Austria as the history.
tion of this policy. Marx and Lenin were not fright is the body of proletarian representatives, the delethroughout all modern history, it has shown itself capable of great self sacrificing heroism. Nevertheless, the masses because it no longer depends on the masses. parties while they welded the real revolutionaries into and trade unions. the Soviets. Long before they beIt is imposible to rebuild the Comintern through ened by the splitting of opportunist bureaueratic gates from shops and factories, from working quarters elements of the petty bourgeoisie, on human dust, the The Second and Third Internationals have played an independent vanguard; at the same time Mars and come organs of power, the Soviets are the revolution Engels were ready to make practical agreements with ary apparatus of the united front. In honestly elected scum of the nation, gains one victory after another. themselves out.
any mass organization for the defense of the daily soviets, the minority submits to the majority. The Now they are only obstacles on the road the terests of the proletariat. The wisdom and strength powerful logic of the struggle pushes us in this direoThe Bankrupcy of the Leadership proletariat. It is necessary to build a revolutionary of Leninism lies, on the one hand, in the theoretic and tion. Our conscious efforts must be bent in this direcorganization corresponding to the new historic epoch political intransigeance of the party, and on the other, tion.
What is the cause of this?
and its tasks. It is necessary to pour new wine into new in the realistic attitude to the class, all its organizain order This is the question weighing on the mind of bottles. periny messary to wbtilyd. er en anelserolotions and groups. Leninism did not try to order the Again in France is being decided not only the history every worker.
The answer is written in the flames of tionary party in every country. It is necessary to proletariat from above to follow it, but neither did of France but that of Europe and, in the final analyor, it dissolve itself in the mass and precisely because of of the whole world. Should Fascism succeed in crushthe events themselves. The cause lies in the bankruptop of the leaderhsip. The proletariat is betrayed, The thinking worker must recognize the iron logic this it gained the leadership of the proletariat.
ing the French proletariat, the whole of Europe will divided and rendered powerless from above. For this of these conclusions. But doubt born of the all too have to drink of the bitter cup. On the other hand, the social democracy, the Second International, bears recent disappointments, rises in him. new party!
The Proletariat Can Crush Fascism under present conditions the victory of the French the major responsibility. As long as the question was This means new splits. But the proletariat needs unity proletariat would far surpass in significance even the limited to peaceful parliametary and trade union above everything else. This is simply a pretext, largely ward with seven league boots. But wherein lies its Yes, throughout the world Fascism marches for October victory of the Russian Proletariat.
struggles and settlements, the workers did not notice arising from reluctance to face great difficulties.
that the staffs were made up of narrow minded pettyforce? In the confusion of working class organizabourgeois types, ex reformists and semi revolutionists We reply that it is not true that the proletariat tion, in the panic of the workers bureaucracy, in the Workers of the World who had become conservatives and, finally, common is in need of unity in and of itself. It needs revolu treachery of its leaders. It would be sufficient for the You can help the French proletariat best and most portait ord boco these leaders (wels and Hilferding. tionary unity in the class struggle. In Austria almost proletariat of one country to offer mercilesse resistances surely by an irreconciluble struggle against your owa Vandervelde and de Man, Leon Blum and Renaudel. the whole proletariat was united under the banner of to the reactionary band, to go over to the offensive, bourgeoisie. Under the fire of the enemy gather the Lansbury and Henderson, Robert Grimm, etc. the the socialdemocracy is but this party taught the world to seize power, for the attack of Fascism to turn inte most intrepid, far sighted, devoted among you, and thoughts and feelings of bourgeois ministers. bankers, es capitulation, not fight. The Austrian workers have panacky retreat and go down in ruin. Between the weld them together into detachments of the Fourth ghts and feelings of the proletariat, part of the old leadership also fought courageously, Nazis could not last two weeks, Mussolinie would poot downtrodden, the unemploeyd masses into struggle.
the unemployed, the small farmers, the starving youth but the responsibility for the defeat. falls on the party belong in following Hitler to inferno. Defense is posa Penetrate every organization; Explain, arouse, Freireles growing up on the streets.
to be the road to ruin. In Belgium the party of Van energe the attack. It is necessary to throw all waverBut a heavy responsibility rests also upon the dervelde, de Man and Co. have the overwhelming ers overboard and to free ourselves of the vacillating HANDS OFF PROLETARIAN ORGANIZAThird International which once rose high under the majority of the working class behind them. But of they will follow Later it is necessary today that banner of the October revolution but which, sinking what value is this unity, when the general staff of the vanguard close its ranks in the international arena.
TIONS AND THE PROLETARIAN, PRESS!
ever lower and lower, has changed from the revolution the proletarian army crawls on its belly before the The masses harassed and made restless by terrible pres FOR THE DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS AND THE ary vanguard of proletariat into an ossified bu royal power, the patriotic bishop, the liberal city sure and dangers await an answer and demand a SOCIAL GAINS OF THE PROLETARIAT!
reaucratic apparatus. The Stalinist Comintern led mayor, all the representatives of the class enemy? In leadership. That leadership must be created.
the revolution in China and brought it to defeat. The little Norway, the opportunistic party led by TranFOR THE BASIC RIGHT THE PIECE OF Comintern took the revolutionary workers of the whole mael, which received 45 percent of the total votes cast The greatest of all dangers is the war danger. The BREAD!
world out of the trade unions, isolated the left wing in the last elections, is repeating every crime of the whole world listens to the indistinct subterranean and thereby saved the conservative trade union bu Austrian social democracy, is crippling the proletariat rumblings of approaching international collision. AGAINST REACTION! AGAINST BONAreaucracy from collapse. The Comintern entered into and opening the door to Norwegian Fascism. Such The leaders of the Social Democracy and the trade PARTIST POLICE RULE! AGAINST FASCISM!
blocs with individual bourgeois pacifists, chatterers, unity is a rope around the neck of the working class. union bureaucracy are preparing anew to assume the careerists while rejecting joint action with proletarian FOR THE PROLETARIAN MILITIA!
role of patriots, that is hirelings of imperialism, to bemass organizations. The Stalinist leadership of the The Proletariat Must Forge a New Weapon come suppliers of cannon fodder to the imperialist FOR THE ARMING OF THE WORKERS!
Comintern says to the world proletariat: Accept masters. Under the guise of defense of the fatherwithout dispute my commands or will smash the fight We need genuine revolutionary fighting unity: land, they are preparing the slaughter of the peoples. FOR THE DISARMING OF REACTION!
ing unity of your ranks and sabotage the defense for the resistance of fascism, for the defence of our At the same time the Comintern is replacing the revoAGAINST WAR: FOR THE BROTHERHOOD against Fascism. This was the policy of the most right to live, for an irreconcilable struggle against lutionary mobilization of the urban and rural masses powerful section of the Comintern, its German section, bourgeois rule for the full conquest of power, for the with empty sound and fury, and tries in vain to hide OF THE PEOPLES!
thru 1923 1982, and this policy led to Hitler victory. Dictatorship of the Proletariat, for the Workers its impotence by masquerade congresses. The prole FOR THE OVERTHROW OF CAPITALISM!
In Austria, thanks to the chain of crimes and mis State, for the United States of Europe, for the Social tariat can prevent a new war or shift its consequences takes of the Comintern, the did not even succeed ist World Republic. Social democracy is devoted in to the shoulders of the exploiters in no other way than FOR THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROraising its head. Finally, heedless of all tragic les body and soul to the bourgeois regime. The Comintern by re grouping its ranks from the ground up on a LETARIAT!
new basis, under the banner of the new International.
sons, the Communist parties of France, England and has shown in practice its total inability to assemble FOR THE SOCIALIST SOCIETY!
other countries proceed slavishly to repeat the criminal the masses for revolutionary tasks. There remains for By taking the initiative, small minority can, under warpolicy of the German The combination of Marcel the proletariat only to bow its head under a slave yoke, time conditions, play a cisive role. Think of iebPROLETARIANS OF BOTH HEMISPHERES!
Cachin and Leon Blum will inevitably lead to the same yoke even more terrible than that of the Middle knecht! Think of Rosa Luxemburg! and think of The First International gave you a program and a consequences as the combination of Thaelmann and Ages, or to forge itself a new weapon for its revolu Lenin!
banner. The Second International raised the widest Wels. Along this road complete and final catastrophe tionary liberation, awaits the proletariat. Where however is the guarantee that the new InA Program of Action masses to their feet. The Third International gave the example of revolutionary action. The Fourth InterThe result of the great October overturn in Russia ternational will not suffer shipwreck in its turn?
The miserable philistines may speak of our sec national will bring final victory!
was the Soviet Union. It showed the power and poten miserable, philistine question. In the revolu tarianism. To prepare for the coming day is not tialities inherent in the proletariat. The Soviet Union tionary struggle, there are no guarantees in advance sectarianism, but revolutionary realism. To all work International Secretariat, remains today flesh of our flesh and blood of our blood. and there can be none. The working class climbs up ing class organizations we offer a program of action League of Communist Internationalists.
With all the power at our commond, we call on every steps that it hews for itself out of granite rock. Some on the basis of the proletarian united front. Beginning Geneva, March, 1984 than