The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-05
WE MUST MAKE OUR CHOICE

with its Leac1e of Nations Supreme Council its of
the Second International its yellow Amsterdam International
its Legiens nd Jouhaux its Hendersons and Braces and
homas its somperss and Banes traitors all to the working
class by their eahng of as peace On the other side he
Communist International and all that loyal and true the
ing class Supported by millions of organised workers. led by
comrades who realise the tremendous task history thstng
non the workers Iwho dare tell the workers what they must
FIGHT for and WHO unaad to be with them in the struggle To
this side must e every and who hates hypocrisy
and cowardce hs side weust rally abour unions There
is no alternative for the workers who to win through
victory over capitalism
We did unions in order to betray delay
in its stugg emancipation but in order to become strong
enough to against AN enemies We have become
strong Millions banded together in unions mighty power With
such power in hands longer remain patient with
the everyday hopeless grind with the unendng delay with pro-
posas which re hopeessy incapable Of solving difficulties
with leadership that is perpetual betrayal to the capitalist class
We must sweep the reaconay leaders We must create
for immediate action and International of the Labou
Unions which shall line up with the Communist International and
express international working class solidarity deeds worthy
of the task history calls upon to perform This International
must be INTERNATIONAL OF THE MASSES and not merely
an international of trade union bureaucrats.
For these purposes the revolutionary workers every union
must carry every union branch in every workshop mill and
intense agitation against all forms of reaction and bitterly
oppose the propaganda and policy of class peace which always
leaves the workers victims of the capitalists We must create extra
union organisations such Shop Stewards and Workers Com
meeS in the factories Pit Committees in the Mines Vigilance
Committees in the unions in order to battle with the defects of
the uons reaconary leaders from office and have
of action independent of them in hours of crisis We must
explain felowwokes that time and again. long the
eaconary leaders maintain their connection with the Labou
Unions crises will when these leaders will be thrust into
action alongside the revolutionary workers and appear be
utonists the crisis when British Imperialism about to
declare open the Russian workers. We must explain that
they there for wholly different and for totally different
obecves than those of the revolutionary workers Then they
spoke with the voice of the petty hokeeper against the aggression
the big capitalists and their action conceded with the action OF
the revolutionary ayels who are against all capitalists Therein
lies danger eDetayal We must persuade eowwoIkers
to break away their organizations from the yellow Amsterdam
international and join them to the "Red Labour Union Inena
tona that will march with the Communist International against
all the enemies of the working class.
The Red Labour Union International now OF for
nation and the moment opporune for the immediate action of
every worker who is tired of the reaconae for worker
who anxious march out of the deadlock human relations into
which humanity has dfted All the delegates from the industrial
organizations represented at the Second World Congress OF the
Communist International agreed with the Congress that the time
had arrived for alignment of the labou unions of the world
that just history challenged the revolutionary workers de-
stroy the Second international and form International Com
munist Party history is challenging the revolutionary workers
to destroy the Amsterdam International led by similar people
guilty of similar atoous acs and create Labour Union
International under new leadership, governed by principles in
accord with the historic purpose of the Working Class
The delegates of the following industrial organizations
II AllRussian Trade Unions,
Vi Bulgarian Central Council of Trade Unions,
General Confederation of Yugo Slava
Il The Syndcaists of ITALY,
81 The Italian Confederation of Labour,
81 The Spanish Syndicaists,
ell Social Revolutionary Unions of Germany
81 Transport Workers Of Holland,
Federation of Transport Workers of Dutch India,
u Regional Federation of Labour, Argentina,
II Minority Section of the French Confed of Labour,
Il Azerbajan Council ofTrade Unions,
ell LWW of America,
LWW of Australia
British Shop Stewards and Workers Committees,
i Norwegian Industrial Unions,
81 Trade Union Council of the Furthest East,
have therefore formed the PROVISIONAL INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL OF LABOUR UNIONS and elected provisional Exc
cutve Committee This committee they have instructed to
4 vene WORLD CONGRESS OF ALL THE LABOUR UNION
ORGANISATIONS unconneced with prepared to their
connection with the yellow Amsterdam International and
consciously wage the class struggle accord with the Communist
!, international
The provisional Executive Committee Composed of the under
sgned accordingly invites every industrial organisation whether
Trade Union Industrial Union National Shop Stewards Com
mee Trade Union Federation to elect delegates to the WORLD
e|CONGRESS OF LABOUR UNION ORGANISATIONS convened
May 1s 1921 in MOSCOW Make May 1st Labour Day to
remembered the annals Of Labour History Upon this day lei
the Labour Union Forces Of the West rally to the centre of the