The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-02
First Article.

thousand members, united with the
Left Independents, leading into the
Communist International from the
party of the Independents about 400
thousand workers, for every one
knowing the situation in Germany, it
was clear, that the unified Communist
Party must go thru a whole series Of
crises before it really became a Com
munist Party. Under the pressure of
the mass of German workers there
flocked to it considerable number
of organizers and editors, who after
great wavering joined the program
and tactical views of the Communist
international. These elements, of
course, did not outlive their indicision
by signing the 81 conditions of the
second congress of the Comintern.
Moreover, the Party was confronted
with new problems. A party Of half
million members having influence
over million and half Of trade
unionists, cannot limit itself only to
propaganda and agitation. 1t must
participate in great battles, that in
evitably should emerge, if the Party
fulfills its task, and receiving blows
from the bourgeoisie must answer
with counter blows. But even among
the leaders Of the Union of Spartakus,
at the time of the German Kornilo-
visit Putsch, could be noticed a ten
dency to the Right. Being burnt in the
battles, in which in 1919 the unhard-
ened Spartacides threw themselves,
they saw in every revolutionary mani
festation Of the minority but sudden
flash, regardless that hundreds of
thousands participated in IL. A shift
from propaganda and agitation to
action inevitably should bring about
differences and conflicts; and only by
a solving Of these problems can a
fighting Communist Party be formed.
The six months history of the unified
party of communists of Germany is
the history of this inevitable pro-
cess.
Conflicts began when both chair
men Of the Party, the ex-Spartacide
Paul Levi, and the ex-Left Indepen-
dent Daumig, in the most energetic
way acted against the admission in
the Communist International of the
Communist Labor Party of Germany
in the capacity of a sympathetic or
ganization. The Communist Labor
Party represents the "left" commun'
lists, who broke away from the Unior
of Spartakus, not agreeing IN the
work in the old trade unions and or
exploiting parliamentarism for revo'
| lutionary agitation and organization
AS it is known, the second congress
Of the Comintern completely justified
the view of the union of Spartacus
reckoning that communists have M
| right to withdraw from the mass or
ganizations Of the workers and that
they have to exploit for the aims lot
communist agitation and propagand;
all means that are given it by tn,
bourgeois State. But justifying as {
whole the view point of "The Spar
, tacus," the Executive Committee O.
the Comintern, could not shut it's eye
before the fact that the Communis
Labor Party reflects the rebelliou
leanings of the unemployed and tn
, poorest working masses. On this &C
count the Executive Committee ad
mitted temporarily this party in tn
capacity Of a sympathizer, in orde
to keep in touch with it and to in
fluence it, making easier for the uni
. fled communist party to merge wit
: this left group and the elements stand
ing behind it. In the historical lamen
tations Of Paul Levy against thi
step was expressed the inability t
discover the way to the heart an
senses of the various layers Of tn
proletariat in whom the collapse O
. capitalism creates desperate rebel
lious leanings. This inability brough
about the leaning to the right, fo
: he, who actually wants revolution
: must understand, that revolutionar
struggle cannot be carried on b
e pushing away the layers of the prt
{ letariat most dissatisfied by capita
u ism. The right tendency, promulgate
: in this case by Levy, expressed thi
d simple fact: that part Of the party
" organizers were afraid Of these tul
Q bulent but revolutionary actions b
e the unemployed and allied layers ,
the proletariat.
: The inability Of the Paul Levy grou
/ to connect with the rebellious prol,
) tartan elements was combined viii
n the intention to attract to the Con
J. munist International the remainir
'e layers Of the proletariat with moder'
!; tion and orderly forms of agitation
l. that is: actually by not only renoun
" ing the most expressive revolutional
IS forms Of agitation but actually joil
A inn hands with the centriet element