The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22


themselves.
The Minority Movement is the an.
swer. Rising out Of the economic
struggle under the leadership Of the
Communist Party it forms the foun.
dation of the oppositional movement
to MacDonalds Labor Imperialist Gov
eminent. This is the section Of the
working class movement which is the
first to feel bitter resentment against
the union bureaucracy and the LABOR
Government. AT first 1t Is stronger
against the union bureaucracy than the
government and for that reason digs
itself deeper into the Labor Move
ment. 1t feels that it is the union bu-
reacracy that is letting them down in
the actual fight before the Labor Gov
eminent is called into action. For
this reason the movement surges
against the union leaders before II
reaches the government driving some
to fight for and some to fight against
them. Those leaders who want to line
up with the workers develop resent
ment against the government because
they feel that it is making the situa-
ton more difficult by the continual
pleas concerning the difficulties Of
Minority Government. These are be-
coming susceptible to the criticism Of
the Communist Party and begin to
feel that their interests are bound up
with a leftward movement. Then the
fact that the Labor Party is COM
posed in the main Of all these unions
causes draught within its ranks
which would rapidly fan the flames Of
discomfort were it not for the mod.
Grating influence of MacDonald's
excuse-that he has not majority in
parliament. This is the one big fac
tor which initiates against the rapid
development Of a left wing force in
the Labor Movement directed against
the Labor Government. II the Labor
Government does not try to hold on
to Office longer than next years bud
get we shall not see a very large DO
litical opposition in the Labor Party
for considerable time, and the op-
positional movement will be directed
against the Trades Union bureaucracy
which in turn will endeavor to give
it political direction by holding out
the golden dream Of what will come
when Labor has really a majority in
parliament.
This latter maneuver is the only
reply that the Bramleys can give to
the growing Minority Movement in
the unions To large extent it will
carry weight in the minds Of the
workers but it will not stop the move.
ment growing. On the other hand it
will help the Communist Party to give
the Minority Movement deeper DO
litical consciousness. The Communist
Party is the only body which has
nothing to fear from these develop
ments and everything to gain. 1t is
laying the foundations of a revolu-
tionary opposition to reformism in a
manner Characteristic of British La.
Dor thruout it's history. The Labor
Party itself sprang from the trades
unions as their experience destroyed
their belief in the capitalist parties.
Today the revolutionary opposition to
reformism is developing in similar
fashion as the actual experiences of,
the unions show the futulity of re-
formist policy and leadership.
The Trades Union Congress, meet
ing in September, will be able to look
back upon an eventful year and be
brought face to face with new develop
ments in all the large unions. 1t will
try to escape under the influence of
its parliamentarians. The voice of
the Minority Movement and the Com.
munist Party will be heard. The
parliamentarian reformists will sue
coed in carrying the Congress with
them without leaving any lasting i'm
preston. The Congress will pass and
the forces / have described will take
their course leading to a first class
battle between the protagonists OF Re-
form versus Revolution for the leader.
ship of the labor movement.