The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-20
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the British governments policy under
this administration TO be anything else
but the first attempt at reconcillia-
ton of the nations, at the greatest
possible avoidance Of war, at the
sharpest fight against national
hatreds."
But Comrade Lore saw a bright
view not only in the field Of the for
eign policy. He believed the so-called
labor government was opening a new
era also in domestic policies. Com
menting on the impending strikes in
England, Comrade Lore says in an
editorial of Feb. 20, 1924:
Under the liberal coalition Of
Lloyd George and under the recent
conservative government, the strikes
of the British workers for the most
part ended in bitter defeats. This is
easily explained by the fact that the
representatives of the interests of
large capitalists in the government
caused all means at the disposal Of the
capitalist state without exception to
be arrayed against the strikers.
This, however, is impossible under a
abor government. Macdonald will
not and cannot mobilize either the po-
ice or the soldiers or even the courts
n favor Of the employers. Just as
tile will his departments be able to
tilize the unemployment doles as a
eapon against the strikers and for
ne recruiting of scabs. 1t is therefore
hat the most favorable opportunity
conceivable is now offered to the Brit
sh workers for the conduct of their
struggles against capitalism"
If this is not spreading parlia-
mentary illusions, what is?
Comrade Lore's conception of the
history and the role of the Commun-
list International was most clearly re-
vealed in his article published March
5, on the occasion of the 5th ami
versary of the Communist information
al. After reviewing the history of the
Communist international, Comrade
4 -@CAO RAONCC0o " say
For the first time in the history
Of the labor movement we see a revo-
lutionary organization at work, an
organization knowing only one aim
and constantly accentuating this aim
before the entire world-the over
throw of the capitalist order of So
ciety, the construction of Communist
society by means of the proletarian
dictatorship; an organization which
and this differentiates it from similar
organizations of previous times-uses
all means capable of bringing it closer
to it's aim, not even stopping to ask
whether it has not repudiated or even
condemned the same means day be-
fore. The Third International changes
its tactics, nay, even its methods,
every day, and if need be, even oft.
ener. Heedlessly it strides over its
own guiding principles, squashes
theses accepted yesterday and adapts
itself in every country to new situa-
ton which may offer ITSELF The Com
munist International is, therefore, op-
portunistic in its methods to the ex-
tremest point, but since it keeps in
its mind the one and only revolution
airy aim, the reformist method works
for the revolution and thus loses its
opportunistic character"
If this Characterization sounds more
like disguised mockery than like
an appreciation of the work of the
Communist International, the follow
ing paragraph is an open condemna-
ton OF all past history Of the Com
munist International. The paragraph
reads:
"The Third International has in the
five years Of its existence gone thru
many an infantile sickness. 1t has
swung itself up from the strictest re-
lection of parliamentarism to its
utilization-always revealing the i'm