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workers form the iron-class force OF
the Russian revolution. We consider
the criticism made by the German
Left against the Right is fully justi
fed, and we endorse the decision OF
the Communist International support
ing the German left majority.
8. The fight of the Communist In
ternational against both the right op.
portunistic tendencies and the left
sickness within the Communist move.
ment finds the absolute support of the
American Delegation. We consider II
essential that also in the future con
slant struggle should be waged both
against\right alterations as exempli.
fed by Hovgland, the left alterations
personified by Bordiga, and the more
dangerous revisionism of Grazeadei,
Korsch and Lukacs.
The American Delegation agrees
with the criticism of the Communist
international of the American Party
that opportunistic tendencies as ex-
pressed by the Lore group have mani
tested themselves and must be com
batted relentlessly.
We agree that mistakes such as are
mentioned in the Communist Interna-
tional letter have been made in an
attempt to apply the United Front
tactics in the American situation and
that these mistakes were due to the
youth Of the party and it's lack of ex-
perience in the United Front, ma
neuver.
The decision of the Communist In
ternational relative to the third party
position Of the American Party has
been accepted by the Central Execu-
tive Committee of the Party and is
being carried out by the Party as a
whole. ~
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I the middle class.
want to deal now with the methods
of the Fascist government towards the
real proletariat. have just told you
that our trial showed the inefficiency
Of the official defensive legal means
of the Fascist state. But the latter
used many other methods against the
proletariat, and these methods are
very serious for US, for our comrades
have been charged as common crimi-
nails for actions which we're in reality
sanguinary encounters between the
Fascists and the proletariat, especial
ly when the latter was represented by
Communists.
Fascists enjoy complete immunity
even IL there is overwhelming evil
dence against them. But terrible SEN
fences are passed on workers who
dared to defend themselves against
| fascist attacks. There is an amnesty
which acquits all those who commit
ted crimes for a national purpose.
This amnesty is, of course, extended
to only fascists, while revolutionaries
are kept in prison and recently are
sentenced to 10 and 20 years.
Official "Freedom."
We have in fact government
which uses the basest means of perse-
cution against the working class which
is driven to despair. Officially, all
guarantees are honored 1t is allowed
to form Communist parties and to or
ganize an anarchist movement, etc,
but In reality there is coercion of q
very formidable nature. Officially,
there is freedom of the press, but the
provincial lperfects can issue the or
ders at any time to suspend papers.
AS to the trade unions, great pres.
sure is exercised by the fascists gov
eminent which compelled workers to
enter into fascist trade-unions by
means OF violence. The premises OF
red trade-unions were destroyed. Bat
fascist activities in industrial organ
izations we're not very successful. The
fact is that the Italian proletariat is
disorganized, instead OF being organ
lied, in fascist trade-unions. Some
times there are workers demonstra.
lions, under the official leadership OF
fascist trade-unions, because they are
allowed to take action in defence Of
their demands.
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At the same moment, we said it was
obviously quite otherwise in Poland,
and also in Austria and other coun-
tries. The whole art OF the Inter
national consists in making concrete
use of tactics because the situation is
extremely varied in each country. We
have never said that all parties
should be treated alike. Will Com
rade Smeral inform Hula of this.
Finally, and once more: with re-
gard to the workers and peasants
government, it is nothing more than
method of agitation and propagan-
da and mobilization of the masses. 1t
is, as l said in 1922, a pseudonym for
the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Meyer opposed this, as did also Ra-
dek, partly. But not single man Of
our Russian Party, because Tor us it
was quite clear. Our mistake consist
ed only in that many did not perceive
this. Radek and Company were an
CRY with US not merely about the
style but were developing reformist
tendencies.
Attention to the Pessantry.
You will remember that was the
originator Of the slogan of a work
ers' and peasants government at the
meeting of the Enlarged Executive.
How did that come about? Because
of the realization that we were
marching forward in a number of
countries and were getting pretty
near to the problem of the seizure Of
power. l will not boast that I felt
even then that German conditions
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N. Y. WORKERS
CHEER ANTI-WAR
DEMONSTRATION
Speakers Hold Crowd
Long After Curfew

Especial to The DAILY WORKER)
NEW YORK, July 31.-More than
thousand workers gave enthusiastic
demonstration of their opposition to
capitalist war at huge open air mass
meeting held at 10th st. and 9Th Ave.
This meeting, arranged by the Work
ers Party, Local New York, marked
the opening of the anti-war week
campaign in New York.
Amongst those that addressed the
meeting were Juliet Stuart Poyntz,
H. M Wicks, Rebecca Grecht, Charles
Mitchell, and Ludwig Landy, with
Bronson as chairman. The speakers
dwelt on the nature of capitalist wars
and the growth of American imperial
ism. They exposed the Socialist be-
trayal Of 1914 and the years after that,
and called upon the workers to or
ganize for the establishment of a
Soviet Republic as the only way to
eliminate wars.
Still Strong at Midnight.
The audience was not a shifting,
changing one. The immense crowd
which gathered early in the evening
remained for several hours listening
attentively to the Communist mes
sage Of class war against capitalist
war, and laudly applauding all mem
ton of Soviet Russia as the only ma
ton sincerely striving for peace.
At IL midnight, the meeting was
still going strong, but had to be dis
persed by order of the police.
Although at first the police would not
permit the sale Of party literature,
large amount was sold, including the
DAILY WORKER, and the pamphlet
on Imperialism by Lovestone.
On HiIIquit's Corner.
This meeting was one of the most
successful street demonstrations held
by the Workers Party in New York.
1t gave splendid evidence of the grow
ing influence of the party in this city.
The corner of 10th St. and 9Th Ave.
is in a section long known as the
stronghold Of Morris Hillquit. Two
or three meetings a week have been
held there by the party since May LIST.
And the results of our propaganda
could be seen at this anti-war meet
ing in the applause which greeted at
tacks upon the Socialists as betrayers
of the working class.
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RESOLUTION ON THE REPORT OF
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE COMMUNIST IN
submitted BY the American DeIega-


Submitted by the American Delega-
ton.
THE American Delegation endorses
l the report of the Executive Com
mittee of the Third International as
presented by Comrade Zinoviev. The
American Delegation wishes to lay
particular stress on it's agreement
with the policies of the Communist
international as regards the following
questions:
1. The United Front has proved to
be a powerful weapon in the hands
of the various Communist Parties,
drawing the masses into the sphere
of influence Of the Communist Parties,
accelerating the struggle Of the work
ing class for power, exposing the re-
dictionary character of the social dem.
ocrats and the official labor union
leaders. 1t has also proven a valuable
means of drawing the backward
masses of the American working class
nearer to the class struggle and to
the Communist Party.
The American Delegation is in full
agreement with the measures and de-
cisions of the Communist Interna-
tional as regards the application of
the policy of the United Front in the
various countries.
2. The slogan of Workers and
Farmers Government" has been of
great value in stimulating the class
spirit and the will to power among
the working masses. We emphasize
that only the revolutionary use of the
slogan OF Workers and Farmers Gov
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attention to our Party and to its task
which differs from all the other OPP
position movements.
The Communist Party is the only
Party which. offers to the masses
means of action capable of putting an
end to the present situation. We must
carry out our task of agitation in OPP
position to the socialist end maximal-
list parties. This is the way in which
we must use the situation which has
arisen. We must naturally not depend
only on politics, but must rally and
unite the masses. 1t is only when we
shall have achieved this unity OF the
masses that we shall have found the
right foundation for the development
Of our struggle against fascism.
Arouse Masses.
Other means must be used than an
attack led by a terrorist minority!
We never had faith in such tactics,
and if there is a political movement
which by its critical and political at
titude endeavors to liquidate the IL
fusion Of effective action by terrorist
minorities, it is our Party
We are convinced that revolution
airy success can be achieved only by
bringing into motion the masses, the
working class and its allies-the peas.
ants which must be led by the Com
munist Party which must be the gen.
eral Stan of the proletariat.
Bordiga spoke also OF fascism as an
international phenomenon and ex-
planned the conditions which gave rise
to it. They existed in Italy where
fascism lad national and religious
unity. But he said that these condi-
tions were not as developed in other
countries, for instance in Germany
where fascism con evidently develop
but under another form. He said that
in Germany fascism will be rather OF
a petty-bourgeois character and will
never achieve complete unity with the
big bourgeoisle.
For the struggle against fascism
abroad italian Communists do not de-
pend on the hypocritical support OF the
foreign bourgeoisie. on a moral cam.
paign. but rather on the revolutionary
solidarity Of the workers OF all coun.
tries in the struggle against bourgeoia
reaction and world fascism-
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were becoming ripe. But we had the
sub-conscious feeling that the ques-
ton Of power was progressing fairly
rapidly in several countries. And that
is why we always tried to tell the
various parties: PAY attention to
your peasants!"
OF course, a party which is no
where near power does not need to
do this. 1t remains merely a party to
section Of the toiling masses. But
from the moment that the party seri-
ously thinks of power, becomes a
mass party, it must consider how the
peasants will act, and how the coun-
try will react to the government of
the party. Therefore our slogan OF
workers and peasants government
expresses the fact that in many coun-
tries we are approaching the prob
lem of power. 1t is the expression
for the hegemony of the proletariat
in the revolution and the leadership
Of the party Of the proletariat. For
us it was in a certain sense a transit
ton from revolutionary propaganda
to revolutionary deed.
There is a difference between agi-
tation and propaganda. The best de-
finition Of this difference was made
by Plekhanov when he was a Marx
list: Propaganda means conveying
certain completes of ideas to a small
circle Of people; agitation means
spreading ons main idea among d
great mass of people" I think this
definition is good enough for us. 1t
is correct. Thus our slogan arose from,
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portant countries the fact is that we
have not yet this majority. We must
understand how to approach the
masses as they are, to win them over,
to lead them on the way to bolshe-
vism, and then be able to modify
these tactics.
We Must Conform to Concrete Stu
alton.
II is not necessary to mould all the
parties according to the same pat
tern. On the contrary, we must put
the question quite concretely, in ac-
cordance with the conditions prevail
ing in the particular country. The
Russian proverb says: Don't spoil a
barrel of honey with a spoonful of
tar" Radek and other theoreticians
of the right" insist on pouring a
spoonful of opportunistic tar into the
barrel of good united-front honey. We
throw away the tar, and preserve the
good honey of the united-front tao
tics and share it out in proper pro.
portion to each country.
/ have read that in Czecho-Slo-
vakia, Hula and other comrades are
much disturbed because we now say
everywhere there must be a united
front from below, and that we will
not modify this according to circum-
stances in each country. Neurath was
quite right in his article against Hula,
in which he said that the executive
never proposed this. The e. C. never
proposed this. We said that in Ger
many conditions were so ripe that we
must now call for unity from below.
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Fascism which threatened with a
revolutionary seizure of power, and a
sort OF defensive mobilization by the
state which even declared martial law
at a certain moment. But this resist
ance did not materialize. Armed
action did not take place; we have q
compromise instead of it.
We absolutely denied that there is
question of revolution, as Fascism
maintains. The Fascists say we can
make this revolution whenever we
like. But revolution is not a thing
which can be done at will; neither is
it at the disposal even of the boldest
of political leaders, for even he cannot
make events happen whenever he
Wills It,
Only Shift Of Leaders.
Therefore, no revolution took place.
There was change in the leadership
of the bourgeois class, but this change
does not represent change OF the
program of the Italian bourgeoisie
neither from the economic and social
nor from the home policy point of
view.
1t is true that there were persecu-
lions against Communists, but the
legal procedure was the ordinary pro-
cedure Of the land and no emergency
legislation was introduced. The old
laws are very democratic and liberal,
and this enabled us to come out of the
trial with flying colors. This does not
mean that there were no serious pros
ecutions against the proletariat, but
what | want to say is that in this
purely political lawsuit, which was
supposed to- deal a death blow to the
revolutionary general stan, the new
situation created by Fascism did not
make any difference.
Bordiga reviewed the economic
situation in Italy under the Fascist
regime and showed that in reality IT
has become worse, for today the Ira
is lower than It ever was before.
Mussolinis contention is that IL could
have fallen lower still II It had not
been for Fascism, an utterly worthless
argument.
Mlddle-clsss Awakening.
The Fascist government has not
kept its promises, and there is great
establishment in the class on whose
support Fascism depended, namely,
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Party Activities Of
Local Chicago
BRANCH MEETINGS
Sunday, August 5

BRANCH MEETINGS
Sunday, August 5
South Slavic No. 2-S74S Buffalo Ave,
South Chicago, Ill.
Armenian-955 w. Grand Ave. 2 p. m.
Monday, August
Enlarged Executive Committee-Room
$685. 166 w. Washington st. Federation
Douglas Park. English-ss22 Douglas
Blvd.
North Side, English-24O9 N. Halsted
Street.
Italian, cicero-14O2 S. Fiftieth CT,
Cicero, Illinois.
Nineteenth Ward. Italian = 1903 S.
LOOMS Street.
Tuesday, August
City Central Committee Meeting-27sS
Matters to be taken up:
The Details of the W. p. Election
Campaign.
2; Activities Of various language units
and problems.
3. Industrial registration.
4. Final arrangements for the Press
Picnic
Czecho- Slovak, Town of Lake-Bohe-
51st Street.
Wednesday, August 6
Roumanian Branch-2254 Clybourn Ave.
Douglas Park, Jewish-3420 w. Roose-
Terra Gotta, Italian-27O7 N. Marsh
field Ave.
Czec h o-S lovak, Cicero-Masaryk
School, 57th Ave. and 22nd Pl., Cicero.
Mid-City, English-Emmett Memorial
Hall-Ogden and Taylor Streets.
Englewood, Engiish-6414 S. Halsted
Street
Czecho- slovak No. a-254s S. Homan
Avenue.
Thursday, August
Finnish-Imperial Hall, 240s N. Halsted
Street.
Eleventh Ward. Italian-24ss s. Oakley
Blvd.
Thirty-irst Ward. Italian-511 N. SAM
canon Street.
South Side, .English--s2ol S. Wabash
Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
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scandinavian Karl Marx-2733 Hirsch
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Friday, August
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Saturday, August o
Daily Worker Agents Meeting - 2:30
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Press Picnic COMMITTEES Meeting-1s6
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DISCREPANCIES Workers.

GloOt HdUt&CS NSOtHCfbs
Then Bordiga dealt with The discon-
tent Of the middle class and of the
small peassntry because Of fascist
governmental measures. The latter,
vsso do not count as a political factor,
are being gradually appropriated by
tho big peasantry. He then dealt with
the conflicts between the extremists
and revisionists of fascism. Fascism
has not introduced anything new on
the field of foreign policy. 1t is true,
we had the de jure recognition of the
Soviet Government but the Italian
proletariat was not taken in by the
Vaccinations of the fascist press.
Italian capitalism was interested in an
understanding with Russia. The 1tal.
ian proletariat interpreted this rccog-
milton not as a sign OF weakness on
the part OF Soviet Russia but as sign
of weakness on the part of fascism.
Bordiga also spoke of the conditions
OF the Mussolini election, and ex-
plainsd the positions and the forces
Of the different parties. And " en-
phasized the importance of the COM
munist fight during this election and
Of the success achieved by Communist
candidates.
Then he dealt with the Matteotti af-
fair and spoke OF the conditions under
which the socialist defeat took place.
The discomfort which began to de-
velop In the sections of the popula-
tion deceived by fascism, spread after
this event.
ProIctariat Not PaolfIst.
The discomfort is great among the
middle classes. But one must differ.
entiate between this movement and
the state Of mind Of the working class.
It is by pacifist and legal means that
the recently formed opposition against
fascism hopes to bring about change.
But the proietariat knows full we'll
that the excuses OF the forces of the
right must be met by force and that
the situation can be stabilized only
by long periods OF struggle and by
violent means and can be finally set
tied only by the establishment Of pro.
letarian Dictatorship.
Communists Sought Strike.
At the beginning, all the opposition
parties. including even the Communist
Party took part in parliamentary pro.
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| the fact that we were obliged to turn
from propaganda Of communism to
agitation among the masses OF the
people, and to prepare for the strug-
gle for power When we have to face
the struggle for power we must make
use Of Just this catchward for it is
popular and attractive, and, when it
has been well-explained to the work
ers, will serve as magnet for all
those strata which should either be
neutralized or drawn into the move
ment.
Therefore this slogan of the work
ers' and peasants government is for
us the expression of the hegemony
of the leading role of the proletariat
in the revolution, Of the will to pow
err, of the determination to form a
government of our own which will be
able to handle the peasantry. And
they have tried with partial success
to kill this vital conception of Lenin-
ism, this living source of Leninistic
activity and agitation among the
masses, by opportunistic interpreta-
tons.
Left Deviatons and Tactics Of the
United Front.
1 advise our comrades, and espe-
cially our German comrades who now
put cottonwood in their ears when
ever they hear the united front men
toned land this is only too under
standable after all the mistakes and
experiments in Saxony), to think this
matter over very earnestly.
Comrade Bureau (Junior) in Gee
eho-Slovakia, writes for instance,
| that the tactics of the united front is
the main source Of revisionism. That
is not true. Anybody who is a re-
visionist will soon find source" in
parliamentarism or something else
daughter, and hear, hear). We can
not defeat the Social Democracy if
we are afraid of our own shadow and
keep on saying that the tactics of the
united front are source of revision
ism. There are always people for
whom this slogan is a source of re-
wisconsin. We must take what is
good; what is Leninistic in the unit
ed front, and what is popular in the
workers government; what will win
the confidence of the masses, not on
ly of the working class but of all the
oppressed.
We, the true left wing of the Com
munist International, must take this
work into our own hands. Only in
this way shall we eliminate the errors
of the real right wing, convincing
those of the right who can be con-
WINGED and fighting those who can
not. The Fifth Congress must not
think that its task is to declare the
united front mistake. but we must
take measures of precaution against
their distortion, we must adopt some
form of incubation against oppor-
tunism as against smallpox. In Ger
many the ulcer has burst; it had been
forced to head. Its logical outcome
was seen in Saxony.
In my opinion, if in Czecho-Slovakia
the ulcer has not likewise burst, if we
have not had such a political cata-
strophe, it is because conditions were
not ripe enough. The attitude of the
Prague Congress and comrade Hula's
article show this. In view of the.
apathy and confusion of mind rag
ing in the Central Committee of the
Slovakian Party, an afraid that if
the situation had been similar we
should have witnessed another Saxon
| fiasco.
| Tomorrow-conerete Tasks of Prin-
eipal Parties.)