The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
Stop the Split in the l. w. w.!
Let the Rank and File Decide!

from the Communist International OF
Communist parties, the Red Interna-
tional does not share this syndicalist
prejudice against them. 1t knows that
the Communist parties are pursuing a
really revolutionary program on the
political field, which is complementary
and is mutually necessary to the
struggle of the revolutionary unions
on the industrial field. 1t is the law,
moreover, Of the Communist Interna-
tional, that activity in parliaments
must serve the struggle outside in the
industries, that the aim is to over
throw parliaments altogether, destroy
the entire bourgeois government ma
chinery and establish control of both
industry and state in the hands Of
workers and farmers councils-so-
viets The illusion of the /. w. w.
does not distinguish between such
Communist Party of chosen, disci-
plined workers united to the last man
on the idea of realizing this goal, and
the old discredited opportunist and re-
formist politics"
DiIuton Must Be Met In an Organ
ICED Way.
The present crisis in the l. w. w.
/ is evidence of the need of the Red
Internationars program of co-opera-
ton and concerted action with the
revolutionary parties of Communism.
The old revolutionary I. w. w. of for
mer years has been diluted with a
large membership of workers who do
lot fully understand the revolutionary
struggle. The whole organization has
been led into confusion thereby, be-
cause, as the Rank and File Commit
tee of Chicago states, "the rebels'
have not managed to hang together
and keep up revolutionary educa-
tional work" When they do so, they
necessarily organize in exactly the
same manner and for exactly the same
reason that the revolutionary workers
in the A. F. of L. and other unions are
organized in the Trade Union Educa-
tlonal League. The revolutionary
workers in the l. w. w. who wish to
keep it on revolutionary path will
find it greatly beneficial, even impera-
tive, to organize definitely among
themselves, and then formulate Joint
programs of action together with the
revolutionary workers in other unions.
Until this is done, no election of per-
sons or doctoring of constitutions will
permanently benefit the l. w. w.
The Rank and File Must Stop the
Split.
But the hating of the split is the
first necessity. Ballots for a special
election and convention are in the
field. The Red International Affiliation
Committee favors a sweeping away of
all red tape and rules which stand be-
tween an immediate convention and a
delegation to it which will represent
the whole membership. There must be
no shutting out of really representa-
tive delegates. There must be obedi-
ence to the decision of the conven-
ton. A set of officials which cannot
be subject to dispute must be chosen
Nor will the duty of the rank and file
be completed until they have instruct
ed their delegates to introduce and
vote for a resolution instructing the
chosen officials to begin negotiations
to affiliate the l. w. w. to the Red In
ternational of Labor Unions.
Let the rank and file decide!
Defeat the injunctionites who would
ignore the membership and resort to
the capitalist courts.
Elect revolutionary officials!
Stop the split
We call for an immediate and full
convention to solve the crisis in the
/. w. w. and to affiliate it to the Red
International
For Unity and Revolution.
The Red international AffIIatIon
Committee.
Harrison George, Chairman.
Mike Novak,
n. r. Richards.
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