The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-26
RIGHT WINGERS
|. IN The |. ". ".
HAVE ORGANIZED
Committee in Seattle To
Exchange Ideas
Ry HARRISON eEoReE.


1t has long been the contention of
the Communists that the revolutionary
members of the l. w. w. must or
ganize themselves definitely into a
rather exclusive group to formulate
policies of revolutionary education and
programs of organizational work to be
fought for in a militant way.
This is necessary because the I. w.
w. as a whole is suffering from a
confusion of ideas; firstly, about
theories Of the class struggle, upon
which Qualification must be had or
confusion will lead to defeat; second
ly, confusion in methods of deter
mining immediate policies Of the con-
duct and aims of the struggle for i'm
mediate ends, hours, wages, the fight
against government persecution, and
so on.
The r. I. L. U. Position.
The Red international Afiliation
Committee has repeatedly urged the
revolutionary industrial unionist ele-
ment as distinguished from the pure
unionist, pacifist, stump rancher and
anarcho-syndicalist elements, to or
ganize and fight for its ideas in an
organized way The revolutionary left
wing would not have lost the many
things it did lose at the 10th general
convention, If it had been organized
and fought as unit.
The Red International Af1liation
Committee repeatedly said that the
left wing would have to organize it.
self or be beaten by the non-revolu-
tionary anarcho-syndicalist pacifist
combination which would certainly or
ganize itself in opposition. The way
the right wing conducted itself in the
last convention proved that it had
caucus and was beginning to solidify.
Now, in the Industrial Worker, the
paper controlled by the injunctionite
right-wing bloc, there appears in the
issue of December "a, page 2, column
one, definite organizational call put
out by a committee than can be no
other than the nucleus Of a right-wing
opposition. Here It is:
'NOTICE-There is a committee
in Seattle, Wash, elected from the
following industrial union branches:
Ito, 12O, $40, $50, 400, $40 and small
l. Us. They want the ideas Of all
the fellow workers, either thru the
minutes or by mail. This is for the
purpose Of exchanging ideas and to
getting to some common under
standing OF what the members want.
Send all mail to John Brinkman,
Box 1855, Seattle, WASH"
The above committee, it may br
pointed out, has a perfect right to or
ganize. II should be noted that it is
elected from" and not "by" the ]. /
U. branches. 1t is an unofficial CON.
mittee quite within 1t rights in Eek
changing ideas and getting to som
understanding as TO what the MEM
bers want"
Organized Right Wing.
The point is, that il is a right.wing,
non-revolutionary committee. organ
lied to propagate right-wing, non
revolutionary ideas. And a further
point is that if the revolutionary left
membership IL cannot do so by con-
tinuing its haphazard. unorganizeG
struggle by little temporary cabals,
intrigue and total lack of definite pol
icies and programs which must be
carried to the membership in uncen-
sored papers Of general circulation.
The right wing in the |. w. w. is
organized. The left wing is morgan
ICED. There is only one alternative for
the revolutionary acknowledgements
or lose. Soon or late. this will be the
result. Organize or lose!