The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-01
BY /. STAIN

cratic regime" one Of the most unde-
niable symptoms Of the fact that this
regime represents the froth on the
surface of the deepest evolutionary
processes taking place within the
working class, Is the decisive victory
Of the revolutionary wing in the Com
munist parties Of Germany. France
and Russia. the growth Of the left
wing activity In the British labor
movement, and finally, the growth of
the popularity of the Soviet Union
among the toiling masses Of the West
and Of the East.
The Communist parties of the West
developed under peculiar conditions.
First they are not homogeneous in
their makeup, for they comprise
former social democrats who had gone
thru the old school, and Of new mem
bers who have not sufficiently been
hardened in the revolutionary FIRE.
Second, their ranks are not purely
Bolshevist, as the leading positions
are held by former members OF other
parties, who have not yet completely
broken with the social democratic
traditions. Third, they are confronted
with such an experienced enemy as
the social democrats, who have gone
thru fire and water, who still repre-
sent a tremendous political force
among labor. And finally, they are
confronted also with such a power
full enemy as the European bourgeoisie,
with its tried state machinery and it's
omnipotent press. To think that
such Communist parties can over
throw in day the European capitalist
system is to be thoroly mistaken.
Therefore our immediate task is to
make the Communist parties of the
West truly BolsheYist bodies, to weld
them into genuine revolutionary bat
talions, capable of rebuilding the en-
tire party in the spirit of the revolu-
tionary education Of the masses, in
the spirit of revolutionary prepare
ton.
This was the situation within the
Communist Parties of the West only
a short while ago. But during the
last half year things have been chang
ing definitely for the better. The last
half year is remarkable in the re-
spect that it has produced a radical
change in the Communist parties of
the West in the sense Of their break
i ing completely with the social demo
cratic traditions, in the sense Of the
Bolshevization of the party ranks, in
the sense Of the isolation of the op-
portunist elements. What a great
danger to the revolution the social
democratic traditions in the Commun-
list parties may represent has been
clearly demonstrated by the sad ex-
perience of the labor government of
Saxony, when the opportunist leaders
attempted to change the meaning of
the united front idea from revoIu-
tionary mobilization and organization
of the masses into social democratic
parliamentary combinations. This
was the turning point which opened
the eyes of the Party masses and
aroused them against the opportunist
leaders. The second question which
undermined the authority of the right
wing leaders and brot on the scene
new revolutionary leaders was the
socalled Russian" question, lie. the
discussion in the Russian Communist
Party. As is known, the Brandler
group in Germany and the Souvarine
group in France, resolutely supported
the opportunist opposition in the Rus
sian Communist Party against the
basic ranks Of the r. c. p, against its
revolutionary majority. This was a
challenge to the revolutionary work
ing masses of the West, who were
clearly sympathetic to the Soviet
power and to its leader. the Russian
Communist Party. This was q chal-
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