The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-11

class fighting the battles for the bene-
At OF another class, and requiring to
be deceived as to the outcomei The
need is above all other things to
clarity sharply the masses under
standing OF the great phenomenon.
Above all. to clarity the understand.
ing OF the vanguard, the workers who
must lead the revolution as members
OF the revolutionary party.
In this case. the clean, sharp sword
which first Glove the head Of capital
ism, is the Russian Communist Party.
Unlike all revolutionary parties In the
past revolutions. this party has no
secrets to conceal from the masses
whom 1t leads; and unlike all other
revolutionary parties OF the past it's
very life depends upon unmasking its
motives to the masses.
- The Workers Party of America.
is the Workers Party Of America a
Communist party? The Workers
Party has accepted all Of the condi-
tions laid down by the Communist
International It accepts and has ac-
cepted any and all decisions without
hesitation, undertaking with no less
zeal than is shown by the most
grizzled veteran Of revolution in the
heart Of Leningrad, to carry them out.
But is the Workers Party Boil
shevik party?
This is no idle question. And it is
forced to the front by the raising of the
slogan by the Fifth Congress of the
Communist International: "BoIshev-
ize the Partyl Make it a Party Of
LeninI"
Not the American party alone, but
every Communist party in the world
has this question on the order Of the
day. At the Fifth Congress it was
recognized that the present period of
"democratic-pacifism" Gas witnessed
by the Labor" government in Eng
land, the Socialist-radical" regime in
France, the LaFollette progressive"
fake in America, and the resurrec-
ton of illusions thru the Dawes plan
in Germany has brot about a general
tendency to revive those social-demo-
cratic Illusions which if established
are suicidal for the working class
Even Communist parties are not i'm
mune from the poison Of so general
a fever. The International has chos-
en- this time as the best for raising
the question Of the Bolshevik charac-
ter of each OF its af1liated parties
BoIshevizatIon must be undertaken
Immediately by all. And: These be-
ginnings Of BoIshevisation must be
steadily, systematically, indefatigably
and consciously developed. 1.-THE con-
seriousness of the Communist Party
and the Communist International as
the leaders Of the revolution must be-
come part Of the blood of every party
organization and OF every individual
member, so that out OF this conscious
ness of Communist fighting fratern-
lily, may arise the iron faith which
will fuse the party into a Bolshevik
organization and the International
into victorious World Party" (Ffon
resolution OF the Fifth Congress1.AN
History Of BoIshevism Published. \
And so 1t is well at this time that
the new consolidated monthly maya
zine Of our Party, the Workers
Monthly (the combination Of The
Liberator. The Labor Herald and the
Soviet Russia PictoriaD begins to pub
fish in its November number the
History OF the Russian Communist
Party, by Gregory Zinoviev.
To bolshevize our party, we must
know what Bolshevism is. In no man
ner can you know what Bolshevism is
unless you know historically how
Bolshevism came to existence as
political program. None can show
how it came to be as well as those
who made it. The president Of our
Communist International is the most