The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-12
zINOVIEV ON
POLICY OF The
UNITED front
Discusses Application
of c. |. Tactics


MOSCOW, June 20 (By Mail.)
Continuing his speech to the
delegates assembled at the Fifth
World Congress of the Com
munist international, Gregory
ZinoVieV, chairman of the Inter-
national, confined much of his
time to a discussion and expla-
nation of the United Front poll
cy. He said:
"AIso, there were many mis-
interpretations of the workers
and farmers government. The
Russian revolution interprets
this word as being only a pseu-
donym for the dictatorship ofthe
proletariat. 'Proletarian die
tatorship' is a foreign phrase.
The peasants understood more
easily the phrase Workers and
Farmers Government Some
parties have nevertheless given
it this opportunistic interpreta-
ton: that it refers to a coalition
government of various workers
groups and several groups OF
peasants"
Discussion on Tactics.
There was much discussion on the
question of whether the United Front
tactic should be applied from above
or from below. The United Front tao
tic coming from below is always a
necessity, an exception being made,
perhaps, in the case of an immediate
war with the bourgeoisie, altho the
BoIsheviki have used it successfully
with the soldiers.
It happens that the policy Of the
United Front must be applied stimuli
taneously from above and from be-
low, in countries in which we are in
a minority, but certainly not as per-
manent method-rather as means Of
mobilization. United Front tactics
imposed only from above should ne
yer be employed, altho it happens, un-
fortunately, that this form Of United
Front tactic has been used oftener.
l.. erred, too, in formulating. that
ethesis for the Fourth Congress in
which the coalition Of various work
ers' parties was mentioned. This
phrase is in the main, not altogether
inadmissable, but still, social-democ-
racy is not workers party, but rath-
er a party Of the bourgeoisie.
would not have imagined that a gos-
pei of opportunism would be based on
this move. Saxony is presenting a
picture Of opportunism at its highest
point; banal social-democratic come
dy.
Democratic Heritage.
In situation so critical, we shall
once again say, that the situation is
one ripe for revolution. The chief
causes Of error are the remains OF so
cial-democracy. After the Fourth Con-
gress the right wing took the often
sive, as the Leipzig convention Of the
Communist Party Of Germany and the
Prague convention Of the Communist
Party Of Czecho-Slovakia show.
The incorrect, opportunistic formu-
la Of Brandler were accepted by Sine
raj in a modified form. Radek excus-
es Brandler as a peasant, and as
therefore, not a master Of formulas,
but Smeral is no peasant. In its criti
cism of these formulas, the German
left wing is right. We do not want
any revision OF the United Front poll.
cy, but nevertheless, we oppose any
opportunistic Interpretation of this
policy. Workers and Farmers Gov
eminent" is correct phrase that
grew out Of the Russian revolution
But Radek distorts this phrase into
opportunistic meanings. In spite OF
all errors, the United Front policy has
resulted in a great deal Of benefit.
II is not the United Front policy
but rather the opportunistic interpre
tation Of this policy that will be op
posed by the Comintern. The English
Communists in their local organiza
tions, have won over a great many
workingmen, by the use Of the United
Front policy, and have worked cor
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