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was active, and for this very reason,
of course, mistakes occurred.
The criticism of Hulla's article, the
policy in the elections in the Carpa-
THAN section of Russia, the policy in
the agrarian question, are attributable
in part to Misunderstanding, and IN
part to incorrect information.
The correct Interpretation of the
United Front policy and advantageous
maneuvering in the agrarian question
led to the disintegration of the az
rarian party and the clerical party
and shattered the Social-Democrats
and the National Socialists. Thirty
five to forty per cent of the soldiers
vote the Communist ticket. The de-
cisions of the Prague convention are
based upon the resolutions Of the
Fourth Congress. 1t would be aston
ishing, If the sum total of the resolu-
tons OF the Congress we're to amount
to a complaint against opportunism.
United Front policy from below will
be applied frequently by the party;
the United Front policy from above
will be used sparingly.
Radek Speaks.
The next speaker was Comrade Ra-
dek. He said:
"Comrade Zinoviev's speech, which,
in my opinion, represents the annul-
ment of the resolution of the Fourth
Congress on the united front (inter-
ruption: oh. OH has induced me to
put my point of view, which, because
of the unanimous decision of the Rus
sian Communist Party against my
views, 1 should otherwise have hest
tated to do.
-Four questions are presented here.
1. How did our united front tactics
arise, what were they, and what are
they? 2. What experiences have we
gained in the last year with regard
to the united front, particularly in
Germany? 3. What is the present sit
uation, and what is to be done? 4.
What is the situation in the Commun-
list international, and how must Com
munist tactics be defined within our
parties?
Il shall begin with the origin of
the united front policy. Comrade
Zinoviev makes two assertions in ex-
PLANTATION of the history of the united
front. The first is that in the year
1890, the Communist Internation-
al, in the West, outside Russia, con-
sisted of small propaganda parties
and groups, and that we first became
mass parties in the year 1921. This
statement is incorrect. In 1919 our
small Communist Party in Germany
stood at the height of greater revolu-
tionary mass struggles than since the
year 1920. In Bavaria we conquered
power and defended it. We had our
small Hungarian Party which
achieved power and defended it by
arms for four and a half months.
Latin and Russian.
What is the united front and what
is the watchword Of workers and
peasants governments. For zinoviev
this is quite simple. The Russian
peasant understands no Latin, he
does not know what the dictatorship
of the proletariat is, and this watch
word has therefore been translated,
first into Russian, then into German
and into English, etc.
On the basis Of our Latin we have,
in the years 1918, 1919, and 1920 torn
away great masses of the social demo
Gratis, and after the Halle Conference
we became a mass party. Since then
however, in the year 1921, we trans
lated the Latin words dictatorship of
the proletariat' into German, we sit
at each Congress and attempt to ex-
plain to ourselves what this transla-
ton means. interruption: Opportun-
istic translation). With the year 1920,
with our defeat in Poland, our defeat
in Italy, with the world economic cri-
sis, which made plain the way for the
capitalist offensive, began the So
called new stage, which we announc-
ed at the Third World Congress. We
said to ourselves, now call together
again the masses which are in retreat.
and out of sentimental. socialists we
must make Communists and hard
fighters. To this end we first adopted
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