The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
By MOissGye J. OIgin

AJy lSAu. NO udJS QAGNAOuSf a htlNcE
was sent by the E. c. C. l. to the Ital
ian socialist party. The letter read in
part: "Once more we deem it neces-
sary to remind you, dear comrades,
that the c. /. will have nothing to do
with men belonging to the reformist
group. We categorically declare to you
that you have to choose between Ser
rati, D'Aragona and the Third Interna-
tional." At the Livorno congress, Ser
ratf split the Italian socialist party, /.
e. he split away from the Communists
who were loyal to the C. l.
The Communist international was
in an open conflict with Serrati over
the elementary problem of Communist
discipline. The Communists were
agitated the world over At that time
Comrade Lore came out in defense of
Serrati against the Communist Inter-
national. An editorial in the voIkszei-
tung January rs, 1921, named after
Levorno," quotes the above letter
of the Executive Committee, then pro-
ceeds:
'In this last letter to the italian
party, the Executive Committee Of
the Third International demands. as
we see, the expulsion also of SeFrati
who played a leading role at the
Second Congress of the Third Inter
national If the Executive Commit
tee was right in declaring that coila-
horation with members affiliated 10
the Amsterdam Trades Union Inter-
taional-which Fesolutely condemn
ed the BoIsheviki at it's London con-
gress in Septemher-was impos-
sibIe; If IL was perfectly justified in
demanding the expulsion of Turati
and D'Aragona, il put itself into the
wrong by demanding the expulsion
of Serrati. Serrati may be a hot
head and a bonehead, but nobody
can dispute the fact that he is an
honest revolutionary. Just as little
can be disputed that he did enor-
mous things for the labor movement.
BY throwing Serrati into one heap
with Turati and Co. -. one has
injured the revolutionary movement
reedIessIy and, without ground"
Comrade Lore TINS declared that the
c. l. was wrong, that Serrati was right
and that his merits in the revolution
airy movement were his justification.
1t may not be out Of place to recall
what Lenin had to say about Serrati
In an article, -False Speeches on Free
DOM" published in the Communist
International" December, 1920, he
wrote: "Serrati, Baratono, zanaroRi,
Bacci. Jaccomo. have already proven
with absolute clearness and beyond
any dispute that they are Fundamentally
wrong, that their political line ire
fusing to part ways with the reform
lists. M. ]. o. is basically wrong"
I'm such circumstances and at such
a moment the Qtalianl party will be-
come hundred times stronger. not
weaker, if the mensheviki will leave
it,"
"Such a propaganda as is now be-
/ ing conducted by the Milano edition Of
the Avanti under Serrati's editor
ship, does not educate the workers for
the revolution, on the contrary. it
brings Generalization into their
ranks"
do not speak Of freedom and
equality in general. Comrade Nobs Ga
Swiss left socialist, editor OF the Eur
ich "Volksrecht" M. Q. J.) and Com
rade Serratil Speak Of freedom not to
carry out the decisions Of the Comm
tern concerning the unconditional
duty to break with the opportunists
and 'centrists' (who do not fail to I'M
dermine. do not fail to sabotage the
| proletarian Dictatorship. Speak of
equality of opportnnists and centrists
with Communists. Such freedom and
such equality we cannot recognize for
the Communist International"
At the Third Congress of the Com
munist International. in his speech on
the Italian problem, July %. 1921.
Lenin was even more outspoken- Turn
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