The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-25


Engels, and Lenin is observable in all
sections of the Communist Interna-
tional This is all the more dangerous
because theoretical work by facilitat-
ing analysis of concrete conditions,
and more definite Foundations of the
conditions and perspectives Of the re-
evolutionary upheaval, would render
greater results achieved in the poIiti-
cal work, of the parties. Only these
circumstances and the Indifference of
some of the leading comrades towards
the theoretical question make it pos
sible for theories" to arise within the
Communist International, which stand
in sharp contradiction to Marxism-Len-
inism. The immediate result of these
theories" is the confusion which
reigns in the minds Of the leading
cadres and of the masses in the party
on phiIosophic, Notwithstanding
questions. Later they are naturally OBJ
served on the field of policy and tao
tics, in the form of left" or fright"
deviations. 1.-THE attitude Of certain
ligious questions; the false concep-
ton held by certain leaders of the Ger
man party on the nature of the bour-
geois state and on the class roots of
opportunism among the labor aristo-
cracy; the philosophical deviation of
certain groups of intellectuals of the
German Communist Party, who are
seeking to rob dialectical materialism
of it's materialist aspect and put ideal
ism into its place; attempts in the
Communist Party of Italy to revise the
economic theory of Marxism). Even
the propaganda training of the party
masses is also far from satisfactory.
This is natural result of the fact
that the necessity Of this propagandist
work has not yet been understood by
the party leadership. A very great
percentage of the masses in the Com
munist Party joined the party because
they became convinced empirically, in
the midst of their everyday political
and economic struggles, of the treach-
erous character of opportunism and
reformism, and of the exclusively pro-
letarian class character of the Com
munist Party. This fact represents
great advantage for the Communist
Parties, and indicates the superiority
of the Third international, over the Sec
ond International; it means neverthe-
less that the proletarian masses of
the party may themselves still be i'm
bued with remnants of social demo
cratic theology. This socialdemocratic
heritage cannot be eliminated mechan-
ically, particularly among the party
masses; it must be overcome, in addi-
ton to instruction in the principles of
revolutionary practice, by systematic
propaganda of the ideas of Marxism-
Leninism, and of thoroly imbuing the
minds of the broad masses with at
least the fundamental principles and
methods of Marxism-Leninism.
4. In the person of Lenin-the most
orthodox Of Marxists, who continued
the theoretical and practical work of
Marx-the Communist International
and all the Communist Parties pos
sessed a reliable guide indicating ev-
cry fright" or left" deviation. on the
field of theory and political practice.
Only Leninism, which Lenin and his
co-workers, the old bolshevist guard,
developed as the theory Of the prole-
tartan revolution, can take Lenin's
place. The death of Lenin must give
as great an impetus to the propaganda
of the theory of Marxism-Leninism,
and to the diffusion and intensification
of this propaganda in all the sections
of the Communist International. as it
did In the Communist Party of Rus
STA.
In view of the theological condition
of the parties in general and especially
because of the absence of cadres in
the party capable of effectively guild
ing the work. this task must be as
sumed by the Communist Information