The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-26

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.pfHE BoLsHEvIzATfoN OF THE
PARTY.
We subscribe fully to the decision
of the Fifth Congress OF the Commun,
Nfst- International that, 1.-THE most i'm
portant task in the present period Of
activity of the Comintern is to Boil
sheyize the sections Of the Commun'
list International" In accordance
with the principles laid down by the
FIFTH Congress, the Workers Party
must become a real mass party. II
must have the ability to maneuver,
it must be able to resort to every stra-
tegic maneuver against the enemy
It's tactics must be neither dogmatic
nor sectarian. The Workers Party
must be essentially a revolutionary
and Marxist party, a centralized party
prohibiting factions, tendencies, and
groups. 1t must be rnonolithic
party hewn Of one piece. 1t must also
carry on regular concrete propaganda
in the capitalist army. It is only by
Bolshevizing the Workers, Party, by
instilling into it the true spirit Of the
teachings of Leninism, that we can
succeed in our historic mission to lead
the masses to the overthrow of CAPT
talism in the United States.
I. Communist Education.I
One Of the most effective, means Of
Bolshevizing our party is the educa-
ton Of our membership in the princi.
pies and tactics of Leninism. The
previous experiences of our party
demonstrate the great need for such
systematic education A beginning
has already been made by the educa-
tional department of the party. in
establishing party study classes thru
out the country, by the organization
Of party schools in New York, Chi
cago, and Boston, by commencing the
publication of a number of important
theoretical books and pamphlets, and
by the organization in number OF
districts of circuit study classes. This
must be followed up with more ex-
tensive net of study classes and by
the further development of a compre-
hensive library of Marxism and Len
inism. The central executive commit
tee realizes the great Importance OF
this work and has instructed the edu
cational department to prepare a spe
cial thesis on Communist educational
work.,
2. Shop Nuclei.
Our party membership is gradually
becoming convinced that the shoI
nuclei form of organization is the
most effective means of transferring
the Workers Party into mass Com
munist party. Only small begin
ming has been made as yet in the &C
tual work of reorganization. How
ever, since the main difficulty Of con
vincing our party membership Of the
necessity of such reorganization is be
ling overcome. the process of reorgan
ization win from now on proceed more
rapidly. 1t will take the concerted
effort of the entire general party or
ganization, the support of the fedora
ton bureaus, and the guidance of the
Communist International to complete
the process of putting our party upoI
the basis of shop nuclei organization
The central executive committee viii
submit to the convention specia
thesis on shop nuclei.
"A 8. War Against opportunisrn in thu
Party.
The greatest danger which may be
! fall a Communist Party is to becom'
infected with opportunism and oppor
I tunistic tendencies. The first stel
| toward the real Bolshevization of on
7 party must be the stamping out com
t pIetely of every vestige and sign 0
} such opportunistic tendencies.
+ A. The Second and Half Interns
J tionaI Tendencies. AS pointed out b,
the Communist International there ar
! present within our party certain tend
encies manifesting some remnants 0
the theology of the Second and a Hal
| International. These menacing tend
: encies were particularly noticeable Il
number of articles which appeare'
} in the New York Volkzeitung, edite'
: by Comrade Lore. The spirit Of thes
articles and their general trend ar
] totally foreign to the spirit Of Lenir
{ ism and cannot be tolerated in Con
munist Party.
We need only refer to the symps
thetic attitude assumed by the Voll
) zeitung toward Paul Levi and towar
5 Serrati when the latter opposed tn
Y Communist international. Also tn
D super-critical attitude towards tn
/ Communist international and its leat
h ing comrades, that manifested itsel
E In the Volkzeitung on various occal
e ions. These are merely surface ind
e cations Of menacing leanings which,
I allowed to spread among the part
I members, will drive a wedge betwee
e our party and the Communist Intel
+ national to the lasting detriment {