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Cb) the establishment Of committees
based on equal representation for the
light against the high cost of living,
against fascism, etc.; (c) the convo-
cation OF district and industrial con-
ferences under the banner of unity;
(d) the converting Of a congress Of
the revolutionary trade unions paral-
lei to the reformist trade union con-
gress and proposal for the fusion of
both congresses on the basis of pro-
portional representation according to
the number Of members represented;
(e) no individual fusions with the
reformist trade unions, isolated in
districts or trades; (f) a fight against
the autonomist aims of the anarcho-
syndicalists; (g) the fight for the
unity of the trade union movement is
to be carried on by the G. G. T. u;
and the party is to offer the latter its
fullest assistance. The demagogic
slogan of the reformists-entrance of
the revolutionary unions into the re-
tormist unions-must be replied to
with the slogan of unity from below.
TN the United States the fight must
= be carried on for the consolidation
and strengthening of the Trade Union
Eeducational League, and for the
>creation Of the necessary press and
the fusion of the independent union
with the main trade unions. What is
necessary here is an especially Wig
orous fight against the corrupt bu-
reaucracy furthermore, the establish
ment of fractions and revolutionary
minorities, and active participation in
all elections to the local and central
organs, to the conferences and con-
crosses. When the bureaucrats expel
entire local organizations care must
be taken that the organizations do
not disintegrate; they must be main
tanned intact and must fight for the
re-admission Of all unionists without
exception.
Special attention to be paid to the
unity Of the different races, and
where the unions of the whites admit
no Negroes. special Negro unions
must be established. Since the work
ers in American never participated in
the international trade union move
ment, the International character Of
the class struggle should be particu-
larry emphasized, as well as the ne
cessity for the entry of all indie
pendent unions into the American
Federation Of Labor and for the crea-
ton of a unified trade union inter-
national, etc.
The sabotage of unity organized by
the Second International and the
right wing Of the Amsterdam Interna-
tional can only be broken if we sue
coed in drawing the masses of work
ers into the struggle. The focal
point of the fight for unity must be
the factories. To this end the fac
tory councils should be conquered
where they exist and committees or
commissions for unity created where
non-existant. At the same time
mixed commissions can be estab-
lished for the joint struggle, composed
of workers belonging to different
unions. On the other hand it is i'm
portant to establish contact between
the factory councils and committees
for unity according to district and In
dustry. We must let no conflict, no
strike pass without creating a unity
organ selected by the working masses.
The fight for unity from below in the
factories not only does not exclude the
simultaneously fight for unity from
above, but presupposes it-in the
forms corresponding to the specific
peculiarites of the country In Ques-
IN Moscow a basic understanding
was arrived at between the British
and Soviet Russian comrades to Gre
ate bloc in the fight for the unity Of
the International trade union move
ment. In the negotiations for joint
action neither party was blind to the