The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-03

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Of these most important documents OF
the Communist International by the
masses of party members.
The Special Tasks of Our Propa-
ganda.
THE stage OF development of the
4 Communist International through
which We are passing at the present
time confronts us with a number of
concrete propagandist tasks. The
Fifth Congress proclaimed the Boil
sheviEation of the Comintern. This
slogan commenced a new period in
the history of the Comintern. The end
Of 1928 found number Of countries
In revolutionary situation. Some
Communist PARTIES, as for instance,
the Bulgarian, the German and the
Polish, were placed In the position of
acting as the direct leaders OF revo-
lutionary mass movements These
Communist Parties were obliged to
pass from the strategic maneuver OF
the united front tactics to an imme-
date struggle. The historical events
Of this period have however proved
and shown that the parties are not
yet capable of acting as Bolshevist or
CARNATIONS. The severe test of OBJ
jective historical development to
which these Communist Parties were
subjected pointed out to the Commun-
list international the nature of Its i'm
mediate tasks in the new period
These tasks consist in a continued
endeavor on the part of the Commun-
list Parties to maintain contact with
the broad backward masses, in the
first place with the proletarian massesa
and further with the non-proltarian;
further Of the utilization Of the les
sons learned during the period just
passed thru, aided by the analysis Of
the internal development Of the In
dividual country, for the purpose Of
drawing UP correct strategic plan,
and OF undertaking correct tactical
action in accordance with this plan.
THE talks involved by the necessity
= OF a conscious comprehension OF
the experience gained in the past peri
cd demands from us the accomplish
ment Of lagre number of propaganda
list tasks. In the first place we have
to wage a relentless theological and
theoretical war against those deTia-
lions from Marxism which have worm
ed their way into various Communist
Parties. Where questions arise with
reference to the generalization and
conscious comprehension of revolu-
tionary experience, the questions
which are put with reference to the
philosophy and methodology Of Marx
ism are not accidental. In this at
mosphere, charged with these. essen
tial and important tasks, but lacking
in far-reaching and comprehensive ira
ditions in the sphere of dialectfc Marx
ism, the Communist Parties tend to
lapse into distortions and falsifcations
of Marxism. The philosophical efforts
of Lukacs, Korsch, Fogarasi, ETC., may
serve as examples of such distortions
and diseased growths. M
An article by Lukacs, published in
1921 in the theoretical organ of the
German G. p, Die Internationale, on
the subject of the "Spontaneity of the
Masses and Party Activity" furnishes
the clearest evidence of the relation
ship between Lukacs' philosophy and
a certain subjective trend, that is.
with the left infantile diseases of pol
itics.
THIS instance furnishes a brilliant
u justification of Lenin's words with
regard to the relationship between
the philosophy of Marxism and the
Marxist social political movement. We
see how an incorrect political devia-
ton produces it's corresponding philo-
sophical expression. 1t is our task to
carry on an exterminating theoretical
war against these philosophical devia-
tions, and to apply the methods of dia-
lectical materialism to the work OF
correctly generalizing and consciously
grasping the practical experience
gained in the Communist movement.
Deviations of precisely the same ma
ture may be observed with regard to
the theory of the agrarian question,
and again these arise just as the at
mosphere is charged with tasks of the
utmost Importance to the Comintern
in its efforts to control the peasant
movements. II is incumbent on all
Communist Parties to make a special
study of the various groups and strata
in the peasantry of their own coun-
try and thus to ascertain the right
political slogans for enlisting many
groups OF the peasantry in the ranks
| OF proletarian revolution.
This work demands that the Com
munist Parties be familiar with the
theory Of the agrarian question work
ed out by Marx and Lenin. Such the
oretical experience being lacking,
many Communist Parties faced for the
first time with the agrarian problem
have fallen into theoretical deviations.
Vargas book, Outlines of the Agrar-
ian Question:" NAV servo as an az