The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-14


ternational must find an answer to the
question of How shall we carry out
this decision?" Knowing that Bolshe-
visation does not apply to only one
phase of our activities, we have de-
cided to summarize the question under
three headings. This is done to help
every individual get a clear under
standing, which will secure united
action on the decisions of the Com
munist International.
The gruping of these headings can
be;
l. GEOLOGICAL 4 BoLsHEvIsA-
TION
2. THE ORGANIzATIONAL AND
POLITICAL PROBLEM
3. THE ABILITY TO ACT.
Now we can pass on to the first
question: au9
I. GEOLOGICAL 6oSHEVIsATIoN.
AS we said at the outset, Bolshevis-
ing a party means to construct it and
change it's theology so that it becomes
party of revolution and action. To
accomplish this we must in the first
place, know the role of Communist
Party during a revolution. The role
of our party in this period is to or
ganize and mobilize all its forces for
the purpose of overthrowing capital
ism and establishing the dictatorship
of the proletariat. To succeed in this
t is necessary that our whole member
ship is at least acquainted with the
elements of Marxism and Leninism.
From this follows that one of the
most important tasks before our party
is to train our members in the spirit
of Communist ideas and to acquaint
them with the most important aims
cipline is really the essence of Bolshe-
vising Without it. it is absurd to
think that we could ever Bolshevize
our party. We can attain a funda-
mental knowledge Of the methods of
action, tactics and strategy by all of
the experiences of the class struggle
and especially that f.athe Russian
Revolution. I'd 0w
Starting from the highest posts of
our party down to the individual mem
bers we must carry ON a determined
systematic fight against opportunism,
no matter from what source it comes.
In this fight we must always keep in
mind the great struggle of the Rus
sian workers and the defeats which
we have witnessed in Bulgaria, Ger
many. Hungary, etc, because of the
opportunistic politics of certain lead
ers. And even here in America we
have the tendency of the Secondhand
a-half international represented by
Lore, until recently the editor of the
Volkszeitung. We must suppress this
tendency with all our might, or else
we too will be committing great mis-
takes. na
We shall succeed in this phase of
our work only if we study feminist
literature and all of the decisions of
The Communist International. For this
we must organize classes, lectures,
! assemblies etc. and at the same time
Railways keeping in mind that it is not
sufficient to only study the theory, but
that we must intelligently carry this
policy out in practice. Many think
that it is enough to understand the
theory of Marxism and nothing else
This is fundamentally wrong. The
real theological Bolshevisation we
shall accomplish onlyo when we study
the theory and at the same time put
it. into practice
If under the term Bolshevisation we
mean that the party must be ideologic-
ally, politically and organizationally
! competent then we know that study
alone without any actual work is of
no value, Furthermore it creates a sec
tartan tendency which is the liquida-
tion of real Leninism. 1t is of no
value to know Marxist theory and not
have the ability to carry it out into
practice. Theory without practice or
practice without theory is just like a
body without head.
THEN if we briefly summarize on
L immediate value of theological Boil