The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-10
Continued from Fridays issue.)


dek was Of the opinion that fascism
had defeated the social-democracy.
Trotsky characterized fascism as the
weapoa of the bourgeoisie during the
period of civil war. Liebknecht was
defeated by the bourgeoisie. because
he was murdered in the rebellion; in
the eighties, the ex-revolutionary
Tichomirov went over into the car
list camp, and was thus also defeat
ed"
The bourgeoisie and fascism have
defeated the social-democracy not in
the sense of Liebknecht, but in that
Of Tichomirov. The social-democracy
has gone over to the bourgeoisie
and has become a wing-party of the
bourgeoisie. That explains the tenn
porary Strengthening of the socialde-
mocracy in certain places. Just as the
bourgeoisie has temporarily con-
valesced, so it's twin brother-the so
electromagnetic temporarily re-
vived.
THE Barmat case, the pact conclud-
4 ed by the Hungarian sociaLdemoc-
racy with Horthy, the last bureau
session of the London International,
the funerals of Ebert, Gompers and
Branting, the obituaries of the bour-
geoisie-all this shows that the social
democracy, like fascism. is an auxil-
larry force OF the bourgeoisie, The
social-democracy is defeated only in
the sense that it is serving the bour-
geoisie.
The feminist analysis Of this ques-
ton by the Fifth Congress has also
been proven correct.
TITIE Fifth Congress also adopted the
L right policy in the trade union
question. 1t is now our task to adapt
this policy to the particular conditions
Of each country. In this there are
two dangers, as we have seen in
France and Czecho- Slovakia Firstly,
some comrades consider the unity
campaign as merely a maneuyer; sec
ond, other comrades. in Czecho-Slo-
vaiia for instance, are inclined to ne
giect the revolutionary trade unions.
We shall not simply give up our or
CARNATIONS.
TINE Amsterdamers are now worried
L over the intention Of the British
unions to hold special conference
with the Russian trade unions. They
have therefore convened an extraor-
binary session Of the Amsterdam
bureau. We shall continue our old
policy, without considering the unity
campaign a mere petty maneuyer, and
without the unconditional surrender
Of our own organizations-whe
we have strong revolutionary unions.
OUR trade union campaign is SO vi
~ tai because we have linked it up
with the change now in process in
the British labor movement. England
has lost its dominating monopolistic
position; its colonial position is
shaken. That is why the class strug.
gle is becoming more intense in Eng
land, and the position Of the labor ar
istocracy has been weakened. Events
have proved the failure Of the old
British trade union tactics as well as
OF the old labor party policy.
Hence the origin and growth Of tho
minority movement which has a great
future before it. The labor party
which is at present party Of the city
proletariat, will gradually decline, but
it will attempt to get a foothold on
the land. That will be a progressive
step.
OUR trade union campaign has
~ great future before 1t because 1t
takes into account the changes taking
place in the British trade union move
ment. Engels and Lenin have both
searched for the key to the English
situation. On the basis of Engels and
Lenin the Comintern has found this
key. Since the situation is effectively