The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-03

impending political - louplng within
the German workinA Pss The most
significant symptom Occurring Of late
months is the rising resistance among
broad masses OF the workers against
the western orientation," that is,
against the going over Of the bour-
geoisie to the side OF the entente inn
perialists, against the leadership of
the Second International, and the
orientation of these working masses
towards Soviet Russia, and-if by
roundabout ways-to proletarian re-
volution Without overestimating the
significance and speed of this process
of development, the party must &C
cord these new symptoms a place in
the center Of its attention, follow
their development with the utmost
care, and take them into account at
every step in practical politics.
Everything depends upon the in
creased recruiting powers Of the
party. In dealing with the masses of
social democratic workers now tend
ing to the left, the party must find
new formulas, another tone, fresh ma
terial for agitation. 1t must be thoro-
ly informed upon all events in the
camp of the social democrats, and
must make a special study Of the To-
cal conditions in the various districts,
sub-districts, and local groups, in or
der to influence them by our agita-
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tic workers now turning away. from
their counter-revolutionary leaders,
and beginning slowly and hesitating-
ly, but incontestably, to turn towards
proletarian revolution, must be made
to feel that the Communist Party is
really a party of the workers. a party
which fights tenaciously for the work
ers' interests, for their partial de-
mands, for their daily needs, party
which does not regard the workers
merely as an object for agitation, but
as class brothers, and which is sim
cerely endeavoring to form the prole-
tartan united front in the class strug-
giles
A LII other political steps undertake
A en- by the party must be made
from the standpoint Of this main task.
Above all, our parliamentary work
must be carried on with this stand
point in view. On every occasion and
with reference to every political ques-
ton, we must seek to find the plat
form from which the party can speak
to the masses of the workers in the
trade unions and among the social
democrats, to the end that they may
be won over for class war This is
the light in which we must place all
the questions of the security pact, Of
the league of nations, Of the trade
agreements, credits. tariffs, taxation,
housing policy, etc.
At the same time the combating
of the monarchist danger, the strug-
gle against class legislation, the fight
for complete amnesty, etc, must be
combined with the daily economic
wage and labor struggles of the pro-
letariat.
In order really to find access to the
hest section of the German social
democratic workers, the fight must
be taken up against those excuses
which originate from the time when
the struggle was carried out with the
weapons in hand. The greatest dam
age is caused to the working class
when, for instance, mutual fighting is
INDUCED in between Communists and
social democrats lat meetings, among
the youth. etc., which are taking
place even today and for which the
social democrats are responsible, al
tho the Communists also are not free
from blame. Such fights are well
coined by the counter-revolutionary
leaders OF the German social democ-
racy and these leaders, of course, con-
sciously incite such a struggle. The
Communists must take up the initia-
tive in order finally, to put an end
to such things. which of course, pre-