The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-13
Especial to The Daily wOrker)

New York, Jan. 13.-New York has
been witnessing a rapid development
in Communist educational activity
since the organization of the Workers
School as an institution controlled and
directed by the Workers Party. Never
in the history Of the party has so
much interest been displayed by our
New York membership in educational
work. This is in line with the gen
eral intensification turnout the party
Of our activities on the educational
field.
The Workers School aims to es.
tablish itself as the educational cen
ter for New York militants. A frankly
Communist organization, it offers
workers that training. from Com
munist standpoint, which is essential
for effective service in the struggle
against capitalism.
The school now offers at it's central
headquarters party training course,
a trade union training course, and sew
Ieral general courses.
Party Training Course.
The party training course is intend
ed for party members only. 1t con
sists of four classes in the Interna-
tional Communist Movement, Prin-
ciples Of Communism, Marxism, and
American Economic and Social His
tory.
The course on the International
Communist Movement, given by Will
lam Weinstone, will treat of the origin
development and dissolution of the
First and Second Internationals. It
will describe the conditions under
which each of the Internationals was
formed; their principles and tactics;
the struggles Of tendencies and what
each contributed to the working class
movement. 1t win review the discus
sions and decisions of the five con
crosses Of the Communist Information
al, outlining the principles and tactics
Of Leninism.
The course on the Principles of
Communism will outline the develop
ment Of society from the dissolution
OF the early Communist society to the
period of imperialism, covering the
period of slavery, feudalism, and the
introduction and evolution Of capital
ism. the rise and development Of the
state and other institutions Of class
rule 1t will Introduce the lessons OF
Marx and Engels reesasing the stats
and the necessity Of the dictatorship
of the proletariat as the transition
period to the overthrow of all class
rule.
During the first term, the course in
Marxism will consider the phiIosophi.
cal theory of Marx This will include
a study Of idealism and materialism.
historical materialism, the
class struggle, and the state and pro.
dictatorship. The economic
theory of Marx will be taken up in the |
second term.
Alexander Trachtenberg conducts |
the class in American Economic and |
Social History. This deals with the
forces which led to the discovery and
settlement Of the American continent,
the economic organization and social
institutions of the American colonies.
the class character of the constitution
and other fundamental enactments,
the establishment Of the factory sys-
tenn, economic expansion. The forces
underlying the Civil War will also be
treated, as well as the development
of capitalism and the subsequent rise
of American Imperialism.
Trade Union Training Course.
This course, open to active militants
in the trade unions, offers several
classes in American Labor History.
Communism, and Organization.
The course in the History OF Ameri.
can Trade Unionism. given by Scion
De Leon, follows the development OF
American trade unionism from the |
formation Of the first known local in
1892. The growth from local to inter-