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and numbers, Lozovsky concluded.
John Pepper (America) declared
that altho the strike was defeated the
struggle yielded positive political re-
suits: 1t showed that only Communist
Party and the Communist Internation-
al are capable of fighting and bringing
the struggles Of the workers to vic
tory and that victory under right wing
leaders is impossible under present
conditions in England.
Workers Understand
These lessons, he said, are actually
understood by the British workers and
thousands more will join the Commun-
ist Party. Accordingly, the British
miners strike is the greatest labor
event in recent years. The left wing
of the labor movement in Britain, as
result, is better organized and pos
sesses a firm leadership in the minor
ity movement and the Communist
Party, he concluded.
In spirited speech, Smeral, (Czecho-
Slovakia) analysed all the questions
connected with the British strike that
closely affected the workers of other
countries. He said that unless the
fight of the British workers was close
ly bound up with the struggle of the
colonies and unless the western Euro
pean proletariat is ready to give its
whole support, It is impossible to de-
feat British capitalism.
Colonies important.
The backbone Of British imperial
lam, he declared, would be broken, not
on the Thames, but on the Yangtze,
the Nile and the Ganges. However,
the European proletariat, with the ex-
ception OF the workers Of the Soviet
Union who gave magnificent example
Of proletarian solidarity and exerted
all possible effort, failed to do every
thing In its power to secure victory
for the British workers.
This fundamental lesson, Smeral
went on, must be carefully taken stock
Of by the Communist Parties that the
mistake be not repeated especially
today, on the eve of more intense in
ternational capitalist reaction and the
preparation for Intervention against
the Soviet Union.
Crisis Approaches,
The British Empire, he pointed out,
is entering on period OF the sharp
est economic social crisis, the world
bourgeoisie, finding itself in the most
dinicult situation, will use all means
to find a way out: consequently the
great danger Of another world war.
The proletariat, he concluded, must be
prepared in this emergency to fight
for power, to support the Communist
international and to protect the Soviet
Union, the powerful anti-capitalist
stronghold where the proletariat is
constructing socialism.
Murphy Reports.
At Thursdays session Of the plenum
Murphy (England) reported on 1.-THE
Lessons of the English Strike" He
declared that the general strike and
the lockout of the miners were the
most profound and most far-reaching
events in the history OF Great Britain
for a hundred years. The conflict had
its reactions turnout the whole world.
There were wholesale disturbances Of
world economics and profound disturb
ances OF British capitalism. There was
an extensive manifestation Of interna-
tional solidarity OF action by the work
ers of the Soviet Union. The working
class of Britain has definitely stepped
upon the path leading inevitably to-
wards social revolution.
The mining crisis Is the most i'm
portant part OF the general crisis Of
British Imperialism. The crisis in the
coal industry has not been liquidated,
but intensified, and is the forerunner
OF greater struggles. II had profound
affect upon national finance, II accent
uated the decline Of British foreign
trade, II weakened the bond of the
empire" and thereby greatly affected
British foreign policy, everywhere,
especially IN the far East, where Brit
ain was compelled to make a change in
tactics towards the Chinese reyolu.
ton, Therefore the heroic miners
struggle was an ally of the national
liberation movement in China, Muir
ply said.
} Capitalist Dictatorship.
There has been great change in
class relations in Great Britain' An
open unashamed Dictatorship of the
bourgeoisie has superseded democra-
cy, However, this dictatorship is now
weakened. The government is becom-
ing increasingly unpopular. The petty
bourgeoisie forces are moving towards
the labor party, The masses OF work.
ers are becoming increasingly more
awake and more politically conscious.
There is further process OF differ
entiation within the working class
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