The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
international Press Correspondents. )

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America, treating the question Of
sterilization" especially, Comrade
zinoviev continued his report to the
enlarged executive sessions of the Co.
mintern with a discussion of the
new" developments within the social
democracy. He said:
TN the Orient we have had great
4 SUCCESSES. Nevertheless, we must
not have any illusions. Canton, Shan
ghai, and Pekin do not mean the
whole of China, and it would be an
illusion to believe that the whole Of
China is potentially ours. Our sue
cesses are nevertheless very great and
the party Of the Kuomintang which is
allied with us, has 100000 members.
We are making our first steps, win
ming our first outposts in the Orient
we are educating the nucleus of the
Communist Parties.
The teaching of Lenin upon the uni
fcation of the national revolutionary
movement with the revolutionary
working class has proved itself to be
absolutely correct.
We must win our posts, not only in
the Orient, but also in South America
for the same struggle against imper-
alism. The nations of South Amer
ca are oppressed, the peasant ques
ion plays a great role, and the mob
ilization Of these masses against i'm
| perialism is possible. When we con-
slider the colonial question we must
remember that there are two POSSIBLE
tiles, the first is that we are success
full on the colonial and half-colonial
countries in winning the masses, and
guiding and influencing their develop
ment form a socialist point of view
and taking them in our train before
the native bourgeoisie grows up, or
this bourgeoisie grows strong and a
period of capitalist development
comes. AS far the Far East is con-
cerned, We are as yet very weak in
Japan. The possibility of a mass
movement exists, we must therefore
do our utmost to build up the Com
AAuAASb 4 Oh ~ VI JapRAs
TODAY we are able to say that the
L analysis of the Comintern was
calm and correct. What we said about
the partial sterilization and about its
relative and partial nature, was cor
rect. We were correct in setting I'D
two perspectives, the one for a quick
and the other for slow development.
1t was also correct that we adopted
the slower and more pessimistic per-
spective but we were at the same time
always prepared to correct it If neces-
sary. The relative weakness of the
sterilization is to be seen in Britain,
France and Germany.
In America the working class move
ment will have to struggle for many
years under very difficult circum-
stances, but in Europe there are ten
denotes present making towards a
rehabilitation Of the masses. The pic
ture as a whole is therefore not a
pessimistic one. The picture shows
that our policy of the defensive was
correct but that today we are gradual
ly beginning to collect our forces in
order to lead the working class on to
the offensive" (applause).
A FTER short pause Zinoviev com.
4 menced the tactical section of his
speech with the words of Lenin:
whoever does not grasp the fact
that the winning Of the majority Of
the workers. is essential for the in
terests of the revolution Is lost for
the revolution"
The unity of the working class
means the winning of the majority of
the working class. 1t is the task Of
the Comintern to bring this unity into
being. Before it was our task to
collect the revolutionary minorities
even thru splits, we had to struggle
for the existence of the Communist
Parties. Today we have a different
and great task: the establishment of
the international unity of the working
class. But not upon the basis of a
decaying reformism. On our ground.
The tactic of the united front means
the creation Of real unity upon the
basis of Communism.
Much is said about new phenom-
enon, altho very much about what we
have spoken is not new. One may
mot believe that the creation of a new
Second-and-a-Half International is be-
fore us.
A really new phenomena is shown
by the workers delegations which for
the most part were sent against the
opposition Of the social-democracy
This phenomena is only in its early
stages. There are still peasants dele
cations to come. Russian delegations
will go to Europe. the "Pravo Bidu"
has already invited me (laughter). We
are expecting invitations.
Another new thing is the Anglo
Russian unity committee. It has a
connection with the world situation of
capitalism and the eclipse OF British
capitalism.
CoMETHVNG which is not quite new
~ Is the formation NJ a left WING In