The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-16
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CONDUCTED ~ THEnS& &punG WORKERS LEAGUE
ABOUT THE SELF CRITICISM OF
OUR EDITOR

Marxist-B olshevik principles, their
sacrifice for the movement and their
sense of responsibility, their contact
with the working masses, their under
standing of the working masses, (and
this does not necessarily make 1t i'm
perative that they be workers them
selves), their experiences in the work,
(organizational, mass work and so
on) their record in the past, proof Of
their activity and willingness to fight
for the interests of the proletariat,
proof thru action and not only thru
words, who work and not only talk,
who show their willingness to cor
rect their mistakes and help others to
develop in a comradely, collective
manner and spirit. Comrades who
think seriously of all these matters,
and who do not change their principle
positions every five minutes (that
doesn't of course mean that we do not
welcome every comrade who changes
his position to a correct one) who will
not put their ego above all, who will
not try to dominate other comrades
and will not make comrades who are
not as much developed feel that they
are of a secondary rate, make them
feel that they are stupid, who will at
all times put the interests of the revo-
lutionary struggle Of the proIetariat
above all personal interests, and who
will go from principle positions to or
ganizational questions and not support
organizational matters first and on
them base principle positions.
These are very serious questions
and must be considered in a serious
light by everybody.
In this sense, the article of Comrade
Kaplan of self-criticism is a good
sign. In the history Of the league. so
far as we know, it is the first attempt
OF such nature, and this is alright.
We must learn to hear criticism. mot
only in fractional fight and in a fac
tional manner) but in a spirit of be-
ing willing to correct what is incor-
rect, and not to take away criticism as
personal insults and attacks, learn to
criticize ourselves in a serious man.
ner and teach others on the expert.
ences of our own mistakes.
COMBINES comrades speak about
- their mistakes in such a light man.
ner that you feel that their self
criticism" is only formality. Self
criticism plus a sense of responsible
ity, when we will put into word real
contents,-this is important.
One remark more: Some comrades
go far in accepting the idea of weak
elements" that sometimes they. in
stead of attempting to develop their
initiative, will, land even self re-
spect), energy, and so on begin to
speak about the necessity of moral"
support. Moral and other kinds Of
support will give our organization col
lectivity." Moral" support Of
strong" individuals must be con-
demned-because we must not only
hight with the petty bourgeoisie indi-
vldual tendencies from the side of
strong" elements, but at the same
time give strong resistance to the
tendencies OF unbelief in ones own
FORCES, lack of confidence in oneself
ETC. We have faith in those elements
and we must develop them in the
league Every league member must
De an active member. Activise every
T. W. L. comrade, is-our sloganl
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