The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-27

this is the reason for its attempts
to draw the American Federation of
Labor into Amsterdam. In this con-
nection the maneuVer of the left
soeial-democrats is worth a little
attention.
Take Otto Bauer, for instance. He
expects the realization Of socialism
thru the cooperation of the Austrian
co-operatives with the economic or
gans of the Soviet Union. He wants
to make the revolution with a revo-
luton. The present two chief tasks,
the application of the united front tao
tic and the trade union work. were
determined by the concrete situation
In the commencing period of the
united front tactic the Comintern
dealt the strongest blows at the dan
ger from the right. This was proved
by the expulsion of the Traenmalists
in Norway, the struggle against the
German and the Polish rights at the
fifth congress, the expulsion of the
Swedish right, the expulsion of Bala-
banova, the expulsion of the Rubnik
group from the Czech party, the ex-
pulsion of Sovarina, Rosmer and
Monatte from the French party, etc.
This cleaned the Comintern from the
opportunist elements. The struggle
against the rights was correct, the
events proved this. Balabanova or
ganized a new International, the
Traenmalists are carrying on strug-
gle against the Soviet Union, Hoeg-
lund is editing Branting's works.
Naturally, right danger still exists,
in some countries as France for in
stance, it is even the chief danger.
In France the danger from the RICH,
is potentially threatening. A latent
danger from the right also exists in
other places. In the continuation OF
the present correct tactic in Germany
a right danger can ensue.
Very probably many Of the rights
have already the desire to take the
leadership of the parties once again
into their hands. But this will remain
an unfulflled desire. On the other
hand there is the danger from the left
which consists in a failure to grasp
the necessity for the conquest of the
masses and which rejects the united
front and the trade union work.
RORDIGA who always delivers the
same speech and who remains
the one thing stable in a world of
change, represents these ideas most
clearly. Bordiga and ultra-lefts me-
chemically take over the methods of
the periods of revolutionary storm
which can again become correct, to
other times into which they do not
fit. For this reason they do not under
stand the relations to the social
democratic working masses, to the
trade unions, to the question of par
tial demands. Recently the ultra-left
tendencies were larger than the ultra
left fractions themselves.
Whole parties were ultra-left in
fected, for example the German Com
munist parties. At the time of the
Frankfort party congress the most
obvious characteristic factor was the
mass movement out of the trade
unions. Ruth Fischer, however, fought
against the attitude of the Comintern
against this mass abandonment of the
unions. Ruth Fischer praised here the
tactics Of the executive committee Of
the Communist International at the
Frankfort party congress; she de-
scribed the letter of the e. c. c. l.
at that time as an exemplary docu-
ment, yet nevertheless she wanted to
prevent its publication. interruption:
"She succeeded as far as the German
press is concerned.D
At the fifth congress, where the
question of trade union unity was
put, many delegates fought against
It. Some said that this tactic was
made purely from the Russian point
OF view. Today everyone sees the
Importance of this tactic for the work.
ing class. After the fifth congress,
however, the Ruth Fischer central
committee abolished the trade union
department and ruined the trade
union work
In Poland the united front policy
was not adopted, no trade union work
was done and the revolutionary peas
ants movement was described as an
archy, and because Of this the party
went to the verge Of extinction. I'm
corruption OF Domsky: That's not