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WOMANS PLACE ISM
THE WORKERS COMMUNIST PARTY

pledge themselves for better and
more worthy life for woman, who is
pining away in che factory for a boss,
or, as a workers wife and mother,
getting old prematurely, from INSULT
cient provisions, and with steady fear
Of what will happen tomorrow-per-
haps unemployment or a strike.
On, my sisters! Turn to the bright
star OF Communism, the only guiding
star that will lead you to understand,
as well as our brothers the working
men,-that working men and women
must learn together, and help each
other TO get free.
Men and women of the working
class fight side by side for the over
throw Of capitalist rule and establish
the workers dictatorship, where work
ing men and women will equally par.
ticipate in a workers. government.
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Bordiga, of Italy, Presents His Views

ever do not disappear, but re-appea1
ever more sharply. Their solution de-
mands a strong basis and this basis
IS supplied by the Russian and the
non-Russian proletaTiat. The assist
ance of the non-Russian proletariat
consists above all in a resistance to
outside intervention The problem
however cannot be solved with mill.
tary considerations alone. An inter
vention of the European parties into
the internal political life of the Soviet
Union is necessary. The European
parties are the best watchdogs against
opportunist dangers in Russia.
The whole system of internal rela-
tions inside the Comintern must be
altered without fearing to mention IN
pleasant things. If the question of
the choice Of leaders is correctly
solved, if it is permitted to discuss
thoroly all problems, then the Comm
tern is safe from all dangers, it will
then lead the proletariat to the world
revolution.
In the evening the delegates took
part in the celebration in the Great
Theater of the eighth anniversary of
the Red Army.
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the Communist international will
finally recognize it's errors" on Amer
lean questions. These comrades are
valuable elements and every effort
should be made to win them back to
the movement by extending the friend
y hand of comradeship to them at all
times. They need but the invigorating
influence of mass work to rejuvenate
their tagging spirits. BY drawing them
into the broad stream of the struggle
they will overcome their SUFFICIENTLY
and be amongst our most valuable and
trusted workers. l have more than
once since my return from Moscow
appealed to these comrades to unite
with us in our common struggle upon
the basis of the program of the Com
munist International. l now again
appeal to my comrades of the "opposi-
ton" to stop sulking in their under
ground" tents, and to come out with
us and at least cooperate in united
front movements for the protection of
the foreign-born workers; for defense
and recognition of the Soviet Union;
for the creation of a progressive left
wing bloc in the trade unions, etc.
etc. l again appeal to them to stop
dreaming of the revolution and to get
out and work for it; to stop contem-
plating ideal programs and to get
down to Bolshevik realism. l ask them
to remember the words of Marx, that,
"One movement is worth dozen pro-
grams"
To- the pessimists in our movement
can only quote Comrade Lenin's
words from his pamphlet, THE New
Times and Old Errors in New Form"
as follows:
"Those to whom the work is dull
'uninteresting,' incomprehensible,'
who turn up their noses and are liable
to panic, or who intoxicate themselves
with declarations regarding absence
of the old spirit the former enthus-
iasms' had better be released from
work and retire so that they may not
harm the cause, for they do not want
to understand, or are incapable of I'M
derstanding the peculiarities Of the
present stage of the struggle"
OF course countless difficulties and
obstacles stand in the road
of our party and our cause. 1t is only
by overcoming these that we shall at
last develop the strength and tenacity
to overthrow capitalism and establish
the. workers rule. Pessimism is the
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tee Comintern which at the moment
is balancing on its point must be
placed upon its base"
A FTER a short pause Comrade
a Gescheke read a telegram of greet
ings from the Red Day in Cologne in
which 10000 demonstrators took part,
to the Enlarged Executive. The tele-
gram was accepted with the greatest
enthusiasm.
Bordiga then continued his speech:
"a certain sterilization in a sense I'M
favorable to us has taken place. The
double perspective is correct. A revo-
iutionary party cannot however base
itself upon a dry analysis alone. it
cannot do without the revolutionary
perspective even in the period when
the revolutionary wave is receding,
otherwise the party will be swamped
with opportunism, just as the Secon l
International was. The standpoint
that the transfer Of power from the
right to the left bourgeois parties thru
rarliamonts represents a weakening
Of the bourgeois state is incorrect.
The basic task of the Communist
Party is to shatter the bourgeois
state. Fascism itself does not merely
consist of the large bourgeoisie, but
also from broad sections of the middle
classes who create an Independent
regime and who are always prepared
for an alliance with the big bour-
geoisie. And here lies the reason for
the consolidation of fascism. The
Aventine policy of the party which
was prepared to form an opposition
even with the left bourgeois parties
was similarly incorrect.
THE whole question of perspectives
4 concentrates itself in the problem
of the relations of the Soviet Union
to the capitalist world. The whole
capitalist world is mobilizing against
the Soviet Union. Previously the Rus
sian Party has always been success
full in solving these problems of an
tagonism without giving up its prin-
ciples in any way. The problems how
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
Workers Communist Party
Uphold Your Revolutionary Traditions!

But no individual or group can live
indefinitely upon revolutionary past
1t is a sad but very noticeable fact
that our Lettish comrades are nc
longer responding to the needs of our
movement with the same revolution
airy fervor and devotion as in the re
cent past.
Our Lettish comrades are divided
into three groups outside the main
stream of our movement. Cd The. old
underground" section of the old op-
position around the "Straadniks" ~
A considerable group which is infect
ed with pessimism and who are no
longer active in the movement; (3)
A smaller group whose revolutionary
spirit has been undermined and
Slapped by the influence of the prevail
ing American theology.
From the lastnamed group there is
little to be expected. These former
comrades have succumbed to the
"softness" of a comparatively easy
existence-farmers who are more or
less prosperous; craftsmen that have
been corrupted by the wages paid un-
der American Imperialism to skilled
workers; former workers that have
acquired an education in bourgeois
schools and are now more American
than the Americans.
Our old "oppositionists" are less
easily understood. These comrades
claim to be more revolutionary" than
the Communist International itself.
They have not been able to adapt
themselves to the changing modes of
the revolutionary movement either in
America or in the world. They main
tain their old slogans of 1919 as tho
nothing had happened in the world
since then. They are entirely sub
jective and do not seem to be able to
grasp the changed conditions sof the
struggle and the need for Bolshevik
strategy and understanding. Their old
Bolshevik training seems to have eva
porated thru long years of subject
ivism and Independently a refusal
to meet the realities of the class
struggle as it develops from day to
day. If they cannot have their revo-
luton according to their own plan and
lue-print-wen so much the worse
for the revolution. The rank and file
of these Lettish comrades are misled
by blind leaders who vainly imagine
that the hands of the revolutionary
clock can be set back to 1921, and that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
Social Affairs
Resolutions

philosophy Of opportunism. Pessim-
ism is at the very foundations of the
Second International; fatalism at one
pole and pessimism at the other. Pes
simism is the vice of old age. Courage
and struggle; faith in the workers at
all times; merciless self-criticism and
constant review of our tactics-this is
the method of the Communist Inter-
national-this is the way of Lenin-
this is the way of the Workers Com
munist) Party in America.
The Zihna comes at an opportune
time in the life of the movement in
America. All Lettish comrades, and
particularly those who accept the line
of our party, should rally as one man
to its support. Differences of opinion
as to the ACCESSIBILITY of issuing the
Zihna should now wholly disappear.
The Zihna can become a mighty wea-
pom for the unification of the Lettish
workers in America and for the reyivi-
fication of their old revolutionary
spirit. The zihna win be the collect
i've organizer and agitator among the
Let's and result I'M rebuilding the
shattered and divided Lettish section
of the revolutionary movement in Am
erica. The zihna will clarity the issues
before the Communist movement and
speak boldly and decisively in the
name Of the Communist International.
The Zihna will breathe hope and
spirit into the Lettish masses in this
country, recall them to the struggle,
rally them to our cause and our party.
The Zihna will build up the influence
of the Lettish clubs and counterfeit
the subtle poison of "Americanism''
and of social reform and all phases of
opportunism. The Zihna will speak
for a labor party and rally the Lettish
workers in the unions behind this slo-
gan as well as for their organization.
into left wing in the unions and for
all our united front movements.
Every worker who reads the Lettish
language should make the utmost
sacrifices to maintain and develop the
Zihna into a powerful mass organ of
the party in the Lettish language.
Support of the Zihna today means
to support the propaganda of Coin
munism and the influence of our party
among the Lettish workers in Amer
lea. Es
Long Live the voice of the revolu-
tionary Let's in America!
Long Live the Zihna.
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4 !!!!!!: !gE :, yg6 T.: vg !!!!!! 81
CONDUCTED ~ TLlEa&R. sIQuNG WORKERS LEAGUE
YOUNG WORKERS AND PASSATC STRIKE

the police. They are undergoing all
the hardships that strike throws
upon the workers. They have no time
for recreation-no dance halls, NO
playhouses, no movies, etc.
War is on between the workers and
the bosses. The youth knows it. The
strikers want more wages-the bosses
more profits. Who win win? If all
signs are correct, the strikers will
win! They have learned during the
past seven weeks that organization is
the weapon that will carry them thru
to victory. They also know that their
children and wives are fighting side
by side with them. The strikers know
that youth are sacrificing all to win.
They are learning who their friends
are and who their enemies are. AS
a result a splendid solidarity has been
created amongst the rank and file of
the strikers. Let me emphasize that
this solidarity will not be broken by
policemen's clubs, nor by the jails of
the cities.
The young workers are on guard.
They are present everywhere. They
are the life and motive force behind
the strike and consequently the strike
will be won. Organization, education
and solidarity are the lessons the
strikers have learned Thru these
roads they will obtain their victory.
"The future belongs to the youth"
is saying. For further proof visit
the war zone in Passaic.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
Organization
Meetings
BY JOHN J. BALKAN.

THE appearance of the Lettish Com
munist weekly, The zihna (Strug
gle) at this period in the development
of the Communist movement in Amer
lea is of tremendous significance fol
our Lettish comrades and for the
Lettish masses in America.
The Lettish comrades have played
an important role in the establishment
and the unfolding of the Communist
movement in America. With the
crushing of the revolutionary move
ment in the Baltic provinces in 1905
thousands of Lettish workers migrated
to the United States, bringing with
them their traditions of struggle and
heroic devotion to the cause of the
workers and the organizational train
ing acquired by close contact with the
party Of Lenin in Russia. These Let's
at once affiliated with the socialist
party and early in the struggle against
its reformistic practices and program
formed the backbone of its left wing.
In 1912-1913 the Socialist Propaganda
League was organized in the Lettish
Club in Boston which formed the cen
ter of opposition to the Berger Hill
quit machine in the socialist party.
Once acquiring the use of the English
language, comrades like Charles John
son, Jurgis, Berger and Bernard be-
came active in cooperation with the
English speaking comrades. 1t was
therefore no accident that with the
opening of the Russian revolution in
1917 that the left wing organ, The Re-
evolutionary Age edited by Fraina
should have been issued from the
Lettish press and was supported finan-
cially by the Lettish comrades.
No history of our movement would
be complete without consideration
of the services rendered by the Let's
in America.
1t is not my intention to write
eulogy of our Lettish comrades-but a
criticism. The revolutionary Lettish
workers in America have done no
more than their duty and it was at
once their privilege and their oppor-
tunity to give to the party in this
country the benefit Of their expert
ences and training gained in their
struggles against the Czarism in the
Baltic provinces in 1905 and later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
BY IRVING FREEMAN.

TINE strike of the textile workers in
Passaic and vicinity has already
lasted seven weeks. Fifteen thousand
workers, men, women and children,
are striking for living wage, better
working conditions and for recogni.
ton of the United Front Textile
Union.
In reviewing the strike there are
many features that are noteworthy;
mass picketing, absence of violence,
singing of the strikers and the pres
ence of large masses of young work
ers and children. Nobody can help
but note the presence of the youth
and the predominating part that the
young workers are playing in Pas
SAFE
Wherever one goes along the battle
lin Of the strike, whether it is in the
relief office, the stores, the mass meet
ing or on the picket lines, these young
workers who never conducted relief
work before, who never dreamed of
leading the picket lines and never
knew they had the courage and the
power to resist every onslaught Of the
bosses, are always present. 1t is the
young men and women who are the
driving force, the power and the spirit
that maintains the splendid morals of
the strike. The youth in Passaic are
the ones leading the picket lines, the
ones that are thrown in Jail. thew are
singing and they are beaten up by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
BY KATE eITLoW.

WORKERS cannot achieve victory
W in their struggle for the workers
cause unless the working class wo.
man will participate. side by side,
with the men workers.
Let the vanguard OF the working
class take account OF themselves.
How far and how deep have they
penetrated the great masses OF the
working women. They should ac-
knowledge mistakes and correct them.
Sisters. working class women-you
who suffered and toiled for centuries,
are still in great numbers supplying
cheap labor, and in many instances,
you are an obstacle in the struggles
Of the workers with their oppressors
for better conditions.
The vanguard OF the working class,
the Communists the world over,
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homogenity of the party is naturally
necessary, this is nevertheless not a
starting point, but an aim that cannot
be reached by force from above Qn-
terruption from an Italian delegate:
"and when you were leader?"). In
ternal party fractions were always
previously considered from a moral
point of view and characterized as
crimes.
1t is necessary to look at the matter
historically Opportunism always COW
cred itself behind the mask of unity,
on the other hand the history of frac-
tions is the sign of unhealthy condi-
tions in the party, and for this reason
the way to struggle against fractional
ism is not to smash the fractions, but
to study and abolish the causes re-
sponsible for the formation of the
fractions. For instance the unhealthy
over-centralism in the French Party
has driven the syndicalist elements
away from the party and back to syn
dicalism, and in this way held up an
important process inside the working
class, altho as a theory syndicalism is
finished.
Sometimes IL is not only Ahe sec
lions which are responsible for the
fractions, but the whole Comintern.
To the accusation that l am in agree
ment with the French right answer:
the standpoint of the French right in
the Question of the united front is in
correct, but the French right is a
healthy movement, it is a healthy re-
action to the mistakes of the party.
The open letter to the Communist
Party of Germany was incorrect. In
dividual leaders are not responsible
for the mistakes but the whole inter
nal party system of the Comintern.
The Russian Party has really the
greatest historical experience, but it
cannot take over the infallible leader
ship of the Comintern for the last in
ternal party discussion showed that
the feminist central committee itself is
not united. Therefore the pyramid of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
PGSSGic Strikers March
on Lodi Mills
Told by Young Textile Striker.
BY Young Worker Correspondent

BY Young Worker Correspondent.
PASSAIC, N. J.-March 9th was the
day set for the march on the Lodi
mills. At the strike meeting it was
announced that today we would test
our strength. If everyone goes on
the picket line we will be successful
in pulling out the workers of the
United Piece Dye Works Of Lodi.
c. Miller, the speaker at one of the
meetings, asked if everyone was will
ing to go on the picket line and march
in Lodi. Belmont Hall, where the
meeting was being held, just shook
with the cries: yes"
All the meetings that day adjourned
at o'clock and the strikers formed
in columns of two in front of the hall
and the march on Lodi was started.
The pickets, 5000 strong, were en-
Enthusiastically singing Solidarity For
ever-Hold the Fort" and other work
ers' songs. Cheering, they proceeded
slowly to the city of Lodi.
The Lodi chief of police met the
pickets at the city line and advised
the pickets to remove their helmets,
as his force is not armed with their
might sticks" so no violence will
occur.
The 5000 pickets circled the United
Piece Dye works few times and each
time around more workers joined the
strikers ranks.
Having succeeded in pulling out 500
workers, the pickets proceeded on
their homeward march enthusiastic
cally singing and cheering, feeling
proud that their ranks was made
stronger by 600 workers. The next
day the task of pulling out the rest Of
the workers of this dye plant would
be undertaken, which would add 1000
workers to the strickers' ranks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
Cap Makers Vote
PGSSaic Aid
Girl Militant Shows Up Right
Winger.
BY a Young Worker Correspondent.

BY a Young Worker Correspondent.
BOSTON, Mass.-At meeting here
of the Cap Makers Union $50 and
plenty of moral support was voted fol-
Passaic relief. Frantic efforts Of the
right wing to block action were re
pulsed by the militant workers.
The meeting was called in regular
manner, but interesting to describe
The hall is crowded and full of smoke
An election for an executive is on the
agenda. AS usual, right wing and a
left wing.
A right winger takes the floor
"They brot all the girls here just for
votes" A young sister answers:
For the first time l find in work
ers' organization such an outlook on
the working women. Didn't we fight
shoulder to shoulder on the picket
lines? Didn't we prove that we can
fight for our class just as you did
Didn't we working girls organize our
selves? Must we have special meet
ings in order to keep up our stand
ards? Be careful next time of such
wild statements; we will show you
that we can stand up against any
one!"
The right winger does not reply.
Everyone applauds the girls heroic
stand. The meeting proceeds in a
regular manner. A communication
was read from the Passaic strike re-
lief. Everybody wants the floor at
one time in order to express solidarity
with the militant textile workers. A
worker proposes to send Immediately
$50 to the relief committee and elect
a committee to find further ways and
means to help them. Applause fol-
lows. The worker has proposed ex-
actly what everyone wants-to help
the strikers in their fight.
A communication of the I. L. d. of
Boston on the Bimba case was read.
A protest against the mouldy laws
which were being revived in order to
better subject the working class. A
motion was passed to help the case
financially and morally.
This looks like real work Of an or
ganization Of class conscious workers
Don't waste your breath, put It on
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Exchange of Experiences of Shop
Nuclei and Concentration Groups

MEETING opened at $3.50 on Jan.
40 q, and Comrade G.. elected as
chairman New York group.
Order Of business was:
Election of chairman.
Reading of minutes.
Reports Of comrades.
Report of organizer.
Report of literature agent.
Next meeting.
Dues.
Roll CALL
New business.
Comrade w. reported that we win
lead a factory campaign on 3Oth street
in conjunction with concentration
group ~" It was decided to print
a leafefit and distribute il at the
factory.
A meeting Of the literature agents
of all concentration groups will be
called; report was accepted. Com.
rade G. did not go to WIS house be.
cause he had a meeting, but he prom
ised to go again this week. Comrade
M. said that she is going to form
nucleus in her shop. Our literature
agent, Comrade g., resigned and Com.
rade G. accepted. Next meeting was
called for Monday, February 1. We
decided to collect fifty cents (5Oc)
each month for dues.
Meeting adjourned at 1880.