The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
Our Proletarian Friends

anu HOW are us members applying
the knowledge gained as a result of
their studies, in the struggles of the
workers?
2. The winning Of the organized
workers in the unions, for a policy
Of militant class struggle against the
capitalist class and capitalism is
fundamental policy Of the Communist
international. What is the proletar-
ian party doing in support of this
policy?
3. The Communist International
supports the. principle that the
masses of workers cannot be drawn
into political struggle against the
capitalist government merely through
carrying on study-classes and educa-
tional work in Marxism and Leninism,
but that such a struggle must be de-
veLoped on the basis of the immediate
experiences of the workers, and
partial demands. That is, for ex-
ample, through a fight against the
use of injunctions in labor disputes,
or for naturalization of the mines,
etc. etc. and that in the United States,
the immediate form of the organi-
zation of this political struggle is
through the building of labor party,
based upon delegates from the trade
unions and other labor political and
economic organizations. What is the
proletarian party doing to aid in de-
veloping mass political party Of
the workers through the formation
of labor party?
4. One of the major contributions
of Leninism to the extension of
Marxism is the role of the struggle
against imperialism in the fight to
overthrow capitalism, both through
the struggle of the workers in the
imperialist countries against their
imperialist government, and the
struggle of the colonial and Semi
colonial peoples against imperialist
domination. Does the proletarian
party consider its duty merely to ex-
plain theoretically what imperialism
is, or is it ready to join in a united
front movement to carry on the fight
against American imperialism as it
As manifesting itself in Nicaragua,
Mexico and China at the present
time?
5. Do the members of the pro-
letarian party accept mass action of
the workers, outside of the forms of
the capitalist parliamentary govern
ment, as the means of bringing about
the eventual overthrow of the govern
ment, and the establishment of the
Soviets?
These are only a few of the sug-
gestions which might be made to the
members of the proletarian party for
consideration in deciding what their
party really is. 1t may be that they
will agree in principle with the state
ment of Communist policies contained
in these few suggestions, but that is
not sufficient. They must be willing
to carry these principles into action,
in order to qualify as Communists.
If the members of the proletarian
party accept both the principles and
agree that the principles must not
remain merely the subject of study
class discussions, but be carried into
action then the road which they fol-
low is clearly before them: They
should amalgamate their party with
the Workers (Communist) Party
which stands today for both the prin-
ciples and which is carrying these
principles into action in the day to
day struggles of the workers.
The work of developing a move
ment of revolutionary class strug-
gle among the American workers has
great obstacles to overcome in the
present period of American imperial
ism and the general movement to-
ward the right and collaboration with
the capitalists on the part of the of
ficials leaders of the labor movement.
Every conscious and understanding
Communist is needed and should give
his services where they can achieve
the greatest results. If the members
OF the proletarian party are Com
munists then they are not rendering
the service which they could to the
revolutionary movement by standing
apart and maintaining their separate
organization. They should unite with
the members of the Workers Com
munist) party. There is a place for
them within the Workers (Commu-
nist) party and their services will
be welcome. Those members of the
proletarian party who actually par
ticipate in the day to. day struggle of
the workers (there are such although
the party as whole does mott know
from their experiences that such work
brings them into support of the
Workers (Communist) Party. Why
should not all the Communist forces
Of the proletarian party be drawn
into support of the Communist poll
cies in the actual class struggle.
AS Communists, they should i'm
mediately take steps to become part
of the main stream Of the Communist