The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-24


collect signatures the election campaign unprncped basis
the line of the least resistance Codknd Attitude of opposition in
place of struggle in the
o Legaism Failure expose capitalist democracy. Iu
sons about election of Communist officials local scale Policy
of guilty by the participants in the Washington anmperial
demonstration last spring Gomez The of injunction labor
dispute ara of Boston DISTRICT Such expressions used in
the Central Executive Committee statement issued by the antrim
the wv of land" (Bttelman)
TO- NOnMarxian theology. There general in
the expressions MARKHAM, theology. many
tons OF the Party there is general neglect Of contempt for
theory Some the Negro comrades too much emphasis the
work the Negro churches NonCommunst illusions about Cleft
churches and adherance to them (Moore
H. Resistance shop nuclei There lack of emphasis
shop nuclei insufficient Especially the
California district where there do not exist shop nuclei and where
there shop paper Connecticut
manifested certain resistance the formation of shop nuclei under
there resistance to shop nuclei because of fear of persecution
of the Importance Party fraction in nonParty
workers organizations weakness of apparatus
weakness of work in the Negro Labor Congress- the LID
the WR etc. Too emphasis organization
wives instead of working the work Manifold
nants of the language theology.
~ characterization of the Youth There manifestation Of
the lack of understanding of the significance of the workers
the struggles of the Party This especially
the growing increasing
lance of the youth in the basic idustries.
49, Wrong attitude toward the Communist This
of the worst manifestations in certain respects summng-up
all rghtwng dangers Party On the of
only (Fo Opposition The tendency
to attack the leadership of the Communist International right
leadership,
Communist Party of the Soviet Union speculate alleged diff
ferences within the leading the Party undermining
thereby the prestige leadership
The substitution the
munst Party the theory of permanent faconasm, dgardng
openly covertly all instructions of the
These numerous manifestations of the Eight Danger in the
American Party show clearly that the Rghanger is today the
main danger for Party that the
especially great because Party has through
revolutionary situation and has not gained sufficient revolutionary
experiences But feel confdenton the basis
of our mistakes during the attack of the in 1919
1920 when the Party driven
Party and its leadership sound and WILL with the help of the Com
Danger.
The serious of the Right Danger
towards the Right Danger and constitutes obstacle
Penum emphasizes necessity fighting actively against
the Right danger but also the need Of exposing the slightest
inclination or tendencies of tolerance toward it.
THE MENACE TRoTsKYIsM
crystalaton of Trotsky group in the ranks of our
Party constitutes the Communist The
Central Executive Committee Penum the appeal
upon Central Executive
mobilize the whole Party
against Trosym The of Trotskym under the lead
ershp of Cannon the all the
there certain factors in the objective conditions country
and of the working class and in the situation Party which
make the growth of Trotskm possible The strength of American
imperialism the contradictions of the simultaneous development of
uneven temno of the of the nId iI
neousy with the shifting aroacy right;
sions within the working class organized and unoganzed foreign
born and native skilled and mskled etc. find differ
of opinion and basis for groupings within Party
faenalm shows tendency to ppetuate itself and to become
fertile soil for Trotskysm.
The Party is at turning point in its life It is in the process
OF transition from mere propaganda organization to political
Some sections the Party have been unable adapt themselves
The growing attacks Party the
the Ku Kux Kan the
officials socialist
the effect of filling members of the Party pesmism
making them capuate before the growing
estimation of the international of the Soviet Union
growing of the mpera the sole working
class state had its effects sections
class in the form of a retreat before this
On the basis of the contradictions situation
certain former members of the Party lost faith the
capacity to lead have developed attitude denying the leading
role of the Party organizations developed
attitude towards the Communist International challenging the
recness of the Comnern anderng the leadership the Communist
International Right leadership and specializing the
alleged differences the leadership of the Communist Party the
Soviet Union
Internationally the Comintern the leading parties
and the Soviet Union rokym has definitely defeated
the American Party Trosyism growing The
TOkyist outbreak Party situation for
movement The renegade Cannon concentrating all its
bring about split The group
crystalline its organization throughout
Tokyist splitting
ta sections the opposition
District the " R. nnSkogund group
Tokyism In Chicago of Party members headed
Swab has openly embraced Troksm In the Boston
the roky have banded themselves independent
Communist League of Dr. Konkov publishing openly
revolutionary Trotskyst the
Cleveland Kansas and other districts 1rosysm has also
ceedd recruiting adheren the of the Opposition
An important ecn the Opposition the Finnish