The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-05
Problems Connected With the
the Communist Parties

accept the suggestion. The argu-
ments advanced in its favor are not
convincing enough. We are told
that since we must devote more at
tention to the peasant problem, par
ticularly in the various colonial and
semi-colonial countries, in the South
American countries, etc., it natur-
ally follows that we must organize
peasant parties. Why? We have
already discussed this question and
decided that it was necessary to or
ganize peasant leagues, to gain in
fluence in them and to control them
through our fractions. 1t seems to
me that this position was absolutely
correct and that it holds good also
today. Why are separate peasant
parties necessary? What does it
mean to create new party in the
light of the prospect of develop
ment of bourgeois national revolu-
tons in the colonies and their trans
formation into social revolutions. 1t
means that we would set up parties
to compete with the Communist
Parties of the proletariat. We can
not say: up to certain point we
favor" such parties, but after that
we eliminate" or liquidate them
without ceremony. No, comrades,
such parties would grow and even
tually would compete with the Com
munist Parties. Of course, in cases
where peasant parties already exist
we must seek to win them over and
to bring them under our influence.
But wherever the question of or
ganizing peasant party is raised
for the first time it seems to me
that it would be much better for us
to organize peasant leagues, because
by doing so we shall be able to or
ganize broader sections of the peas
antry and create a surer means by
which to lead the toiling sections of
the peasants. Such a form of peas
ant organization may attract a
larger membership and will be much
easier to bring under the influence
of the proletarian Communist Party.
All these political considerations
argue against this proposal. We de-
cided this question in this spirit be-
fore and gave the same motives for
this solution. There is no reason
whatever why we should relinquist
this position.
The Importance of Work in Soutl
America.
Allow me to deal with a few othel
questions.
First of all l want to lay stres
on the problem of the South Amer
lean countries. We have alread,
mentioned the fact that this is tn,
first time that the South American
Parties are so we'll represented al
our Congress. Of course, this show.
that our movement has extended tc
the South American countries
These countries are now particular.
ly important for US as they play g
very important although peculiar
role in world politics. We have al.
ready pointed out the growing ag.
gressiveness of North American
capitalism in South America; we
have also pointed already to the wal
of liberation Nicaragua is waging
against the imperialist invasion OF
the U. S. We are all perfectly well
aware of the great Importance OF
Mexican resistance and we also
know that such resistance and a
powerful popular movement against
North American imperialism is now
developing in several countries in
South America. We know perfectly
well that this problem is interwined
with certain internal problems in
the respective countries, particular.
ly with the agrarian problem and
the struggle against fascism. On
the question of tactics in the South