The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-11

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a crisis and more acute and aggres.
sive policy on the part of American
imperialism at home and abroad
naval budget, persecution of the
workers thru injunctions, Nicara.
qua, Philippines. Mexico and so on)
and under conditions of a rapidly
growing participation of the work.
ers in mass struggles as shown by
the heroic struggles of the miners ir
Pennsylvania and Ohio, by the Pas.
sale textile workers strike, the fight
in the needle trades, the historic
Sacco-Vanzetti agitation; the Work.
ers (Communist) Party of America
which has already played the lead
ing role in these struggles, and was
able also to take a prominent part ir
the miners struggles in Colorado
has now as it's major task to mobil.
ize and organize the workers under
it's banner against the capitalist of
fensive and against the reformist
supporters of capitalism, namely, the
American Federation of Labor, and
the Socialist Party Of America"
The correctness of this characteri-
zation of a perspective of struggle
given by the Comintern in April has
been more than justified by develop
ing class struggles and increasing
foment among the masses since
New Bedford and Fall River
strikes in textile, continuation of
the desperate struggle of miners,
Bayonne strike in oil, maturing
struggle situation in automobile
meat packing, shoe, ETC., foment
among the farmers, the intensifying
political situation, etc.
The perspective of the Lovestone
group is in opposition to that out
lined above. It's perspective is based
upon an overestimation of the re-
serve powers of American capital
ism and an underestimation of the
Leftward drift of the masses. 1t is
characterized by:
1.-Overestimatio of objective
difficulties and underestimation of
the growing favorable opportunities
for the proletarian class struggle.
2.-Overemphasis of the weakness
and smallness of the Party and I'M
deremphasis of it's great task for
leadership in the development class
struggles and its ability to under
take the solution of these tasks.
2a.-Failure to realize the seri-
BUSINESS of the war danger and the
coming of serious struggles as is
seen in the failure to build the I'M
derground apparatus.
/ 3.-Playing down the systematic
significance of such sporadic strug-
giles among the unorganized as the
oil strike in Bayonne, automobile
strike in Oshawa, etc.
4.-Seeing in the present political
situation no signs or promise foI
political conflict and mass political
movements.
5.-Revising the perspective for
struggle outlined in the February
thesis which was forced upon the
majority by the minority Of the Cen
trail Committee. This revision was
made in the policies of the Lovestone
group since February in articles by
Loyestone and Pepper, and in the
Nav resolution of the &C Pie um'
Failure to publish the February
thesis.
These characteristics Of the per-
spectives of the Lovestone group
lack the outlook for struggle and
orientation towards it.
". Failure to Orientate Towards
New Unions and the Organization
of the Unorganized.
To organize the many millions Of
unorganized workers is the major
task of the Party. The building Of
the Party as the leader Of the work
ers in all phases of their struggle
against American Imperialism de.
ponds largely upon its carrying
through vigorously this basic tasl
of organization. With large masses
of workers developing moods ant
movements of struggle, under the
pressure of the industrial depression
naturalization and the capitalist of
fensive, the organization of the un
organized becomes now the more
urgent and possible.
The old craft unions, which are
chiefly based upon the skilled ant
privileged workers, are controlled BY
ultra-reactionary leaders, and fol
lowing a class collaboration policy
and which have been undermined
and driven out of the basic industries
by the employers offensive, will
not organize the great unorganizee
masses. This can be accomplished
only through new unions, militant
in character and based upon indus
trial instead of craft lines. 1t is
fundamentally necessary that ouI
Party aggressively take the lead II
; the formation of these new industrial
unions. At the same time the Party
shall continue and extend, through
the trade union fractions, the TUEL
it's revolutionary work in the ole
unions.
In the organization of the unor.
panized. the Party must base its