The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06

that in the French Party here were
also deeply rooted parliamentary
traditions. Only few months age
the parliamentary traditions were
revealed, for instance, on the ques.
ton of loyalty towards the state
(the question of the arrests). Was
this a mere accident? Was this
merely a surface phenomenon? No
these tendencies were deeply in.
grained in the ranks of the Party
And yet, within the short period Of
two months or so we took SHARP
turn and hurled forth the slogan OF
"class against class" the slogan Of
Don't vote for the Socialist Party
this implies not little, but a big
change in the tactics of the French
Party. Here again the change was
effected without superfluous noise
by relying upon the rank and file
by comradely reasoning with those
who hesitated, and stern combat
against those who were stubborn
These tactics have not been carried
out without friction, not without in.
ternal conflicts, not without internal
difficulties; nevertheless, the change
effected by the French Communist
Party is one of principle. 1t is a
change which relates to principle tc
larger extent than any change eff.
fected in the French Communist
Party since the time of it's founda.
ton. l do not mean to say that the
French Communist Party, the Brit.
ish Communist Party and the Com.
munist International, have accom-.
plished great "feat." However
looking at this question effectively
don't you find that big change has
been effected in the tactics of both
of these big Parties. I believe that
is the case. And does not this
change constitute a decisive blow tc
the right danger? Of course, it does
Does not this tactical change heir
us to focus the light upon the hidden
danger from the right? Of course
it does. This very fact accounts fol-
the opposition from the right, this
explains the misgivings expressed
as to the correctness of these tao.
tics. This accounts for the fight
which has been waged against these
tactics. The best means of combat.
ting the right tendencies both in the
French and in the British Parties is
the consistent application of the So
called new tactics"
As have already said, the right
danger may grow in the future
Why? We must expect the phe.
nomenon referred to by Comrade
Lenin in the article which l quoted
namely, that section of our press
may not prove equal to the task
Such a possibility is not at all ex.
GUIDED. Another question is, to what
length may the wrong position be
carried? 1t is not merely a ques-
ton of the press, but also of Party
organizations. Where is the guar
antee that at period of immediate
danger of war, when we shall have
to decide upon still another change
in our tactics, that some 'deviations
will not be discovered? A number
of changes will be required in our
tactics, on organization questions
in our attitude towards legal and
illegal work, and upon many other
issues. Where is the guarantee that
there will be no schism in some par
ties, no facts and phenomena re-
sembling crisis? Such things are
quite likely to happen. They will
come, naturally first of all, from
the extreme right circles in the diff
ferent parties. And for this rea-
son, if we thoroughly analyze the
existing situation and the outlook
we must arrive at the conclusion, as
regards the question of our inner
Party policy, that we must hit at
the right wingers all over the front
all along the line.
Inner Party Questions.
Breaches of discipline, in which
the right danger is hidden, certainly
cannot be tolerated. Against this we
must wage the most strenuous fight
Nevertheless, I must say: the task
of conducting a vigorous struggle
against the right wing danger with
in the Party by no means removes
the tasks of internal Party unity
the task of reasonably conducting
given campaigns and of developing
sort of inner Party tactfulness
In Germany we have a right danger
We propose in the theses to wage a
vigorous fight against this right
danger. In the theses we propose
to combat Systematically any con-
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