The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-16

Stain group to struggle against
the right wing (Rykov, etc with
other clements fBukharin) vacil-
lating between the two, The plat
form of the Russion opposition,
prepared for the Fifteenth Con-
gress of the c. P. S. u, indicates
the revolutionary policy Of the
present situation in the Soviet
Union. The prediction and warn
ing contained in this platform
against the inevitable growth and
aggression Of a genuine right
wing in the Party (Rykov, Tom
sky, etc. has been precisely con-
firmed in the intervening period,
particularly in recent months.
The activities of this right wing,
which have already necessitated
organizational measures in the
Moscow and other organizations
of the Party, is proof of the
awakening of the proletarian
masses Of the Party to this dan
ger. The cleft" course of the
Stain group in the direction of
struggle against the right dam
gers, for Party democracy and
self criticism. against the bureau
Gratis, the Nepmen and the Ku1aks,
can become a real left course only
insofar as it abandons zig-zag
movements, adopts the whole
platform of the opposition, and
feinstates the tested Bolshevik
fighters, who have been expelled,
to their rightful places in the
Party.
(cl The attempts to revise the
basic Marxist-Leninist doctrine
with the spurious theory of $50
cialism in one country" have been
rightly resisted by the opposition
led by Trotsky. A number of re-
visionist and opportunist errors in
various fields Of Comintern activ-
ity and its theological life in gen.
eral have proceeded from this
false theory. To this in part at
least can be traced the false line
of The Chinese revolution, the de-
bacle of the Anglo Russian Com
mittee, the alarming and unpre-
cedented growth of bureaucratism
in the Comintern, an incorrect at
titude and policy in the Soviet
Union, etc. This new "theory" is
bound up with an over-emphasis
on the power and duration of the
temporary sterilization of capital
ism. Herein lies the true source
of pessimism regarding the devel-
opment Of the proletarian world
revolution. One of the principal
duties of every Communist in
every Party of the Comintern is
to fight along with the opposition
for the teachinps of Marx. Engels
and Lenin on this basic question.
(d) The opposition was abso-
lutely correct when it demanded
the immediate rupture of the
Anglo-Russian Committee and
the. concentration of all the
fire of the Comintern and
the British Party upon the
leaders of the British Trade
Union General Council Purcell,
Hicks and Coz Immediately after
the betrayal of the General Strike.
The maintenance of the Anglo
Russian Committee after that
event did not serve as a bridge to
the British masses, but as a par
tial shield of the traitorous lead
crs from the fire Of the Commu-
nists.
(e) Rarely before in history
has a Marxist-Leninist appraisal
and forecast been so completely
and swiftly confirmed as in the
case Of the opposition theses and
proposals (Trotsky, Zinoviev) on
the problems and tasks of the Chi
,nese revolution. The line of the
E. c. c. T.. formulated by Stain,
Bukharin, Martynow, ETC., and the
rejection of the proposals of the
opposition, which were suppressed
and concealed from the Parties Of
the Com'ntern, have brought
catastrophe results and hampered
the genuine development Of the
Communist Party of China and
the revolutionary democratic die
tatorship Of the workers and pea
SAINTS. In view of its world his
torical Importance, a real discus
sion of the problems Of the Chi
nese revolution, with all the docu-
ments being made available, is
imperative for all Parties of the
Comintern. The prohibition of
this discussion must be broken
down, the truth must be told and
the enormous errors exposed down
to their roots. Only in this way
can the great lessons Of the Chi
nese revolution be learned by the
Parties of the Comintern.