The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-07

the Right danger
"Trotskyism correctly condemned the Cominen
Social Democratic counter revolutionary tendency Trot
skym employs Left phrases Right deeds Comrade
Cannon variety of Trosm in the United States constitutes
tendency develop Right wing orentaon for the American
section the Comntern under for discussion
the c. l. attitude on the question of Troskyism
"The main dangers in Party, in the c. L, come in
the present period from the Right The Minority committed
uncompromng fight against the Right danger in Party
matter from where in what it makes its
appearance.
"The Minority decides mercss fight against this
Trotskyte of Cmade Cannon and to this fight
organic part of its general struggle against the Right
danger and the Right wing of Party (Loveone group
Opposition correctly
Trokysm as "a Right wing orentatio as employing Left phrases
to Right deeds as organic part of the Right
danger We will not examine here the ridiculous charge the OPP
position that the Central Committee the Right wnga
charge which the Comintern branded as unfounded
3rd Opposition changed its front COM
pletey and characterized Trotskym Left
"The objective meaning of the stand taken by the majority
Of the Central Executive Committee is to confuse the character
iscs of Troskyism Left deviation (CEC emphasis"
Party something vitality wrong
the stand the Opposition when is compelled shift its position
on SO important question as Trossm so quickly and so sharply
latter the Opposition right about faced and spoke Trotsysm
in this new and totally opposite fashion from what did Noven
Der 10th:
"Deviations Party grow out of
the objective situation Right deviations :"
Marvellous discovery indeed!
"These numerically weak elements (the Trotskytes)
tending lose faith in the Communist Party and the posi-
bilies of its growth They also lose faith
intern generally These elements have in the past and today
rallied Trotskym"
OPpo'i.io"
has the Left since October 16h
Militant since he circulated nonParty individuals with anParty
documents openly launched Troskyist
Central Executive Committee the whole Party
term In that event the Opposition would have to conclude that the
Cominten and its American section Right Trotsky
Cannon Company Has Swabeck the Left his
bracng Toysm consequent expulsion Party?
gone the Left since their ex
pulsion for of Cannons TrOtskym addition shpad?
Maybe Doctor Konkow, Messers Sukanen Company
ton" of Trotskysm
To what depths absurdty falacies do
the political confusion and bankruptcy Opposition Rely
ing such false reasoning would conclude Those
faith the Comntern Right faith in
the Cominern to the Left
What basis creeping into the position of
the Opposition? The Opposition confused
and bankrupt in its whole analysis and conclusions relative
Trotskyist and the Right danger in Party
This bankruptcy primarily of the fact
that the Opposition within the Party
and the Opposition outside the Party (Cannon)
same platform for the United states"The Right Danger
American Party When Comrad Foster presented the Comm
tern his position embodied in the Inflated document "The Right
Danger in the American Party" the Anglo
American secreasiat on July 18th 1928, follows:
These the sOcaled Cannon and Foster groups
been working in increasing cooperation coming
gethr in Moscow and rapidly developing
direction of uniform and united movement"
However the Opposition in statement COM
planned that Cannon is only
Pretending to stand the platform Minority he
has actually abandoned principle Incorporated
ment.
ALREADY Cannon forced openly his
agreement with certain foundations in it
minority dcumen the world position role
imperialism. other that
the most basic proposition in the Minority namely
the world position role
does not share but opposed the
1t not that Platform entitled
1.-THE Right Danger the expressed reerva
tions regarding the estimation of
American Imperialism this very estimation of the
Imperialism Opposition itself has
also made somewhat changed its position
in recent weeks.
The platform of the then Opposition
September 1929 the the trend of
American imperialism
IAN analysis of the degree of rpeness of these
will show that American capitalism
growth (oppostions emphasis)
But today the Opposition speaks differently
the above estimate of the given
by the Opposition in 1.-THE Right Danger in the
July IT, 1929 with the following estimation imperialism
it gave in its declaration of December g. 1925
Ihe maturing of the inner and contradictions
capitalism which takes
upward development of United States imperialism.
"While American imperialism is developing upward,
emphass)
Again there is shift In uySeptember the Opposition spoke
OF American capitalism reaching the growth
exhausted its reserves Two months later characterized
lean capitalism "st developing upward and CONTINUED
development of United States Imperialism"
This confusion and political bankruptcy of the Opposition
sharply revealed in the difference between the estimate
rehabilitation of the workers the United States
September 1925 and the made its December 3rd declaration
Speaking rehabilitation before
taa of the Cominen July IT, 1925 behalf of the then
united