The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-21
1. CHARACTER OF MODERN CLASS BATTLES.

The period since the Sixth Congress of the Comintern
Fourth Congress of the Red International of Labor Unions
arzed by ncessan and increasing growth
and by widening of the front of the class struggle
passed since these two gatherings and working
Germany has experienced from battles
the tremendous movement the proetariat the
has witnessed general 100000 workers of LODI
in France there have been extensive recent
OO strikes per months Austria experienced for the first time
factories apd O III m and against the fascination of the
taneou strike Especially Sates)
Of significance the Great Britain since
the beginning of 1922 where the the
working class in 1926 was greatest far strikes
and also the strikes of agricultural throughout
Europe Poland France which have
political character
characteristic feature of the the tremen
dous growth the number of small and partial strikes
their roots the increased of capitalist naturalization
no separate factories or even separate workshops Finally
uay of the present phase development lies
tries "a strike of 100000 textile workers Bombay General
Strike Of the workers the banana plantations Columbia
ons and desperate forms hitherto unknown these
this implies that the working class being radcazed
character. ~ i
pecuaries present upward swing of the labor
movement reflection of the further basic
contradictions of world capitalist
between the increased productive the markets.
growing and becoming sharper The entire policy the
st states is now directed towards the capture of markets for the
export OF capital markets for manufactured products and
material the nensicaon exploitation proetarat
fort of the workers improve their living by
the entire capitalist class which seeks
at its roots Capitalist naturalization has incapable
of eliminating the productive possibilities and
the absorbing capacity of the markets. but the contrary prob
lem sharply become more insolube Ra
onalzaton has increased time has given
greater unemployment the So
ca composition of the proetaat further lowering standard
OF living of the peaa and the share
labor due to the terrific ntensication of labor.
Particularly striking in this the between ra
tonalzaton in the capitalist countries which falls
upon the shoulders of the working Glass; socialist
in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics which mighty
for uprootng the remnants of capitalism the u
the quickest possible raising cultural
standard of the Soviet Union.
j. The struggle for the raising of the standard
the
with the
the foundations of the capitalist and
Contemporary capitalism
property relations have become absolutely incompatible raising
Of the standard of living of the working ahoug
temporary and partial increases posse) working
daily struggles with the struggle against capitalist system as
sharply expressed political character This
does not that the question of leadership
struggles of the becoming significance than
hitherto precisely this period that the
trade union movement primarily that struggle
for partial demands from the of the
for political 1t this profound political significance
contemporary economic battles that the rehabilitation working
class finds it's expression.
The political character Of the
determined also by the of the bougeose
capitalist
working class In the sphere of fights
expressed primarily in the effort deprive the
to organize and to strike thus robbng the fights the
proietariat of their legal positions are
the institution Of compulsory arbitration well