The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-12
The Struggle Against Imperialist War
and the Tasks of the Communists

(Note-This is the twelfth in
stalment of the theses on the war
danger, adopted by the recent 9th
World Congress of the Communist
international, entitled "The Strug-
gle Against Imperialist War and
the Tasks of the Communists
Editor)
| SO. Almost in all countries is OBJ
served a failure to properly appre-
ciate the enormous Importance of
carrying on work among the peas
ants, among national minorities and
/ in the colonies. The closest atten-
ton must be devoted to all these
spheres of work.
Systematic Anti-War Work.
Anti-militarist work in the rural
districts must not be conducted sole
( ly by means of few casual cam
paigns, parades, demonstrations, etc.
Planned and systematic work must
be carried on and linked up with the
immediate demands of the toiling
Ipeasantry. A special task is to work
among the peasant youth. 1t is i'm
Iperatively necessary to devote spe-
cial attention to the establishment
of connections between the villages
and the peasant soldiers in the army,
by means of correspondence, sol
diers on furlough, etc. Experience in
such work will be of enormous value
in the event of war.
In our work among national mi
norities, we must more determinedly
than hitherto, champion the de-
mands of the oppressed nations,
fight against the tyrannical actions
of the imperialist government
against them, and guide the work of
the national revolutionary organiza-
tons.
The Communist Parties must
maintain permanent contact with
the Communist organizations and
trade unions in the respective col
onial countries. They must render
every support, by means of mass ac-
ton, to the revolutionary movements
in the colonies.
The Communist Parties of al
countries must devote special atten.
ton to the setting up of non-Party
organizations like the League fol
the Struggle Against Imperialism
al | to the question of establishing
a united front between the prole
tariat in capitalist countries and the
national liberation movements il
subject countries for the struggle
against war.
Fight Against Fascism.
70. The fight against fascism has
not up till now received. sufficient
attention from many of the Sections
The greatest initiative must be dis
played in this connection, both il
regard to the theological struggle, az
well as in regard to revolutionary
mass actions against fascism. In this
not only should attention be giver
to avowedly fascist organization:
but also to semi-fascist tendencie.
and organizations existing under thu
guise of democratic, or social demo
cratic bodies (like the "Imperia
Flag" ir Germany, the social fascis
tendencies of development in thu
higher ranks Of the social democrati,
and trade union bureaucracy, factor!
fascism, etc.. The fight agains
fascism in all it's forms must b.
closely linked up with the figh
against imperialist war.
Against Pacifism.
II. We are witnessing at the pres
ent time fresh wave of bourgeois
propaganda in favor Of "peace" ant
disarmament" and for the "out
lawry of. war;" Hitherto, the figh
against this sort of pacifism has no
been conducted with sufficient en-
ergy, and the same may be said il
regard to the fight against the So