The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-07

'oJJtcidt protectors, are not here. I
headed by Music. In this period
greater care must be given to the
everyday needs of the working
class. Naturally we must broaden
out the revolutionary horizon of the
working class but we must do it
on the basis of connecting up the
revolutionary goal with the every
day needs of the masses. We must
give strenuous support to the most
insignificant demands of the masses.
We must strengthen the position of
the Party in the factories, in the
workshops, and particularly in the
large enterprises.
Fight Against War Danger.
The war danger must be fought
not by constant cry of war, not
by saying "War is coming, beware"
but by connecting up the war dan
ger with the intensification of la
Dor, the speed-up system. with ra-
tionalization schemes, the treachery
of the burcaucrats, etc.
Greater attention must be given
to our Party in accordance with the
new tasks of the third period, of
greater self criticism, of the estab-
ishment of iron proletarian disci-
pline, of greater proletarian democ-
racy and more Bolshevik centraliza.
ton of the absolute subordination
of the Minority to the Majority in
the various sections of the Commu-
mist International; to the deviations
from the line of Leninism in the
ranks of the Party. On this basis it
was pointed out that the main dam
ger in the present period was from
the Right, this danger is connected
up with the continued partial stabih-
cation of capitalism and the growing
influence of social democracy pene-
trating the various strata of the
Communist parties; in the pressure
brought by social reformism upon
all Parties.
Right Danger and Trotskyism.
In the previous period the So
called ultra-Left tendency was the
main danger, represented chiefly by
Trotskyism. Trotskyism has exposed
itself as. being inverted Menshevism,
rs opportunism covering itself with
Left phrases. The Trotskyist current
still continues but must be fought
ideologically, organizationally and
with all means at the disposal of
the proletariat because it has be-
come magnet for counter revolu-
ton because it attracts all the
enemies of the Soviet Union and is
a menace to the life of the first
workers and farmers republic.
In the United States, Trotskyism,
while making its attack against the
policies of the Communist Interna-
tional and the American section from
the Left" is opportunism conceal
ing itself under Left phrases, has
formed a bloc with Right elements
and must be fought determinedly,
as an anti-proletarian
theology, inimicable to the life Of
our Party.
But the main fire turns toward the
Right. This current manifests itself
in all countries. The events since
the Sixth World Congress are proof
of the correctness of the viewpoint
of this historic gathering, that in the
third period we would see growth
of the Right and conciliatory ten
denotes.
The events in Germany, within5he
Party of the Soviet Union itself,
within all sections of the Communist
International are proof of the neces-
sity Of conducting sharp f:sht
against this Right theology, the
theology of social democracy which
finds its way into the ranks Of our
movement. The Ruhr and LODI
strikes showed that the Right cur
rent stands for pascivity, for the
notification of the leading role of
the Communist Party. The attitude
of the Communist International to-
ward the Brandler group and con-
clliatory Ewert group in Germany,
toward the Right and conciliatory
groups in the Soviet Union were alb
solutely correct.
Congress and American Party.
The open letter of the Communist
International to our Party shows the
existence of Right and conciliatory
tendencies within our Party, shows
the existence of the right danger
which the entire Party must fight
The Congress will also be known
FIR the attention which it gave to
the colonial question and the Negro
problem in the United States. Drew
the lessons of the revolutions of the
colonial peoples in China, pointed
out the growth of the revolutionary
mass movement in India, drew the
attention Of the Communist Inter
national and particularly to our
Section, to Latin Americas, laid down
the correct tactics to be followed in
the struggle for linking up the CO.
lonial mass movements with the
proletarian movements in the i'm
perialist nations.
The Convention must welcome the
attention which the Congress gave
to the Negro problem, particularly
to bringing sharnlv 70 orr attention