The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-17

held IN Moscow from the middle of july until
the opening days of September of last gear.
The Daily Worker has already published World
Congress the danger and the tasks arising from EDIToR)
INTRODUCTION
first world impeaist war; the international labor
passed through historical development
expressing phases of the general crisis of capitalist system
Phases of
The first period the period the
capitalist revolutionary
the proetara This period reached its of development 1921
and eliminated the hand in the victory of the Union of So
ast Soviet Republics the foreign intervention
internal and IN the consolidation OF the Commu
mist International On the other hand ended with
defeats for the Western European peaat and the beginning of
the general capitalist offensive final
in this period the defeat the proetarat
This defeat marked the starting point of the second period
period of gradual and partial sterilization system,
of the restoration of capitalist of the development
and expansion of the capitalist offensive of the continuation
the defensive battles fought by the proetaan weakened by
defeats On the other hand this period period of rapid
work of building Socialism, of the of the political
influence of the Communist Parties the broad of the
proeariat
Third Period
Finally the third period which, the the period
the economy simultaneously exceeding
the level he beginning of the socaed
period the further growth of the Socialist forms of the
basis of technque) For the capitalist system,
period of rapid DEVELOPMENT of technique and accelerated growth of
cares and trusts and in which
state capitalism observed At the time it period of
intense development the contradictions of world capitalism
ting forms determined preceding process
the crisis of capitalism contraction of markets the u s. r.
colonial movements growth inherent contradiction of i'm
perialism).
This third period in which the growth
of the productive forces and th contraction markets become
culary accentuated inevitable
imperiast the imperiasts states themselves
of the mperialt States against the u S. s. r. national
liberation against imperialism impeast nervention
gigantic class battles The nensifcaton of all international
tagnsms anagonms capitalist the S.
R. the military occupation
ginning of the partition of Chnathe mutual struggles between the
mperials etc., the nnscan of the internal
capitalist countries e swing the Left of the the work
ing class growing cuteness of the class struggle and the wide
taking place in this period will inevitably adthrough the
further development the contradictions capitalist abzaion
to capitalist becoming still and to the
ntensfication of the general crisis of capitalism
I. THE TECHNIQUE AND ECONOMICS OF WORLD
INDUSTRY.
There is not the slightest doubt that considerable progress
has been made the technique industry number capitalist
countries In countries UNITED States Germany has
sumed the character of technical revolution The gigantic growth
development of the chemical industry producing
synthetic fuels and materials benzn artificial silk ec the
employment of light metals and the development
on he one hand ana the new forms OF organization
of labor which linked with the extraordinarily rapid development
Of the endless chain system the other have revived the productive
forces of capitalism.
On this basis foreign trade expanding and the export of capital
of the latter form of economic intercourse between
grown considerably compared with prewar times
of Trusts
In the sphere of economics there is be observed
tonay rapid growth of capitalist monopoly (ca
banking conortums) which exercising increasing influence
agriculture simultaneously with the organization of capital
and trusts national" SCALE there is growth
of international finance capitalist combines
growth observed in state capitalist tendencies both the form
state capitalism proper Estate electrical stations municipal indus
glng OF private enterprises with the of the
Meanwhile the general crisis of capitalism assuming
forms and developing special and specific
arise out OF the radical structural
the world economic system.
Contradictions Leading to Explosion
The tranerence of the from Europe
to America and the growing efforts
usted to berate herself domination of the
United Saes the development of capitalism and semi
colonial corntes the dsproporn growth of
the economic and military of certain
SONS OF their colonial the threatening
tons OF the imperasts the colonies primarily China the
development OF the u s. Rth balance
capitalist system which revoutonizes the working
tries and the ong the contradictions
cannot but lead in the final analysis explosion
B. The growing productive capitalism come more and
more INTO conflict with the restricted internal have
contracted as result of the state of ruin
erast countries after the growing the
p y ant masses In the coonas well
war world industry the inherent greatly
increased and become complicated result of the new
fundamentals antagonm that the u r. and the
capitalist countries. - -
German Problem"
The disturbance the equilibrium between America and Erone
finds most striking socaed German problem
ana IN the decline OF British Imperialism Germany having rapidly
achieved higher level of deveopment-hanks considerable
degree to American capaand compelled Preparations
interest on loans cannot find sufficient export of
her commodities and the whole relationships main
tanned by means OF repeated additions of American