The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-26
THE IDENTIFICATION AND UNPRINCIPLEDNEss OF THE
OPPOSITION.

H. OPPOSITION.
Recent leaders the Opposition
carry great significance They the fact that the Opposition
which throughout its entire
prncpd factona formations and has undergone crises
dnegraton in another crisis of dsntegraon
In the history of Party
Opposition leadership has been substanaIv tbe which hd
its oganizatona crystaaon Party penum
of 1928 with the socaed present
crisis of its dsntegraion in which principal figure
ter has been discarded Opposition now remains
under the undsputed leadership of Comrade Bteman. its
in 1929 the Opposition the Leadership
Foster and Btteman and Mr. Ludwig Lore and Mr.
The original Opposition
homogeneous group 1t always coalition of several
with several policies and differing about basic questions
class struggle. The Bitteman- group by
the present leadership Party by
the Comnern after long struggle expulsion
Lore who represented ouandout social democratic tendency
grouping of the Opposition inevitably became the basin into which
of the weakest most pessmsc antPay elements irresistby
gravitated;
For instance list of the former leading members of the oppo-
stion who outside of the Party would include:
i Ten former members and candidates of the Gee:
/: Ludwig Lore. P. Cannon, sausky, swabeck,
Mori Loeb, Wm Reynolds Thomas OFlahry T. R. Sullivan
|, Max Schachtman, Martin Ahern
of the NEG of the YWL:
John Edwards Oliver Carlson, Max schaman Barney Mass
A. Gozer Joe Angelo, Sidney Borgeson
Twelve former DEC members:
Kraska, Brahn Cleveland Trivia Gganti
Chicago; Bloom York; Vincent Minnesota;
Kansas; Kassin, Kansas; Miller, Agricultural
leaders in language sections
nnsh HalOnen Boston
district; Boman Alanne.
Italian section j. Cannata. llSfsE assSS ssgs ssxH
Russian section: A. BraiIovsky. s4$s
Hungarian section: Basi
Five miscellaneous: Aronson York; DIR. Konkov,
Boston; Powell California; Helen Judd Chicago; Lou Nor
rson Detroit.
1t is significant that this leading members
Of the Opposition of the Party not less than 30
nonpoaran and among the few who are proearns only
industries the others being of the stratum
of skilled labor.
When leadership the second eruption
thu PARTY
absolutely Trotskyte every enemy Of the Party
found in the ranks of the oppostio Inc
group discovering the Trokyist organa-
activities within their oganiationaP in distinction
the political line of Cannon which had long been OF degen
Trotsyst charath Opposition required weeks of
sdraton inside of its and in secrecy from the Party
could reach the conclusion that it must inform
the against the Party and the Cmnn
Only weeks later did the Opposition realize the mper
instability of such which finally conceded mistake
past present crisis of disintegratn of the
Opposition became manifest when the entire Gee of the OPP
position under the leadership of Btteman reacted to the mere
criticism of the Central Committee in regard to its opportun
position questions of social refomsm Under the impact OF the
criticism and the of ninety cent of the entire
membership the Opposition under the leadership OF Beman
has been forced dsavow its former position this i'm
portan subject and at the time publicly to repudate
whom they conede to be representative of bscy
line and bascay conclusions about the fundamental
questions of the class struggle and Party policies
A HISTORY OF UNPRINCIPLED COALITIONS AND
CREEPING IDENTIFICATION
The original group ose swabec tombstone etc. in
It's first stage development Party represented
and at the time carried with strong
oppouns of development the
the bulk of its trade union fol-
who the of the Central Committee This
especially notable after the narrowing down of the Amer
of Labor and its going sharply and to the
Right which cut these comrades off from the A. F. of unions and
particularly this noticeable after the organization of the
which these Opposition comradesargey by
and minimizing the role the organization
unorganzed unionstese Opposition comrades
play substantial role With the loss of the bulk their
the Central Committee the Opposition
leaders underwent rapid decline tending and be-
and simple opportuns group at the time trying
its Right wing policies with pseudoLe phrases
tendency the development the Opposition
consolidated Right wing strong at the time following the
Convention when the Party reorganization out of the
bulk the Right elements the Finnish federation