The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-02
The New Reactionary Civil
War and the Prospects of
the Revolution in
China

varied trades as dock workers, seamen, rail-
way men, tramway workers. electricians, min
ers, textile workers, store employees, etc., were
among the strikers. In Shanghai alone, the
number of strikers has varied between 10000
and 10000 each month. AS for their demands,
there is a growing tendency of turning more
and more from economic TO political demands
Strikes for purely political demands are be-
coming more frequent. The political clashes
between the workers and the reactionary gov
eminent are developing into street demonstra-
tons. On the 30th of May this year, the fourth
anniversary of the Shanghai incident 10000
came out on demonstration, despite police Or
ders to the contrary and attacked the ed-
torial offices of two Kuomintang papers, held
up the traffic in several streets, and even made
organized efforts to build barricades. Ir July
and on the International Red Day, there were
demonstrations at Shanghai, Canton, Wuchang,
Tientsin, and Peking. Space does not permit
me to cite more facts, but those cited above
are sufficient to show the upward surge of the
Chinese labor movement which has distinctly
entered upon stage of revival.
Coupled with the rapid advance of the work
ers' movement the peasant movement is also
marching forward, and sometimes, with bursts
of sudden fury resembles volcano in the mi
tial stages of its development. The Moham-
ing tremendous proportions, although the iso
lated position of the province prevents us from
getting detailed information on the subject
The semi-mystical organizations of the Chinese
villages, such as the "Red Spears" big
Swords etc., which, although of a backward
character, represent genuine peasant organza-
tons fostering revolt, are reviving. Guerilla
warfare between various peasant attachments
and governments troops is increasing. The
famous detachments under the leadership of
Comrades Chu TIE and Mao Tzu-tung, and num-
boring several thousand men, are broadening
and deepening in agraran revolution wherever
they go. An uprising of 10000 peasants oc-
Cured in Nimpo, the home county of Chang
Kai-shek in Chekiang province, this March.
In April, Soyiets were established in six vii
lagos in Finchung in Kwangtung province as
the result of peasant uprising. Yes, the
slogan of the Soviet has actually penetrated
into the farthest corners of the villages, es-
pecially in South China. The strength of the
slogan is already felt. In the coming revolu-
tionary wave, this slogan is bound to play
leading role in concretizng and consolidating
the victories of the workers and peasants into
a Soviet state. f
The Rising Revolutionary Wave in China and
the Opportunist Right Wingers.
"a ueIdHeu survey OF me mass movements
in China would require much larger space
than / have devoted to it in the above para
graphs. But what l have said is sufficient to
bring out the fact that; at the outbreak of the
present civil war, both the labor and peasant
movements had already entered upon very
active stage and that offensive fights on the
part Of the masses took place in many places
and were developing both in magnitude and in
tensity. No matter whether Chang Kai.shek
or his reactonary rivals win the war, the great.
est and most significant outcome Of the war
will be its effect on the developing mass move
ment in the country. 1t will undoubtedly fur
Their deepen the economic crisis in the country
and bring about more Intensified expoita-
ton of the masses, which will, in turn. stir
the masses to greater activity and more de-
termined struggle. 1t will completely destroy
the illusion of the masses in regard to the
Koumintang and the Chinese Bourgeoisie s
ability to unity and stabilize China, and thus
it will bring about more resolute fight on
the part of the masses against the Kuomintang
and the Chinese bourgeose. In a word, the
present civil war will certainly deepen the class
contradictions in China and hasten the coming
of the next revolutionary wave! This, think,
will be the most important effect of the war
on the Chinese revolution. This will be the
most significant and far-reaching outcome of
the war.
Together with reports OF the reactonary
civil war in China, news about mass riots and
the growing influence of the Communist Party
also appear in the press. Or October %, the