The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-24
The Economic Struggle and the
Tasks Of the Communist Parties
THESES UPON REPORTS BY COMRADES

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the leaders the revolutionary unions with the heads the
reormst unions.
The could and bound to become particularly
of growth ntenication
the class It, tins process dn a tnt b Ge Of
we) the basis of sitting out the and oporunist ee
split Czechoovakia of
section of active cnaries of the trade departments of the
Germany decisions of the and the R.
have achieved their object The Communist Parties and the
unay trade Tin countries where the trade movement
united dvded big progress
during this period In with the strikes of preceding
there be observed better preparation better application of the
united front tactics and the struggle against trade union
and the Of the n and political slogans
the revolutionary trade union during this period were in
ried into effect
which there independent revolutionary
unions egaism greatest shortening
revolutionary trade consisting the fear Of
stepping regulations
the attacks of the trade expuons
"everses and the insufficient activity aiming at embracing the
of the from below enforcement of the tactics in
of action etc. In LODI for example during the General Strike in
the Autumn of 1928 the revolutionary opposition fuy organized
d the suggestion of some that it was premature to
declare strike developed wide campaign in connection with the
strike and skfuy linked the economic struggle with the political
fraction of understanding
of unity tactics with the result that dat strike committee
consisting mostly of followers of the P. P. S.
a. Another shorcoming in these countries is the fear to apply the
revolutionary opposition believing that
they would thereby weaken their positions within the refomist trade
unions This exactly what the Rights and conca harp
ing just before they used to speculate (when strike committees
in the Ruh the Of the Communist
Party and the revolutionary union opposition into organizations OF the
"declassed sum proletariat."
defect in this connection is still the nature of the
prerequisite work by Communist Parties for
the of the reformst unions the existence of strong
Communist fractions in the union capable out the Party
leadership Of the rnecve party Committee The Penum again
places
trade union fractions not satisfactorily carried Trade union
fractions have yet been organized everywhere where they should
and where they do exist they not always
properly organized places where the Communist
illegal oand side by side with Communist fractions socad
the widest possible organized around the Communist fractions
and sympathizng with them But Red fractions by
substitute Communist fractions ana the Communist Party must not
organize Red fractions without securing the leading role Of the Com
munist fractions within them.
Finally, themselves yet
clear understanding of the singular union
in the phase development Trade union work regarded
ordinary department. Party
the whole OF its attention and especially the attention OF the factory
nuclei current trade union work. particularly however, the
preparation for leadership of fights This shows under
estimation of the political significance revolutionary
work and of current economic fights.
In countries there independent revolutionary
unions France Czechooakia) the chief defect consists
in the by certain section the revolutionary trade
union mtan of the fact that the becoming radazed
also IN OF the new character OF trade union
forms In France the unay trade unions taken
and were overwhelmed by the movement Th developed
the heads of the unary organizations lacked init
Unions)
In CechOslOvak the tactics of the qudors the leaders
of the Red characterized the combinations between
OF collaboration
the reform which
the united front tactic by their egat attitude the bourgeois
state authorities by their opportunc attitude relation the strike
tactics and particularly relation the unorganized
of this the first big conflict which the and the
strike tactics the qudaors responded breaking
the revolutionary trade union
great danger those countries also lesaism for
capitalist laws While fighting the for all legal possibilities
the revolutionary trade should cherish
illusions with regard the bourgeois capitalist
strength and influence of the Red unions depend
active organization and independent leadership
Of the poara One of the main weaknesses revolutionary
unions their inadequate penetration factories
or extremely bad funonng) of the
in the factories.
ITO be Continued)