The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07
ARGENTINE IN SEVERE
CRISIS; INCREASE IN
BIG CLASS BATTLES
Ghioldi Reports on Situation At Plenary Meet
of Communist Party
Argentine Depression Accumulated By Work
Crisis; Farmers Hit


session Of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of Argentina
Comrade Ghioldi has given a COM
prehensive report upon the economic
and political situation of Argentina
and the tasks of the Party.
The summary Of this report re-
marked that the basic line of the
eighth congress of the Party had
been proven correct, there being
only one new thing developed, that
is the enormous aggravation of the
very unusual economic depression;
the crisis has developed and ac-
quired body.
The Argentine depression is &C
centuated by the world-credit crisis.
There is enormous depression in the
agricultural industry, the production
Of petroleum has fallen and there
is a stagnation of business with a
general financial stringency.
The national political arena ap-
pears chaotic, basically because of
the great difficulties confronted by
the bourgeoisie. The 1; goyen gov
eminent is seeking to unite the vari-
Gus and conflicting bourgeois ele-
ments under its leadership. Re-
peatedly it shows itself to favor
most particularly the great land
lords and stock raisers. This was
shown in the arrangement with the
British imperialist trade represen-
tative, D'Abernon, for trade between
Enslan and Argentina.
But the Irigoyen government
finds extreme difficulty in doing
away with all of the local antago-
nisms of the bourgeoisie. He cannot
do this by any democratic and con-
stitutional means. There is talk at
times of Conservative revolution"
but revolution is characterized by
the displacement of one class by an
other, and here there is no such
thing. There could only be sim
pie mutiny--insurrection. A part
of the army chiefs are with Irigoyen
and the conservative" are not as
sisted by the popular mass, lacking
in unity among themselves as shown
by the chaos in parliament.
The socialists are merely an ap-
pendix of the bourgeoisie and the
proletariat is not able to consider
them other than its worst enemies.
In the present economic situation
they der greater efficiency from
the workers; this is capitalist Ian
guage. They have the aid of good
part of the bourgeoisie in elections
in Buenos-Aires.
They make speeches in parliament
that are purely fascist speeches.
The socialist party is already social
fascist.
Of other petty-bourgeois forces,
such as Agrarian Federation, there
is only to say that it shows itself
friendly of the landowners and
traders, agents of Imperialism. The
Electromagnetic is unable to play
direct function, and part of it,
really oppressed, will participate in
the fight under the leadership of
the revolutionary proletariat.
c nfronting the inflationist policy
of Irigoyen, the proletarian situa-
ton is extremely desperate. A re-
gime Of most brutal oppression, gen.
eral offensive against wages, unem-
ployment, misery and actual hunger.
In some places the starving masses
are ttacking the stores and food
trains. For the agricultural work
ers it is particularly grave. All
these conditions point to tremend-
Gus aggravation of the class strug-