The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-13
THE LABOR PARTY---THE
THIRD BOURGEOIS PARTY

away from the BourgeolSe Parties; the Labor
Party slogan is propagated by the Social Fas-
cists whereby they hope to stop the movement
of the workers away from the bourgeois parties
and towards US.
This is very clearly brought out in a num-
Der of articles in the May issue of the Labor
Age The leading article in the magazine en-
titled political Revolt Brewing written by
Mr.. Howatt Williams, shows that plainly In
a hazy way he speaks of the deepening Of the
crisis growing unemployment and wage cuts.
tie is compelled to speak in a confused way
ABOUT the growing rehabilitation of the work
ing class. Therefore, fearing the growing re-
Volutlonary perspectives he is cut to save cap
ltalsm. And the development Of a Labor Party
movement is the means whereby he hopes to
arrest the growing revolutionary development
For instance, he states quite openly:
workers everywhere have told me that if
the situation would have become much worse
this winter there wCud have Eeen OPEN
REVOLT. | believe that is what we are COM
ing to in the next few years unless there
develops a new political movement when
will use poliH@ in more creative way to
meet the situ@ion.'
and
IF we do not furnish the workers of this
country with any intelligent. constructive,
creative political Party to meet the present
situation then if we do have larger numbers
OF unemployed and corresponding reduction
OF wages of these who do work THERE
WILL BE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE
THAN VIOLENT REBELLION"
MT. Budeng, the expert in breaking strikes
by means Of progressive phrases also has an
article in the same issue OF the Musteite
magzne. l'ho headline of the article is "FOL-
LOWING THE FIGHT" with a sub title
1--WE head for revolution" AS Mr. Budenz
follows the growing struggles of the workers
throughout the country he becomes haunted
with the spectre of revolution. lie therefore
propagates Ghandsm as a means to stem the
growing spirit Of revolt in the American work
ing class. In raising the question "What must
we set ourselves -, his very first answer is:
Aggressive Non-Resstancc
THE spread of civil disobedence through
aggressive non-resistance"
And since he is afraid that as in India this
aggressive non resistance will go beyond the
control OF the rcformists he proposes that the
aggressive non-resistance be skllfully employed
This first point is followed mp by number
Of progressive phrases which lead up to the
central demand--the creation of Labor Party.
The purpose of the Labor Party is to introduce
Ghandi's aggressive non-resistance in order to
both save the American Federation of Labor
as strike breaking agency CT the bosses and
to prevent the working class from accepting
our leadership and to be able to disarm the
working class by propagating Ghandism.
The Thesis Of the Central Committee basing
itself on the line of the CT. with regards to the
maturing fascist character Of the Trade Union
bureaucracy and the need of particular con-
centraticn Of fight against social fascism points
out very clearly that:
"a Labor Party made up of Social Fascist
organizations would not mean political sep.
aration OF the workers from tie capitalists
but would mean the delivery of the workers
to capitalist politics under the guse of a
Labor Party. The rehabilitation of the work
ing masses which leads definitely to an ide-
illogical separation of the workers from the
capitalists turns the Labor Party slogan into
a possible instrument with which capitalists
can attempt to delay this separation"
The appearance Of the Mu5tc;tes in various
sections CT the country is lot merely due to
the growing realization On the rart of the
workers with regards to the fascist leadership
Of the ALL. In many cases it is primarily
due to the fact that the T.U.U.L as yet failed
to root itself in the basic industries and to
demonstrate its capacity for actual leadership.
In many instances, as in the coal fields, the
sentiments of the workers are with us but they
lack faith in us because of our failure to be on
the scene before strike develops ard to
main on the scene after the strike is over
We cannot have a fatalistic approach to the
question of the development of Labor Party.
The formation of labor Party here and there
will primarily he due to our failure to build
the T.U.U.L. and to our failure to develop in
dependent politial campaigns Of the Party. In
the coming election campaign the T.U.U.L.
must step forward as an active force in sup
port of the Party. While we must not relax
in our fight against the bourgeois parties and
the ALL, we must particularly concentrate
the fight against the social fascsts and Music
ties in their al npt to develop Labor Party
movement.