The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-10
THE FIFTHR.LL.U.CONGRESS
APPROACHES

half OF a page, which by no means, however,
belittles its significance.
This occurred in February, 1907, during the
time when the reaction intensified, the often
sve action of the bourgeosie against the work.
ers increased, together with whole series of
lockout, strikes, when the crisis became more
acute and when the Bolshevist Conference, held
in Leningrad, in February, in connection with
preparations for the Fifth Party Congress, ac-
copied the following resolution proposed by
Lenin:
~. Taking into consideration that:
q. A whole number of facts bear witness
to the extreme sharpening of the economic
needs of the proletariat and its economic strug-
giles;
"2. According to all signs, these different
manifestations of the economic struggle
concentrating in such way, which makes it
possible to expect united mass economic action,
which will draw into participation much
wider strata of the proletariat than hitherto;
"3. The whole history of the Russian revo-
luton proves that all powerful upsurges in the
revolutionary movement arose on the basis of
similar mass economic movements. E.
"In view of this the Conference is of the
opinion that:
81. 1t is essential for all Party organiZa-
lions to give their utmost attention to this
factor;
"2. 1t is essential to concentrate the maxi
mum amount of Party forces on economic agi-
tation amongst the wide masses;
80. 1t is essential to consider precisely this
economic movement as the basic source and
principal factor giving rise to the ever-extend-
ing revolutionary crisis in Russia" (The Pro-
letarian," No. IA, March 4, 1900.
Doesn't this resolution sound as if it holds
good also today, and doesn't this short resolu-
ton, consisting altogether cf 80 lines, answer
to many questions relating to our present policy
from the point of view of leadership of the
economic movement?
During the course of the last two years the
decisions of the Comintern and all the decisions
of the R.IL.U. bear evidence to the fact that
we have sufficiently mastered the feminist
policy. If this true already at that time,
at the beginning of 1907, so to what degree
is such policy true during the present stage,
when in consequence of capitalist rationaliza-
ton, the immense crisis, Improvisation of the
masses in the economic struggle, taking place
in different forms, come to be the chief driving
force, or it might be sad the principal symp-
tom of that powerful upsurge which is taking
place, if not to the same degree however, is
taking place right before US in all countries.
During the Fourth Congress of the RI.LU.
the central question was that of the leader
shin of economic battles. Questions of tactics
for economic battles, and Of strike strategy oc-
cupies during the course of this period the
primary place in the activities of the Com
intern and RLL.U. The concentration of at
tention of the leading organs of the world revo-
lutionary labor movement on these questions
bear witness to the fact that this is that very
important link of which the International Com
munist movement must take hold in order to
move forward.
Precisely owing to this, we convened the
special Conference on Strike Strategy and Tao
tics in Strassburg, at the beginning of JAN
uary, 1929 Precisely on account of this, the
economic fights which took place during the
course of this period we're subject to detailed
ANALYSIS by the Comintern and R.lL.U., and
the respective Parties, revolutionary unions and
trade union oppositions were given detailed in
structions concerning the future forms and
methods of struggle.
In order to complete the brief characteristic
of the past period, it is essential to note that,
thanks to the direct organizatioinal and pol
itical work carried out by the RILU, it was
possible to set up the Latin American Confed-
Grafton of Trade Unions, embracing the trade
unions of IS Latin-American countries. 1t
was possible to rivet the attention OF the most
advanced elements of these countries on the
preparation, organization and leadership OF the
economic struggles. 1t was also possible to ex-
tend the political influence and organizatlonal
activities of the Pan-Pacific TU Secretariat.
ITO Be Continued)