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is most dangerous to the Indian movement.
The task of the left wing in exposing this
treacherous tactic of Nehru is to lay down in
a clear and in no unmistakable manner the
line of class struggle against the line of class
collaboration, bring to the forefront the aim
of the Public Safety Bill designed against
the Communists) and compulsory arbitration,
at the same time exposing the repressive meas
ures of the Meerut trial in taking away from
the Indian proetariat its most militant leaders,
exiting them and confirming them to long prison
terms, in which the reformists are collaborat-
ing with the Ango-lndian authorities.
Another task is the sustained and continued
struggle against the right cleft" and Center"
in the trade union movement. JOSH, Bunji,
and other Eastern reformists are preparing the
convocation of a labor" Conference of the
East. OF course this conference is not being
prepared in the interest of the Indian and
Eastern proletarat, but is being prepared by
the League of Nations in interest of the i'm
perialists, the Japanese and Anglo-Indian gov
ernments, in opposition to and for the sitting
of the growing leftward swing of the labor
movement of the East.
Under Leadership of RLL.U.
How can the left wing combat this move
of the reformists? The organizations that lead
the struggling proetariat and in particular the
Indian masses into struggle against imper-
ialism and to independence are the Pan-Pacifc
Trade Union Secretarat and the Anti-mper-
ialist League The struggle for the affliation
of the Ai-Indian Trade Union Congress to
these organizations occupies the forefront of
the left wing to defeat the reformists. At the
same time the question of the affiliation of the
All-Indan Trade Union Congress to the Red
International Of Labor Unions is of equal i'm
portance, in view of the desire of the rights to
affiliate it to the yellow Amsterdam Interna-
tional but who dare not propose it. All of this
will of course depend on the tactics of the
reformists and the strength of the trade unions.
the growing power of the Bombay Textile
workers and railway workers.
Internal Problems Of the Indian Workers.
OF great significance is the strike struggles
that have taken place during the last two years
for the lettering of the conditions of the work
ers and which are growing in number and i'm
portance. In view of the extremely worsening
conditions of the Indian working class. made
more harsh by the capitalist naturalization
which in recent years has taken on more
exaggerated form, the Indian workers have the
task of struggling to better their conditions
all along the line.
In India the seven-hour day is the center of
struggle. here the workers are being worked
unheard of long hours, men, women and chill
dren--the regular 42-hour week; the introduce
ton of social insurance in case of sickness,
accident and unemployment at the expense Of
the employers; special attention to women
workers, against night work for women, leave
with pay during pregnancy for stated period
of time; against the working of women in
dangerous industries, against the employment
of children under IA years of age minimum
wage, equal pay for equal work; equality Of
,ioions for all workers regardless of race or
nationality; election by the workers of work.
ers' factory committees of inspection: aboli-