The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-03

This is encouraging. The policy of the official
Communist Party in refusing to discuss contpver-
sial matters with its opponents in the ranks OF
Communism is conducive to creating the impress
sion among the radical elements that the Stain
position is not strong enough to stand up under
the pressure of free discussion. The movement as
a whole is bound to gain by an open discussion OF
basic theoretical questions. Without correct the
DRY the revolutionary movement is like ship With
out a rudder.
The following paragraphs from an article by
Albert Weisbord in The Militant, organ of the
Cannon group gives a substantially correct ap-
praisal of all existing groups not even excepting
the Cannon group until it placed itself under the
theoretical guidance of Trotskys Weisbord was
follower of Lovestone until recently.
"In the United States the distinegration of the
Communist Party has exposed three groups with
definite Right wing tendencies. The putschism of
the official Communist Party factionalists is not
the wrong estimation of those too patient and too
eager to struggle, but deliberate make-beleve
to conceal their utter Right wing bankruptcy. The
theory of building socialism in one country, their
attitude on colonial questions, their deliberate iso-
lation from the Masses their conception that lead
ers of Communist Party can be liars and takers
TRYING to bluff both Moscow and the membership
and can reach leadership without ever having been
called to carry out responsible mass work in
Communist manner before coming leaders, their
violence against Communist groups, these are
some of the things that show on what road this
clique marches
"The Communist majority" group Uovestone)
shows just as bad tendencies. The failure to ana
lyze international questions China Russia etc.
and to link up these questions in the closest de-
gree with questions of the United States the
Right" line when these questions are approached,
the wrong estimation both of the whole present
period OF postwar capitalism and of the present
situation inside and outside the United States and
the complete failure to understand the MANY Right
WIN" mistakes Including the methods of dealing
with the Irotsky oppostion) that were committed
oy the leaders of this group leaders of the Par
". These are but part of the evidence to show
now firmly rooted the Right tendencies of this
group have become.
The Communist League Opposition also has
SHOWN definite Right" tendencies But the Right
tendencies have NOT flowed from comrade Trot
skv and the international Left Opposition-now
that the true position of the "Trotsky" oppcsitin
IS KnoWn-but are peculiar to its American sec
tlon The May 1929 fractional platform the mas
slVlty and sectarian leanngs the absolute and
complete lack of selfcrticiSm and failure to see
that the Cannon faction within the Party was as
un-Len1nlst as any of the others, these defects
IioWed from the fact that the American section of
the Lett international Opposition was too close to
but a reconstructed Cannon faction in the beoin-
nng OF Its formation. However there must be
admltted the great service such faction did rem
ger IN the publication and popularization of the
principles OF the Left international Opposition
. Inc CRYING need of the hour TODAY is absolute
theological lntransigeance plus the working TO-
getner OF all Communist groups. One of the Grass
est forms OF opportunism was the fractional unity
attempted In the Party in 1928 (and before) and
winch was only the diverse side of the unnrincnI
ed factionalism that had existed before merely in
another form. The correct solution of the rnnno-
ehtous questions of the day on the basis of Ienin-
Ism STANDS above all questions of formal disci-
pline" U-''i-