The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-18
NV N. MAIoRsKY lMoscowl.

BY N. MAJORSKY moscow.
"The central question Of every revolution Is
the question of State power" says Lenln Inc
chief task of the Spanish Party is to lead the
workers and peasants in their fight for power
In ruthlessly exposing the bourgeois reaction
airy character of the zamora government the
Communist Party must carry on the most en-
ergetic fight for winning the masses organ
izing the Soviets and developing the revolu-
tionary movement in the open country The
G. P. of Spain must bear in mind that the
revolution leads to power by the wave Of
movement by the broad masses Of the people.
The Party must know how to organize this
movement
The present stage OF the revolution demands
of the G. P of Spain such tactical line as was
characterized by Lenin as an ARMED prepara-
ton of broad basis for a higher stage" OF the
revolution In these words of the strategic gen.
ius of revolutionary fight there lies profound
meaning. One must proceed to higher stage
of the revolution he said; for this purpose one
must prepare and build up broad mass basis
and one must give it the force of an armed
preparation. The c. P of Spain must know
how to proceed from those issues that move
the masses, must know how to organize the
masses and to lead them in the fight for the
further development of the revolution.
1t is highly important for the Communist
Party of Spain Skillfully to expose the demo-
cratic republican illusions which are very widely
spread among the masses The masses still be-
lieve that the republic brings liberty to the
people. Our Party must lead the masses in
the practical immediate realization OF their
liberty. The Spanish workers and peasants will
then become convinced by their own experience
that the Republic of Zamora is by no means
the Republic that they need.
The c. P. of Spain must set itself the task
of Immediately organizing all groups of toilers
and concentrate special attention on the reyo-
lutionary liquidation of the feudal remnants in
the village and on the setting up of factory
councils The chief task however, is to create
workers. landworkerS, peasants and soldiers So
VETS 1t is the weakness of these Sovets that
they were not formed at the first moment of
the revolution Every weakness, however can
be overcome if the necessary prerequisites there
for are present. The prerequisites for the form
alton of Soviets exist, however, in Spain. Vari-
Gus spontaneous attempts have been and are
being made in this respect, An organized and
general character must be given to these at
tempts, and the Party must know how to prove
to the masses that the formation of Soviets
lies in their immediate interest.
OF special importance is the drawing of the
soldiers into the Soviets. The general revolu-
tonary revival has not lett the soldiers I'M
touched. There have been frequent cases OF
determination between soldiers and the people;
it has happened that soldiers have refused to
fire on the workers. The Spanish soldier is
deprived of the right to take part in the po-
litical life of the country. He is still struck
and beaten by his officers. The Communist
Party declares plainly and clearly: Such state
of affairs must not be tolerated any longer. The
closest participation of the soldiers in the po-
| ltical life of the country must be secured; SOL
| diers' committees must be formed in every
| company, in every battery, in every squadron
| and the right to elect their own Officers must
! be won. The Spanish Party will pay regard to
the experiences of the Russian revolution.
The winning of the masses of soldiers for the
revolution is one of the means of arming the
revolution. The most important and urgent task,
however, is the arming of the proletariat, the
creation of a revolutionary workers guard
revolutionary attitude must be adopted to-
wards the bourgeois laws which are contrary
to the interests of the workers and peasants.
The Communist Party must call upon the
masses to realize on their own account such an
important demand the introduction of the
seven-hour day, to defy the prohibition of work.