The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-09
DRAFT PLATFORM OF AC-
TON OF THE COMMUNIST
PARTY OF INDIA

groups must be to persuade and prepare the SOL
diers to take action in support of a general armed
insurrection of the people for liberty, land and
a Workers and Peasants Government. 1t is
necessary to explain to the soldiers by concrete
examples drawn from their daily lives (arbitrary
actions by the officers shooting down of demon
stratons workers strikes, etc, fragrant Unequal
ity of white and Indian Soldiers-WorSe food,
clothes, allowances, etc. that Indian soldiers
only a blind tool in the hands of the British
robbers, who use them to maintain the national
social oppression of the toiling masses of our
country.
". The C, P. of India calls upon its supporters
to organize the eX-soldierS, who have had prac-
teal proof of the sWindlng and exploiting char
acter of British rule, and to build up revolution
airy eX-soldier organizations to prepare and sup
port the future national instruction and agrar-
ian movement under the leadership Of the Party.
V. Tie c. P. of India calls upon the class
conscious workers to organize determination with
Indian soldier, with the object of establishing
closest friendship and explaining the solidarity
Of the interests of workers, peasants and soldiers
in the fight for freedom and the abolition of all
forms OF exploitation.
~. Youth Demands.
I. The c. P of India calls upon the revolu-
tonary working class youth to build up the
Young C"-''nuniSt Lee The Young Com
cation owing to the complete lack of rights and
the prevailing terror has its object to organize
the widest possible masses of working class
peasant and revolutionary student youth around
the banner of The Communist Party, doing
either directly or through the medium of auXil-
iary, legal and Semi-legal mass organizations
youth sections in the trade unions, etc..
II. The Y. C. L. of India as the helper of the
Party has the special task of organizing the
working youth under the banner of Communism.
The Y. c. L. of India must come forward as
political organization which Subordinates all
forms of struggle and mass organizations-eco-
nomic, cultural, sports, etc-to the interest of
the political struggle, namely, the overthrow of
the inperialst yoke and the winning of power
by the working class and the peasantry.
Ill The G. P. of India calls for the country
wide organization both Of mixed and of separate
workers, peasants and students attachments,
both to defend the peoples demonstrations
strikes etc. and in order to make systematic
preparations for the armed struggle of the In
dian people.
". The c. p OF india calls upon the honest
revolutionary youth to help in spreading political
propaganda among the soldiers and police, The
c. P. of India considers that the call of the Left
nationalist TO the soldiers to leave the army and
take their discharge in accordance with Gandhs
a
task Of genuine revolutionaries is to persuade the
soldiers while staying i'll the army, to prepare
and raise, when the time is ripe, the banner of
armed instruction and, shoulder to shoulder
with the toiling people, overthrow British ruc
V. With the object of protecting the toiling
youth against physical and cultural degeneration,
and - 0rder to develop its tionary often
sive for the national and social liberation of the
he of nd FIGHT
a. Limitation of the working day to hours
for youths from Is t" 20. Prohibition of employ
ment of children under Is.
b. Universal free and compulsory education
up to Is in the national language of the pupils
Free feeding clothing and supply of text books
to children at the expense of the State. intro
duction of vocational training for youths at the
expense of the State and the employers
c. Paid weekly and annual (6 weeks holiday
for youths.
d. State maintenance of unemployed youths
at rates equivalent to the cost of living.
Conclusion.
The Communist Party of India, putting for
ward its programm of demands of the Indian
revolution, calls upon the toing masses to rally
under the revolutionary banner of the Party,
and carry on the struggle to the successful con-
quest of power and the establishment of the
democratic dictatorship of the working class and
the peasantry in the form o. coviets
The c. p. of India declares that the successful
solution of the problems facing the revolution
against feudalism and for emancipation will open
up the possibility with the help of the interna-
tonal proletariat and the class offensive of the
exploited masses of our country, of the revolu-
ton developing through number of stages into
proetaran revolution, thereby creating the re-
quisite conditions for the development of our
country on Socialist lines, avoiding the further
stage of domination Of the capitalist system
In this struggle the Indian people are not
alone. They have ally in the revolutionary
workers of all countries in the world. The work
ers of the whole world are fighting for the over
throw of international imperialism and the abo-
lition of the whole system of capitalist expoita-
ton, which is now going through very profound
crisis. The crisis of the f@uda and capitalist sys
tenn of exploitation in India is at present being
combined with the world crisis, which leads to
the great sharpening of all antagonisms, the ap-
proach OF wars and the rise of new wave of
revolutionary struggles
The growing crisis is producing the growth of
stubborn resistance and counter offensive on the
part of the international proletariat and the COL
onial peoples. The strength OF the international
revolution is growing. In one Of the countries
Of the world, Soviet Russia. the working class has
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