The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-23
The Program OF the Indian
Revolution

The LETS" in the National Congress
THE Indian National Congress as a whole was
organized by the Indian capitalists. 1t be-
came the greatest brake on the organization of
the Indian masses for the revolutionary struggle
AS awhoe itfrankly defends the interests of the
capitalists and landlords and seeks by every
means to come to an agreement with British
Imperialism, satisfactory to the rich classes in
India. There is, however in the fold of the Ma
tional Congress a special brand of bourgeois
nationalist, who pose as "lefts," and are there
fore the most dangerous enemies of the rising
Indian masses. This is the group headed by
Jawaharlal Nehru. Bose and others. The diff
ference between this group ana Gandhis is this:
Whereas Gandhi wants the revolution TO COM
init harakari, the young Mellru wants to kill
it with poison.
The left nationalist penetrate into the trade
unions where they hamper the workers struggle
against the bosses, They promise the peasants
land (of course, with due regard to the inter
ests of the landlords AFTER the revolution
They support Gandhi's teaching of non-violence
mot on principal, but as policy" AS if it
matters to the Indian workers and peasants
whether they are betrayed ION principle" or on
grounds of high policyl" One of these phrase
nrongers, well known cleft" nationalist poll
Trade Union of Railway Employees of which
he is president, recently declared against the
general strike, resolved upon by the All-India
Trade Union Congress. What are his reasons?
OF course the NEST plausible: trade unionism in
India is weak, says he, and stands in need of
constructive, sober work. and not ultra-mii-
. tant activity" This worthy was Immediately
canonized by the imperialist press ins spite of
his alleged "anti-imperialist' activities, for his
sobery treacherous attitude towards the gen.
eral strike.
AL this shows how right are the Indian Com
munists when they declare in their Platform
of Action:
Ruthless war on the cleft national re-
fermists is an essential condition if we are
to isolate them from tn eworkers and from
the mass of the peasantry and mobilize the
latter under the banner Of the Communist
Party and Of the anti-imperialist agrarian
revolution in India
Hatred Of British rule now permeates the
whole Indian people through and through. A
United States government official, who last year
toured Eastern countries, states in his book:
People OF twenty years residence there de,
in India, Ed told me they had never seen India
so stirred up" Under these conditions anybody
who wants to win the ear of the Indian masses
must talk against British Imperialism. Then
how are the Indian masses to distinguish between
their real leaders, who will lead them to final
victory. and false friends, who are bartering
away their interests behind their back? There
is only one way to learn this, and that is the
path Of revolutionary class struggle. Not from
demagogic oratory, but from the painful exper-
fence of the actual struggle carried out from
day to day for higher wages. lower land rents
help to the unemployed, and so on, will the
Indian workers and peasants learn the treacher-
Gus role Of the left" nationalists.
These day to day struggles will arouse the class
consciousness of the Indian workers and peas
ants, organize them and steel them for the COM
ing onslaught on imperialism and its Indian
allies. For without persistent day to day work
of organizing the masses into trade unions,
peasant leagues, ETC., there can ge no victorious
revolution.
This is what the supporters OF terrorism in
India do not understand. Today good many
revolutionary youth in india despairing OF the
leadership Of Gandhi and other misleaders from
the National Congress, are resorting to bombs
News OF killings Of British Indian officials and