The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-25
ON COORDINATING ORGANIZATION AND
AGITPROP WORK

THE slowness with which the Party initiates
various campaigns, the lack of continuity and
systematic actions and the development and
follow-up of the campaigns and daily activities
are due to an extent, to the absence of agitprop
work in the preparation, carrying through and
follow-up work. The lack of agitprop work is
particularly noticeable in times of preparation
for strike struggles, during these struggles and
following them.
The lack of the development OF agitprop work
in connection with mass work tends to separate
agitation and propaganda from organization and
to separate organization from propaganda and
agitation. The coordination OF agitprop and or
ganization activities must be based on the Len
mist unification Of politics and organization and
not as exists quite often, their mechanical sep
aration.
The growing opportunities and tasks before
the Party require quick response and mob
iization of the Party membership for the grow
ing activities on many new fields. Political SEN
sitiveness and Organizatonal mobility must there
fore go hand-in-hand.
The political mobilization of the Party must
be based on clarifying the nature, aims and
methods in the daily activities and campaigns
of the Party. The units, functionaries' confer
ences, must become the center for such political
training gives broader perspective and deeper
understanding for the daily mass activities. Such
elementary training makes possible better po-
litcal understanding and quicker reaction to the
tasks of the Party. The statement Of the Org
Agitprop Departments which was printed in the
Daily Worker of Jan. 10, deals with this problem
in detail
Mass agitation and mass propaganda are es-
sential to make clear to the masses the aim of
the campaigns and the struggles that they are
to participate in. Our mass agitation will help
to develop enthusiasm, understanding and faith
among the masses for the campaigns and strug-
giles that they are to be modified for by the
Party The bourgeoisie is releasing flood of
poisonous agitation in connection with the cam
paigns and struggles led by the Party. The
propaganda of the bourgeoisie its lies about the
Party must be answered and exposed. Mere
denunciation will not be sufficient. Our agita-
ton must be simple, factual and convincing.
We must therefore consider agitation and mass
propaganda as indispensable weapons in the
political mobilization of the masses for struggle
OrganizatiOnal Measures and Methods of
Coordination.
On the basis Of the political mobilization of the
Party as well on the basis of the political
mobilization of the masses, the work of the or
ganization and agitprop departments must be CO.
ordinated.
The general political line and directives laid
down by the Central Polburo and District Buros
for various phases of mass work and special
campaigns, should be cOncretized by the Org and
Agitprop Departments. The Org and Agitprop
Departments then are to work out jointly the
plans for the carrying out of the political direc
tives laid down by the District Buros An ex-
change of representatives should be established
between the two departments.
The District Bwo to take up regularly various
major phases Of agitprop work. 1t must also as
sumo the political responsibility for the func-
tioning of the Agitprop Department