The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-27

riot Training School or to the
Workers School. They were
equipped with the class struggle
theory. They understood the role
of organization in the class strug-
gle. They could explain the mean
ing of immediate demands and OF
the final goal. They could explain
the meaning of capitalism" sim
perialiSln" and Socialism" They
had clear notion as to the signi-
ficance of the Hunger March.
They discussed those notions
with the rank-and-file marchers.
They discussed them at specially
organized meetings in the trucks,
during the travel. They discussed
them at the night lodgings. They
explained to individual marchers
what remained unclear to them.
They emphasized the importance
of the decisions made by the Hun
ger March leadership. They es-
tablished connections between the
past experiences of the workers,
their present experiences and their
future struggles.
AND an almost miraculous trans
"A formation took place before
our very eyes, within the ranks Of
the hunger marchers. The fire of
the class conception of society, the
light of the Marxist-Leninist
theory, added to the fundamentally
sound reactions of the workers,
transformed this mass of proletari-
ans, strange to each other, and
yesterday strange to the movement,
into one solid body of revolution
AIRY fighters. IT the hunger march
erS went into battle with a courage
and a fighting power that startled
the bourgeois world, if in Wash
ington they were ready to march
defying all obstacles, if in the midst
of overwhelming armed forces they
made a splendid showing of unity,
courage, determination and class
aggresiveneSS in the capitol of the
country to an extent that did not
fail to impress even the enemy.
this was due to the fact that they
were trained, if for a short time, in
the Marxist feminist theory. 1t is
the Workers School in the broader
sense of the word that made this
proletarian army possible.
They will go back now to their
respective cities, rich with expert
encs, strengthened by their strug-
giles. made more powerful and more
militant by the knowledge ac-
quired, both practical and theore-
tical. They will, no doubt, fight
in the forefront of their class.
Thus the Hunger March has al
ready accomplished one great aim:
1t has turned three thousand pro-
letarians into revolutionary fight
erS.
TIMES REQUIRE MORE
But the times in which we live
require vastly more. Few of us ac-
tually realize the nature of the
times we live. in. Not only is cap
italism exposing itself at every new
turn its bankruptcy, economic, poll
tical, social and cultural; not only
is it destroying the very cultural
values it was boasting of as its
greatest achievements, but the tide
of the revolutionary labor move
ment is rising higher and higher.
Masses are beginning to stir. The
time is not far when we will enter
a revolutionary era. We can see
clearly the approaching historical
revolutionary situation where the
working class under the leadership
of the Communist Party will ac-
tually march towards the seizure
of power
The role of the Workers School,
the role of Marxist-LeniniSt theory
under such conditions grows vast
ly. In the very same way as the
tasks of the Communist Party and
its importance have grown snorns'
ously compared with the situation,
say, ten years ago, SO the import
ance of the MarMst-Lenintse
theory as advanced in the Workers
School has grown. We have TO per-
meate millions of workers with the
class struggle theory, We have to
teach millions of workers the class
struggle practice. We have to con-
meet the theory and practice Of
to-day with the ultimate goal Of
tomorrow. We need leaders, mass
leaders, rank and file leaders and
great leaders. We need a Workers
School that gives education not to
thousand or to fifteen hundred
workers, but to tens of thousands
throughout the whole country.
What was done by the Hunger
March to three thousand workers
must be done in the very near fu-
ture to a majority of the working
class Of this country. The centers,
from which the theoretical work
will emanate, must be the Workers
School.