The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
German Communist PARTY
Leads Revolutionary Fight
By Bwe'e1

Communist International.
Today the Communist Party Of
Germany has about 100000 mem
bers. 1t is rooted in the indus
tries. This is evidenced by the
advances the Party can register In
this years factory council cleo
tionS. In the most important in
duStrial establishments the unity
list Of the Communists outdiStances
the Socialist lists. In the second
largest chemical factory in Ger
many, Film Wolfen, Bitterfeld,
the electio.;s Feb. ] gave the Com
munists 1900 votes and the So
cialistS $50 In 1880 the Commun-
lists got 1900 votes and the So
cialists 1000. There are now 1000
workers in this factory. 3,400 of
them voted. In 1880 the Social
lists got 62.5g6 of the votes and the
Communists 1885,. In 1888 the
Socialists got 279S, while the Com
inunists polled 500.
In its trade union work the Par
ty has made such progress that
in several important national uni
ons only the open dictatorship of
the Social Democratic Trade Union
bureaucracy can prevent their con-
quest by the Communists.
UNITED FRONT POLICY
AGAINST HITLERISM
In the struggle against Hitlerisrn
the Communist Party of Germany
has followed consistently an effec-
tive united front policy. So effec-
tive was this policy that lately
some membership meetings of the
Social Democratic Party in pro-
letarian centers virtually turned
into trials of the leadership for
treason, by a revolving, through as
yet only partly conscious, member
ship. This disatfection of Social
Democratic workers became SO
alarming that the Social Democrat
leaders began to welcome the help
they got from their auxiliary for
ces, the renegades from Commun-
ism.
THE more the Social Democratic
Party is disintegrating, the more
do the Brandlerites and Trotsky-
ties cry about a disintegration Of
the Communist Party. The more
the Communist Party united front
with the social democratic work.
ers is cutting into the strength Of
Social Democracy. the more do
the Brandlerites and the Trotsky-
ties shout for united front with
the social democratic leaders. The
more successful the tactics of the
Communist Party become, the
louder do the BrandleriteS and the
Trotskyites shout for new tactics.
The more open the Social Demo-
cratic leaders betray the German
proletariat, the more persistent do
the Brandlerites and Trotskyites
palaver about that 'other prolet-
arian party" the social democrats.
The more effective the policies of
the Communist Party break down
the fences of the enemy, the buster
do the Brandlerites and Trot5ky-
ties become in trying to repair
them. But Bolshevik tactics made
the Communists the strongest single
party in Berlin. Bolshevik tactics
caused the inner disintegration of
the Social Democratic Party.
The speeding up and completion
of this process of disintegration,
the sharpening of the Bolshevik
tactics toward Social Democracy is
at this hour the most important
preparation for the coming revolu-
ton. The pushing of the Social
Democratic Party by Hitler into
position OF opposition to the gov
eminent will undoubtedly sharpen
the language OF the social demo-
Gratis. They will try to regain with
phrases that confidence of the
workers which they have lost
through their actions.
But in this they cannot succeed.
The time has come when gestures
without actions are no longer &C
cepted by the masses as action;
they rather become proofs of I'M
willingness to act. That is why we
are permitted to conclude that the
disintegration of the Social Demo-
cratic Party will not be materially
arrested by present events; the de
velopment Of a revolutionary situa-,
ton ia Germany will proceed as
fast in the next future as the de-
velopment OK the last few months
indicated