The daily worker., 1933-06-03

unit the laughing stock Of the
workers.
In another district, one Of the
neighborhood reformist unemployed
organizations invited the revolution
ary unemployed council there to
enter into joint struggle for more
relief The invitation was refused
The reformist local was informed,
contrary to our policy, that we want
a united front only on q city-wide
soale"-this at a time when we are
fighting precisely against limiting our
united front efforts to the upper com
mittees OF the reformist bodies.
Such examples could be cited from
every district, and from almost every
section, in varied forms Of course, TO
prove concretely the need for con-
tinuous efforts TO clarity the Party
comrades and to uproot this sectarian
resistance to serious mass work.
CAPTIVATING TO
REFORMIST INFLUENCES
Sectarian tendencies hamper us
most in our efforts to enter into work
among the masses on a united front
basis, but when We have once entered
into such activities the greatest
danger arises from mistakes of an
openly right opportunist character.
Then, in our anxiety to set up q
united front, there is the tendency to
capitulate to the demands and man
euvers Of the reformist leaders, there
by weakening the effectiveness of our
efforts to expose these leaders and to
destroy the illusions among the
masses, created by these leaders,
which are the principle barriers to a
united front Of struggle together with
I the Communists In other words, in
/ our over anxiety to achieve united
action, by our own capitulation to re-
forlniSt influences, we make it more
difficult for the masses to find the
only road to effective joint struggle
/ the road which takes the masses over
/ the political corpseS Of these leaders
| Other mistakes Of a right oppor-
/ tunist character have been made, and
also from the failure to realize that
we desire united frort with the
masses on the basis OF energetic class
I struggles for their day to day needs.
1 Some comrades interpret our policy
/ as one based on a desire for united
/ front of tendencies" of "organiza-
/ tions,' etc, when what we want is a
united front of the masses regardless
/ of tendencies or organizations. In
| the course of the united front strug-
/ giles it is our aim to win the masses
! for one 'tendency"-the revolutionary
/ fighting policies of the Communist
International, and for one Party-the
! Communist Party. Win the masses,
/ this is our objective in the united
/ front
THE COMINTERN POLICY
4 OF THE UNITED FRONT
/ Some comrades have interpreted
the manifesto of the Communist In
! ternational as a new policy based
/ on united front with the leaders.
| But this is not correct, as can be seen
/ from the following excerpt from that
manifesto:
"The Communist International,
in view of fascism which is un-
/ chaining all the forces OF world
reaction against the working-class
1 Of Germany, calls upon all Commu-
mist Parties to make yet another
! attempts to set up the united front
/ Of struggle with the Social Demo-
/ cratic workers through the medium
of the Social Democratic Parties"
Here the Comintern policy is very
/ clearly stated: with the Social-Dem-
I ocratic workers through the medium
4 OF the Social-Democrati Parties"
What we want is ~the united front of
struggle with the Social Democratic
! workers" (read also A. F. of L., C. P.
I L. A, and all other workers.. This
/ is our objective. All other questions
such as through the medium Of the
! Social-Democrati Parties" etc, are
only tactical questions, and should
never be permitted to blur over a
clear view of our objective in the de-
| velopment of the united front strug-
| giles. Above all, such confusion should
never cause us to lose sight of the
! fundamental Social-fascist character
Of the leadership of the refornist
bodies. And they should not cause us
| to fall into the renegade chatter
about a united front of tendencies"
These conceptions can only serve as
| brakes on the development of our
mass work
I But these opportunist conceptions
( have influenced our mass work. In
/ some cases the effort to set up the
united front through the medium
! Of the Social-Denocrati Parties"
and other reformist bodies has caused
us to neglect the basic task Of win
ming the masses in the factories, in
the trade unions, and at the relief
bureaus, This reliance on appeals 70
top committees of the Socialist Party,
of the A. F. Of L., etc, manifested in
some instances, can only be besed on
I the misconception that these bodies,
as such, will change their baSicalfy
I reformist character and adopt q pol
icy Of class struggle. This is q false
outlook. AS organizations they will
remain social-fascist. II they coms
/ into the united front, even on lirns
tied number of issues, 1t viii be
because they are forced in by the
mass pressure for a united front OF
struggle. Waiting at the doorsteps
! then Of the social-fascist leaders and
neglecting the basic mass work would
lead to failure all around. It viii
lead to a weakening Of our efforts
to win the masses for our policies. 1t
will lead to a relaxation OF the mass
/ pressure on these leaders thereby de-
/ stroying even the faintest possibly
that they would enter the united
front. The main task, now as ever,
is the work in the factories, in the
MONS and among the unemployed
directly with the workers. This is the
way a united front of struggle win
be built. 2