The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-22
SECOND INTERNATIONAL
CONTINUES TO BREAK
WORKING CLASS UNITY
Communist Parties in All Countries Active in
j Building United Front of Toilers IL
BY J. BERLIoZ Paris

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International has at last decided to
reply to the appeal of the Communist
International for the establishment
of. the fighting unity of the prolet-
ariat. The reply took the form of
Resolution on the Problem Of the
Unity Of the Labor Movement"
adopted at the meetings of the Ex-
ecutive Of the L. S. I. on March 10
and 10 in Zurich, and by its Bureau
on March rs in Paris. At the same
time, the Executive of the L. S. +.
published an appeal: Flight Fas-
ciSm! Up with International Solid
arityl" and an Answer to Goering."
In the first place it must be stated
that neither the United Front Re-
solution" Of the Executive of the
L. S. I. nor their manifesto contains
a single word about organizing con-
crete fighting actions of the pro-
letariat against fascism on an inter
national or even a national scale.
Goering and German fascism are
cursed" in this document, but one
can seek in vain for any concrete di-
rections to the social democracy Of
Germany or the social democratic
workers for initiating any action.
Instead of this, the Executive Com
mittee of the Third International is
reproached with having approached
the Second International, and even
then not the leaders, too late-only
at the beginning of March-with re-
Of the proletariat. The Executive of
the Zurich International thereby
wishes to imply that only negotia-
lions between the highest leaders
could have guaranteed the setting up
of the united front of the working
class, and then only If the Executive
Of the Third International had not
been too late" in coming forward
with their offer.
Front
AS matter of fact, the Communist
Parties in all countries approached
the social democratic and re..o1.s-.1ist
leaders with concrete offers of a
united front. The Communist Party
Of Germany made such united
front offer before the seizure of
power by Hitler, Papen and Hugen-
berg. and repeated this offer after
wards The reply OF The social demo-
cratic parties was, however, a refusal.
Several social democratic parties
have not replied at all to the united
front offer of the Communists.
The Executive OF the Second INTER
national, in its resolution, now gives
the highest sanction to the social
democratic sabotagers Of unity in the
individual countries by urgently rec
onlrnendinge the social democratic
parties mot to enter into any sep
arate negotiations. That Is an open
proclamation Of sabotage Of unity,
which is also expressed in the state
nlent that the Executive of the L. S.
l., at its Conference to be held in
June % 1888, will Investigate the
circumstances that have led to the
success Of fascism in Germany" and
examine the whole strategy and
tactics of the international labor
movement" The German working
class is bleeding from thousand
wounds under the blows of fascism
Fascism is advancing in all capitalist
countries. But tina leaders of the
Second International advise against
the common struggle against fascisn.
And after all this, the Executive of
the L. S. 1. describes the united front
appeal of the Communist Interna-
tional as manoeuvre. 1t will not
achieve any success among the work.
ers with this assertion, for the facts
In all countries prove that it was only
the Communist Parties that did
everything in order to set up the
united front Of the working class in
fiercest struggle against the bour-
geoisie and against fascisn1.
Hitler Social Democracy
No delegates from the German
social democratic party we're present
at the meetings Of the Executive Of
the L. S. L The reason given by the
leaders Of the German social demo-
crazy for their absence was the
seriousness of the situation" But the
fight against fascism was down for
debate at the meetings of the Execu-
tive. II the German and the inter
national social democracy had been
eager for real fight against the fas-
cist dictatorship, then the social party
of Germany would certainly have
found ways and means to send del
egates and to warn the workers of
the capitalist countries against re-
peating the social democratic method
Of combating fascism.
If the German socialist party re-
Trained from sending Representatives
to the meetings Of the Executive "
the L. s. l., then there must be
deeper causes for this.
The situation is explained by the
resignation of Wells, the Chairman
Of the German social democratic
party, from the bureau OF the Second
International ard the approval of
this step by the central conlmi5ee
of the German social democratic
parry, the reason ofven being that the
recent Paris decisions were adopted
without the previous approval Of the
German social democratic party.
This step, BY which the German
S. p leaders line up in the fascist
front &c gainst the atrocity stories
circulated abroad and oppose the
exceedingly tame and mild appeal Of
the Second International, IS we'll as
ihe reports on the aDDrcs ching be K
he5ween the S. P. C Ge.nalT and
the Second In5s-el2tiGl9l 2 q -
iJTaen the ADGP. and the , -2s o.
dom Trade Uniol Ilte- g.o.lG'.
r.ove that the social democratic AID
the trade union Leaders OF German
are determined to 60 over with flying
colors from the democratic camp