The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-22
Communist Init Replies
To Appeal of Independent
Labor Party for Unity
United Front Without Struggle Capitalist Offensive Remains
Empty Phrase Says Third International:

Comrades:--We confirm the re-
ceipt Of your letter Of May Is re-
garding the resolution adopted at the
Derby Conference of the Independent
Labor Party, resolution which I'M
doubtedly expresses the strongly in
creasing will to unity and struggle
against capitalism among the British
working class.
In conformity with your wishes,
we will set out our opinion Of how
the Independent Labor Party would
assist the work Of the Communist
International.
An important step in this direction
is the start which is being made In
the practical carrying out OF the
united front between the Independent
Labor Party and the Communist
Party of Great Britain in the Strug-
gle against the capitalist offensive,
the Fascist terror in Germany and
the danger of new imperialist wars.
This in itself is the beginning OF
practical collaboration with the
Communist International.
In our opinion the further steps
In this direction should be as follows:
Firstly. the extension and strength
ening of the actions of solidarity,
which have already taken place be-
tween the Independent Labor Party
and the Communist Party of Great
Britain, to all the important and
urgent questions of the struggle of
the British and the international
proletariat against their bourgeoisle
and world Imperialism and winning
of the broad strata Of workers, mem
beers of the Labor Party and the
trade unions, for the united front in
this struggle.
Secondly, the giving Of real support
to the struggle of the Communist
Party of Great Britain against the
bourgeois nationalist and the reac-
tionarB policy of National Labor"
against the refornist policy of the
Labor Party leaders, the leaders of
trade unions and the Second Inter
national.
ONLY EFFECTIVE STEP
is REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE
Convinced by the experiences of
many years, the members of the In
dependent Labor Party decided at the
Derby Conference to follow up dis
utilization from the Labor Party, by
leaving the Second International.
These two decisions were necessary
and important steps in the struggle
against refor1nisrn. But the indie
pendent Labor Party cannot stop
merely at the point Of an organiza-
tional break with the Second Inter
national.
If the Independent Labor Party
has seriously decided to participate
in the revolutionary class struggle of
the proletariat, it cannot carry this
out except by a constant active strug-
gle against National Labor" against
reformism and the reformist leaders
who propagate reforrlist ideas, hold
back and disrupt the working class
movement.
In practice, the slogan Of struggle
against the capitalist offensive re-
mains an empty phrase If the Party
which advances it does not take
any steps to mobilize the workers
for mass resistance to wage-cuts,
dismissals, the reduction Of unem-
pIoyment insurance, etc.
But the Social Democratic parties
and the reactionary leaders of the
trade unions, who state in words that
they are opposed to the capitalist Of
fensive are in reality directing their
efforts towards permitting the CAPT
talists to carry through their merci-
less pressure on the workers without
! meeting with any resistance.
The members of the Independent
Labor Party know this from the ex-
perience of Mondism, and also from
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