The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-17
Reviewed by v. ]. Jerome

Reviewed Dy V. j. jerome
The problems in connection with
the correct application of the united
front tactic have brought sharply to
the fore some of the most funda-
mental feminist principles OF working
class organization. Having as its
central objective the winning of the
toiling masses for the revolutionary
struggle under the leadership Of the
Communist Party, the united front
demands of us clear grasp of Boil
shevik strategy and tactics.
On the United Front
APPLY, therefore, "The Communist"
for June devotes two important ar
ticles that deal specifically with the
question Of the united front In the
first OF these articles, "a Warning
Against Opportunist Distortions of
the United Front Tactic" by Com
rade Hathaway, the problem is lu-
cidly presented to us in its two-fold
aspect: the eagerness of the masses
for the joint front of struggle, due to
the deepening crisis, and the block
ing of maneuvers Of the reformist
leaders. For the further development
of the united front, which carries
with it the exposure of the mislead-
ers, Comrade Hathaway points out,
we must develop struggles around the
day-to-day needs of all toilers, which
means that our main work for the
building of the united front must
necessarily be in the factories, in the
trade unions, and among the unenl-
ployed. Comrade Hathaway takes up
specific instances Of recent date that
demonstrate the open and willy sabo-
tage OF the Old Guard and the self
styled militants in the Socialist
Party leadership. He points out our
frequent unreadiness to react with
revolutionary strategy to these trick
sters-an unreadiness that constitutes
a Right danger, the main danger in
our united front activity. He cites,
too, number Of typical left" err
rors, which lead essentially to the
same results-the separation OF our
Party from the masses.
In the second of the aforemen-
toned articles, 1.-THE Communist
Parties Of the Capitalist Countries
in the Struggle for the United
Front" by Comrade Piatnitsky, the
united front problems are set forth
in their international aspect. After
showing conclusively that efforts at
establishing a fighting united front
are not a new policy Of the Com
munist International and the Red IN
ternatonal of Labor Unions, but were
put forward by them as early as
1922, Comrade Piatnitsky cites vari-
Gus instances that demonstrate only
too clearly the obstructionist policy
of the reformist bureaucrats. He
brings evidence after evidence to
show how the pressure Of the ranks
from below compelled the leadership
in the parties and unions Of the
Second and Amsterdam Information
ais to make united front declara-
tons, which invariably turned out to
be demagogic gestures followed by
roundabout maneuvers to keep the
working class masses from entering
into joint front against the CAPT.
talist enemy. Comrade Piatnitsky's
article is a crushing indictment OF
the splitting tactics of the Second
International and Reformist union
leaderships.
The editorial, entitled 1.-THE Rising
Strike Movement" analyses the main
causes that have given rise to the
spreading strike movement in the
United States. 1t discusses the spe-