The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
Is Our Propaganda Against
Boss theology Effective?

Teachings Of Karl Marx show that
the districts do not consider the
question Of the literature sales in
connection with our propaganda as
an important political task. The
sale of literature is merely left to
a few literature directors and book
shops without the proper political
and organlzational steps on the part
Of the district leadership.
m previous occasions We have
" examined leaflets published by
the districts. The leaflets which
we receive again emphasize the
fact that not enough care is taken
in combining simple presentation
with the proper content of our agi-
tation and propaganda,
The Ieaflet of the Chicago Dis
trict for the Lenin Memorial meet
ing is an example how not to write
leaflets. We will not discuss every
phase Of this leaflet. This Lenin
leaflet of the Chicago District
shows that it was written without
the proper earnestness in speak
ing to workers and explaining our
position to them. The very first
sentence of the Ieaflet begins with
democracy. We believe that in
a Lenin leaflet this should not have
been the starting point of the dis
cuSsion OF what LeniniSm stands
for in our struggle in the United
States. Then the leaflet Jumps
together technocracy and social fas-
cism. 1t says: THE united front
of the workers and impoverished
farmers will sweep aside the social
fascist leaders and technocratS
whose main objective is to defeat
the working class" 1t is certainly
correct to expose democracy as q
means of deceiving the workers,
but our struggle against social
faScism is far more basic and deci-
sive in winning the worker away
from capitalism, than an exposure
of technOcracy. The leaflet fur
Their says: 'Leninism means the
right of self-determination Of op-
pressed peoples, the Negro, the
Philippine and ALL (0" (Our en-
phasis). In the first place the slo-
gan for the Philippine masses is
not self determination. Why does
the leaflet say land alr'? Whom
do we have in mind when we say
and all? More care must be taken
as to how we present our ideas to
the workers, and not in the care
less manner as it is done in this
leaflet.
A few remarks on the question OF
n simplicity We certainly must
make the greatest effort to speak
simply. But do we mean by simp-
licity merely the use of simple
words? Not at all. The question
of simplicity is to present the is
sues and our slogans to the work
ers in such language which cor
responds to their needs, which ex-
press their conditions. Simple
words without regard to ideas ex-
pressed, without regard to the con-
tent, is a vulgarization of sinplic-
ity. We believe that this is in some
respects the case with the Chicago
Lenin leaflet.
In preparation for war the bour-
geoisie is. increasing its campaign
of chauvinism. This is clearly seen
in connection with the question OF
the collection of debts. In the
preparation for war against the
Soviet Union we have a steady
campaign Of lies on the achieve
ments Of the Five Year Plan. Par
ticularly in our propaganda against
war must we be sensitive to answer
every phase Of war propaganda, we
must expose the bourgeois pacifist
lies and chauvinist propaganda.
Our weakest phase in propaganda
in the issuing of leaflets is our anti
war propaganda. This is seen In
the number of leaflets issued in the
districts on the war question, in the
circulation of our anti-war htera-
ture, etc Few of the dis
trictS have ordered the recent ma
nifesto CT the Central Committee
against war which was published
in leaflet form.
The Party must take up in
earnest the question OF our pro-
paganda against bourgeois and So
cial fascist theology. The facts dis
cussed here on the sale Of litera-
ture and leaflets emphasize it.