The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
Decisions of Eighth
Convention Analysed
In May Communist

AlIC bIdUG uIlIOIl lIOD1etl Is QUIZ !
lined in Section VI, and is dealt
with in greater detail in the spe-
cial resolution on Lessons of |
Economic Struggles and the Tasks
of the Communists in the Trade |
Unions" Chief emphasis is placed |
in this resolution on trade union |
work in the factories. We must
build an inclusive united front of
all militant workers in the factory, |
we must work in the A. F. of L. !
Unions, transform the independent |
unions into class unions, build and
the T.UUB. unions, and |
the Party must work towards
bringing together the independent
and revolutionary trade unions
into an Independent Federation of
Labor"
Other mass tasks facing the Party |
include organization work among
the farmers, based on the organiza-
ton of the agricultural laborers,
thus establishing the leadership "of |
the working class and its revolu- |
tionary Party over the poor and |
middle farmers"
Struggle for Negro Rights and Self
Determination
The Negro people is subjected to
special oppression and persecution.
The resolution emphasizes the Par
tvs task of carrying on a rnerci-
less struggle against white chat
vir1isfn and the irnperialist theology
of race superiority, with the help
of which the capitalist class, aided |
by the A. F. of L, and the Social
ist Party leaders, split the working
class.
ut is especially necessary to
fight against discrimination in
handing out jobs and payment of
relief, connecting up the fight for
the partial demands Of the Ne
groes with the fight against
lynching. the struggle for Negro
liberation, raising the slogan Of
equal rights and the right Of
Differentiation of the Negro
people in the Black Belt"
Working Class Youth
Winning the young proletariat is
discussed at length in the special
resolution on page ATT Of the May
issue. The Party must realize that
"the present ui1derestimation and
neglect Of the daily systematic work
among the young workers is a re-
forrnist remnant especially danger
Gus to the Party" and that "un-
derestin1ation or neglect Of this
work is incompatible with the ca
pacity to fill leading positions in
the Party"
AS the young workers form the
reservoir of man-power that the
capitalist class will use as cannon
fodder in imperialist war, the Par
tvs anti-war work cannot yield re-
suits unless emphasis is based upon
the youth Of the proletariat. Like
wise, it is the youth that fascist
demagogy makes efforts to exploit
and mislead. Our fight against Fas-
cis1n must involve all of the young
workers and farmers.
The Women Of the Working Glass
In view of the increasing employ
ment of women in the basic NUM-
lions industries during wartime,
the Convention resolutions empha-
size the added Importance that the
task of organizing and winning
working class women takes on with
the imminence of the war danger"
Building the Party
Victory can be achieved only
when the proletariat and the toll
ing masses are led by a homogen-
eous, disciplined Party based on the
theory of Marxisrn- Leninism,
Bolshevik Party whose members are
devoted to the cause Of the probe
tartan revolution and are willing to
make every sacrifice for the revo-
luton.
The Party must meet the attacks
of the capitalist class by resisting
illegality and by roofing the Party
in the factories and taking all pre-
paratory measures for working I'M
foreground.
DAISING the political and theo-
II retical level of the Party mem
bership. building and improving the
Daily Worker and the entire Party
press, are extremely important
tasks. Building the Party demands
that the opportunist tendency of
hiding the face of the Party, which
has frequently manifested itself, es-
pecially in the trade union strug-
giles, must be decisively overcome"
A struggle on two fronts-against
leftisrn and particularly against
right opportunisir-must be car
ried on persistently.
The Conventions decisions must
be studied by each Party member,
unit, fraction, ETC., and concretely
applied in their everyday activi-
ties. The resolutions and Comrade
PROVIDERS report make such study
possible. and it is the duty Of the
districts and sections to organize
such study