The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
The Most Burning Question -
Unity Of action
---By Bella K UN--
the Presidum the Communist International

ONCE again the Communists say to the workers of
" Social-Democratic and reformist organizations
and to their functonaries: Do you net feel that
the advance of fascsm in number of countries,
the direct preparations which being made for
new imperialist slaughter of the peoples the fur
Their degradation of the position of the working
class, must unite us You follow your leaders, VINO,
as we are convinced pursue an incorrect policy, the
policy of class collaboration, policy which does
not correspond to the interests of the proetariat
but to those of the borgeose. We believe that our
criticism of your Party is correct But the attacks
on the policy of your leaders were not, for us, an
end in themselves; they were always and they still
are a means in the struggle for establishing The
unity of the working class against capitalism
In order to break the bonds Of class collabora-
ton with the bourgeoisie-bonds which hold fast
such an important part of the working class as the
adherents of Social-Democracy represent-in order
that we may be able jointly to wage a common
struggle against the common enemy in order to
achieve this minimum which is necessary for sue
cessfu struggle against fascism we were, are, and
remain ready to make this concession to your lead
ers We steadfastly hope that the common struggle
of Communist and Social Democratic workers-even
though it means temporarily abandoning an i'm
portant condition of workers democracy, polemics
against incorrect pocy-that this struggle will con-
vince the Social Democratic workers that the sole
correct tactic of the working class is not the re-
pOuCy not class COdDOIdGlOu WIFI Vile Cldoo
enemy, but the irreconcilable revolutionary class
struggle against capitalism and its rule
C. p WILL FOLLOW STERN PATH
1t follows from this conviction that the Com
munist Parties will not let themselves be deferred,
either by the courteous by the malicious refusals
of any sociaI-Dernocratic Party from pursuing the
path of consistent struggle for the unity of action
Of the proletariat.
No matter what answers are given by the Social
Democratic leaders to our proposals for unity of
action will call upon the proletarians no matter
to what party they may belong to engage in COM
mon action against capitalism, fascisn and i'm
perialis war; for the defense of the living interests,
for the defense of the rights of the workers. We
are ready to make proposals to the leaders of the
Social-Democratic Parties well; we are ready to
negotiate. But know that it is our absolute
duty to make these proposals not only to the Social
Democratic Party leaders, that it is our duty not
to conduct our negotiations behind the scenes. If
some Communists have not learned this they must
now above all realize that every proposal made to
Social Democratic Party executive to the leaders
of reforinist trade union, must be backed up by
hundreds of applications to all organizations of the
Social Democratic Parties and reformst trade
unions.
BROAD MASS WORK NECESSARY
BY means of broad mass work we must ensure
that the adherents of the Socal-D Democratic Parties
the members of reformist trade unions know OF
every proposal made by Communist Party for
joint action against the class enemy If the Com
munists in France, in Switzerland or in England
have neglected to make proposals Of action every
day in the Social-Democratic Party organizations
through delegations and In the local organizations
of the reformist trade unions through the Connu-
mist groups if they have neglected to hold joint
meetings of Communist and Socal-Delnocratlc
workers, this was unquestionably mistake. Such
a militant campaign for unity of action is repre-