The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-13
The Most Burning Question =
Unity of Action

BY Bella XII N

TRIES The revolution goes beyond the confines
Of one country and the period of world revolution
commences. The main forces of the revolution:
THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT
IN ONE COUNTRY AND THE REVOLUTION
AIRY MOVEMENT OF THE PROLETARIAT IN
ALL COUNTRIES" my emphasis-B.KD
A plain answer to plain question! It can
never be to the interest of the Soviet Union that
the proetariat in capitalist countries should pur-
sue the policy of class collaboration with it's own
bourgeosie.
Nevertheless, the Social-Democratic worker can
retort: That is all very finel I don't doubt that
Stain is the greatest revolutionary of the present
day. But that doesn't alter the fact that the Soviet
Union concludes treaties with bourgeois govern
ments, whereas the Communist Parties call upon
to struggle against these governments. There
is something wrong here
U.s.s.R. is INTERNATIONAL BULwARK
We Communists answer as follows: 1t may
perhaps sound perplexing to some, since it is here
question of struggles in which world historical
questions are being decided. But there is nothing
wrong herein fact quite the contrary.
The Soviet Union, for the time being the sole
proletarisn state which, as experience shows is
the bulwark of the whole international proetarian
revolution, nay of the bourgeois-democratic ma
tional liberation struggles of all oppressed peoples
ernments of capitalist states. 1t even makes eff
forts to such treaties in order to guarantee
peace for itself and for the whole of mankind.
The Soviet Union is compelled to do this in just
the way as the workers in capitalist coun-
tries compelled SO long as they have not taken
possession of the capitalist enterprises by way of
revolution to conclude agreements with the capt.
talist employers. We Communists hold that the
workers, if they were not split but were united
on the basis of our program, would long ago have
been able to overthrow capitalism Just the Rus
sian proletarians did under the leadership of the
Bolshevks But until capitalism has been over
thrown, we Communists hold that the workers
no matter to what party organization they may
belong-should fight for collective agreements for
better wage agreements with the employers. So
long the relation of forces between bourgeoisie
and proletarat is such that the capitalists remain
masters Of the of production, we will always
fight to to it that the workers in their hard
struggle against the employers may force the latter
through the collective agreements to give them bet
ter conditions of work.
FAVOR COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS
The Soviet Union does likewise. The capitalists
still rule fvesiXths of the earth's surface The
Soviet Union must conclude the treaties with the
states of these capitalists until the workers have
overthrow the rule of their bourgeosie.
We Communists are in favor of collective agree
ments in the interests Of the workers But
deadly enemies of the reformist policy of class
collaboration, which is based on the theory of the
so-calIed community Of interests Of workers and
employers. We will agree to such class col
liberation with the bourgecise. This, however,
cannot prevent us from recommending the work
ers to take advantage of the contradiction among
the individual capitalist employers. If the work
ers in one branch of industry are on strike, or
locked out by the employers and some of the
Id
other, to grant the demands of their workers. to
put end to the lockout, reasonable strike
leader will say: The workers ought to the
concessions of these employers and not try to take
advantage of the difficulties of the individual capt.
tasts of the contradictions of the capitalists among
themselves, for the benefit of those who on
strike or locked out.
,zszys~s gzy9 Ito Be Continued