The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-24

York Times cable of Oct. 8, asked
for an hour to consider the PROPOSE
ton, but before the time was up he
ordered his troops into the streets
and began attacking buildings"
Batets troops seized the central
government headquarters and the
radio station from which Companys
was broadcasting his pompous APP
peals. At this time, the workers
went into action, but they had re-
ceived a fatal blow from the anar-
chist leaders, and were defeated.
This gave encouragement to the
landlord bourgeois fascist govern
ment at Madrid, and the tide Of
battle turned throughout Spain
after this defeat.
In the suburbs of Barcelona, at
Badelona, a city of $4,000 inhabl-
tants, and Sabadell, with 10000 peo-
pie, the workers took control; but
with the defeat in Barcelona, with
out supporting actions of the pro-
letariat throughout Catalonia (due
to the fatal and initial treachery Of
the anarchistS), the battle was lost.
Since the anarchists had monopol-
lied the leadership of the workers
in this most important industrial
center of Spain, their counter-revo-
lutionary tactics sealed the defeat
of the workers.
Held First Congress
In the early part Of this year,
the Communist Party of Catalonia
held its first congress, attended by
more than 100 delegates from all
parts of Catalonia. At that time,
the problems of the revolution in
Catalonia were clearly outlined by
the c. P. Congress. The main thesis
declared:
The Communist Party of Cata-
lonia, whilst proceeding to the
carrying out of its historical task,
the overthrow of the power of
the bourgeoisie, and of the big
landowners, by modifying the
bread masses for the national
and social emancipation of the
toiling population of Catalonia, for
the struggle of the right of self
determination right up to separa-
tion, for the setting up of the So
viets Of workers, tOiling peasants,
soldiers and sailors, will conduct
an irreconciIable struggle against
Spanish Imperialism, and the
traitors Of the cause of the eman-
cipation of the Catalonian people:
the Esqrerra, the Generalidad
and Its agents."
The anarchist leaders have been
exposed as counter revolutionists to
the Catalonian masses; the impo-
tence of the national bourgeoisie
was clearly revealed.
The Communist Party. of Spain
in its resolution on the lessons of
the armed uprising declared with
regard to the national struggle:
Another frightful error was the
leaving of the issue of struggle in
the hands of such vacillating per
sons as Companys. =. If the revo-
luton is to be victorious, it must
remain in all its forms in the hands
Of the exploited. This has been
once more demonstrated by our
heroic comrades in Asturias and
Biscaya."
Faced by the whitening criticism
of the toiling masses, by the sharp
movement away from the anar-
chists to the Communist Party, the
anarchist leaders tried to win back
their waning leadership by calling
a general strike in Saragossa and
other parts of Catalonia in protest
against the execution of two work.
ers. But this gesture coming from
source tainted itself until the
blood of the workers received no
supporting response.
The result of the fighting in
Catalonia has sharpened the class
lines in the national independence
struggle. The bourgeoisie has been
weakened if not annihilated) as
a force in the struggle for national
emancipation. The anarchists
chiefs, who were against national
independence, are being exposed in
the eyes of the revolutionary mass
es as counter-revolutionists. The