The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-15
Communist International
Speaks

IN the Daily worker on Saturday published the
Thesis Of the Executive Committee Of the Comuu-
mist International adopted at it's XIII Plenary meeting
held in December in Moscow. This document gives
the answer Of the World Party of Communism to the
questions that have been raised by the the
Is months since the XII Plenum and the estimate Of
the present the world situation 1t is there
fore Of the greatest importance to all workers. and es-
pecialy to the members and supporters of the Com
munist Party It must be carefully studied and dis
cassed
Already at the XII Penum the Executive Com
atec mas sgnalEed the end Of capitalist Sterilization
snS the SegNning of the transition period to a new
series Of walS ND revolutions Now the XIII Plenum
declares that S objective prerequisites for revol-
tonary crisis have Stred to such an extent that at
the present time the wor5S y closely approaching new
round Of revolutions and Se*" Further the thesis
declares:
The nainstays u capitalism AL already being
destroyed by virtue Of its profound, ihouble con-
tradctions The world economic crisis Is NEST closely
interviewer with the general crisis Of capitalism and
sharpens al the cardinal contradictions Of thu capt.
talist world to sach extent that turn may take
place at any moment turn which viii signify he
Transformation Of the economic crisis into reYOlu
tionary crtst& The great ta@z OF the international
prOlea-at rs to turn this crisis Of the capitalist world
into the victory Of the prOleArisn revoEUtiOn."
THE objective p@eeonditiona already ex fox reyolu-
tonary crisis What Is still lacking is the prepared
ness of the wongclasa It's revolutionary determination
to make end OF the bankrupt capitalism system
that is condenning the masses to hunger oppression
and mperialist war what missng the revolution
airy awareneSs OF the masses OF the workers to the
fact that must deciSivey cut itself loose from the
bourgeois demagogs La Roosevelt and the treacherous
parties Of the Second International which support the
capitalist system and organize its forces around the
Communist Party to prepare for the struggle to break
the power Of capitalism and begin to build the new
socialist system. In almost every country the Com
unist Parties growing extending their influence
preparing larger for the revolutionary struggle
The Socialist parties of the Second International are
in crisis their policies have been dscred by their more
open betrayals and bankruptcy especially by the ex-
ample in Germany But this process is only well begun
1t Is not completed, and the majority of the working
class has not yet liberated itself from reformst lu-
sons not yet prepared Itself for the decisive struggle
for the socialist society. The influence of the social
fascss still remains the chief obstacle before the work
igclasS which must be destroyed before the next stage
OF history, that Of socialism, can be entered by the
millions now suffering the agonies of dying capitalist
world How long will it take for the worlngIass to
be prepared? The Thesis answers:
THE question as to how soon the rule of bank
rupt capitalism will be overthrow by the proIetariat
VIII be determined by the fighting preparedness of
the majority of the woringcass, by the successful
work of the Communist Parties in undermining the
MACS influence Of social democracy"
THE crisis Of capitalism deepens and enters new
stage. At the &me, however in the land where
the workingclass took power in 1917 in the Soviet
Union the construction Of the socialist society is
developing its power is being raised to higher and
higher level Already the Soviet Union in the midst
Of capitalist world that falling into decay has
farlr
into modern industrial country has conquered the
last stronghold of presocias economy by the colec-
Invitation of agriculture and already realized the slogan
OF Stain ITO catch up and outStrip the advanced
capitalist countries" in industrial development The
Soviet Union is already the greatest industrial country
OF Europe and is exceeded in the whole world only bv
the United States in the volume OF industrial prouc-
ton. While the capitalist world imposes deeper misery
and starvation upon the Of workers and farmers
the Soviet Union develops increasing socialist pros
perity; while living standards fall sharply in the CAPT.
tast world, in the Soviet Union they rise steadily;
while culture and education fall into ruins in the capt.
tast world, including the U. S. in the Soviet Union
they grow and blossom the greatest achievements of
human history Thus the Thesis is able to point out
that.
THE main stronghold OF the world proIetariat
the powerful Land Of the SOviets the land of the
victorious workngcIass which Is making the present
year into the last year economic difficulties raising
the weil-befng Of the toling to a new and
higher level by It's great socialist victories serves as
inspiration to the toers Of all countries in their
revolutionary struggle"
THE rise OF fascism IN Germany strengthening
in many capitalist countries the New Deal of Roose-
velt the increase of capitalist production upon the basis
OF feyerish war preparations and a huge speculative
market created by inaton-these developments of the
past have been taken by the Socialist Parties
the basis to proclaim restored capitalist rule,
end to the capitalist crisis in order to discourage the
working class from revolutionary struggles.
The XIII Plenum points out the treacheous false
of this line of the Second Information which is
theoretically supported by the renegades Trotsky
ties and Lovestoneites The rise of fascsm is itself
proof Of the depth OF the crisis of capitalism which is
longer able to rule except by OPEN bloody violence
against the toilng Roosevelt's policies far
from being stablizng influence, throw the whole
capitalist world into deeper chaos greatly sharpening
all its contradictions The very increase of capitalist