The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-21

omlntern wrote the following
article, summarized below, under
the title: Nov We Must Establish
Real United Front"
1.-The Executive Committee of the
Comintern proposed immediate
joint actions in support of the fight
ing Spanish proletariat and the
struggle against the support of the
Lerroux Government by other
capitalist countries The proposal
refers to the continuation of the
Asturias struggle, against the
monarchiSt-fascist terror, and also
the Portuguese Governments extra
dition of refugees and the hunting
Of worker refugees in other capital
list countries.
From the answer of the Second
international on November 18th can
only be concluded that it rejects the
international united front in sup
port of the Spanish proeltariat and
that it did not even find words to
increase the actions for the support
of the Spanish workers, hitherto
conducted on a national scale.
Our first word on this rejection
is only: Be ready for the united
front on a national and interna-
tional scale for the support of the
heroic Spanish workers. The Exc
cutive of the Second International
in its decision removed the ban Of
March 10, 1888, in which it forbade
its sections any unity of action with
the Communist Parties against the
fascist Hitler government.
1t abolished a decision which
months before had been abolished
through the fighting conducted by
the united front in certain coun-
tries.
Secondly, the removal of the
united front ban undoubtedly was
victory for the fighting united
front and thus is a step forward.
The pretext through which united
action was sabotaged by the Social
Democratic party leaderships-the
prohibiting of united front agree
ments on national scale-before
an agreement was reached between
the Second International and the
Comintern collapses.
"The Second International could
only make unified decision after
four days discussion by acknowl-
edging that it is incapable of lead
ing and participating in the
united International action of the
working class against the bour-
geoisie. This must induce every
worker, who is prepared to fight
fascism and war, unhesitatingly to
enter the struggle jointly with the
Communists for the proIetarian
united front.
THE representative of number
of Social Democratic Parties and
also those who had rejected united
action in their own countries, such
as the Swiss Social-Democracy and
the counter-revolutionary emigrant
group, the Russian Mensheviks, ex-
pressed their special stand in q
statement after the decision of the
| Second International Executive.
They express their wish and expec.
tation that the results of united ac-
ton in different countries will in
duce the Socialist and Labor Inter-
national as a whole also to conclude
the united on an international scale.
ITO this special declaration we
say: The Spanish workers are not
being assisted through the hope
for the improvement of the
Second International. In order
really to help, we must act i'm
mediately. International united
action, though limited, can be
carried out without the permission
Of the Second International, just
as united actions in France, Aus
tria and the Saar were realized.
The struggle for the united front
will get new impetus on the
basis of this first modest success.
| The Communists will also continue
to spare no efforts to close the
united front against fascism also
through agreements between the
Communists and the Social Demo-
cratic leaderships. All energy will
be exerted to forge the united
front from below against the bour-
geoisie between all organizations
of Communists and Social-Demo-
Gratis, of refOrmists and revolution
aries everywhere, not only where
the fascist danger threatens, but
also where the danger of fascism
is still in embryo. The unity Of
action Of the working class against
fascism and imperialist war is the
MT successful instrument on
national as well as on an interna-
tional scale.