The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

The rapidity with which events are
developing emphasizes the necessity
for a real pre-convention discussion
of the problems Of the Party. They
also indicate the nature of the prob
lens upon which we must concentrate
cur discussion, so that the whole
Party on the basis of a Qualification
Of these problems can be fully mo-
bilized for the tremendous tasks that
the present situation demands Of us.
The 18th plenum of the Communist
International already on the basis Of
the developments that took place
since the 18th plenum, which declared
that the partial sterilization Of cap
italism has come to an end, stated
that
'"The tremendous strains OF the
internal class antagonisms in the
capitalist countries, as wen as Of
the international antagonisms, tes-
tify to the fact that the objective
prerequisites for a revolutionary
crisis have matured TO such an ex-
tent that at the present time the
world. is CLOSELY approaching a
new round of revolutions and wars"
Major Struggles Maturing
This analysis is being confirmed
daily by the events. At present like
in all former situations we see the
Communist International, the Lenin-
list world staff of the proletarian rev.
olution, is the only reliable guide and
leader of the toiling masses. We see
at the same time the bankruptcy and
treachery of the socialists and rene
gades from Communism, who with
every day of the persistence Of the
crisis become more and more exposed
as the props of the dying capitalist
order.
Especially do we see the correctness
Of the warnings of the Comintern for
the parties to be prepared for rapid
turn of events because ''the present
situation is pregnant with unexpected
outbreaks and sharp turns of events"
The present situation in France has
perhaps more than anything else
given emphasis to this analysis. The
correctness Of the resolution of the
18th plenum of the 'Comintern is be-
ing borne out daily by the growth of
the class antagonisms in almost every
capitalist country.
Here in the u S. the masses are
more and more becoming disillusioned
with The Roosevelt Anew Deal
The strike struggles are continuing
and growing in militancy. New
strata are entering the struggle, as
can be seen from the present cab
mems strike in New York. There are
already maturing major struggles in
the basic industries of steel, auto,
marine, coal, where in the past
months mass struggles have taken
place. Now these masses, seeing that
they have been betrayed by the
Roosevelt government and the A. F. of
L. bureaucrats, are preparing to enter
the struggle anew and will without
doubt draw broader masses into the
struggle, which will be on higher
plane since it will be directed not only
against the employers but also against
the slavery codes imposed upon the
workers through the N. r. A.
War Danger
The unemployed workers are show
ing a new militancy and desire for
organization as witnessed by the
struggles on the c. w. A. jobs, the
increasing mass influence for the
WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT AND
SOCIAL INSURANCE BILL, and the
successful convention Just carried
through by the Unemployed Councils.
The Negro masses, the farmers, the
bankrupt and impoverished middle
/ classes are also taking up the strug
gle in greater numbers and with a
greater clarity. All this indicates that
in the U. S. the tremendous strain
of the internal class antagonism" is
growing, and that we too must BE
prepared for unexpected outbreaks
and sharp turns of events"
With regard to the tremendous
rains of the international an
tagonisnns' We have new proof of this
in the feveriSh preparations of the
japanese imperialists for an armed
attacks on the Soviet Union; in the
more open alliance of Great Britain
with Japan as the organizer and fin
ancer of an armed attack on the u.
S. s, r.. for which purpose the British
| imperialists are asking for a more
rapid rearming of Hitler Germany.
At the same time the events in Aus
tria, the growing war preparations in
the U. S., the sharpening Of the an
tagonisns between the U. S. and
| Japan, and the U. S. and Great
Britain show that everywhere, under
the impact of the Persistence of the
crisis, world imperialism looks to war
as a way out OF the crisis.
Facist Tendencies
| All this indicates how in the present
world situation the internal and ex-
ternal contradictions of capitalism are
indissolubly bound up. At the same
time powerful forces in the U. S. are
working deliberately to provoke war
| by Japan against the U. S. S. r. for
the purpose of strengthening U. S.
imperialism in the struggle against
both Japan, the chief rival of the U.
S. in the Pacific, and the U. S. S. r.,
the new world, which on the basis of
the successful building of socialism
is challenging the very existence of
| the dying capitalist world order
In the U. S., as the world over.
there are rapidly developing tenden-
cies towards fascism as the crisis per-
sists, and the capitalists are making
war on the living standards Of the
masses, and preparing for imperialist
slaughter as a way out of the crisis
Here we witness simultaneously the