The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31

In the course of these experiences,
We have learned very coneretely the
two main dangers that beset all this
work. There is constantly the danger
Of Transforming our united front
effo.ts into a Cancellation Of the
social democratic leadership and ideo-
logy instead Of q means Of sharpen
ing the struggle against them,
further to separate the masses from
them. This is the right danger, the
main danger. We have experienced
this danger in our work in the U. s.
1t has shown itself In very sharp
forms in other countries. The British
Party conducted a very valuable and
fruitful united front campaign eS-
pecially in connection with the In
dependent Labor Party in England.
There also we saw some sharp ex-
amples Of development of the right
danger. Certain tendencies to orient
ate too much towards negotiations
and naneuye-S with the top lead
ership, not enough direct approach
to the masses below and the winning
OF them to joint action on the basis
Of a class struggle program, and
bringing about the disintegration OF
the influence of the Social Fascist
misleaders on top. We had examples
Of this especially in the Czeeho-
SloVakian Party where for g period
after the 18th Plenun the Party lead
ership began to orientate itself upon
wrong estimation OF the Social
Fascist leaders and TO develop theories
about the united front as q bloc with
the Social-Fascist organizations, in
stead of the united front as a de-
velopinent of the united struggle from
below to liquidate the influence of
the social fascist misleaders.
We felt the pressure of such ten
denotes in the United States, in the
development of the united front ac-
tons in which we were involved with
the MusteiteS. On the whole we can
say that these activities which we
carried through were valuable and
that our line was correct. We have
suffered greatly at times in the con-
crete application of these measures,
especially in the localities where the
comrades are not politically pre-
pared for these tasks; we have SUI
fered from the tendency to blur over
and obscure the differences in priu-
clple between us and the refornnist
leaders, instead Of sharply developing
these differences on the concrete
basis OF struggle before the workers.
At the same time there exists the
danger Of failing to make serious
united front efforts, Of making them
50 rigid and mechanical in form as
to condemn them to failure from the
beginning. When we examine our
own efforts in the United States to
develop the united front struggle we
see that in many of our Districts this
is the most immediate problem Of
me united front. Many of our d.
STREETS have not yet seriously taken
up the question Of using the united
front tactic to engage actually in
struggle together with us broad CTR
cleS OF workers in the A. F. of L..
IN the Socialist Party, in the Musteite
organizations, in the various indie
pendent unions, in the unemployed
ana other mass organizations.
There Is Stin in many Of our dis
triets q sectarian separation Of our
selves from these workers. we oscti-
late back and forth between con-
Citation to the opportunist leaders,
to the point of blurring over of the
political struggle, and s sectarian
separation OF ourselves from the
workers who are led by these social
fascist refornnists.
The problem Of developing the
united front is one of constant strug-
gle, constant alertness against these
two dangers, Of struggle on two
fronts.
The 18th plenum resolution espe-
eially emphasizes the call upon all