The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-21
Tactic Of United
Front Carefully
Analysed in C. 1
THE COMM UNIST INTER-
NATIONAL, Vol xI, No. "a. Dec.
20, 1884. 10 cents a copy.
Reviewed by
ART STEIN
By del

THE leading article in this issue of
The Communist international,
From Shaken Sterilization to a
New Round Of Revolutions and
Wars" is a comprehensive analysis
of the movement Of events since the
SiXth World Congress. 1t traces the
development of the collapse Of CAPT
talist sterilization and the factors
making for the rising tide of revo-
luton and the unevenness of the
upsurge in the various countries.
The peculiar kind Of depression"
in which capitalism now finds it
self does not open up new prospects
Of a boom or sterilization. On the
contrary, it has brought about a
worsening of the conditions of the
workers and sharpened the class
struggle, bringing closer the matur-
ing of the revolutionary crisis.
Perhaps the best section of this
article is that dealing with the ques-
ton of the carrying out Of the
united front tactics. Our central
political slogan in the present pc
Rod is, and can only be, the slogan
of Soviet Power But this requires
of us that we change our methods
Of conducting the united front to
meet the new and changing situation.
We change our tactics not because
our former tactics were incorrect, as
the Social-Den1ocrat and the rene
gades from Communism are now
trying to prove. We are changing
our tactics Of the united front now
because conditions have changed"
The wide application of the united
front has already led to big sue
cssses. France, Spain and Hol-
land) -....
QUT in carrying through the united
u front we must not forget that
our central political slogan is the
slogan of Soviet Power. Where, due
to the pressure from below, the So
cialist leaders have agreed to
united front, they have done so only
on the basis of fulfilling certain de-
fensive tasks the struggle against
fascism, etc. Our aims, however, are
not merely % defend the workers
from fascism, but also to smash fas-
cism and the class rule Of the bour-
geoisie in general. The editorial in
No. "a therefore concludes that the
united front struggle can lead the
Socialist and non-party masses to
the struggle for Soviet Power only
If in the process Of the united front
struggle we win over the majority
of the working class to our side and
liquidate the mass influence Of So
cial-Democracy."
The united front is not "maneu-
yer" of the Communists. Only the
Communists carry on a consistent
struggle against the capitalist Of
fensive, fascism, and the war dan
ger. But we do not conceal the
main aim Of our united front-the
winning of the majority of the
workers for the struggle for Soviet
Power.
This issue of The Communist In
ternational also contains two arti-
Giles dealing specifically with the
United States. One is a review Of
the Party Organizer and the other
a review by I. Mingulin of Profess
sor L. L. Lowin's book, "The Ameri-
can Federation of Labor-Its Poll
tics and History" Mingulin's re-
view discusses the social forces be-
hind the development Of the A. F.
of L. and its class collaboration
policy.
There are also two other articles
on the united front, One is the
speech delivered by Harry Pollitt on
the carrying through of the united
front in Great Britain made at a
meeting of the E. G. c. I. The other
is by G. Lenski on experiences in
carrying through the united front
in Poland. Comrade Lenski's ar
ticle is especially interesting for its
discussion of the Left maneuvers
of the Polish Socialist Party, the
question of sectarianism in carrying
through the united front and also
the forms of the united front from
below.
This number of the Communist
international is the last for the year
1884 and contains an index Of all
articles published during the year.