1935 Comintern 7th Congress Part 3 Georgi Dimitrov Response

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Comintern th World

Congress Part 3: The

Working

Class

Against

Fascism Response

Georgi Dimitrov

1935 London: Modern Books

32p.

SEVENTH

WORLD CONG

R SS

OF

[HE COMMUNIST INTERN TION L

G.

IMITROV

The Working Class

Against Fascism

SPEECH IN REPLY TO THE

DISCUSSION

MODERN

OOKS

LIMITED

LONDON



•

•

•

I

The W orking Class Against Fascism

lllrade Oilllil , o

...

's

Spuch

i t R e

ply

10 t il e Dis

usio

n

Co

mr

ades T h

e: \' ( ry

full

d isc llss ion on my r Cl)Or t

ShOW5 th

e:

. lW

el1

SC

int er es t taken by Ihe Congress in the fund:lmental t ac:o

I problems and tasks

of the

s

trugg

le of

the wo

r

king

class

tl

C:ins t

t

he

offcn

siv(' of capital

and

fa

sc

ism , agains t

t

he

th reat

of

ptrin

li

st W: l T.

1111 S

UlIlI

n ing

c i g h l . d ~ r

~

we

can

sta

te t

ha

t all t

he

. cip:l l

pr

oposltlollS

contained

n

t

he

re

po

r t

have met

wi

th

the

ri ll ' I

h e

n

iOl OUS

ap l)TOV:l 0 t e ~ o n of l hi:

speake

rs

una . 1 I h

ob 'cC

ted to t

he

ta ctlca me we . ave proposed or to t

he

rcsolu -

• J

o

which

ha

s

bee

n s

ub

mi

tt ed.

11

0

I

ve

nt

ure to say tha t at no ne of the previous Congresses of th e

c ommunist I nternatio

nal

has

such

ideological :l.Od political

so

lidarit)' been e v e . l ~ as. at

the

prescnt Congress.

lA

pplause.l

'The

l 1 1 p 5 p l a ~ e

at the

e s s

indicates

he necessity of revlsmg our pohcy and tact iCS accordance With

'he ch anged conditions and with due rega rd for the most abun -

, (

da

nt

and ins

tru

ctive ex pe ri ence

0

t

he

past few years , has co

me

be fully recognised in o

ur

rank

s.

10 This

cua

ni mity may und

oubtedly

be regar

ded

as one of th

l.

most

im

por tan t pre requis

ite

s

Jc

:·

u c ~ e s s

in so\ving.

th

e

para

mount

·

nifll

ediate

pr

oblem of

the mt

ern atlonal prolet arian

move

me

nt

,

lamely,

u tab/islzillg u

nit)

of

ac

ti

O

I

of

all

sccliolls of

th oU/o rk

ing

i Hie

stru

gg

lc again st fascis m

The successful so lution of this problem requi res , first, that

communists s

kilf

ully

wi

e

ld th

e wcapon

of

Mar;

dst -L

ellillist

111141 ,sis. while

c

arefully

s

tu d

ying t

he

specific co

nd

itions a

nd

the

alignment

of

cl

ass

forces as t

hey

devel

op

. and plan

th

e

ir

ac ti

vity

and s

tru

g

gl

e accord

in

g

ly.

W e must

me

rci lessly root o

ut

the

,,·eakness . not

infrequently

observed

in ou

r

com

rad

es

, for c

ut

and-dried

scheme

s ,

li f

eless formulas and r

eady-

ma

de

patterns.

We must

put an end

to the s

tate

o f affairs

in

which Co

mmuni

sts,

when lac

king

the knowledge

or

ability for

Marxi

st-Leninist

analysis, substitute

general

p

hr a

ses and sl

oga

ns s

ll

ch as "

the

revolutionary

way out

of the c risis /

with

o

ut

making the slightest

serious

attempt

to

explain

the c

ondition

s , the

relation

ship

of class

forces, the

de

g

ree of revoluti

o

nary

maturity of

the

proletariat

and

the toiling masses,

and

the

lev'el

of influence of the Com

munist

Party necessary to render

s

uch

a

re

v

oluti

o

nary way

out

of

the crisis

possible. Without such an analy

sis

all the

se

catcb-

3



,

.. t JI5 t ' m p t) p h r n wh ich oUly ob

words

bt<'Om

..... dud S II

co

ncrete

our

~ S k 5

of the

( ~ : ;

be Rb le co rrectly to c i ~ n Rn d IIOh t

I ' t

Analysis we h n ~ 1 lie (he probl

em

of the prolcl.:mnn frOlit a

nd

I

ht

roblt'nI o f f

n ,c

lsm. I problem of

ou

r

(1,1111\1(1('

tow ar ds I . lit

PI s ro

nl, t ie

..

t l lcrnl (>COp C

I

elll o f th e

Pf OCCSS\ S

/{OIl1j:

Oil

W'th '

... . tht prol l I Soc' l III

- 4 : 1 c m ( ) ( ' r n c ) . t " lI larl)' IHI\OIlG: I IC

-mI. DeIl\

O('

"

. 1).1r

I

311e

the wotlons: c.,. ,

f

ulli tc·d front

.':O

\'NIlIlU'

Il

I , or nny of

h

h

r

ob lcUl oa

hi ' I I

t

workers, I t P I

"om

p1cx pro ems

wi t

I WIIch life

it

neWnne .. I

f

It

numt'rolls 01 r f the claSS S

lrU

gg e co n

ro

nt s

us

now

d

ht devclopment 0 and

nil

t

in the future.

will confront

liS _ ••1 , ' . , p.

o

pf r . I

X OP]

C who

h:1\'c

grow

n

d

we nC'."'U I . ~ f I ' up

Secon ,

I

.' .

,.s hr

1\'c r u l I ~

rO

Ill

t

lCl

r cver)'d

of t lc wo .... · ay

fTonl

r '1 ( act

io

n c ~ l r t

d l y

d'- \ 'O tcd to th

)1,::0l11

l l a

.

II

•

Slrugglr,

pea

l ' pt'Oplc whose brmlls

:lIle

IUnd

s will gi '

caUse

of t

he l e l ~ n n t ,

of our

Congress.

With ou t

h C \ i ~ e

~ f f ( d

to t

he

. ( ~ e c i s

~ n s

\"e sha ll

be

unable to so lve

the r I l l O ~ '

Leninist.St:lhnlst

cn

res

h

(oilers in the fight against fa SC ism

S

h I

co

nfront

t c .

problems

t :1 Ie

rquipped wil h the

COIIIP(I.$S 0 / J /a ,x ifl.

Third, we llced

ptop Ie

who arc unable to make skilful US(

of

Lenillist tll eo 'y. fO.r n 'ow make-shift polit ics . Inke d,

. . t shp

10 0 ' -

thiS

mstrumen

(0

caSC

and

lose

the

br

oad pc:rspcctiv'\

of

, ' on l)'

fr

o

ill

ca se . • I '

CISIO

II S

• . h h ws the maSSes w .let'C we

arc

gomg and

t h ~

s t r u g g l ~

\\ hl c s o .

whither

arc lcading tbe tollers . .

• the o

rg

luzisalio

t 0/

tile ma.{ C S 11\ order to PUt

Fourth, \\e Il l 'CU 'd 1

I

d ' ,

, ' ' practice. Our

I CO

oglca an poli tical

our

deciSI

Ons

m

'

I

' ,e n

ough, We must

put

n s top to ro:: mllee on

influence a one IS no h h I

" ' 'he mO :lemttlt (on the ope t at t Ie movement

sPontantl y

In

h' h '

r r

.,..'ould

de\'elop of its own accord), w IC IS 0 our .unda.

k

l

Ye

must remember

that

Witho

ut

persIstent

menta.l

wen "oesseS. •

I

ed

nt and sometimes

apparently thankless

organi

sa.

proong , p a l e , 11 k r ic

, I k

ou,

po.'

the masses

WI

nev

er

111a

' C or t

1e

om·tiona wo

r on

.

h In

order to

be

able to

orgamse

the

ma

sses we mUSt

mumst sore . k, .1

. .

acquire

L ~ n i l l

and Stalin's art rna mg

our YCCISlo

ns the

proptrty not only

of

the Commumsts

but.

also

of the b r o a d e ~

masses

of the

toilers. We must Jearll to talk to

the ~ a s s e s .

not In

the

language

of book

fonnulas, but in

the

lan g

uage of

fighters in

the

cau5'C of the

masses, whose every. word,

every

idta

reBeets

the

innermost thoughts and

sentiments of mllh

o

ns

.

I t

is with tb ese problems that I should

like

to

deal

in my

closing 5peech.

Comrades

J

The

Congress

has

w ~ l c o m e d

the

ne\\'

tacti

cnllines

with

great enthu

siasm

and

unanimity ,

Enthusiasm and

unanimif)'

\

NY

well , of course;

but

it

is

still better when these are

ate ~ i n c d with

n well ·con

si

dered and crit

ic al ~ l I > l ,

to the

coP]s th at confront us . with n proper co mprehension of

the

io

ns ad opted and

a r

eal u

nd

erstanding of the mu ns an

d

dtC

1S

h'

I I I ' ,

ethod lS

by W

IC I t I(

Se.

(

CC

ISIOIl S arc

to

be

nllplied to the

III 'c ul

ar

ci

rcu lIlst:\I\ces of eac h country .

pa

rtl

J ((cr

a ll. we have before no\\' IIn :minv)\\-;ly adopted Rood n:s.o

• o S bllt th<: trouble WIIS that 1I0t infrequently after

hl

tl o

,

d ' ,

ad pting these

CCl

sLons. w

e;

at best made them

the

l)fOpe rt y of

nfr th e sm:lll vanguard of the working class, Th ese decisions

not b

ee-o

nle

fle

sh and blood of the broad mas les; they did not

~ m a

guide to

t

he action of the millions.

CaD

we

assert tha t we

h

:l\ c

already finally ab:ln(loncd this

lonn

al

:lpproach to adopted decisions?

No

. I t must said th

at

'e

n at this Congre"s

the

speec hes

of

some of the comr

ade

gav e

~ ~ i c a t i

of remn

ants

of formalism; a desire made it<;e

1f

fel t

:1t

:inle

s

10 subs

titut

e for

the

concrete analysis of rcali ty :lnd

life's

eXperience .some so rt of new scheme, some sort of new, over

'rt1plificd hfeless formula, to repr

esent

as

actu

ally cxis/i 'l

g

what

desire.

but

does not

yet ex is

l.

The S tru

gg

le Again st Fascisltl u sl De COllu d i st d ,

No general chaTacteriS3.tion

of

fascism ,

hO\\"i:

ver co

rr

ect

in

'

t,elf,

can relieve us of t

he

need to study and

a ~ e

in to account

:he speci

fic

d e v e , l m e n t of fascism

and

the \'3rious form s

of

fasci

st ~ t o r h l P 10 indivi

dual count:

i( s a ~ d at its

variou

s

stages. It IS llCCCS$.'l ry 10 eac h counlrr to IllVcstlgate, study and

ascerta iD the national peculiarities , the specific national fea tu res

of bscis lIl

and

map ou t acco rdingly effect ive mi:thods

and

form s

of struggle agninst fa scism.

LeKin

per

si

sten

tly

warned us agaiu

st " ste re

otype

d

methods

and mechanical levelling , ag

ain

st

rend

ering t3ctical

ru l

es , ru l

es

of struggle, identical. Th is warning

is

Jl:l

rt i

cul:1rly to the

point

v.oben it is a

qu e

s tion

of

fi ghting

an enemy who

so

subtly

:lnd

Jesuitically

exploit

s the

nati

onal

sentimen

ts

3nd prejudi

c

es of

the

masses

and their

an t i·c

apitali

st

in

clina tions

in

the

intere

st s

of big

capital .

Such aft

cnemy

musl be kll

ow n 10 p crf ection,

f rom

O ,Juy

Gnt

le

.

We

mu st

without any delay wh a

tever

re

ac t t o his

various

manetu\' res, discover his

hidden

moves, he

prepared

to repel bim

io

any

arena

and at

ally

mom e

nt.

\Ve must not h esitate

even to

li6rn

from

the enemy

if

that

will

help

us

more quickly and more

effectively to / .Irillg

is neck. (Applause,)

5





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t

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anti· fasc ist

loC

ople's

front

of s

trugglc

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m.

B ll t in a Illimber

of coun

t

ries

we

shalt

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ot

gct

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th

e ma

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es of the workers for t hc purpost of brenk inK

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Soc

ial · Democracy to

the

fo rmation of :I

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f j'," , I

oh:t3r in n Ulllte(

ron

t 0 st

ru

gg e, liS IS lOW t Ie ma

t t

er

Ilr ods

above

n11 ill Creat

IJ rit:lin where

the

w

r k i n ~

cbss

com

s t ~ s e s

'th e

maj

o rity

of the

po

pulati

on and

wherc

the

bulk of th

e

P ~ \ k i n g class fa Uon's

thc

lead o f the trade ullions

and

the Labour

r t }

.

, That is ho w m3tt ers s tand in

i l l m

and in the Scan

d'nnnvian co u

nt

ries

wh e

re the numerically sm all Commu

ni

st

p ~ r t i e s mu s t a c ~ st;on ?, ma

ss

trade ullions 3nd numerica lly 13rge

Social-Dem ocrattc 1 3rt1es,

In th ese coull tr i es t he Communists would comm it a "''ery

rious

political

mi s take if t

hey

sh i r h d th e

struggle

to es t ablish

se

united proletarian fron t

under

co\'er of gcncro.l t3lk

about

:J

~ p l e s

(ro nt which C3nnot be formed \\ ithotl t the pa r t icipatio n

of the mass w r k i n g c l a ~ o rga

ni

sa ti o ns,. In order t o abou t

genuine

people's fron t In these

coun

tn es , t he Communtsts must

~ a r r ) out

an

en

o rm o us amount of

poli

ti ca l and orga

ni

sa ti o

nal

\\'o rk

m

th e

ma

sses of the

worker

s. Th ey mu st

ov e

rcom e the

preconceived i l , l e a o£ th e se lU3

SS\ S who

.r

ega rd

th e i r m ~

reformi st org3

1l1

sa t

IO

Ils as

already

the

embodllnen t of proletanan

unit)', They mu st co n

vince

t hese

ma

sses th a t

the

es tablishment

of:1 united front wi th Ole

Communists

m ean s a sh

ift

on t he pa.rt

of those tt1o.

ss

es to the position of the

class

s tru ggl e, and

that

this shift o.lonc will guarantee c ~ s s in the s trugg

le

a

ga i

nst the

offensive o{ capital

and

fas c is

m. \Ve

s

hall not

overcome these

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III

f the

1l1aln

re3S0 .

o events of 19.}4' t be forgotten : 10 all countrit

October one thing must no _

Iy

small

in

numbers , whtrt

l'Iowe\'er, . omp.'lratl

ve

1 '

he proletariat

IS

c

t _b

o

urge

ois s

trata

pre(

om1na

le

where t try and the urban pet Yd every effort

to

set

up

a firrt

the

p e a ~ ~ l e

more nccessary to b

e

\ elf so that it may be able to

it ~ : : i l f r o n t of the

w o r k ~ n g ~ I a ~ ~ r l i t l ; regard to all

the toilers,

link' 't

place as the leading

a,c

the

problem

of

the p r o l e t a r l ~

ta

-e 1 s , a\lac\-ang

l

hus comrades,

11l

h can

be no

genera

panacea

sun·

t

t

nd

the

people's

f r o n l ~

t

erIe

peoples,

In

this matter uniHt.

ron a . II

untnes,

a - II I '

bl

for all cases , a co d

the

same recipe to a coun ntS

a e . .

of one an

I

'

the

apphcatiO

n

to

say so to Ignorance:; ie.

sa

Ism,

alloW me

' b

is

equivalent, if

you \\1 ed even when it st3lks

a. out,

nay ,

ignorance

should

f l o ~ g

bo

t

in the

cloak

of

u1llversal ttt,.

" I I when It stalks aU

p a r U c ~ ar Y

APplause.)

3ud-dned schemes.

10

T/tll R ol li oj

Socia

/-D ctlloCFncy

and it l

A

II

it

4 de T O,,,llrd, the

U i/ccl

F,

tnl/ oj tll ll P, oltJta ,ia l.

COlliratk s, in "iew of Ihe IflCtic:l1 problems con front ing \1 5 , it

,

,e

r)' im

po

r

tant 10

gile fl correct reply to the quest

io

n of w

heth

er

e \ l l o C r n c y a l Ihe pre ;,cnt time is

:;

till t

he

p ri nci lml

bu

lwark

f tho.: bourgeoisie, aud if so, where?

o

Some of the comr:_des who par ticipated

in

the discussion

(Col1lr

ades Florin , D

utt)

touched upon this quest ion,

but

in

vi

ew

f its illlllOrt:lUcc a fulle r reply

u

be given to

it,

for

it is "

O

ue

st

o

n

wh ich

wo

rker

s o f

all

trends , par ticula rly Social ·

bel\lOC r:ltic workers , are askillg' and cannot

he l

p ask ing.

I t llIust be

borne

in

mind

that in

a number

of

countr i

es the

:

)Osition o f Social-Democracy in the bourgeois state , and its a tti

~ u d e towards the bourgeoisie , h3vc becn undergoi ng :1 ch :lnge.

In the first pl:'ice, the crisis ha s thorough ly shaken the position

f even

t

he 1110st secu re sect io n of th e wo rking- cl:l

ss

, t

he

so-called

:ristocraCy of labour , upon which , as we

kn

ow, Social-Democ

ra

cy

elies for suppo

rt.

T his sect io n, too , i ' begi nn

ing

mo re a

nd

more

revise its views : lS to t he e:>.:pedi -::ncy of the policy of class

collaboration with

the bo

ur

geo

isie,

Second ,

as I

IlOil1ted

ou

t in my report,

th

e

bo

ur geoisie in a

number of co

unt

ries is it self compelled to abandon bourgeoi s

democrac y

a

nd resort to the ter roris

tic

form of its

dic

ta

to

rship,

depriving Socia

l-

De moc racy no t on ly of its prcv ious posit ion in

the politica l system of fi nance cap ital, b

ut

al so ,

under

c

ertain

conditions, of its l

ega

l status , persec

utin

g

and

even su p

pr e

ss ·

ing it. .

Third, und

er

th

e lIlfluen

ce

of the lessons

learnt

from t1, .:

defeat of the work ers

in

German y , Au stria and Spa in, a defeat

which waS brg

ely

th

e result of

the

Socin.l-Democ

rati

c policy of

class collaborati on wi

th

the b ou rgeoisie , :md , o n

the other

hand,

under

the

influen

ce of

the

victory

of Soci

a

lis

m

in the Soviet Union

as a result of Bolshevik poli cy :md

the

applicat ion of

living,

revo

lutionary Marxism, th e Social·Democ ratic workers are becoming

revolutionise

d,

are beg inning t o

tum

t o

the

cl ass s

tr u

ggle against

the bourgeoisie.

The joint effect o f all th is

ha

s been

to

make

it increasingly

difficult, rind in some countries ac

tually

imposs

ible,

for

Social·

Democracy to pres

erve it

s form-cr role of

bulwark

of

the

,

bourgeoiSIe.

Failure

to

unders

tand

this is

parti

cularly

harmful

in those

countries

in

which

the

fa

sc

ist

di

c

tatorship

has

deprived Social

Democracy of it s legal status ,

Fr

om this point of view

tbe

sclf

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C'O

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C • I I

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c

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o f C(,:&

:.11

.

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c

easing

t l ~ 1 the ~ S i O t

C O l l c c

l l ~

kl

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it s pos it ion, Wa l.

{ormulM

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IUlI

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han ge s

,

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to

, ,ore the C .,. , gnore

.'

I '

to

11;1

' , \cM th at I w\:

f

c .l l

bil

shmg t II un ity of thl

C(l

rrc<:t . . I t ('

I I f

policY in

f

a\ ,

O

Uft b o t n o f the un

it

ed frOtH

l di stortIo n 0 d will i l i t t Ie s . I.OclllOC ru1ic lenders ,

k ' d [ \ ~ al l f th e

Soc l l

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WOf ' ln : ', 'onar)' cleme nt s o . . " th e rl

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s of th e Social.

b

'

,he

reac I , • ' 311011 11

.

I

) ~ . , of rc" O u tlOlll :.o . n

il

CO\l llt

nc s

IS (c \'clopin .

The

pro«"'"

. g

on

In

. .

I 0 •

ic Parties noW g O I ~ . led thnt th e SocIa - c m

OC

ratic

Dem

ocrat I, IIlUSt not be

11\1:1.$:11 ,

,sed will at l

ce

anc.l on a

• ,tilly c \'olutl

On

I

1I11\:\, ;\'ho nrc c c o m { C < > l l cb ss strugs c

, :\ 1\(1

workers I

:\(I

opt the posItion 0 C 1I 1l11ll is ts without ally inter_

ma SS c

h

""

'") ' unite with the

0 1 ",ies

this will be a 1Il0re or

" II st,ntg .

.

_. o {

coni ,

\\ 1_ ..1 ' s"ges In a lIu

ll h

,..r I'e" ed and

pro

long

e

( < > < : e s s

1 '\.latc . ' I

colllJ}'

f '

m

d'm

a

Ol

orc or eS5 , the co

rr

ectnes...

.

0

ou

r

POlicy

less I ICU , , rntc, 0 1 'bT h '

" tially dependent,:tt nn) . kOIl

wi

th

the po

SSI ,I lty

t a t ,

m

es.'tCn , \Ve

lIlu

st e\'en ree Ilnborntioll w

ith

the bour.

and tac

ti

CS , , ' { claSS

co

I ' ,

, {rom the posItion 0 t u g ~ l c agall1st the )OurgC<lIS

le,

P . \ ~ I ? g ,he

I

>os

ition

of

claSS s r, orgnnisations

will co

ntilltlGto

geD

ls

le

0 , p' tics all( " '

0

__ '"

DemocratiC

.11'

orgn

ni

satlonS

or

pa.rt

le

s , In

n t ~ . , ,

"'ude

nt . f I 0 _ _

, f

n time nS l i t ( e

l....

I

.ft

nO th o

ught

0 S

li

C I

I a l .

eXIst or

f

co urse, ..,.. d

h

'cnt therc cn.Il, 0 be

ing

regarde

:"IS:l

1\1 wa rk

suc C\ , ' tions or partIeS

Democrat

Ic o r ~ a , 1 l I S 3

,

of the

bourgeoiSie, h ,,., Social.Democ

ratlc

workers

t

ed

that t o ~ I' be '

t cannot be

e.

.. t

JCC

h 'deology

of

class co a ration

, fl

ence

of

tel d h ' h

v o are under

the

III u , h been instille l i l t .em In t e

" vhlch as f I '

vith

the

b o u r g e o l l ~ , \ ,'th thi s ideology 0 t

IC'lr

o\\:n accord,

cou

rse

of

dccades,

\\'111 p a ~ t

I

No I t

is

our bu

s

me

ss , the

b

' live

causes,..

' ,

f

actuated solely by 0 Jcc , to help th em free

th

emse ves

rom

business

of the

C o n ~ m u ~ l s t s

The

work

of explaining

the

the hold of

rc f

ornllst Ideol

OrgyC'

lmunism

must be carried

on

IIImeO on d

principles nnd progra f

h' and

mu st

be ndnpte

to the

patiently,

in a comradelY or i ~ ~ t , individual Social·Democratic

degree of d e \ e l ? ~ n : e n t

Social.Democracy

mllst

become more

workers, Our c f l t l c l m

ofd

must be ba

sed

on the

experience of

s ,>CCific

and

s),st-c

mat lc , an

1

, . masses themse ves.

the

Soc

ial-Democ

ratic,

. d

that primarily by utilising

their

t

must be

bo:n,e m

nun

I 'ith the

Communi

s

ts against

the

experience in

t?e

J,omt

s t r u g ~ b ~ e

\\nnd necessary

to

fa c

ilitate and

class

enemy

will

It be

~ s s t

development

of the

Social,

accelerate,

the

revoluTl1honarrS

no

more effective

means of the

Democratic workers. ere

I2

I

5 o C i B I _ D e l l l r n t i

. r k < : ~ nbando

ni

ng their vncillntion and

d ubts th all P:Ut Clpatlon

11\

the prolda,ian united front.

o \V e sha ll do all in our power to makr: it easier, not onl y fOTthe

S o C i a l c t l l r a t ~ r ~ e r

but also for those leading members of

SoCi:tI . Dcllloc

ra

tl c r t l ( and orglmi sntions who sincerely dc:sirc

to

adOJlt the revolutionary

cla

ss

position, to work and fight with

,

ng:tinst the c

Ia ' '

enemy.

At

the

5.

lllle time we dec10re

that

any

. '

oCial -Dcmocratlc l l a r y lower official, or worker who con·

tin

ues

to uphold th e disruptive tactics of the reactionary Social

J}eOlcrat

ic I

cadc:

s, ,who ~ e out against the

united

front and

thuS direc

tly

or

II

l(

lircc

tly

:

ud

the

class en..:my,

will

t

he

reby inc

ur

t

le: .

st equal guil t before

the

wo

rking

class as

th

ose who

are

~ i s t o r i n l l Y for having supported the Social·

Democratic policy

of

class collaboration, t

he

policy which

in a

nutUber

of Eur

opean cou

ntrie

s doomed the revolution in 1918

and cleared the wny for fascism,

The nttitude adopted t

owar

ds united front is the dividing

line between the reac tionary sec tions o f Soc ial-Democracy

and

the

sections that are

becoming

revo

luti

onary . Our assis tance to the

latter will

be

the more effectiv

e, the

more we

inten

sify

ou

r fight

against

the

rea c

tionary

camp

of

Social.Dem<><:racy participating

in a bloc

with

the bourgeoi

sie,

And within the Left camp the

self_determin

atio

n of the various elements will

take

place the

SOOner, the more determinedly the Communists fight for a united

front with the Social -Democratic Parties ,

The

experience

of the

claSS struggle and the participation of the Social

-

De m

oc

rats in

the united front m

ovement

will show

who in that camp

will prove

to be

f

lef t

merely in words and who is

really

Left.

Tile

United

FT

ont

m

cTumenl.

While the

attitude of Social.Democracy tow

ards

the

practical

realisation

of the united

proletari

an fro

nt

is ,

generally speaking,

the

principal indic

a

tion in

every co untry of whether the

previous

role

in

the

bourgeois

state

of

the Social-Democratic Party or

of

its

individual parts

ha

s changed, and

if

s

o,

to what extent, the

aUi·

ude oj tllc Sociai·Dem

oc Tals 011 the

issue oj Q.

united

Jront

gO VCrIIlJlcnt

Will

be a particularly cle

aT

test,

When

a situation ar is

es

in

which

the Question of creating a

united front government becomes an immediate practical problem,

this issue

will become

decisive, the touchstone for the

policy

of

Social-Democracy

in

the

given country:

either jointly with the

faSeist-bound

bourgeoisie against the working class, or jointly

with

the revolutionary

proletariat against

fascism

and reaction,

.

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Ie.

eo is democracy

IS

not the

S.

llllt

on Our 3lt itudt o \ \ a r d ~ ~ U ~ l g : t n nt the time of

the

OCtObet

. . J·or

ln

; '

1 ' 1 ( I

ullcltr nil C ' O n d l Bolshevik s ru ga, .:.:(

111

a I c-al\( ·dcath

Rc,.o lut ioll, the RUS iIll.

I

.

I

p:lrties whit-h o p p o the establi

sh_

stru/:/;Ie against ~ h i p uncier t h ~ sios,:an of the

'.

lIt

of

the

proletarlRn (

'fhe

B

olshe

viks foug ht Ihest

II

)..; •

democracy. I

d

ddt'llce of bourgeoiS r o f bourgeois democ racy la

at

that

I

mr lies

be<:II

U

se

Ihe b:l

llll

l

'

nd which :lll

cOLlIl

\e r

-

revolut

io

ll

:

lry

• th talld:ltt aroll ( I I , '

li

me ~ I l l C

e ·

he

victory

0

t

Ie

pro

e

:lnat. Tht'

'1 I

to ch:llleng

e

t . . .

forces mobllse< • . I copi tahst CQ lIntnc :; :It prescllt

. . .

IilTer

ent In

I . I . . .

d .

situation IS qUltc ( .

I

, ·on is atln d:lIIg uomg<''Ols ~ m ( ) .

(

. counter-

re

, 0 11 I • • ( •

Now the aSClsl bl" h most barb:mc regIme a ex ploIta.

cracy in au cffort est

tl

( ~ o i J i n g masses. Now the taili ng

lion and

supp

ression 0 t ~ , I·st co

untri

es

arc

aC'<'d with the

. mber of capi a I . . I

masses 1Il n nu .

fill

ite choice,

and

of ru nklllg

It

to ·(

ay,

not

necessi ty of a h'p and bourgeois

dem

oc racy,

but

~ t \ \ e t ' n

proletarian dictators I d f scism

b

be

geois democracy an n .

ctW("C1l

ur . ' tulltion which difTers fr

om

l

hat

whi ch

we have n o ~ , a :

1

poch of capitalist st

abi

lisa tion . At

eX is ted, for example,dill t e c •

s

1101

"S acute

3S it is to

-day

. At

. h f ist

auger

\\ ., •

that ~ m e e asc . dicilltorship in the (orm o f bourgeOis

th at tllllC It \h

vas

bo

h

ur

g

eo,v: lutiol1ary workers

we

re fac

ing

in a

delllocCDcy t at t e r . . d h

number

o( cou

ntrie

s

and

it waS

agamst

bourgeoiS em,ocrac{y t at

I

n<enl

rating

their fire.

In GermAny,

t ICy o

ught

t ICY

were

co . bl' b

. h

IV '

ar Rel>ublic

not

because It

wa

s a reJlu lC, ut

agalllst t e elm ., .

•. . bOII,g.OI·,

repubhc

which

was

s

llppress mg the

u = u ~ l l w ~

., .

r

evolu

tio

nary

1Il

0\le

ment

of

the proletllnat, espectnlly

III

19 18

-2

0

and in 1923. .

But

could

the

Communists

maintain thlS stand also when the

16

,

I

I

. I 1I 10VClllell i hega n to raise its head, when, for illstllnee . in

f

,' C

IS

the in C enHlln), were organ ising an ti arming

9 J ~

t( l s of thousnnds of storm trooper:. IIgaiullt the workillg

hUrl;

Of course li n

t. It

w ns the mi stake of the CO llullu nist

i

in

clasS

lber of cn

unl

ries , p:l rli clliariy

in Cerma

ny , I

hat

they failed

• int O accoun t Ihe ch:lngc>; which had tllkclI place, but con-

to t.I" I I " I . I . .

d to repeal t lose s 0K:l II

'I

, 11I:llIIlalll t 1

0ll

e ta ctlca poSIuon5

lin

uc

(I .

II h

I

h

had beel cor rect a ew years }c ore , espeCla y

w

t n t

",hie I ' d ' , I ' . d ' .

Ie

for tile pro etaTl:l n IC li tor

i np

was nn IIll1ne la

le

~

stt ugl) .

G I . II .

I wh en th\: entire er n.lan cou lltcr-revo ullon was ra

yln

K"

11

11

' 1 r the

ball ller

of the Weima

r RepUblic , a5 it d id

in

19 1

8-20

.

\I11 ( C

Anll thc circlllll

o;

t:ul ce Ihat c\·

cn

to.d:. }' we mu st still nl

ake

.{crCII CC to fear ,

in

o

ur

.rank s ,

of

l

aunching

positive:

democra

tic

r

l

.nns ind ica tes how

little

o

ur

cO lllr:.<i':

i ha

ve mas

tered th

e

S

t

g

xi st .Lenini

..,

t mdhod of approaching such impo

rtant

problems

tac- t ics . So me So l y tha t the st ruggle for

democrat

ic right5

Y

d iver t the wo

rker

s from the s

lr

ugRle for the prolet:lrian

111(1 . I I ' II I , .

'd

t l t o r t Illay not )c l : I 1 I \ 1 ~ to tecn W lat _cnm S.'l l on

this question :

" Jt would be a fundamental mi stnkc to suppose that the

st ruSf,: le fo r democracy call di ve rt the

prole

l

n-

r iat from

Socialist revolut ion, or

ob

sc ure, or o vcr

:;h ad

ow

it, etc

.

On

the

co

ntr

:

uy

, j ust as soc ialism ca nn ot

he

vic tOriOliS

unless

it intro

duces

comp

lete

dem

ocra c

y,

so the IlfOld a ri

at will be unable

to

p

reJ ):l

re for victo ry o' ·

cr

t

he bourgeo

isie

unless it

\\'3ge5 a

many-sided, consistent and rcvolutionary s

truggle

for

...

em

ocracy.

These

word

s sho

uld be

firmly fix ed in

th

e me mo r ies of

all

our

~ l I l r a d c s , bearing in m ind t hat in hi story the g rcat

revoluti

o ns

hnve

grown Oll

t o f sm:

\l1

m

ovement

s for the de fe

nce

of the

elementary ri

ghts

of

t

he working

c1 ::J.SS.

But

in

o

rder to

be

able

to link up the s tr ugg

le

for de m

oc ratic

rights with th e s

trug

g

le

o(

the

working

cl

ass

(or

socialism,

it is nece

ss

ary first and fo

re m

os t

to discard any

cu t-and-dried

appro

ac

h to the qu es

ti

on of defence

of bourgeois de m

oc

r

acy. (Applause .)

A

Co

rrect

LjllC

A

10 llc

Is Nol ElIougll.

Comrade

s, it is clear, of

COl1r$C

,

th

a t fo r

the

Communist Inter

national nnd each o( it s Se c

ti

ons ,

the fundamental

thing is to

work out a correct

line

. Dut a correct line al one is not enough

for

concrete

leader

s

hip

in

the

cla

ss

struggle.

-

-,.......-::-:--:-:::-:--: -;--:-;-..: ..: .,,,--_

.

_--

•

Lenin, Selected

Works,

Vol. V •

p .

268.

.

1

7



,

,

C'(Ult

li l ioll'" Inu ,< ' he fulfil

J.

:d ,

abo

Fl

lf

th Rt , It 11l1m wr 0 Vit 111\

Ih

(' (nllo\\,jll/,:. :. ,"'111 .... ..

1.,' 11/.·0

tll:11

h ' J l I ' ~ d c c i

\\ill

F

in-I,

orgMIISn'l . rlllt 111M al\

nh';lndcs III the WII)' Wi',

. , I

in

p

rn

.' UC'c .,. , . . , 0,

Cl l f l1 l'(

( I l l

\ VII II C(II lIr lhlc ;,\11

11\ :\1 t

he ~

r('

solu

l l:ly 0" ('1

('''>1

11

, '

' , • COllllllllni-.t Part)' or t

he

Sovie t 1 J \ ~

" "

I'\.

..s <' I h " . , 111 011

teenth .... on ... i

lf

" 10

,-a

ny

ou

t t

It' III(

: 0

the

I),

,

{'()n

ciili

o ll

<>

11.:(· . :-. ..• . , , "

tty

l loon t e . ' \

l

'l I

t i

rd v, (,bo 0 11 t Ie l (':<:ISI01\5 wh' '

",HI sho

uld

IW (

l f

. III

I

...

•

Ich

c

an

;' .

Co ,

, " re ss

IIdopl:o;

.

o u r .. .

Comrade

Stal

in

: . .

I

. " •. t h '

lt

it j",

-1I0U

, CII I

to draw

l ip a ('Qt r

.. Some IXO ll l.· I

lin..

. . t t l

" I ' "

fr

o tH t

he

ho u

sc

to PS, l'IHI1IClah::

it

in I\.

P

.

li n

e ,lroc l1I1I I . " '"

l ~ " ,,,."solu t lo n

..

(nil carry

t

le ln

Un,

.

f

\ 'rIIl th es(" l' :I t . . " n,.

f

orm

0 e

t .

,id o

"\

' com

(" of

It se ,

:llI

tonHl.tical'

,

.

or el

er to

n Ht C \ . - , , .

y

moUS

), 11\ • f -,

i

.

wrong .

lo

se w to

thlnk ,k'

_

TI I":' 0

COUf

1'C.

- . "

t

so to spct\ .. ·

1

'.

._ .

On l \' i n c o r r 1 ~ : l b l c bll

f

cauC

rt\ls

and

"

')'

1I11

<: I:I .. e\1.

r

f ,

thnt lICe g: . k th at. Att.:l l1I :ltte " o . t\ct, t lCSC ~

office rt\ts . I n tllll

b

.....

1

not

au

t

omallct\lly, bu

t as a rt slIl

I

· - were 0 t:lllh",- . " \ ,. t

t\n( , Ict

on

c:. _ p '

out the

Pa rt y

m c .

Ictor)'

n C\.t

of

a fierce

l l . ' ~ I ~ ~

r t ~

be df:l.' scd by the

h

an

d .

~

COnles by Itself- I; a;'OI1S in favour of the gencrn llinc of tllt

reso

lut

ions

t\lI

d dcc

: I ~ t \

I .

p '

the ,erely

ex p

r

ess

the

de

s

ire

••

, 1\' a hegulIlIlll>' " W

Part

y

arc

01

. ' • • After

t

he co

rrect

me ha

s bt

. .

. b "t i- not V

Ic

tor}· , b

W in ,

\1t

I :'; .

I

t ion of th e problem

la

s ~ n found

given

,

after

a

r f ( ~

so

\Inner in whi

ch t

he wo

rk

is

organiStd'

d )enels on t e lila I ,'

su

ccess el .

f tl

e s ~ : : l e

fo r

t ie

t\l=':llen hon

of

on the orgalllsation 0 tlhe l r O p ~ r se lec tio n of

workers

on

the

line

of the Part}fi"10 , of th e decisions o f the leading

. . th e full

men

supervlsmg

.

his the correct line

o f t

he Party and the

org

an

s. Without t .

I

"

ge

r of

being severe

ly damaged

lutions nre

111

(a . ,I .

correct so 1

rre

c t poli ticnl 11Ile

la

S

lce

n given

Mo re

than.

n f t e ' ~

~ r l ~

~ c c i d e s

e

ve

rythin

g,

including

th e I' ' t

self i.c. wh e

ther it is fulfilled or

(nte of the poht lcnl IOC I , ,

no t ." •

t

dd nnything

to th ese s

triking

words

I t

is hardly h n ~ Y h be

co

me

a

guiding principle

in

all

of

Co

mrade Stalin,

w IC

I

the work of o ur r t i c s : th abi/il)' to

CC

l lCr t d cc isio

)ls

oj

Ikt

An oth er condItion IS e . 5 ,. ,'n'o d llc isions 0/ , ~ ,

, . I

MId lis

ec lOri S

Communist t urla I lla • . ,

he

broad masses

fl,

tmsci Vts.

1

hIS IS all t more necesSary now,

•

Stali

n,

"

Report

on

the

W o

rk

of the

Centm\

Committee

."

See

Socialism Victoricus, pp

. 78-9.

18

\'e lire ftu:ed w ith the tnsk o f

o l g a n l ~ i

a united fr

o

nt

of

-hell \ . " . b b "

\ oletarHlt allt

(r :

lwlIlg t Ie road masses o f t e ~ e In to

,he pr,i

.

fa

sc h t p

eop

le's front . The f)()l it ical

lind

t:lct icnl

genius

1

11

: n

ill

:'11,,1 SIIII i is c\'in..:cll lI10s t c\curl y :lml most vivid ly in

of r f u l ahilit), to

ge t

the ~ - ; e to llllder:.tnnd t

he co

rn

.

C.t

hClr

n

,

t.

e all

d

t

he s logan:. of

the

l'

ilrty

th r

ough

the

ir ow n

experi

ence .

lin . folloll' up the hb lory of llo lshe vh m , that Rreatt'st of

If \ \ \e houses of

the

poli t ic:.1 s

tr

at

eH

Y anel tactics o f the revo lu ·

tr

eaSlly

movemen t , we Cl l n see for ou rselves t

hat

t

he

Bolshev iks

liou

nr

" , ' ad f

ne\'e

r

subs

tit ut

l.'{

lIlet U

X.:i

0

C:l Ing th

e

P:lrty

for mf:th 5 0

ding

the

Jll:l

:.-

.

es .

lea

<.: , . • " , h , " .

f

h

comr

ade III pOlll t

e{

Oll t t la t o

ne

0 t c: pecu lnntles 0 t e

'cs of the Ru >:.;inn Bolshevi

ks

in

the

period of prC l1a

ra t

ion for

ta

cU

" , . ' , ' , ' b ' , '

ctober

,eva

II tlOIl

COlls

lste(

11\

t lelr a • tty co

rre

ctl y to

the

....

in

e the Il:l th al1(l the turn s

which

nalur:lll)' \c3d the masses

de

te

. .. p ,

the sloga ns of the a rt y , to the vcr}' ' threshold of lh e rc\'olu ·

t? ,J

helpin.':

th em to .:i

cn sc

, to test

and

to r c a l i

~

fro m

their own

0 ~ r i e

t

he corre

ct ness of

th

ese They d id not con·

~ : s e leadershi p

of

t

he

Pa rty

wit

h

Ic

ad

cr ::.hip of th

e mnsscs, but

,

,Iy

53W the diffcf{:nce betwccn le:ldership of the fir.;t kind and

C ea

, , •.' , , .

1

cership of t H secont

" l I l e .

n th iS

way

th ey worked o ut

efl

tics as

th

e

sc

ien c

e,

not only of

Part

y

leade

rs

hip,

but

al

so

of

the

,ac

I ' ,

,'

f ' ,

le

adersh

ip of

t lC IIlI Ions 0 t OI Cr >.

Furthcrmore,

it mu s t

be bo

:'oe

in mind that

Ihe

br

oad I114SSt:S

(a nnat ass

imilat

e o ur d u isio tu ulI

less we

l

ea

r to s peak

IIl

e

Ian·

uage

w

ll i

cll tll£:

Hi sses IIlId n sta tld .

\\ l

e do

11

0t

alway

s kn ow

~ o w to spea

k s

im

p

ly, conc

r

etdy

,

in

imag

es which

a

re

familia

r

(ld intelligible to th e ma sses. W e arc stillloalh to d

ispense

with

"bstract fo rmulas

whi

ch

we

have learnt by rot e . As a matter of

~ a e t if you sc

an ou

r

leaflet

s , neWSpapers , r

eso

lut io n ::. and

theses,

.you'will find th a t th

ey

a ~ e ofte n

written

in a la n

guage

and s

tyle

SO

heavy

thnt

t

hey

are

diffi

cu

lt

for

even

ou

r P

nrty

f u n c t i o n a

10 under

s tAnd, let th e

mnk·and·filc wo r

k ers. -

If we reflec t, co m

rade

s , thnt wo rkers , especially

in

fas c

ist

countries,

wh

o di stribute or only

read

th ese leaflets

ri

sk their very

lives by do

in

g so, we s

hall

rcalise s

till

mo re clearly

the

need of

writing for the ma sses

in

n lnnguagc wh ich they unde

rs tand,

so

that the

sa c

rifi

ces

made l1Iay no t have

been

in vain .

The same

applies in

no

less de

g ree to o

ur

or a l agitation and

propaganda

. \Ve must admit quite frankly

that in this

re s

pect

tbe fascis

ts

have often prov en more dexterous a nd

flexible tban

many of

our commdes

.

1 recnl1. for ex a mple, a meeting of unemployed in Berlin

19



. to I>owe r t was

at

Ihe time of the

~ o r ~ Hitle

r' :J nccC'$Slon .

,"

Ars

~ n d

the

Sk, ttilll

ious SWill

.. . .

att (

of o ~ o r n ed on for scvcrlil months. A Nation

brother

s, whi ch

1;1;" c " ing

the

meeting

Illnde

demagogic

III

' c n k c r l l l n « r

~

f ' "

s,

oc ia

1St :;1> I " OWII

cu ds. H

(' re cH e( to

I IC sWi

nd

oClha

trial,

to

further

I ~ \ e s committed by th e S

kJarck

bro t es ,

' I.

1(\

othe

r

Ctl1l . •

f l e t s

th e bnlJcr), ar h ' rll had been l t \ g or Illonths •

h

' d th at t en . , , ' f (jill

emp IlSlse

•

I

tlndrcd

s of t

iOusaIH S 0 marks

it I

ii

g'ure<1

O l l t

how 11

11\11) 1

oo,)le T o th e

:l c c O l l lp:lniIllC

n t

of I

l

ad

d

t the Ge

rm

an p . b GlI d

nlrea Y cos ker

decln

red

th

nt

such n l l t

I t s

li

S the Sklarel(

npplRuse the spen

e

shot without an)' ado , and

the

me

brother

s

shou

ld

~ ~ 1

have gone to th e unemploye d.

ney

wasted on the tna s ou

I

':"ked fo r the floor . T he chainnan

A

C

unist rose an< "" lit

omOl

.

him

but un der the pre ssure of

th

first refused to recog

d

llls

, ' hen; from the Communists he had "

d' vhich wante 0 . I 0

au Jenee \ \VI the COlllltlUllIst

go

t upon tIC pl at forrn

let him spenk . .

.1 l ~ n

t"nsc e.''\"pectfttion what

the

Communis,

bod)

' nW3Ih

::

u wll I .. ·d h '

every . Well what (II c say.

, ker would h3"e to

sa). .

. : ; p e ~

.. he began in

a

loud nnd

t r o ~ g

VOICC,

tht

Comrndes , ,s' Internation:ll h3s lust

clo

sed It

PI of the Comnlun .

I .

enum th salvation of the worklllg e ass.

The

chitf

showed the way

to

e rades is '

to

1uill

tllc majority

01

th

task puts before Y?U'(r::lgilter.') The plcnum pointed out

wo rklllg class. . . .

f ' ( ' I

d lent must be po Itlca

IS'C( •

L a

ug

Iter 1

the unempIOye" moven to r aise it to

a

,iglltl r

/

cl)cI.

(I...AlIgltte;)

The

Pl enu m ea s on us •

h ' ne strain evidently uuder the Impression

He went on m t e s:u , . . f h

P'

" ., g " authentic deciSions 0 t e enum.

that

he

was exp alOm , .., C Id

C

'd

h

speec

h appeal to the unemp oYI:U . ou they

ousuc a , ' t d d "

. f ' . the fact that first

,,

·e 111 en e to politi.

lind any

satls

actIOn

. .

h .

calise then revolutionise, and finally moblilse t em In

order

to

, 'h'

t to

a

higher

level?

(Laughter, applause.) .

raIse t elr mo\'emen .

h

h '

5

·,

mer

of

the

hall I

obs

erved

Wit . c

ag

nn

how

Ittmg

In

a co

' e '

h

'd

'ho had been so

eager to

hear

a ommUlllst

in

t

e

unemp

oye ,

n b

order to find ou t from him what to n c ~ e t e l y I egan

to

yawn

and display unmistakable signs of dlsappomtment..

And

I W

s

not at all surprised when towards the end the c h a l r m ~ n rUdely

cut Ollr speaker s

hort

without any protest ~ th.e

m

e t m g . .

This

unf

ortunately is not the only case

of

It s kmd In OUr ngtta.

tional work . Nor were such cases confined to

Germany.

To

agitate

in such fashion means

to

agitate against one's own cause.

It is hig h time

to

put an end once and for all to these, to say the

least childish methods

of

agitation.

During

my report, the

chairman,

Comrade KUlisincn, rece ived

20

I

I

,

I

I

h

rnctcristi e lette r from the floo r of the: Congress add re:sse:d to

• c , , '

l

et me real It :

me.

[n

yOllr spce<:h at the Congress, Illeasc take up the follow

. g (IU< >t ion,

1l :ll1l c ly ,

th at all resolutions

and

decisions

o P t e d in the

fu

ture

by

the Communist lnterulltional be

n'rittcn so th at not olily trained Communi sts can get th e:

, k ' , '

t

call

in

$::

, but t lal ally war 'lIlg man readlllg the materia

0

"', ,.

Comintcrn might without n

ll

y prcliminnry training be able

". , ' C' '

ec nt once w ll.t t I t.: ommullIsts want , and of what service

~ o r n l l l l l l 1 i m is to n ~ a n k i n d Some Party leaders forget th is.

They

I 1 l U

be remindcd o

f

it ,

and

very str?lIgly, too. Also

thot agitat ion for CommulIl sm

be

cond ucted I I I unde rstandable

. "

longu

ng

c

.

1

do not know exn ctly who is the author of this

letter, but I

e no doubt

that

comrade voiced in his letter the opinion

b a ~ desire of millions of work ers. Many of our com rades think

1 ; 3 t

the more .

hi.

gh-sounding word s , and the more r m ~ l a s ~ n d

h ses

unintelhglble to

the ma sses they usc, the

better

their aglta-

t.

and

propnga

nda,

for

getting

th

at

the

grcnte

st leaders and

o e o r e t i c i a n

of the working c1n

ss

of Ollr epoch,

Lelzill

and

$

Ialill,

e always s

poken

nnd written

in hig

hly

popu

lar

language

,

:W

dily

understood by the br O1d

ma

sses.

rea Everyone of li S mu st make this a

1:1w,

a Dolshev

ik

law, an

elementary rule:

Wh clI

writing

or spcakillg ahva)rs

lla-vc ill

mind t.he rank-and

f l

worke r

who

lIIust u uderstalld you, must beli ctre in )'ou,

alld

be r

ead r

to lollow

you

Y ou must ha

l)o

in mind

~ / I o s e lor w ll om you

.vritc

, to whom yo u sp e

ak.

(Appla u

se

.

Cad r

cs

·

C

omrades,

our

b

est

reso

luti

ons

will

remain

scraps

of

pape

r

11

we

Jack·

th

e

people who are

to

put them

into

effect.

Unfortu

nately, h

owever,

I mu st state

that

the problem

of

cad res, one of

the most

important

qu est ions

that

confront

us, received prac

tically

11

0

attention at th i

s

Congress. The

r-epo

rt

of

the Execu

tive Committ

ee

of

the Communist In.ternational

was

discusse

d

for

seven days. There were Illany spe

aker

s from

various coun

tries,

but only a few, and they on ly in passing, di scussed th is questi.on,

SO extremely v ital for the Commuuist

Parti

es

and the labour

movement. In their practical w

or

k our

Parti

es have not yet

• Cadres-here re ferring to

active

Party wo rkers and tunc·

tionaries,

Or

officials.-Transl.

21





umber of ob51nd u find c l i f f i inchrd '

" I

,,$

k

('11

00

11 ~ 1 1 ers

IJ: 'ons id('raliOIl" , ('I

C. I

cI

i

ffie t It

wh

ich

In

Ill fr

la

('

k

01

( li

ll

)

I

fi nd

prol

>e

l'ly o ver

come

. Bu t

II

sunll

li

St

be

laken nllo n

('('OlI

lI Y

le-c l

to

do thi s alto

ge

th er .

eg

/ '

ssist(

JIl

u to (od ,

n :l :;$ I

Stnn

cc IIh

'

''il th

s)

-sl

r-ma

Ie

1I

.

d , ,

OUld

• f ('

:\r

ef

ill

in struct IOn, ("a

mm C)

'

con tro ,

toke the (orlll o .

and

mista kes lI ml

cO ll

c n 'le, eVe r .

'

tion oC shortco

l1l1n

::I • Y a)'

guicln

ncc

. lor Ili r rrsfJ r

:.'

otiol/ 0/ t:ad , rs. \Vc II

Six

th

prop

rar

e I lUSt

. • . to wit hdraw Pnrl)' workers to I

Ie

ren r whcucvc

le

arn

prompt ) ' re and rcplllec them by o

th

ers. \V c

rill

r

c i r c I l U l s h s o , ~ c q t h i p JlM ti

cu

lnrlr

in

cO ll ll tr ies

whe

SI

demand that l e ar

·

" '" "

, " " a

SS Ullle PMMll

Ollnt

Ity for th

the Pnrtles are I ega , "" . ,

.

( cn dres.

(APP/llI

l

s

t

' . )

Ie ,?h:serva tlo

ll

of

pre5('n at 10 11 0 " highl)' efliciell t org:lIlls:u lo li of secre

cadres also presupposes . d Oy

, t 1\ of o

ur

Par lcs lIIa

llY COli

lr

a es thin"

m the Par ty . 1\ ce

r 1\1

(

'

, "

""'

jelltly prepared or till erg ro

und

exist

Ihat

the

Par le5 nre 5U .. . d , '

h

,

thc)

'

h3 \ 'C

rcorga lll se t l emsd\'es on'

ence

even t Oil S I ' . . ,

y

f

d

Og to read)"

1U

3dc rules . Wc 13d to P3y vcr),

ormn

y

aC'('()r I

k (

dearly

{ ~ r

having "ta

rte<

the real wor ' 0 reorg

3111 :,"

, tlo

ll

only

( h

P

'

I

gonc underground, und er

the

<hr ee

henvy

a

ler

t

e

arty

lac , . . t l C

b'

(

th

n. ,

n,

' Rcmcmber the se\'crc o

ss

es

IC

Ollllll

ll

nist

0 \\ '5 0 e C "

.

P

(

G

' " ,(fcred d uring

Its

trallSltlon to un d

crg

round

nrty 0 erlllon)

.

co

ndit ions Its expe rience should c r ~ e 3S n serlOliS warll lllg to

those of o

ur

llarties

wh

ich to·dn),

arc

s till Ie-gn l b ll t

Il l

:'

) lose their

legal s tatus to

·mo

rrow. .

Only

3

correct policy in regard . to cadr es WI ll e

na

b le OUr

Pnrtie

s to dcvclop nnd utilise all n V l U l ~ b l force s to

the

lltm

oS

t,

nnd ob tai n (rom the enormouS r

e.se

n ·olr of

the Ill

ass mo vement

e er

fresh rei

nf

orcements of new nnd better tlcth'e wo rk ers.

Wh at should be o ur IIIa il cr

it e

ria in selec tin g' cad res ?

Fir

st

abso

lut

e

devotion to

the cau

se o f

the

wo

rkin

g c lass

,

,

loyally 10 tile Pari' tested in face of the enemY- lIl ba

tt l

e , in

pr ison, in

court.

Second,

the closest poss iblc contact

'willi

the masses. The

comrades

co

ncerned must be wholly absorbed in t he in teres ts of

the masses, fecI the Jife pulse of the masses, know their senti.

ment's and requirements. The prestige of the leaders o f Our

Party organisation should

be

based, first of all, on the

fact

that

the masses regard them :lS their leaders,

and

are convinced

through their own experience of

their

ability as leaders , and of

their

determination and

seH·sacrifice

in

struggle.

Third, Gbilily independently to

/illd

olle's b04rings

and

not

...

I

I

I

be afrn id of

tl

u u

mir 'J.'

. i ll takins dec/l io" s. He

l?hO fellr. to tnkc , l l I 1

1 no t

II leader. 11 f: who 1Io unabl e

II displaY

li

ll·mlme. who :o-.ayli: . . ,

I I

ill do o nly \Iha t I am told

,"

not I I IInb lll: \'ik . Ouly he i

:-l

II rCl l Bolshcvik lend er who does

I

t

loSC hi

"

hcad at mome lL ts of

de fe

:' t, who

does

not g

el

a swelled

,, 0 d

nt mome nts o f

SUCC(:

5'I

,

who di splays indo

mi

tl\ble fir mness in

ht

ll

t

Cd

,

rying out ( ee1

M0

1l5. a rell

(c

\'e101) and grow best whe n the y

cur pille-cd in the IlOsit ion of hnv in g

to

solve concrete problems o f

"Ire. str uggle illdependelltl y, and are aware tha t they arc fully

t' cpOnsi

IJte

for thei r decisions.

Four th , disciplirlt and Bolshevik I,a rd t " ing in the s

tr ugg li':

lIinst th e cla ss enemy

ns

we ll

:1$

i l l thei r irreconcilable 01>p05

i.

to all dcviat ions fr om the Dolshc:vik line.

We must

pl

ace

all

the more emphas is 0

11

these condit io ns

wh ic

h the corn. <: t : c1<:ction of cadres , bec

au

se in prac·

tict pr

ef

erence IS \:cry o

ft

en glv(: n to a co

mrade

\\'ho , for

examp

le ,

mil)' be :

Ibl

c to

w ~ I l C

and be a

o o d

speake r

bu

t i s not a man

or womall o f action , IS not as SUIted for the struggle as some

ther cO llr:' de who perha ps may not be able to wri te or spt:ak 5 0

°,,

bu

t is a

comra

de , initi

at

h '(: and cont acts

, ,

with the

m:t

f,ses , a

lH IS

capable

of

goi ng i

nt

o ba

ttle

and leading

thers juto battle. (App/nll

s

.) H

:' \

'e

th

ere not been ever 50

~ l I n y

cases of sec tarian s ,

i n a ~

or moral be rs crowd ing ou t

loynl mn

SS

wo rkers , ge nu llle worklll j:t

·cla

ss leaders?

O

ur

lead ing c

au res

sh

ou

ld c

om

b ine the knowled

ge

of w hat

they mu st d

with .Bolsllev i sta Ill i

lIa ,

t c Volu tiona , > st rength 0/

'haracl

or

4 d t ile 'w I Il p O'WC t to can y it tllfougll.

10 connec tion w

ith

the q ues tion of cad res pe r

mi

t m

e,

com

rlldes, to dwell

nt.

so on the

gre

at rotc wh ich the

lrti c,nalional

ta

bO

llr

D,

/CllC

c· IS called

up

on to Ilia), in relation to the c

ad r

es

of Ihe tabo

ur

mo vement. The material and moral ass is

ta n

ce

whi ch the I. L .D. or gani sa t ions rend;;: r to ou r pri soners and th eir

families, to po

liti

c

al emi

g rn

nt

s , to

pe

rsec

ut

ed

re

volu t

io

narie

s

and

anti·fascists , ha s s. ved th e H\'es and prese r ved th e streng th and

fighting capacity of tho usands upo n th ou sa nds o f m os t valuable

fighters of the working' class in man)' co untries. Those: of u s

who

b:\\'e been ill

ja

il h

a\'e foun

d o ut d irec t } ' th ro ugh o

ur

ow n

experience

the

eno

rm

ou s s ig ni

fi

can ce of th e ac

tivity

o f the LL

.

D.

(Appla. ,)

By

its

activity. the LL

.D.

ha s won the affection, attachment

and

profound

g

ratitude

of

hundred

s

of

th ousands

of

proletarians.

and of revolutionary elements am ong the peasantry and profes-

--

-

-

-

--

-

• In

Russian-MOPR.-Transl .



" ,-"""'me so

10 SIJ<'a

k ,

tI.

SO

r t of

I, 1>

,

11

mil:> ...... •

't

••

sio nal I)('OP t' . • {ronl of

the

prol l lRfint rut( I Ie anti · fn .

C

rOSS"

of

the 1I1111{"(1 . Ulilliou

.

o f to ilil n: po..

OI}lc t h e

,

I

·mbnI

Ctl l ,l: I " '<.

COple

s rO

i l .

t • f

th

e loi lin,l:: c :l..so:" elll 1:

1t

C( f

b r o . ~ " of I I l l' nrlll) 0 '

l1Id

socin lb m. IC t li ..

LL.D

. to (\'1..

. {or PC:lCC • . , ' ',

dJ'n1, fij:htutJ: "

f

II ' it ml l .,t ( nU ll

t

lOu.,a ll(" o f it ' .

. rt s uC'("eS'> U . /1 I)

. .

"

(. 0\ \11

{orlll 11$

1,,1 ,'t, ,ucle of

.;

. . ,f (

'

$ 0 Its 0,

. , ' ' lIS

n

nl

. , . '

11

acti\'C IU

l l t

.1I

" ,rnel(' r rlllel

cajln

e lty I Ie spum

",

of /ous '

.

inthelrc1ll

• . o f

I n s w ~ r H \ J : . r t t l l l t or}:luUS-'l 110

IL

h

· ." l1Idy uup<>

t

IS

\'x t , '

,'

o"s when bours:cols rea ction

IS

J: ro\\,,'

,

(' '

{'nt

con( I I . . n (t

Vu( t'r ,Pf :>.

•

and

t he

d n ~ s

s

tr u g l::

I.

. IS

bccomi

n .: III •

IS

r:U:

:

Jn,c

• . '

I

ore

\ \ ' h ~ n .. f 'h , I) in crells lIIg I

lII

llh:n ;.C y. rile t" ,.

I role 0 I e , , . . . , ••s ..

nellie, t Ie 1 1 0

j -

to become II ge lllll l\c mass r g a l l i n t i

'- -fore the

. ~ .

. . ( . " . On

noW IC

. "

p't:llist countries p..ulleu nr y

III

(ab '

h

lo' lers

III

a ea I . .

.....

ISt

of

te l

· , 1St

ac1:Wl

il :;..:lf to

the

l a l conditio

countries where

II n i l . '

P

e\, 'Iiling there) .

I

r . l .t 0"" a- categorically nnd as s I:lrply

:\S

I

pO

And here n1ll :; . , I ,.

,

., bllrl (WC

fa

tic approllch all( a at t '

'bl ' ean Ihllt \1'

11

ea ' I·

51

) , ' 1 '5 dc<;"icable in the

lahour

' ~ l l l e l l t

tak e

tude toward

I } \ . ~ J >

e I - . . I I I

0 .

I . n

. h here of :le

ln

'lt\" or I IC , - . . SlIC I

an

athtud

in geller:tl,

III

I e lll . ( I ) '1" •

. '1 ,." der,"tS

on

the CrIIllIlia l. t lpp (il lS . 1(' fighters

Isnnc"I UV

f

.

• I f ·· - .

... , . the

VICtllllS

of

react

lOll :"II\( aSC1:-;1

11

who

a,.

of the wo

r"mg

c

nSS,

. .

. . . ' \ torture chambers

and

COllce lltmtlOn cant""

stllfenng :"I :'ony 11 . . I Id I' . ''',

.' I . nts amI

th

eir fanlilles 5 lOll a

meet

WIt h the

pollllcn ellllgf:l · · . .

fl '

'm

).1

thetic care

and

soliCItude on th e part 0 t Ie organ l

s,

1.

~ o s t 5)

Il'f"" etiollaries of the LL.D . (Pfolo gcd

applausl

.) i h t

lions nn • . I I' I . I

t

' ll

better

apprecIate f1n( ( I

SC

large ItS (

Uly

o(

LL ,D. must s L . d . f .

. th fighters in the prolel:·nan

an

a nI · :lSC

lst

111

0\'(,.

nSSlstmg e I I"

t

· I rl)' ,'n I,h)'sicnlly lind mom Y preserv1I1g the

ment pM ICUa .

d

" f th labour movement.

The

COllllllUII15tS lind revolu.

carcsO e 1 0 ' .

. ,. r ' ,,'ho

r '

nctive in the J, . . . org:1Il15:ltloIlS mUSt

tlOnnry

\\

'or",-,

: ; . .

. . ,

"

. t e 'cry step the enormouS respolI stlJlhty they benr before

re l l lSCn'

"

I f

the w o r k i l l class nnd the COIllJ1lUIl1St In te

rn

atlona or th e sue·

cessfu l fulfilment of the role lind t:lsks of the I.r.

,

D. (A PPlflll sc.)

Comrlldes, as you kn ow , ('(Idres recei, 'e th eir ~ s t training in

til e procrss oj struggle, in

surmounting

difficulties a nd with·

standing teslS, in studying Ja'i.'OI

Hablc

:lnd I l I l J a , l l r a b eX:l.Inples

of

conduct. We have hundreds of examples

of

splendid co

nduct

in times

of

s trikes , d u r i n ~ demonstrntions. in jail. in co urt. Wt

have thOll5.1 nds

of

ins

tances

of heroism , bllt unfo

rtunately

also

no t B few ('ases of pigeon-hellrtedness, lack of firmne ss ,

and

even

We

of

t

en

for

ge

t

the

se

examples, both

good

nnd

bad,

We

do not teach people to benefit by these

examples.

\Ve do not

.6

I

I

I

I

110\\

' th .:1Il what shou ld I,c clIlulated anel what rejected . We

5 .\ 5

Wtly

th e CO llcl u(, t

of

our c(.tInradc

'S

and acti

ve

k

III Ii

> n'

t t · .

war us

. • cia» ('a ll I(' I , at po ICc COU lt heanngs III th .. d

du

rlfl

. . , t:

Jill

5

an

n c e l l t r a t l camps, I I I

cour

t, et

c:

, The good

liide

s should bt:

cO

..ht to ami hel ll lip a . m ( ) ( l c l ~ to be. fol io ' I h ' \

br

otl

& . ' , \

_.

• .... e ( . ' I I : 1111

t

whi

ch I ' rotU' lI , 110

11

· Jo "he\' lk and ,)hllbtilll': is ,

b.

.

th 3 . , , ', O I C : R ~

" e SUICC

t i

e .el l/Zlg tna we have

l1

',d {", , , '" ' " b f

as

ll

.

' f , ' .. " mn

(.:

r

0

cOfllradl'S

a r l ~ l

be or.: bourgeOiS ll":d a ~ i S COllrt s who have

ShOI\

'1I thnt, UUI\IHulh cad res ar.:

~ w m g

up wi th an excc1h:llt

ullderS :IlIdm

g:

of

1(./wl

rea lly c:onstltllte

.

Bobhevik conduct in

cOurt,

"LIt hoW lIIany eve ll of yOIl deh:f;: ate s 10 th e Con" . ' k

u

. ,

I ' .... tess now

t t t e d ~ h c tn a 0 the railwa)' lIlc n in Rumania, kllOw about

h

t

rinl of I'l ete

Schulz

who

W:"I

S '>ubsb luell tl" behe:\(' ed b th

t e . G t 1 ( .

Y

f ~ i s t s III

crmany,

Ie tria 0 ollr \'

ahant

J :tpant M: comr:ld

1

"' awn, the trill l of the Bulgarian re,"olutionarv sold iers ed'

II" . , I . I I ' . ' ,

an

Illa

n

)' ot her s at

II

1 nt 1I11mbie exampleli of proletarian

beroism were displayed , of ~ p p l a all rise.) Such

'orth)' exa

mples

o f pro\etan

an hcrol

sm

he

,,, ,

pula,,

'·

" I . I I 'f . ~ ~ ,

m

llst

be con tr aste( Wit I tIC lIlallI

of

fainthear

tedne

ss

hilistinism, alld

e,"

cry. kind of rot and fr ailty in ou r

ranks and

PhI'

rank s

of the

cla ss.

Th e

se eXrll"plcs mu

st be

used

~ ex tensively il' CdUC3till:;. the cadres of the labou r

1ll

0\,'C.nent.

Comra

de

s Ollr Pa

rty

leaders of ten complain that

th cr

t

art.

nO peoplo; that th ey

are

short o f people for agita tional

and

propa.

ga

nda

work, for t he

new

spape rs , t

he

tr ad e

unio

ns , fo r

work

among Ihe you t h, .am? ng w

om e

n ,

Not

enough, no t

-c.n

ou g h -

thnt

is

th e

cry

. \ \ e sun ply have

n't go

t the ptopl

e.

T o th is

we

cOuld

r

ep

ly in th e o

ld,

ye t

eternally new,

wo

rd

s of Lenin :

TIIH

C arc

11 0

people

y

t t e arc cno

rm

ous

tlUlllb ers

oj

people There are

en

o

rmou

s,

number

s of

peop

le, bcause

the

working class and the dl\'erse s

trata

o f so

ciety

, yellr after

renr,

advance from t h ~ l r

ranks an

in c

re a

s

in

g

number of discon-

tented people who

de

Sire to protest,

who

a re ready to render all

the assist

an

ce they .can, in

the fi

Rht a g a i n

ab

so

luti

s

m,

th e

intolerablene

ss

of which IS no t ye t

recogni

s

ed

by all, but is never-

theless more ~ l I l d mo re, acutely s

en

s

ed

by increasing masses

of the

people. At

the ~ a . 1 l 1 e tune

we ha,'e no people,

be

cause we have no

luders,

no

po h

t.lc.al a d c r s ~ we

have

no talented o rganisers

capable of org:ulIslllg

extenSIve and at

the same lime unifo

rm

and harmonious wo

rk

that would

give employment

t o all forces

even the

mo

st

in

co ns

id

er a

ble.

. '

'Lenin, "What I s to be Done 1" Sclocted W orks Vol.

11,

p,

142,

27



, bo:

o L l ~ h l y

f,:Taspcd by

C

J

elllll

III . , .

OUt

wo

rds 0 S :I

"uiclt:

I I I

t

I Cl f

c\,cry d

rlY

..

"" .

..

b,' th em 1\.

,., I

"'Olc

, , ' -..

nnd

RPI)lIt".. ', 'h '," n ;;>c<i only

:x:

( IMo

vered in

.

I a T h ."

f ~ i > l e

. " .

OU

r

There

nre

p\ell

t

)

0 .

tr

ike.; nnd d ..m on sl

r.1I1

0

1l

s , III va rio

~ " l n i dutlng s • .-. :s ill

111Ii

tcd fronl bOdi

.:

s

. 'l'h"'

0\\,

11 '

" . f the wo r ... , • . • "

O

.

«nni

l\.lUOIlS 0 .

I

co

urse of

th C

IT

w a r ' an d S

l tu

• • 1

nlllSS ' . r o W III t Ie I "

lSI be helped to _ " co

nditi

on s

where

I H:y c all

Teally' h'

1111 lUI

III

:oIlC I

t

th

ey must be I . rs

caUse

. .

U

S{'fu \I

O

the wor ke

' -, s

arc people

o f nctlOll. OUTS is

th

CommunI

>

•

IT

, ' ,

C '

Co mT:1c1cs , we. I t l'si{le :Ign ins the 0 ('nsn c 0 caPital

ob

lcnl of pr

l<'

tl(' 3 .s

f

h

, of impcri t,ii st

W3r, the s

tr

ugg

le

f '

p1

.

d the t

re3 .

I I ' _

I

' . ,

'n s l (flSC1501

an .

I t ; ,

,JrCclse

r

t l lS no c

it cal

t

. I.

g

Ill

' C

ita

ll

s

1l1

· bl " ..

t

he overthrow

0

cap

C

unist cadres the

a

If,;ntlO

n to equip

n

t

he

Ol1l1n

, - 51 "

that

i m p o ~ I ~ P O I 1 '0 11(11 )' tl l /'O ' Y, 'o

r us

a In ,

that

t

hemselves

WIth r(.110 II I . , ,

nction , h

:l

S t:lught us; theory

f

rcvolutlon.

C

g

reatest master o . " ' 31 work tbe power

0

O

1

cntatio

n

'

edulprflc l , ·

C-

I ' I '

g

i\'('s

those e

ngflS

. ,\'ork

bche I I I t

Ie trnun )

1

of

ou

,

. . Irnn

ce

m '

clarity of \'

IS

IOI1, a5S \

cause. . r th eory is irreconci

i.abl

y hostile to

any

But rC1l1 re\

·o lu.tl

.ona ~ n y futile l

oying wllb

nbstra ct 'defini.

emasculated h e o f 1 S . I I 1 ~ ~

a dogma, bi l l a

g ui d e

to nct in

l1

lenin

lions.

O

llr

III

co

ry

IS

h

....

that our

cadres

need,

and

they

It

'

sl4

ch a

t ea.:

I

used to

S.1Y · IS . cd

the ir dai ly

brcad

, ns t

ICY

need air,

need

it

as badly as the) ne.

I

to rid

our

work

o f deadeni n

...

lIy \VI S

les .

6 ,

W:lter

. \Vhocver

rca . '

s

s,

ho

ln

sticlSIll,

mu

st scnr the

..

, of permc

lOu

. '"

stereotyped schemcs: both by real,

praclical ,

actIVe struggle:

out

with a

r e d - h

Iron,

d

at

the

head of the masses ,

and

by

waged t

ogether \\lth

an . ht . fe rti le, all-

powerfu

l Bolshevik

ulltiring

elTor t a s ~

~ ~ : r ~

~ ; l s

Lenin,

St llin.

A pplnllsc.)

th eory, th e

teachlilgo

'd,"

,'t particularly

nec e

ssary

to draw

b

· t"on I conS

I .

· .

In

t

IS

connee

I

k 1 r Pa.ly sc

hools. I t IS

not pedants

. th vor'

0 ou

,

your attention to

e ' uotin

that

our schools

mu

st

train.

No

1Il0rali.sers

or

adepts

at

q

...

h g ,

th ' cause

of

the

wo

rking

class

. .

I f t ankug

tersm

I t IS practlca

ron

or

.

II

· pcol) e who

are

front-mnk fighters

tilat mu

st leave

thelr , ~ a

5-

ld

d

readiness

f

or se

lf- sacrifice

I

be

f

their bo

ness

an

. ,

not on

y cnuse 0 f

ther thnn rank-mal-file workers

and

but

also bec3use

thh'Y s,': pU:

th

that

leads

to the emancipation

of

kno

....

better

than

t

eye

, I

, All ,'ODS

of the

CommuOIst nterna

lona

must

the

toiler

s. sec I . f h

, h d ' il ,. [Iy,

ng

seriously

take

up the question 0 t e

Wit out

any I .

y-ua

, h '

" 1

P,r 'y

schools 10 order to

turn

t

em 111t

o

proper

org:ulIsat1Oo

o.

'

be

f d

smithies, where these

fightmg

cadres

are

to ,

orge .

.

TI

I'

k

01

our

P,rty

schools It

seem

s to

me, IS

toIe

pnn

c

lpa

as

' ,

teach the Party aod Young

Communist League

member

s there

28

to

appl), thc

Muxi

t-I",ui"is l method

It")

the concrete situll

~ o w in part

ic ul

ar

COun

tr ies, to defin ite condition5, not to

the

1,0

11

.

. .

. • .

..

,.]t

ng :l.I

l1 st an

tnemy II I

I(eneral " hut agamst

n

partl(::ulnr,

slr

u

.". ,- , ' . . .

"tinite

enell1Y· 'o

r

1 1IS.

purpos

t:

. lt

I.S

.

1l

cc ess

flry

to s

tudy n ~ t

d I,'

the lcll c- r of l

.c nln1

sm , hut

It

s I t v l r( \ 'ol litionnr}' spl

nt

.

Illt

re

C " -

Th ere

nre

twO wa),s 0 Ir

flll

ll ng

111 our

P:lrty sc hools:

Fir s

l

met

hod:

people ah

.,

tra ct

the

ory, try ing to

give:

the

r

)()ssi

ble do'ic of dry learni

ng,

coaching them

thefll

to write t

he

ses and resolutions in literar y style,

an

d

on

ly

\ ~ d e n t a l l Y

touchin g u

ron

t

he

problems of

tl

H: pa

rt

icular coun try

1 ;

C

he p:lrticul

:l

r l:lbo

ur.

' e m ~

l ~ t ,

t

s hi

s.

t

or

),

lr

adit ions ,

o ,)l.'ri

e ntt

of the C o m m u l I I

I

a rt)" 111 qu est IO n . Only mCI

the eX

dentall

y

. ...

Second meth od .:

suc

h

~ ) ~ o r e

c a l .

tramlllg I f )

the h l l ~ d f l m e n

, -pies

of

Ma

rx IS ]l)

-Lell1ll1sm 3S

IS

based

on

3 prac\1cal s

tudy

pnncl . .

, I

e s

tudent

of the c

:ltdmal

problems conct::rIl mg

the

s

truggle

proletari at in his

ow

n cou ntry. On return ing to his prac-

0,

t,'

'ork t

he

stu

dent

will t

hen be

able

to fm

d his

beari

ngs

il e A \\ ,

'ndependently ,

and

ecomc on

illl/C/,c Ild c

nt

/H ltc li

cal

o rRalli sc r

, d

leader capable

oj

/

ea di

l'R

t l lC masses to batlle againsl

fhe

'

lalS cll cmy.

Not all

gradua

tes

of

om P:lrty prove to

be:

sui

table

, b

Man

y

have

p

hmscs

,

ab

st

mc

tlOns , book kn

ow

ledge:

and

tun

e.. .• . .

shoW

of lcarning. D,.t we

need

real, truly BolsheV Ik or

g?

llI

sers

. d

l

eaders

of t

he maS5(

s. And we need

them badly

thiS

very

d

n I t

doe s not

mattc

r if

such

s

tud

c

nt

s

be unable to

writ

e good

.y,

theses (t

hough we need

t

ha

t

vcry mu

ch

, too)

as as t ~ e y

knoW

how

to organi

se

and

l

ead, un daunted by

difficulties ,

C3pable

of

s

urmounting ~ m .

. . .

Revolutio

nary

the

o

ry 15

t

he generalised

,

Slwltl1anscd

xpen-

Ice

of the revoluti

o

nary

mo

vement.

C

om

muni

s

ts

mu

st

carefu

lly

~ ~ i 1 i s e in their countries not

on ly

t

he

ex per

ien

ce of the past

but

also the

experience

of the present struggl( : of o ther t a c h l ~ l ~ n t ~ of

the

international

l

abo

ur

movement.

' ~ r , correct utthsatlon

of

experience

does not by any means de note

m ccllanica l transposi-

lion of

ready-

made fo

rm

s and meth

ods

of

st

ru g

gle

from onf set of

conditions to another set,

from

one co untry to another, as so often

happens

in

our Parties. Bare imitation, simple copying

of

methods and fo

rm

s o f work, even of the

Communi

st Party

of

the

Soviet

Union in countries

where

ca p

italism is

st

ill supreme, may

\1'ith the

be

st of intentions result in harm.

rather

than good, as

has so

often nctually

been the

ca

s

e,

It

is

precisely from

the

experience

of the Ru

ss

i

an Bolsheviks that we must learn to apply

29



<I . 10

Ih(' :.pt· . ifi..: oo

ml

i tio

ll

" O( li fl.' ill ea c h c

ent( 'WIl

J .

.

, .

Ol

l ll t r

• I iHitl lUIJ/jolll l i 1111, " III l ie

1>

11 u J:8 C 1L).: U lh t ell ,> , Y, IL

m l

e

' I ' /I I, lal is lIe

mus t /t-a r

ll

p i l i l c ~ l y 10 Ctlst C,

PI

o

ry

:UI < IOld up to III \Ir

t

, , J.J, , (I$t'./IIotlg

i' J:

. IISi'

(1/

I l ( I rk l l rY d Rto

...

,

r ( leu c , · / • • .

. . I n. I

p ~ J a , , " (Hul d,ulll l/

OI

' sm . " Q.t.

"

·s n«-C" .......1r'· 10 Iearll, colllradl: > , If') 1.· . ,11 alwa}.

I

In s,

a t

slt'p,

in

Ih l' o( th

e s

lrug

.':

l ' ,

It I '

...

r ty

and i i i ja i

l. T

t \

'tf'y

d 10 fi nlli . 10

ligh

t

nnd to

I

('M

II. \Ve 111 11'1 he

lIhle

to o lCIi/

1i

UII

, . , L · '

S·

b ·

tl

'

r

':1f I(':a

ching of ;\f:lr.\:,

8 1 . ' ' ' ,

('IIIII

all(

talln

'il '

i l l I

tnt

Ie.,. .

I '

/I '>, ,. " I

S

ial

'

j ; mnu .t al \\'ork and 111

s tr

ll

gg

e , I .

l I

l .f

' 'co

l

lc

il .

'.'1',

0 matlus 0/ IHin, ipk ,

lowa nl t

he e ll emy and d

(r

o lll

the Bolshc\'ik l

illC,

,r i f l

Sf i

l

l i l l

' s

j "nr

sS

I/('H

i'l

/f

IC

e . - V

cN/firs , 'U ·itlt Stillitl 's r(';'ol ,I ; OIll.,,I' r f'II IiSIII . (APP itlllsc. ; 0 /

diJJj.

C:oUlrades

NC\'

er ha

s ~ n } '

. t e r n a t i o l l a

cO

Il

R

r<,ss

of

C

IIlUl

IISls MOIISNI s

lI

ch keen I I I t e e ~ 1 0

11

the p.l n of wor ld

0111.

opinion as \I'e \ \ i l l l ~ S S now in ~ l : : J r d ollr

pre

s<'lIt n P ~ b l i

We llIal' S3}' lI'ilholt[ fCM

of ~ R ( ' r : l t l

th ai Ih ere

i g

l'o5."

. ' I ' I S

nOt

ingl

(

se rious n('wspapcr, not a Sill

:" e

po I

II

C.1 pa rty ,

1I

0 t

a a

more or less serious polilical or puh ic pcr

so

ll:lgc

that '

{ollow

in

g t

he

co

urse

of

ou

r

Cons,:rc.<;s

w

ith th e

closes t a tt ell tionnO

The cyes of

millions

of

wo

rker

s ,

p c a ~ a

s lllall to wllS

p(:

,

office work ers a nd in te

ll

ec tua ls, of colo

ll

lll l pcop lcs an d oPp r:OPlt,

nationalilies arc turned towards Mosco\\' , the g

reat

capila l

o ~

ji rst but not lasf ut

ate

of the interna tio

ll

al

pr

olet

arint.

(A PPla tht

I

· fi · f I '

l

iSe)

II Ihls we sec a CO il Irnlat/on 0 t Ie

en

o

rm

ous

l l c e ~

urgency of the qu estions disc ussed at the

Con

greSS alld of , d

decis ions. Ti le frenzied howls

of

the

fa sc

ists

of

a

ll

CO

Unt

. lis

parti

cu larly of

Gu

mnn

fa sc

ism fumin g a t

th

e mO

ll th,

o

nly

fI

<'S,

firm us in o

ur

belief th at

our

decisions

hav

e

ind

c

ed hit th

e

~

(Applalwl ,) ,

In the

dttrk

ni

g

ht of

bourgeois re

ac

tion

an

d fa

sc

is

ul, in

wh ' b

the class enemy is endeavouring to keep the to iling lIlaSSes

cap,itali

st

co

untrie

s,

the

Communi

s t

Iu t

e

rnati

o

nal

,

th e

intert

nahonal

Party

of

th

e Bolsheviks, s

tand

s O llt like

a

betlcoll sh

.

.

II

•.. d h . h " 0\\_

I ~ g a , ; ~ t I l l l f r t

. o n ~

n

g

b

tw

a

'

to em

t

Hl

c

ipatl

on

fr

o m

the yokt

o caplla ISIll, om asclSt arbanty a lld the hor rors of imperial .

war,

lSt

TI,e es tabli

sh

ment of

unity

of a ction of

the

\\'o

rk

in g class .

d 4 '

' •

IS l\

, l eW .

e

s tage on ~ h a t road , Yes, UllIt) ' of action by the orga nisa,

tlons 0.£ the lVorklllg c J a ~ s of v ~ r y trend,

the

cO ll

so

lic1 ntio n of it

s

(orces I I I all

spheres

of Its activity a

nd

at all secto rs o ( th e cl

s

trugg

le, ass

The wo

rking

dass

mu

s t

achieve

th

e

unitu of it

s trad

.

J mo s,

.. 3

0

I

I

•

, d SOllie r

dormi

s t trade

u n io n

h:adt'r8

attempt

to

l e n

I n \,.,

k:r l with t h ~ sp<:c l re of a Irnde union dt:moc rn cy

Ihe

by

the interreren ce.-

o f

the CO llilHunist

Partie

s in Ihe

dc5Iro') 1. ,1 the II lIit<'"d tr adt' un iOIl", hy Ihl.' I.'x ist(:nce of Co mllll1 l1 ist

1 1T'urs 0 d .

, " s within the t ra

UIll

OIl'i,

(r/lClon.

To clt-pict us COIlUHU

Ili:-.

ls :I . OppO llent

"

of union demo

, '5 sheer non

.. \V

rHl\,

oc

atc alld t ~ n t l y uphold

' ,rile),

lilt o f the tra de un

iO

Il

'i I r)

lleciflc th eir

problem

s for th em-

t It: rig , , , . C

, ' ~ s , \Ve MC e\'1.'1I

p

re:p

ar

..

< r ~ , " o , t

I(

ea

0 crea

ting

a m ·

. ,

/"

. ,i

OIlS in

the tr

ade \lIuon"

I

t

w t , .

ne.-ceS5a

r}

'

to

promo

te

mUIll

S

. ,

,

u io n

IInity ,

\

Ve are: pre pa red to cOlne to term s as to

t h ~

Ira< e u

' I , . ' ,. . , .

. , _ ••d,Uce of the ulllte< Ira(e lIlIlon,., 0 a po Il lca r t l ~

Il

l(

1.'1

.....

D

'

we are decidedly opposed to any

d o; p r

lld

e ll

ce of the t r a d ~

" d · b ·

io

ns 011 the

b

ou

r .s;:<:,obie ,

and 0 110 1 g i ve up our

aSlc

poin

t of

::iew thnt it is impcrmi >sible for

trad

e u

nions

to

adop

t a

II r u lr

li

posit ion in to the class s tru gg le bt: tweell the prole tariat

lind

the bourgeoiSIe: ,

Th e work in g class mus t s

tr

i

\'\

to secu re

th

e nmalg llllla f ioll of

a

ll

forc('s of the \\'orking-cb ss youth and of all org'lIlisaliolls of

the allli.fascist yo ut

h, an

d wi n o\'('r that sec t ion of

the

lo

iling

),outh which

has

come

under

th

e

dem

o

rali

s

ing

influen

ce o f

f:l

sc

iSIll

,;;,<1

o

th

er cllemies of t

he people,

Th

e work ing cla

ss mu

st

an

d will achievc unity of :Ict ion in 311

spheres of t

he labour

mo velllent. Th i s

will

come about th e

soo

ner

the more firm ly a

nd

r('so

lutcly

we

Communi

sts and

rev

o·

lu t

ionary worker

s o f

all ca pitali

st

cou

ntri

es ap

ply

in

p

ra

ct

ic

e

th

e

new tactical

line adop

h:

-d by Oll

r Co

ng

r

ess in

rel:tt

ion

to

th

e

mo

st

importa

nt

urS{cllt {Illes t io ns o f

the in t

ernatiollal la bour

mo\'

ement.

\Ve kn

ow th at

th ere

are many diffic

ultie

s

ahead, Ou

r pa th

is

not

a

s

mooth,

asphalt

road;

our

path

is no t s

trewn

with r

oses,

The class

will h

ave

to

o\'e

r

come

mn

n)' al\

ob"o\a

cle,

obstacle

s in its 0\\'11

mi

dst , as

we

ll ; i t

st

ill f

aces the ta

sk

above all

of rendering comple

tely

ha rm less th e di s ru pt ive role of t he reac4

tiona ry el

eme

nt s o f So cinl·Democracy , Many are the 5.1.(.'r ifices

th at will be exac ted undc:r

th

e hammer blows of bourgeo is reac

tion and ~

Th

e reVOlutionary

:;;

hip of the

proletarin

t will

h

ave

,to IHlVlgate

am o

ng a multitude o f s ubmerged rock s before

r

eachm

g

safe po

rt.

But

th

e \\'

,orking

,

cl ass in

th

e capita

li st co u

ntri

es is lo-day

DO

wh

at

It,

wa

s

I,

ll

1914,

at

the

beginning

of

the imperialist

\\ a

r, nor what,

It

,,

:a5 111 T9 1S, nt th

e end o f the W3r,

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prolotlgcd applause. )

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Marx

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battle

cry

of t h ~ Communist Interna tio

nal,

ring o

ut

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tl:

more loudly from this platform to the whole wo

rld

: t

W o,kers oj th e World,

Ullile I

(Loud prolonged applause.

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vnst hall reso

nn d

s to shouts I

Hurral.

" U

Rot Front "

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rise and

sing

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,"otion

ale." 1'he

German

delegation o ffers a triple R

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nt

n

Shouts oj

Long

live

Co

mrade S ial;"

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H

L

o'fl°

I;

ve Comrade

Dimitrov

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are

heard in

many Inng u:lges.

'fb'

delegations

of the

various countries in turn

si ng

th

ei r

son

gS

s truggle . When

the

singing

and cheering

subside for

a moment'

Comrade Manuilsky exclaims: '

" Lo

ng

li

ve Ill

e /aitll/ul and Icsted co

mpani

o/l·at-arms

0/ th'

gre4l Stalin,· lo

ng

live ti,e helmsman

0/

lI, e

Commun;st

,tc.

nalionol, Comrade D;lIIitr(1)

, "

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m ovation

las

ting fifteen

to

twenty

minute5 .)

, »'00 Prtnlllll 00. (T.O'.>,

He'ttm

P1&ce.

Cayton

Street.

E.C.t ,

"

1935 Comintern 7th Congress Part 3 Georgi Dimitrov Response

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