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al & ot “The idea becomes power when it pene- trates the masses.” —Karl Marx. SPECIAL MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT THE DAILY WORKER. JUNE 14, 1924. Our International Congress - June. cently by leaps and bounds, is passing [’ opens in Moscow on the 15th ofjat present thru an intensive process And for two weeks, or so,/of internal crystallization of policies the eyes of every fighter in thejand tactics of revolutionary struggle. proletarian cause, no matter what/The Left Wing of the party seems to part of the world he finds himself in,|be definitely in control, but it has not will be turned to the Congress—-the/as yet evolved with sufficient clear- living embodiment of the proletarian |ness a program of action which would /deeply reach into and gladden their urge to victory and will to power. The unbelievable Happened. So it was. Five years ago very few believed the thing to be possible. Lenin was the first one to proclaim the idea. It was then taken up by his most trusted and closest co-work- ers. And within a few months this flaming, life-generating ideal of a} Communist International became a reality. When it started it was Russia, the Russian Communist party primarily, that was the basis and substance of the new world-organization of the re- volutionary working class. In fact, the only real party that participated in the first Congress of the Commun- ist International was the Russian party, all the other delegates re- presenting either small Communist groups or revolutionary minorities in the parties of the 2nd International. And now, when the Fifth Congress comes into séssion, the Communist International represents a powerful, well-trained and disciplined army of revolutionary soldiers that numbers in its ranks millions of workingmen and workingwomen all over the world. Now the Communist International is the only real international organiza- tion. Composed of almost all the liy- ing races, nations and languages, yet its membership of millions knows only one loyalty, one objective and one language of struggle. It is the world revolution and the proletarian dic- tatorship. The Fifth Congress. This is the Fifth Congress. It meets at a time, when the working-class struggle in the most important coun- tries in the world is again on the up- grade. Life and hope and determina- tion are once more coming back into the struggle of the workers in Ger- many, France and England. The cém- plications and contradictions of capi- talist rule have again brought the masses to the verge of ruin, which compels the revolutionary workers of the world once more to seize the initiative in the class-struggle. Germany will be on the agenda of the Congress. It will most prob- ably occupy the central place in its deliberations. Events in that most important country in Central Europe are fast coming to a head. It will require all the wisdom, knowledge and experience of the Communist In- ternational to steer and direct the working class of Germany success- fully thru the ripening conflict for power. Because of the approaching final show-down between the forces of Fas- cism and Communism in Germany, the Communist Party of that country, whose influence has been growing re- KARL LIEBKNECHT satisfy the Communist International as to the soundness and correctness of the proposed policies. This Congress will once more take up the German question and will say its authoritative word on the problems that are at issue in the ranks of the German party. And as in the past, so jalso will it be in the future! When the voice of the Communist -Inter- {national has spoken, the ranks close, land the party proceeds to action. One mind, one heart, and one will. England, too, is on the agenda. The ing ever new ground, and that the International position of the Union of Soviet Republics has never been stronger than now. Good news, indeed, this will be to the leaders of International Commun- ism. But the thing that will most jhearts will be the report that the in- jternal conflict in the Russian Com- munist Party has been settled de- | finitely and successfully. The crisis jhas been overcome and the Russian! |Party is once more the unified and leentralized party of Lenin. Tne Congress will practically enter jinto the’problems of the ciass-struggle jin every country in the world. Much |more so than the previous Congresses, ithis one represents a real interna- tional party whose national sections stand to each other in practically the N. LENIN AT THIRD CONGRESS OF C. I. coming into power of the British La- bor Party had closed a chapter in the development of the class-struggle in England. The recent experiences of the English working masses in the “effectiveness” of parliamentary So- cialism are preparing the ground for a new beginning. The mind of the English proletariat is becoming more susceptible to the ideas of Commun- ism and revolutionary class struggle. Which raises before the. Communist Party of England a series of new pro- blems of policy and tactics. These problems will be discussed and solved by the present cnogress,.and the de- cisions rendered will no doubt be of incalculable value to the Communist Party of England and to the working class as a whole. And Russia, too, will come before the Congress. Our Russian comrades will be in a position ‘to roport that conditions of life m Soviet Russia are constantly improving, that the econ- omic system of the new order is gain- “ . same relation as city and district units of one national section.. It is one party, with one centralized leadership. And the International Congress of this party will deal with individual pro- blems of each national section.in the same way as these latter deal with the local problems of their own sub- divisions, By this token, Italy, Bulgaria, the United States, Japan, the Balkans and every other country in the world, in- cluding the colonies, will in one way or another be taken up by the Con- gress. This general staff of the world- revolution has a real world outlook, and strives towards no other objective but the final triumph of the world revolution, The Communist International and the American Party. It seems to us that no other Com- mupist party in the world feels as strong a sense of gratitude to the Communist International as does the American party. The influence of the SECOND SECTION This magazine supple- ment will appear every Saturday in The Daily Worker. By Alexander Bittelman C. I. was really the making of our party, and for this the American work- ing class will forever be grateful when it finally comes to realize the role and importance of a Communist party. Five years ago the elements that make up our party at present were |dust a left wing of something or other, |The Left Wing of the Socialist Party, j the left of the I. W. W., radicals and militants at large. It was a loose, | shapeless movement striving painfully towards self-expression and a definite crystallization. We Are a Party. Now it is a party. A party of con- scious Communists with a clear re- volutionary ideology and a centralized, fighting organization. Now it is an army in the class-struggle, the ad- vanced guard of the American work- ing class, with a recognized leader- ship and a well established program of action. Who wronght this wonderful change? The conditions of the class- struggle in America, of course. And the reverberations of the revolution- ary struggles in Europe. But this change would never have been pos- sible in such a short space of time if not for the directing assistance of the Communist International. Unity Between Foreign and Native. To crystallize a Communist party in America was a difficult proposition, indeed. With a working-class made up of foreign-born and natives, and these foreign-born in their turn di- vided into several races, languages and nationalities, with a political backwardness on the part of the workers that no other capitalist coun- try in the world can compare with, with no revolutionary leadership that could command general recognition and support,—with all these condi- ditions as a background, how many years would it have taken to crystal- lize a Communist movement in Amer- ica had there been in existence no Communist International? Many, many more years than had actually passed. Luckily for our party and for the labor movement of Amer- ica as a whole the Communist Inter- national was formed in time to give us all the benefits of its knowledge, experience and influence. Greetings to Fifth Congress. To the Fifth Congress we send our greetings and expression of faith. We expect our International Party to emerge from this Congress more wise, more powerful and even more de termined to lead us in the struggle for International Communism. As a result of this Congress we are certain to find each national section of the world - organization rejuvenated, strengthened and more fit in every sense to tackle successfully the com- plicated problems of their respective countries. Hail the Communist International! Hail the Fifth Congress! ROSA LUXEMBURG