The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 1, 1924, Page 6

HERE is one event which every party member and every party Organl- zation must celebrate. This event is.the anniversary of the Russian ~ewe Revolution. The Communist International and the Workers Party by decision of the Central Executive Committee has called upon every party unit to commemorate this SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY of the VICTORY OF THE RUSSIAN PROLETARIAT. In the seventy largest cities in the United States our party organi- zations will hold big mass demonstrations in celebration of the seven triumphant years of Soviet Russia. But the Workers Party has branches In hundreds of cities. The decision made by the Central Executive Committee instructs every branch that has not made itself a vital part of these 70 mass demonstra- tions to turn its NEXT REGULAR MEETING INTO A CELEBRATION OF THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. This means that in every city where we have single party branches, In every city where we have a City Central Committee that did not organize a celebration—in all these cities THE BRANCHES ARE TO CELEBRATE AT THEIR NEXT REGULAR BRANCH MEETING. The program for your celebration will be found In this paper. Several verses of the INTERNATIONAL; the MANIFESTO of the Workers Party; the speech in support of the DAILY WORKER; the speech by LENIN made upon the fourth anniversary of the Russian Revolution; the speech entitled, “BOLSHEVIZE THE WORKERS PARTY—all these constitute your program. Your meeting program should be organized in the following order: PROGRAM FOR YOUR BRANCH: 1. SINGING OF THE INTERNATIONAL 2. READING OF THE MANIFESTO OF THE WORKERS PARTY. 3. READING OF SPEECH ENTITLED: “INSURE THE DAILY WORKER FOR 19251” 4. COLLECTION: The proceeds of the meetings are to be remitted to the DAILY WORKER. 5. READING OF SPEECH MADE BY LENIN UPON THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, 6 READING OF SPEECH ENTITLED: “BOLSHEVIZE THE WORKERS PARTY!” 7. SHORT SPEECHES BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BRANC 8 SINGING OF INTERNATIONALE AND ADJOURNMENT, j The International Arise, ye prisoners of starvation! Arise, ye wretched of the earth, For justice thunders condemnation, A better world’s in birth. .- No more tradition’s chains shall bind us, Arise, ye slaves; no more in thrall! The earth shail rise on new foundations, We have been naught, we shall be all. REFRAIN ’Tis the final conflict, 4 Let each stand in his place, The International Party Shall be the human race. We want no condescending saviors. To rule us from a judgment hail; We workers ask not for their favors; Let us consult for all. To make the thief disgorge his booty To free the spirit from its cell, We must ourselves decide our duty, We must decide and do it well. Toilers from shops and fields united, The union we of all Who work; The earth belongs to us, the workers, No room here for the shirk. How many on our flesh have fastened! But if the noisesome birds of prey Shall vanish from the sky some morning, The blessed sunlight will stay. Insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925 HE DAILY WORKER is the central organ of our party. Upon Kt, more than anything else, depends the growth and the strength of our party. If the circulation of THE DAILY WORKER Is big, our Party will grow. If THE DAILY WORKER is strong, our party will gain strength. . That THE DAILY WORKER has been able for almost a year to con- tinue its existefhce without financial help is a testament to the health of our party and to the activity of the membership. Never in the history of the world labor movement has any labor daily been able to exist without subsidy. If, in America, In the face of the enmity of the entire labor officialdom, in the face of the bitter hostility of the. capitalist class, THE DAILY WORKER had been able out of its income from subscrip- tions to pay its own way, that would have been a miracie. But miracles do not happen. THE DAILY WORKER has gone en for nine months without asking for money. It has not been an easy road that has been traveled. it has meant saving and planning, and cease fess work. But the achievement has been great. From a weak and tiny ~ It has been decided that all Workers Party branches that have not taken part in mass demonstrations in celebration of the Seventh Anniversary of the Russian Revolution must turn their next regular branch meeting into such a celebration. For Your Branch Celebration of the Anniversary of the Seventh Victorious Year of the Russian Proletariat / meet the great problems which it has to solve. paper, THE DAILY WORKER has grown into a strong and powerful organ of the revolution. But it has not grown fast enough, hor strong enough yet, to make its own way without the financial support of the militant workers, who alone make THE DAILY WORKER possible. THE DAILY WORKER does not face annihilation if the funds are not forthcoming, but yet it can no longer go on its way strong and becoming stronger unless the money is available. Therefore, we cam- paign now to make THE DAILY WORKER safe for 1925; to make it possible that during the coming. year THE DAILY WORKER may equal its record achievements of the past year and go on to further and greater victory. Insure THE DAILY WORKER for 1925! In celebrating the anniver- sary of the Russian Revolution, we not only greet Soviet Russia on the completion of its 7th victorious year, but we also greet THE DAILY WORKER, emblem of victory for the Workers Party and the American revolutionary movement. Upon this anniversary of the Russian Revolu- tion we pledge our utmost support for THE DAILY WORKER and will generously contribute to make our English daily safe for the coming year.» l __.. Bolshevize the Workers Party T was a Bolshevik party which led the workers and peasants:in the triumphant struggle to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat in Russia. When we celebrate. this victory we should ask ourselves, “What are the qualities which make a workers’ political party a Bolshevik Party?” We must ask ourselves this question and then get to work persistently and systematically to make of our party—the Workers Party —a Bolshevik party. | The basic quality ofa Bolshevik party is a clear, fundamenetal grasp of Marxism and Leninism on the part of its members. A party built upon that foundation cannot go wrong in formulating policies and tactics to fight the class struggle. For this purpose, to create this Bolshevik understanding, we must create party schools, nationally, and study classes in every branch of the party and there teach Marxism and Lenin- ism. Our party. members must be encouraged to study the literature of Marxism and Leninism and thus to develop the theoreticians and leaders of our movement. ; A Bolshevik party, however, is not only a party of Marxist and Leninist educational propaganda. It must be able to apply the Marxist and Leninist theory to the actual struggle of the workers. It must par- ticipate in the struggle using the Marxist-Leninist understanding as the guide to its maneuvers to draw the workers into the mass, class struggle against capitalism. The united front tactics as a means of agitation and mobilizzation of the masses, maneuvers In relation to other parties and groups, these are part of the tactics of a truly Bolshevik party. A sectarian propaganda organization is not a Bolshevik or Communist party. A Bolshevik party must be a fighting, maneuvering vanguard in the actual struggle of the workers. A third requisite to make a party a truly Bolshevik organization Is the correct organizational basis. This organizational Basis is the shop nuclei—groups of workers organized in the factories—who keep the party in touch with the everyday lives of the workers and make it pos- sible to mobilize them from the factories for the struggles against capitalism. Every factory must be a stronghold of the Workers Party. With these qualities of the party as a whole must go the strictest discipline on the part of its members. In a Bolshevik party, the conven- tion is the highest power. Between conventions, the Central Executive Committee Is entrusted with all authority on all party questions. Once decisions of the highest party authorities are handed down, the party as a whole must carry them Into effect. Discussion ceases when decisions are made and action is the order of the day. It is only thru such strict discipline that we can build a monolithic party able to act decisively and oe The Communist International, as well as the Workers Party, makes . “one of the qualifications for party membership active participation in the party work. \We do not want a party merely of dues paying members. Such a party Is not a Bolshevik party. Every member of a Bolshevik Party must be an active worker for Communism. He must be a member. of the trade unions and carry on work for Communism there. He must carry on active propaganda among the working masses. He must be ever on watch to recruit new members worthy of becoming part of the vanguard of the working class, must support every party campaign, must endeavor to increase the circulation of the DAILY WORKER, the Workers Monthly, the language press and thus increase thelr influence. He must lead a Communist life—that is, all the time he does not give to the actual work necessary to secure his livelihood should be devoted to the upbullding of the party. Communists must even have their social tife In the party environment. These are the qualities of a Bolshevik party. We must try tirelessly to make the Workers Party such a Bolshevik party. We have achieved - much In that direction but there Is still a great deal to Today we celebrate the Seventh Anniversary of the Triumph of the Work ers. When we celebrate the Eighth Anniversary we must be able to say that we, have made still greater strides toward making our party a Bolshevik party, which means that we will have made greater strides