The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 28, 1926, Page 13

er Srey SSS 6 Seven Years of the Communist Party. “J"HE Communist Party came into ex- i istence in the United States In re- sponse to knowledge of how a pro- fetarian revolution achieves victory gain- ed from the great achievement of Russian workers and peasants in No- vember, 1917. The workers of this country who were ledged to the class struggle against cap- talism had before them the history © the actual struggle of the workers for power in Russia. They had in addition the lessons of the short-lived victory of the workers of Hungary, of Muenich and the struggles of the German workers generally. These experiences proved the futility of reformist socialism. They showed that workers seize the state power and estab- lish their proletarian dictatorship. They showed that in the struggle for state Power the form of the workers’ govern. ment arises naturally upon the basis of the workers’ organizations and the So- viets—workers’ councils become the basis of the proletarian state power. moe formed a party which accepted as its fundamental principles the lesson of these experiences—the Communst Party. During the seven years that have pass- ed since September 1, 1919 the Commu- principles. It has remained true to those princi- ples in spite of the most bitter persecu- capitalism can be overthrown only if the} erg’ nist Party has remained true to these| Movements. On the Seventh Anniversary of Our Party 1 now clamoring before the fortress of cap- italism. But this is a temporary halt in the forced march of the class struggle as all Communists know, Far from being a period of pessimism and apthy, it is a period for new and increased activity, for building and strengthening our party, for finding new he] roads to the masses, Strong and resolute, built on the solid foundation of Marxist-Leninism, confi- dent in the leadership of the Comintern, ¢| Our party enters its seventh year fully conscious of both its strength and weak- ness—its strength as the only revolution- ary poses party of the American work. ingclass, its weakness in that it has not as yet become a mass party, But a mass party it must and will be- come because our party alone can organ- ize, lead and inspire the American masses for the struggle for a workers’ and farm- government in America. William F, Dunne. ra ene Most Conscious Force for Labor’s Progress. EVEN years of the Communist Party in the United States! This is a very short time in the history of social! In the history of society, the history of class struggles, even dec- ades are not a long time. Yet, in less than a decade, and facing A when| the most cunning and best organized cap- i dnceeee ot tha taimee nied in| italist class in the world, the Communists prison, threatened with deportation and| have been able to inspire and stimulate jong prison sentences. te became an un- the workingclass forward movements in derground organization in order that it; ™any ways. might uphold these principles. The Workers (Communist) Party has a it fought its’ way out of the under-| long road to travel before it becomes the ground existence into the open, but with-| real leader of the American proletariat. out sacrificing its principles. But - this po ly the Seventh eanvere. In the seven years of experience in the| 2"y of our party we can certainly foo class iteugate he party has learned how| With confidence towards the future when to carry on its work in a ‘country in| We examine the contributions we have which the great mass of the workers are| Made in developing workingclass political as yet still not class conscious. It has| CONSciousness—the labor party movement learned how to gather up the threads of; arousing the proletariat to its needs for discontent @nd opposition to a movement} °'ganizing the unorganized, helping the against capitalism of which it is the| ™°vement for strengthening the trade leader. it has learned not only the prin-| Un!ons and ciples which must guide the proletarian struggle for power but it has learned— is learning, how to build the movement that will apply these principles on the fietd of battle against the capitalist class: c. E. Ruthenberg. The biaatieaick Champion on Class Struggle. HE formation of the Workers (Com- munist) Party was the American proletariat. marked the crystallization of the left wing around the ideology and organiza- tion which will lead the workers to the revolution. Today the Workers (Commu- nist) Party stands out clearly as the real vanguard organization of the working class. It not only holds before the masses the stimulating idea of a proletarian so- ciety and educates them to organize and fight for this ultimate goal, but it is also unquestionably in the lead in the every- day struggle of the workers. The social- tegrated. The Workers (Communist) Party is the outstanding champion of the organization of the unorganized, the for- mation of a Labor Party, the amaigama- tion of the trade unions, and of every other practical measure for building the labor movement, politically and econom- ically, into a real fighting organization. W. Z. Foster. A Mass Party It Must and Will Become. HE seventh anniversary of our move- ‘ birth and now, the glorious example of the Russian revo- lution was giving new hope and courage to a war-sickened working class. The trade union movement had reached its hightest point. s The steel strike had mobilized $50,000 workers against the most powerful group of capitalists in the United States. The coal miners had shut down the industry. Wesley Everest and his fellow t. W. W.’s had made their heroic resistance to the American fegion thugs of the lumber trust. A farmer-labor party had been or- various crafts to unite and fight. 1t was with the concrete proof of the will to struggle of the American work- Party was organized. gle. That the seven years. which have rades saw In the year 1919 Is no refiec- whole. experiences of European capitalism and that its favorable position after the world war has enabled it to avoid disas- ter, it has discovered new methods of fooling and bribing certain sections of the w ngetass, has ht to its aid the official leadership of the Ameri- can labor movement. But our party and the most advanced a of the workingclass also is learn- ig and applying new methods of strug- gle. The same forces that bring decay ‘© other capitalisms are at work In Amer- and with the aid of the Communist International, the leader of the world revolution, our party is building, slowly, but surely and effectively, a movemen which challen American capitalism in every phase of its activity. The revolutionary wave has eubsided one of the} a Greatest events in the history of!-.,, it. definitely | ment of America at the time of its] ers. it was born in struggle and for strug-| ceedingly great efforts, for neart elapsed have not brought the fulfillment every of the revolutionary promise many com-| this’ coming ei tion either on them or om our party as a| effective spokesman It means slmply that American capital-| NIST PARTY! Ism has hen ghd lessons from the| MASS COMMUNIST DAILY! J infusing the working and farming masses with a spirit of resis- tance to the encroachments of the ex- ploiting class on the basic needs and working conditions of the American pro- letariat, Today with the trade union bureau- cracy Part and parcel of the whole ma- chinery of capitalist oppression and re- action, the Communists are the most con- scious and energetic force for progress in the labor movement. No one can now point to a single constructive movement in the ranks of the workers in which the Communists are not an integral ac- tive force. Every American worker should Join our nks and with us drive forwardowith doubled energy and determination to- ards our goal—the victory of the work- ingclass and the establishment in the United States of a government of, by, and for the working class—an American Soviet Republic. day Lovestone. - ist party is corrupt. paralyzed. and disin-| A Real Enemy of Capitalism Had Arisen. August-September 1919 marked the * most decisive turning point in the development of the revolutionary move- ment of the United States. The move- ment thus left behind it the riod of merely debating and philosophizing about the class struggle and entered the pe- riod of fighting and directing it. enemy of capitalism had arisen. And two bulwarks of capitalism stood menac- ingly at the cradle of our party—arm in arm—attesting to their loyaity to capi- talism: The socialist party and the Chi- cago police. But neither can the revolu- tionary spirit of our party be broken by the police, nor will the American work- ers be deceived forever by their misiead- Our party will fulfil its mission in T"* birth of our Communist Party in Seven years ago the| spite of all that and all that. Max Bedacht. 22 2 Daily Worker—Greatest Party Achievement, NE thought only | would like to feave with my Communist Comrades and the growing hosts of our Commu- nized, The Seattl neral strike had| "ist sympathizers In. the United States Siow the apinity pF eo workers of| on this seventh anniversary of the Amer- ican Communist Party. it is that one of the greatest achievements of our party, during the short period of its existence, was the establishment of our Communist Ingelass apparent on every side that our! Daily, The DAILY WORKER, that has now been maintained successfully, oy ‘our One of the major ambitions of comrade and sympathizer during hth peer of the party rengthen and build this of Our movement. FORWARD TO THE MASS COMMU- FORWARD TO cat years, should be to WARD TO COMMUNISM! —V. Louls Engdabl. Strengthen the Party Organization, HE effects of the Communist Party upon the American labor movement has been that of a life giving instru- ment, a clarifier of proletarian revo- bt rent | ideology, a welder of the cha- otic and latent left wing forces of labor and leader In the struggle ageinst the forces of capitalism and the treachery of the labor bureaucracy. Born seven years ago, In the “fight and the American workingclass is not! within the socialist party, for revolution- Decoration by Jerger A reall ary struggle, as against counter-revolu- tionary compromise and betrayal, under the inspiration of the Russian proletar- ian revolution, the growth of tWe party as the spokesman of the advanced. and discontented section of the working class has been a continuous one, Our resolve on this seventh annivers- ary must be to intensify our activities. To crystallize our activities organization- ally by bringing in new members. To Pay special attention to the forming of nuclei in the heavy industries. To help organize a Young orkers (Communist) League nucleus wherever there is a part: nucleus. To insure the continuance o' The DAILY WORKER by an energetic campaign to Increase its circulation. To Push into actual life the slogan of “Or- Qanize the Unorganized,” to help build a powerful left wing movement in the trade unions. If every party member will put this re. Solve into action, the building of our a into a mass Communist Party will lave begun in earnest. 4. W. Johnstone, The Vanguard of the American Workers, ROM a rebellious left wing of the so- cialist party to a revolutionary po- _ ~ litical party of the American work- ingctass—this was the road travelied by the organized Communists of the United States since the summer of 1919. Seven years ago we raised the banner of the social revolution and of the Com- munist International; and for this we were persecuted, hounded and driven un- derground. We proceeded ahead never- theless and have established a Commu- nist party the United States. Seven years ago we were a group of enthusiasts ready to storm heaven and hell for the liberation of the working class but without sufficient experience and organic contact with the struggling masses. Today we are Just as enthusi- astic and ready to fight but incomparably richer in political experience and an or- ganic, inseparable part of the labor move- ment. Thru sharp ideological struggles inside Our movement; in the process of merci- less struggle with the reformists and agents of capital in the labor movement; thru our energetic fights for the protec- tion of the immediate interests of the masses, for the development of a left wing in the trade unions, for a labor Party and for militant struggies against Capitalism generally, we are establishing our og ey the vanguard of the work- ers of United States. eH : —Alex Bittelman. a Young Communists Greet Party Anniversary ae HE organized revolutionary youth is proud of its leader, the Work- ers (Communist) Party. Of all the political organizations claiming com- position of workers in this country the Communists alone, have been suf- ficiently interested in the struggle of the young workers to pay special at- tention to their organization and in- terests. When during the world war the So- cial patriots of Europe and America who had won ithe leadership of the - workers turned their backs on the anti-war agitation among the masses, the young workers of five countries —even before the adult workers—con- vened in Berne, Switzerland, and be- gan an organized struggle against capitalism. The Russian revolution and war support brought the split within the American Socialist Party and separated the left wing elements from those who were following the Supporters of the war, Hillquit, Ber- ger, and company. At that time the American youth by an overwhelming majority were not found wanting in revolutionary spirit. Today we are working hard; work- ing hard to win the working youth to . Communism, In the tight of your leadership we will succeed. Greetings to you on your Seventh Anniversary! Long may you live! SAM DARCY, 6ec’y. Young Workers (Communist)