T he C om m u nist Party

and

Indu strial C om m u nism

The Purpose and S tru c tu re of I ndu s tri al

Organi s at i on .

To arriv e at a cl ear u nde rs tan di n g of the

p rop er r el atio n s hi p of the Commun is t P arty
an d t he work ers i n du stri al org an is ation s

,

on e m u s t rst ex ami n e the purpos e an d

stru ctu r e of i ndus tri al org an is ati on .

A ccordi n g to W eb b t h e aim is to m ain '

,

tai n and in c r eas e t he st an d ard of wage s .

B r ent an o and S om bart s ay th at th e object

is '
to subs id is e the me m b er s in tim e
of strik e and to s af egu ard the ir i nter es ts by
,

i ncr eas i n g th eir w age s .

The B olsh evik *

P arty h as n ev er g i ven its
adh esio n to th ese phr ase s I t has n ev er .

approv ed th e formul a g en er ally ac c ept ed by

t he S econ d I nt er n atio n al This was d e n ed by
.

a w el l kn ow n A ustri an mi lit an t i ndustr i alist

-

A dolf B r au n as t he org an is atio n of the wor

,
.

k ers in perm an en t cr aft or Tr ad e U n io ns of

'

w ag e ear ne rs with the ob ject of sec uri n g

,

am elior atio ns of worki n g cond i ti o n s within

th e limits of th e capit alist sy st em and to ,

ght w ithi n thos e l imits to pr ev en t co nditio n s

gr owin g wors e .

' in it s co n trov ersy with th e M en shei iki in

'

1 9113 th e B olshe vik

,
*
Part y laid down th at
'

N ow th e Co mm unist Pa ty of Russi a
r .
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the work ers shiou ldI be or gan is ed in a Un ion

cov eri n g th e en t ir e i n dustr y n ot m er ely ,

a
s ect io nal c r aft trad e withi n the i n dustry .

The Commu n is t P arty d ecl ar ed that the

.

I ndustri al Un i on s shou ld c on d uct th e ec onomi c

ght of th e work ers and shou ld con stan tly
,

c oll ab or at e wit h th e worke rs poli ti cal p arty in

the worki n g cl as s s t r u g gl e for em an c i p at ion

-

the abolit io n of w ag e sl av ery and th e vi ctory ,

of S o ci al ism .

' or this reas on th e B olshe vik '

P ar ty has
n ev er con sid er e d the I n dustri al U n io n as an
org an is ati on asp iring o nl y to s ecur e some re
forms and am el ior at ion s of worki n g co n diti ons
withi n th e l imi ts of capit alis t so ci ety On the .
l

c o n tr ary, the B olsh evik P art y in c ompl ete ,

accord with th e d oct ri ne of M ar x has alw ays ,

s een th at the I ndu str i al Un ion is on e of the

m ost import an t org an i sat i on s of the worki n g
c l ass ' on e th at h as b een c re at ed for the ht
g
for S o ci al i sm in i n tim at e c ol labor ati on W i th
th e pol it i cal p arty ,
and on e that in con ,

s e' u en ce is f avour able to the di ct atorship of

,

the prol e t ari at

.

S i n ce 1 9 1 3 I mport an t c h an ges h av e c om e
about in R us s i a . The pow er h as p as s ed i n to
the h an ds of th e worki n g c l ass Th e hour .

eoisi e h as b een expropri at ed ' the wor ke rs

g
are n o lo n g er ob lig ed to s ell th eir l abo u r
power to the div ers exploiti n g emp loy ers .

I f we c onsider th at f act it imm edi atel y' ,

b ecomes clear to us th at the f u n ction s of th e

.

I ndust ri al Un i on s in R u ss ia are su bject to ,

impor tant modi c ation s .

A S tat ement b y t h e All Ru s s i an Congress

-

of Trad e Uni ons .

Th er esolutio n adopt ed at th e ' i rs t A ll ~

R ussi an Con gr ess of Tr ad e Un i on s in 1 9 1 8 i s

as follows '
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'
The October R evolu t ion, wvh ich tr an sfer red .

the pow er from th e bourg eoisi e to the work ers

an d poor p eas an ts , h as c r eat ed en tir ely ne w
co n dition s for all t he workers org an i s atio ns ,

-

and es pec i ally for th e I n dustri al U n io ns .

'U n d er the c h an g ed th e
'
con diti o n s ,
i ndustri al org an is atio n can no lon g er be re
g ard ed as th e adv an ce gu ard of th e ght
p u t u p by t h e work er i n s elli n g h ims el f to
th e employ er . Th e employ er wh o u s ed to
buy l abou r pow er of old, exists n o m or e I t .

i s n o longer n ecess ary for the U n i on s to

c oll ect str i ke fu nds or to org an i s e strik es .

The Pres ent ' u nc ti ons of Ru s s i an Trade

Uni ons .

W h at are th e real fu n ct ion s of the i n d u stri al

org an is ati on s in R uss i a to day ' -

Th e s am e r esolutio n of th e ' i rst A ll

R us s i an Con gr ess of I n du str i al U n ion s says
on this poi n t '
Th e Un ion s m u st n ow tr ans f er th ei r c en tr e

of gr avity to econ om i c r econ str u cti on .

To expl ai n wh at an i n dustr i al org an is ation

r

r eally is u n de r th e pon dit ions n ow obt ai n i n g

in R u ss i a on e i s rst oblige d to m ak e c l ear
,

th at '
A n I n dustri al Un i on in R u s si a t o d ay is a
p erm anen t u n io n of all t he work ers i n a g iv en
i n dustry ' it r epr es en ts one of th e pri n cip al
b as es of the org an i s at ion of th e D i ct ator ship
of the Prol et ari at .

Th e I n dustri al Un i o n to day ' u nd er th e

'
-

guid an c e of the Com mu n i st P arty ' tr an sf ers

its c en tre of gr avity to the d om ai n of
e con omi c org an is ati on by m aki n g it s aim
,

an en erg eti c p art i c ipati on i n all t he effo rts

of the wo rk ers for a Commu ni st r econ s tru ct
tio n of so c i ety an d for the abol itio n o f soc i al
cl as s es . Thi s p arti cip atio n tak e s th e follow
i ng f m
or s z l
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r l cc Op eration in the org an

G en e a -

is ation of produ ct ion on a Commu n ist b asis .

The re est ablishm en t of the pr odu cti v e

-

pow er of the cou n try whi ch was d es troy ed ,

-

by the W ar an d th e i n t ern al cr is is
'

.
.

Th e cal cul atio n an d r e d istri b uti on of

l abour for the entir e c ou n try .

Th e org an i s ation of th e ex ch an g e
b etw een to wn and c ou n try .

Th e i ntrodu cti on of th e obl ig ati on to

work .

' elpi n g the S tat e D ep artm ents to .

provi de fo od .

' elpi n g to s o lv e t he f u el cris is and

oth er di f cult i es .

G ivi ng g en er al aid to t he for mation

of the R ed A rm y
'

.
,

D ef end i n g the econ omi c i n t er ests of '

the work ers and at th e s am e ti m e ghti n g

,

ag ai n st t he i n d i vid u alist t en d en c i es and th e ,

s hort s ight ed vi ews of th at sect io n of th e

-

work ers whi ch becaus e of its ig n or an ce stil l

, ,

ret ai n s t h e h abit of r e g ardi n g t h e Prol etarian

-

St at e of to day as thou gh it wer e th e old

-

employ er .

'
B ec aus e the i n dustri al org an is ations of
t o d ay are t he Commu n ist s chools of the pro
letarian an d s emi prol et ari an mes s es -

th ey ,

h av e b ecom e l ittl e by littl e an i nt egr al p art

, ,

of the g en era l m echanis m of th e S tat e The y .

ar c o ns of the org an s of th e S t ate of work

'

i n g p eopl e who su bm it to the ru l e of th e

Sovi ets b ecau se t h e S ovi ets are the v ehi cl e
i n di cat ed by his t ory for th e D i ct atorship of

the Prol et ari at .
I
,

The Commu ni s t P a
rty and t he S ovi ets .

The I n dustri al Un i on s work in co njuncti on

with the C o mm u n is t P arty an d the S ovi ets .

Th e activit i es of the s e t h r ee i nstit u tions are

 5

c los ely li n k ed
. To m ak e cl ear the mu tu al
r el atio ns of th ese bodi es it must b e r em em
,

b er ed th at th e S ovi ets actu ally i n clud e l arg er

m ass es th an th e I n dustri al Un i on s thems elv es '
also th at th e S ovi ets h av e tak en ov er p art
of th e fu n ct ion s of th e I n dustri al U n i ons .

Th e E ighth Co n gr ess of the R uss i an Com

m u n ist P art y has giv en th e followi n g de n iti o n
of the P arty an d of th e S ovi ets '
Th e Sovi ets are th e St ate org an i s ation s of
th e work ers an d poor p eas an ts whi ch eff ect u at e
th e D i ct atorshi p of th e Prol et ar i at duri n g th e
p eri od wh en th e St at e in all its forms i s
gr adu ally b ei n g ex t i n gu is h ed Th e S ovi ets
.

u n it e withi n th eir r an ks ten millio n work ers ,

and , l itt l e by l ittl e must striv e to i n c lu de

,

t h e en tir e cl as s of work ers an d poor p eas an t s ,

Th e Commu n ist P arty on th e oth er h an d

, ,

is an org an i s atio n whi ch t ak es in o n ly the

adv an ce gu ard of the work ers an d poor
p eas an ts ' on l y t h at p art of th es e two cl ass es
whi ch g hts con s ciously for th e pr acti cal
appli c ati o n of the Co mmu n ist p rogr am m e .

Th e aim of th e Comm u n i st P arty is to obtai n

a pr epon d er at in g i n u en ce an d compl et e c on
trol of all the work ers org an is ation s th e

,

I n dustri al Un i on s the Cc Op er ativ es the rur al

,
-

Commu n es and so on
, . Th e Commu n ist P art y
striv es s pec i ally to i n trodu ce its progr am m e
i n to t he actu al org an is at io ns of S tate th e

S ovie ts an d to obt ai n c ompl et e con trol th er e .

N o doubt can exist th at in th e fu t ur e t h e

v arious ex isti n g org an is atio n s of the work er s
wil l b e n ally u n it ed in on e for m It is
.

u s el es s to sp ecu l ate to d ay as to whi ch form

wil l prov e the most dur ab le O u r pr es en t
.

duty is to d et ermi n e pre c is ely the mutu al

r el atio n s whi ch shou ld ex ist b etw een the
Co m mu n ist P art y the I ndustr i al U n io n s an d
, ,

the S ovi ets .

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Th e Th eory of the E' uali ty of Ri gh t s .

Ev en mon gs t the mor e hopef ul se ction of

a
the old I ntern ati on al th e opl n ion was very
, .

pr ev al en t that th e Comm u n i st P arty on the

on e h an d an d th e I n dustri al U n ions on th e
,

oth er han d w ere org an is at ion s Of e' u al

,

v alu e h avi n g th e s ame ri ghts org an isation s

whi ch c oll abor at e on import an t ' u estions of
all ki nds lik e two c ontrac ting p arti es
, T he .

S o ci alist Party s ho u ld contro l th e politi cal

s id e whi lst th e I n dus tri al Un ion s con tr oll ed
,

th e eco n omi c s ide Th u s for ex ampl e' the

.
,

G erm an S o cial D em o -

cr ats pas s ed a r eso lut ion ,

s upport ed ev en by A u g us t B eb el s tatin g t h at
*
,

if it should ev er be n ecess ary to emp loy this

w eapon of the g en er al strik e th i s ' u e stion ,

could on ly b e d ec ide d by a con f eren ce b etw een .

th e Ex ecut iv e of th e P arty an d th e g en er al
c ommitt ee of th e Tr ad e U n ion s .

' rom th e Comf mu nist vi ewpoi n t th is Opi n io n '

cann ot be rec ogn is ed The e' u alit y of ri ghts *

th eory h as alw ays been dis p ut ed' by th e revolu

tion ary M arx i an s .

' rom the r evo lutio n ary M arx i an v iewpoi n t ,

th e Commu n ist P arty is th e u ltim at e r e un ion

of all ph ase s of th e str u g 1e of th e worki n g
c l ass for fr eedom from t e c api tali st yok e '
.

Th e Commu n is t P arty m ak es u se of a whol e

ars en al of arms to win t his ght .
Th e .

pol iti cal str u ggle i s i n dissolubl y bound up

with th e econ omi c s tru ggle The Commu n ist .

In ' itain th e th e o ry th at the po litic al and indust ial

r r

o rg anis ations of th e wo rke r s shoul d toge th er d e cid e th e

' u e stion of a g e n e r a l st ri ke a s b odi e s poss e ssin g a n e ' u al
,

r i ght to d e cid e is not th at ge n er ally h el d It is usu ally con .

t e nd e d in this count y th at th e indust i al b odi e s al on e m ust

r r

d e cid e such a n issu e This is a com fo tabl e th e o ry fo r thos e

. r

who do not wish to a cc e pt th e responsibitity of o rg a nisin g fo r

action The Ge rm an d e el opm e nts ar e a noth e r proof th at the
. v

indust i a l o rg anis ations do not take the initi ativ e wh e n it is

r

a ' u e stion of ev olution a y a ction

r r .
P arty s how s th e w ay for the economi c as w el l
as
, t he politi c al strugg le Th e C ommuni s t .

P arty is t he adv anc e gu ard of th e p rol etari at

'

-
.

' y the torch of C ommuni sm i t l ights u p all

the turn ing s of th e ro ad l ead ing to th e
e m ancip ation of t he work er s On th i s account , .

t he work whi ch the C omm u ni sts are do ing

in the Indu stri al Un ion s is bu t a fr act i on
o f th e work whi ch the Co mmu ni st P arty , as
s u ch , is doing .

D ur in g a pe ri od of di ct ator s hip li k e th at we
i n 'Ru ssi a are now p assing through on e c an ,

s till l e ss think of an y compromi s e wi th the

'

e ' u ality of right s theory The l eas t d evi a

.

t i on in thi s dir ectio n mu st b e s tr enuo us ly

fought in th eor y as w el l as in pr act i c e

, .

The
'
o
N n Party-
Trade Uni ons .

The
pr esent In du str i al Union s are not
n ec essarily un d er the Communi st P arty A ll .

w ork ers both m en an d wom en are r ec eiv ed

, ,

i nto th em irresp ectiv e of th eir party or

c r eed A worke r who do es not belong to
.

t h e P art y h as th e fu ll r ight to join ou r

I ndu stri al Un ion s ' u t on th at accoun t Com
.
,

m u n ists who work in th e Indu str i al Union s

s hould not f ai l t o pay at tent ion to th e c on
s erv ativ e char act er of the m em ber s who do
not b elon g t o the P art y The C om mun i st s
.
,

a n d the C ommu ni st group in th e I ndu str i al ,

'
Union s mu st pr each C omm un i sm Op enly The .

l ead er s of the Indu stri al Un ion s mu st

c ons t antly dr aw the att enti on of the worker s
t o thi s f act th at th e en emi es of Commun ism l
, ,
not b elonging to the P arty are trying to ,

d ec eive them The y should ex pl ain to the

.

work er s why th e Indu stri al Uni on i st s whil st

'

th ey are not form ally member s of our P art y ,

a lw ay s h elp th e C ommuni st P arty r ec og ni s ing ,

t he D i ct ator ship of the Prol et ari at and de

.
,
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f end in g the P ow er of the Sov i et s an d th e

W orld R evolution .

Th e Mod ern Trade Uni on Mov ement .

Th e mod ern Indus tr i al Un ion s are doin g

an en ormous work and the y gr eatly facil ,
r

it at o th e struggl e for S oci ali sm m ad e by

the Communi st P arty and the S ovi ets .

' ut ,
at
th e sam e tim e th er e i s dur in g , ,

ou r tr ans it ion a d ark s id e to th e act i vi t y

,

of the Indu stri al Uni on s ' or ex ampl e .

,

s om e br anch es of the D ock L abour er s '

Union on the V olg a s upport th e w age d em an ds

of th eir short s ight ed individu al m em b er s
-

' without ev e n h aving h elp e d t h e Sovi e ts in

th eir ght ag ains t the incr e dibl e th eft s whi ch .

h av e b een comm itt ed by the docky ar d

work er s ' ' th ey prove th at th ey ar e v ery mu c h

b ehi n d the tim es an d th at th ey are inc ap abl e

,

of ri s ing abov e the n arrow inter ests of the i r

g r ou p W. h en c ert ain as so ci at ion s of cl erk s
an d oth er s imi l ar co mm erci al associ ati on s
introdu c e people i nto the S ovi et in stitution s

who are not t to do th e work which is

entru st ed to th em . an d wh en t hese as soci atio n s
,

t ak e up th e dem ands of th eir m em b er s for

,
,

g etting th at th ey n o long er h av e to d eal wi th

emp loy er s but with the Prol etari an St ate
, ,'

t h ey al so prov e th ei r Tr ad e Union n arrow

n ess .The g ht ag ain st the n eg ativ e p arti es
of th e working cl ass mov eme nt i s on e of th e
-

chi ef d u ti es of the Communi st s in th e

Ind u stri al Uni on s .

Conc es s i ons t o I ndu s tri ali s m .

A t a time whe n the b es t el ements in

' r ench S yndi cal i sm are ab andoning th ei r
form er error s, an d moving tow ard s Com
m u n ism in l aying d own th e principl e ' A ll
'

p ow er to the W orke rs Council s th er e are

,
'

working cl ass group s an d circl es in R u ssi a

-

whi ch are tryin g to r eviv e the wo rst f eatur es

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of yndi cal i sm
s The f amou s L eft W in g
.
-

S oci al Revo lution ary P art y r ecent ly ad op ted a

r eso lution d em and ing the tr an sf er of the
whol e a dmini strati on of ind u s try and tr ans .
.

port to the C entr al Committ ee of th e Indu s

tri al Unions It fu rt her proposed that com
.

mon action s hould be tak en by th at committee

and the ind us tri al org ani sations of th e whol e
world for the entir e m an ag em ent of the
S oci al R evolution and th e world control of
indu stry an d tr an sport by a combin e of In
du strial Union s Th e Comm u ni sts who work
.

in the Indus tri al Union s sh ould s trongl y

Oppos e s yndi c ali st t end encies of thi s kind .

t l ndns trj ali sni

So
-
c alled .

It is e' u ally n ec es sary to turn ag ain st the

t end enci es know n by t he n am e of indu s

tri ali sm wh ich are def end ed by s om e
,
'

m emb ers of the R us si an working c lass mov e -

m ent who are m emb er s of the Ex ec u tiVe

Comf m itt ee of th e' A lL R hss ian f M etal lur
'

g i ca l Union .

The indu stri al i sts want to erect our entir e

edi c e on the s ki ll ed wo rk er s and to put ,

as i d e the who le m ass of un ski ll ed w ork er s .

Doubtl ess the War and the R ev olution h av e

led to m an y fund am ent al chang es in th e
soci al structur e of the pro letari at i tsel f .

Ther e is no pos s ibl e doubt about th at The .

f actory wor ker pf to day i s certainly th e mo st

'

d ev elop ed of the p rol etari at ' u t in n o c ase .

can it b e t he t as k of th e C ommuni st s , m en
of the working cl as s , only to el ect skill ed -

work er s , who fo rm a minority of th e working

1

c l as s The C omm un i st id eas h av e nothing

.

in comm on with the prop ag ation of

ing cl as s ari stocr acy
-

On t he contr ary the .

,

t as k of the Communi sts, of the p eopl e in

the working cl as s mo v em ent -

con sists in , .

helping the mos t ad v anc ed sections of the

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indu stri al work er s to org an ise littl e by l i ttl e , ,

the whol e m ass of th e prol et ari at incl u ding ,

the un s kill ed work er s an d to includ e them ,

in the con stru ctiv e work of th e S tate Th e .

policy of indu stri ali s m which at r st s ight ,

app ear s to b e r adic al i s in pr acti c e only , , ,

the O pportuni st poli cy of th e l ead er s of th e

working cl ass a ri stocr acy
-

W h en all is said .

an d don e thi s p oli cy will b e the s am e as

,

that of th e s oci al tr aitor s -

S t at e Trade Uni ons .

Th e A ll R
u ssi an
Union s Congr ess T r ade ,

in' ' anu ar y 1 9 1 8 , de cl r

'
,
a ed '
. it s convi ct ion
th at th e p roc ess whi ch i s t aking place in the
-

Tr ad e Unions wi ll l ead to th eir tr an sform ation

into D ep artments of the S oci ali st S tate an d , ,

at t h e sam e t im e l rade i nion m emb er shi p
'
'
,

will b e a St at e oblig ation for all the wor ker s

wh o belong to th e s am e br an ch of indu stry .

'P ar 9 of th e r esolution '

. .

Thi s c onvi cti on of th e A ll R u ss1 an C on e -

gr ess is b as ed on f act s The Indus tr i al Uni on s .

are grad u ally ass uming th e attribu es of Stat e

t
D ep artm ent s Th ey r eally work as a v eri tabl e
.

D epartm ent of the S t at e when th ey mobi li se

all th eir m emb er s wh en they con centr ate ,

work ers in a giv en to wn wh en th ey tr ans f er ,

the work er s from on e p art of R u ssi a to

anoth er , wh en th ey giv e th eir vote on a
' u est ion o f w ag es w hian th i
e y ex erci
,
se by ,

m ean s of th eir r epr es ent ativ es a d eci si v e in ,

u en ce on the activity of th e S upr em e

N ation al E conomi c Coun cil
.

A nd ju st b ec au se thi s tr an s form ati on of

Indu stri al Uni ons into S t ate D epart m ents
t ak es p l ace gr adu ally and ' uite n orm al ly , ,

the r e i s n o pr esent ne cessity of forcing thi s

proc ess th er e is no n eed to procl aim from' one
,

m inut e to anoth er th e tr an s form ati on of

I nd u stri al Union s into St at e D epartm en t s .
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The C omm u n i s ts who w ork in th e I n du str i al

U n i on s h av e e v ery r eas on for adh er i n g to
th e r esol ut i on of the ' i r st and S econd A ll .

R u ss i an Tr ade U n i ons C on gr es s in thi s

m at ter .

Gr ou ps , Tr a de Uni ons and Loc al ' r a nc h es

of t he Pa r ty .

In e e v ry I n du str i al Un i on th er e sh ou l d be
a C omm u n i s t s ect i on str on gly organ i sed an d
,

di sc i pl i n ed in or der tha t each secti on m ay

pr opag ate the s am e econom i c pol i cy as that
of the Cen trab Com m un is t gr ou p w hi ch is ,

in th e A ll R uss i an Tr ade U n i on s C oun c i l

-

N o con ces s i on to what is cal l ed . L ocal i sm

s hou l d be m ade W age s h ou rs of l abou r food
.

, ,

' u es ti on s an d so on s ho u l d all b e c on s i der ed

f r om the all R u ss i an p oin t of v i ew
-
E ac h .

C omm un i st ou p w ithi n an I n du str i al U n i on

is Em erely a ern el of the l ocal br an ch of the
C omm un i st P ar t y Th e l ocal comm it t ee of
.

the P art y compl etely dom i n ates th e I n du s

tr i al U n i on br an ch of the town w hi l st th e

Centr al Comm it tee of the P art3 c on t r ol s b y .

r
,

its dom i nati n g in u en ce th e A ll R u ssi an Com ,

-

m ittee of the I ndu stri al Un i on s .

The C omm un i st P ar t y i s th e f or c e to be .

cou nt e d on in' m ob i l i s in g the w ork er s for

i n dus try an d for the R ed A rmy
,
Th e Com .

m ittee of the P art y com es to an u n der sta nd

in g w i th the C omm un i s t grou p s in th e I n
du strial U n i ons The C omm u n i st P ar t y
.

di r ect s all the con tru ctiv e s i de of th e Tr ade

Un i on act i v it y b u t it t ak es car e that thi s
,

di rect i on sh al l n ever be of a dom i n eer i n g

char act er .

or ga ni s a ti on of th e Ru r a l Wor k er .

On e of the m ost i mpor tan t t as k s of the

w ork i ng cl ass m ov em en t at pr esent in R u ssi a
-

is th e or g an i sat i on of th e r u r al w ork er s It .
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is neces sar to h elp the alr eady ex i sti n g

y
or g an i sati on s of the work er s by all poss i bl e
m eans . The C ommu n is ts w ork i ng in the
work i ng cl as s m ov ement shou ld cons i der it
-

an honou r to organ is e th e r u r al w ork er s T hi s . .

tas k r e' u i r es a good deal of ener g y and pow er .

The Tr a de Uni ons m d the Internati dnal t

.

In con se' u en ce pecu l i ar iti es in

of c er tai n
the evol u t i on of the w ork in g cl as s m ov ement -

in Wes tern E uro a false con cept i on ex i sts

abou t the Tr ade n i ons among s t the G erman

C omm un ists and the C ommun is ts of oth er

countr i es Ou r P art y be l i ev es th at we c annot

.
-

do w i th out the Tr ade Un i on s D u r i ng the .

prol etari an rev ol ut i on the Tr ad e U n i ons w i ll

,

s pl i t u p in t he s ame way as the old S oc ial

D emoc r ati c P art i es h ave done Th e ax per

~
.

ien ces of the G erm an work i n g c las s m ov e -

m ent s how ed us th at already the ' erl in ' '

Tr ad e Un ion s are f reei ng th em s elv es f r om

the pern i c iou s i n u en ce of the soc i al
democ r ac y of S c h ei de m ann
'

The R u ssian l rad e Un i on m ovement sh ou l d
s

tak e the i n i ti ati ve in cr eat in g a R ed

Tr ade Un ion I nternat i onal in the sam e way ,

as the pol i t i c al p art y has don e in the pol i ti cal

' '

eld . A t the C ongre s s of the ' ed I nter .

n ation al , n ot on ly s hou l d the org an i sat ion s

of the P art y b e rep resen ted' but al so the
or g a n is at i on s o f t he W ork er s C ou n c i l s th e

,

C o oper ati v e S oc i et i es and the C om mu n i st

,

Tr ade Un i ons whi ch appr ov e of the D i ctator

shi p of the Pr ol etar i at and the S ovi ets '

M eant i m e it is n ecessary to creat e an I nt er

,

nati on al U n i on of t he Tr ad e Un i ons whicli ,

alr ead y tak e t he i r stand in the C omm u n is t

I nternational .