COMMUNIST DESIGNS.
ON BRITISH TRADES L'NIONS. (Times Cable.) LONDON, Nov. 22. The Labour correspondent of The Times says that the Communists are organising a movement to capture the leadership of the trades unions, and are reverting to tactics which previously failed. The leaders’ latest orders are to urge the party to build a powerful revolutionary opposition to lead the mass movement which, they declare, is now sweeping Britain. This has been the policy since January, but only recently was accepted owing to the strong opposition. “It is admittedly a dangerous course for a small party, as it is likely to lead to compromises,” the correspondent says. “Nevertheless, official Communism, believing or pretending to believe, that the workers are approaching a revolutionary mood, flatters itself that it can ‘develop a broad fighting front proving that strikes and mass fights are practical way of smashing the influence of reformist leaders.’ ”
The correspondent adds that Communists are only troublesome in a few unions, while more limited activities are displayed in a few others.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 305, 23 November 1932, Page 7
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