OUR ORGANISING WORK

Maoriland Worker, Volume 6, Issue 243, 13 October 1915, Page 7

OUR ORGANISING WORK

Anybody organising can do a good ,deal singlehanded, it- is true, but- he 1 can do at least tea times as much if j h© gets the co-operation of Comrades j who are thoroughly acquainted with the locality. Abovo all things 1 want to see permanent results and permanent organisation, A meeting;, no matter what enthusiasm it anousf-3, is'"but a mere dash in the pan "unless, it is followed up by systematio, persisttni, and even plodding- organising I work. '1 .admire'enthusiasm.-. 1 'admit J it's utility,, but it i-niinot take the place j of organising work. Both are esseu- : tial. Every Srx.iul Democratic should | be out to make our Parly the Party | of Labour in New Zealand,' Our work" is to build up. a working class party, j a . party .that ...can'.' worthily ' bear its part in.'tho.'w.orld-wido light for soeinl 'justice, a, party that can worthily' bear the standard of the liucrnationai in these Southern Isles... To be such-a Party we must.have a Brunch in every city, town, and township'in the country. The message must be, carried into every corncr,a uniform message, of o.ne Party. Every Union must M approached'to join, and every' Social Democratic Trades Unionist should • bo a mis-' sionary for the Party in: his Union.-■. T would appeal to unionists,-o verywhere *; but moro immediately to our comrades in the Grey nnd the Culler, to enter oh a.campaign to get every **uu'ori into "the Party. Let us. havo'n"Party of Lab'bur of which we' can- feel proud.' ■ Ari | effective party, a party', that-can advance 'our cause;'- anil' hurl back on every .field .•• the- em renclied: • hosts of capitalism -and; monopoly.. .There, is no cure for .poverty, .but Social. peniocraey. There."is. no .cure, .for crime but Social Democracy. There is no cure'for disease but Social Democracy. There"is rio"cure for war but Social Democracy; We see whore capitalism and its spawn of secret diplomacy--'armaments trusts, commercial profiteering, ; arid heartlessintrigue, has landed'thi? world. Labour to-day is being used-in the service of death and devastation. Let us organise and use Labour- for Life ahd Light and the building of tho world's commonwealth. To do 'this" wo' must win political power.' ' Industrial Unionism is essential. The One Big Political' Party of our class is .just as essential. Who can doubt- it? We had hoped Labour might be so organised -industrially'that when war's, mad'ruui threatenfjd, the General Strike of workers of all countries (an ideal which will yet-be realised) would beat tho'.fiwords from the homicidal hands of .the- world's war-makers. Labour was' to, be the guardian of Peace. She has become the handmaiden to'the Angel of Death. li How long, O'Lord, how long:" # * *-.'■' The a—wer rests with tho worker, themselves. The present state of affairs will continue until the workers will otherwise. Wo have a mad-dog press foaming at the headlines and snapping and snarling from its editorial columns at everything which makes for enlightenment, and decency and peace. Wo must counteract that press's influence. If Labour had, won political power in Europe, there, would have boon no war.. That is' a commonplace. Tt

is a' platitude; we are tired of reiterating it. Vet how difficult it is for the "peoplo to understand. We must mako them grasp, it. We must tackle the task of converting Ihe people (our work is really conversion), with renewed determination. The task is great, it is difficult. It ii sometimes heart--1 breaking But'it is always a worthy and grand task. It is to build up n workers' political ■ party. It- is to win political power for the workers in New. /.-aland. It is to work for the .International. It is to help win the werld i«>r Socialism. • I -:■:- * * i The steps taken by 'ho affiliated'<"'- j ganisalions in the Welli.'igtoii District j to form v District Council' are -ylToge-] t-hei- in tho' right- direction, in no d's-; triet. is there creator talent-at'the s'e'r- [ \ ice of the-Pi-rty;-. ' Wellington, Pal'-'j ihcrston North,' Levin; Masterton and! ,'Poione,-can furnish an array of cup-} able—somo first lank— speakers,*" and , willing workers. Then for the first time, j flip Bootmakers'' l'nion will find n pio-1 per place in organising work, and the ■ t'ountrv between Wellington i-nil Pal-; nicrston ,N. Mid Welington and Master-j tori,' can receive attention; A much-j heeded 'campaign among the' Welling-, tohTnions can also be undertaken afc. once. ' I ;-.-. ;;•.:* '.-. * • * .'I .-■'•Thero'- is the' further - question-' of j literature/ -1 -■ have" read' • Comrade, Thorn's' article.' on' the importance- of j literature distribution which appear* ml tins'week's "Worker" with tho great- j est-pleasure. Every Socialist can on-1 dorse what he says as' to' the supreme, importance and necessity of this: form ; of activity. ' Literature is the life-blood! of ottr movement. ' A speaker can; in-j te'rest; he can even ebnvince, 'occasional- j ly'j'.'but his principal Work-is to -inter-est-people <o that they will desire.-fur-ther knowledge. - Then the' knowledge should be available when wanted. Let everyone who can spare the'time -help! in this matter of literature distribution. ' Scatter our leaflets broadcast. Has your Branch or T'nion got a.supply of our leaflets yet? If 'not, get it ordered' at once. Circulate them by tho thousand. Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston, Christchurch, ■:. Dunedin, Woolston have you sent, them flying -.round? Five thousand"sliouldn't.lastj a- single week. Don'.t overlook Com-| rade Thorn's appeal for, pamphlet sell- j ers. Don't forget about it. Don't postpone replying.' Writo now. ■>■

•is •#■.«»., Comrades, give tho Payne-Holland debate a wide circulation. ■■ It-gets down to essentials. Holland made hay of the Fusion arguments. He showed reasons for the Indepenence of. Labour. The worker who is not convinced that the Social Democrats are right after reading that pamphlet might as well be numbered with the dead..t He might as well paddlo .in political treachery or any other silly old.thing. .-••*" -X- * ■ Literature, literatnre,'and ovor more literature must be sent round. .There' ire lives (angel souls in the true sense) to bo saved in our class. Fi.ro round our soul-saving, munitions of war.- P- FfcASER.