Results of Two Congresses: Abridged Report of 1928 Conununist International

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RESULTS OF T 0

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Being an abridged report 0/ the 6th Congress o f ,he Communist lntentational, and 5 th Congress 0/ che Young Communist IntcT# notional, held in Moscow, 11(1)'#

September, 1928

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Results of Two Congresses Tlte Sixtlt World, Congr ess of the C.l. and

tlte Fiftlt World Congress of the Y.C.I.

Two World COll ~resses took place in July. August and September in Moscow, the Red Capital of the First. \\"orkers' and Peasants ' State of the world . The Sixth

COIlgre!':s of the Communist International and the Fifth Congress of the Young Communist International which followed it, brought together for serious work the best Tepre­~nt3 ti\"cs of Communist organisations from :111 parts of the ,:,"orld. Important questions were dealt with thoroughly and In gr~at detail decided upon 011 the basis of the rich fighting ('!(PtTI(:nccs o f the last period. The deci sions arc of cons ider­~bk interest to all young workers. In order to convert them Into deeds by practical work, every young Communist mus t h~ ~'e a th? rough, knowlcd.ge o f them, The following survey t\es ,3 brie f revIew o f the questions dealt wit.h, but it should o pollltcd out th3l it does not by :lny means take the place f a thoroug h s tudy of 311 the theses and resolutions of the

tiro World Congresses ,

I. l 1he Comintern Points the 'Vay to the Mnsses in th eir Liberation Struggle

, The Six th \Vorld Congress of the Communis t Inter b:honal. whose deliberations lasted for six Wf..'Ck s has pI cd

fore the cntirc intCnlat ional working class a. sc;ics of Ole new problems , and it is now incumbent 011 all Co~n' &t:eat to stud lh bl ~ be' " nUlllst s dtt'. y esc. pro ems anu t Ir prach('al r('a1i~tioll "1

ISlons of the Congresses are all lhe more i . le they signali se the beginning of a. lIew historicall~port3l1t as ;e\'olutiollary world move.mcnt and bring for~ 'a sd a~e of the ~r·rc3ching task s . The correctness '\lid fi );. r new and

I;f lhe resolutions adopted by the C~ng'r" '" .,1; I lIbl.t:', Char:lClcr 1'1 V C " ",5 ""re 0 VIOU Ie \ orld ongrcss s tn,Umed u,p tl s,

dh ',eloplllcnt :\\\d :-;trngglc o£ the COlllilller 1<: r~"\l1t s of I,.h.c wlllch h,we p:l l'oscd s ince iL« last \\'orld C~~lln tIe £0\11' ycars

gTess :'1nd ga\'e :1

('orrcct :\nd t'ica\" !lpprltCi:Hion of the inteTllatio".1 d I" [' , '['[ "" ~

.. \1\ po It H:a SIt \1:\ t lOI~. ~l·rcb:v. the Congress !taw! n ~\ui \ ;)n~"'cr to tht..' q\le~lIOn nt. th~ so.calle<! ":;tabili~tion.;~ s!lowed thM. ('·apltah.s.m '\duch ha,s ~n ll1C"~(,3sing its pT(~: . llYe £Ol"l.:CS. 11\ !\ s~nes of countnes, 1,s (':).Ihng forth POVtrff:' !lntag\.)ni"11ls which wl1l lead inevitably to C'alaslrophe~. _,~ and rC'\'olutionary crises.

n. Growing An'tngonisms in the Capitalist CouotritS

Since the end of the world war, capitalism has ~ through three sl:lges in t he ~urse of its ~en~lopme~t. h the first stage we witnessed direct revolutIollary acl100s <C

the part of the proletariat which .::timed at the o\'er~hro~ « capitalism and reached a climax in 1~21. The Vlctor,:"=S

Rus.sian October re"olution was the SIgnal for prole~ insurrections, big and sm311, in all parts of. the world w~ le.d in some countries to the temporary estabhsh~ent of. SoritI diclatol'Ships. This stage camc to a. cOl}chlSI011 wIth Ut October defeat of the German proletanat 111 1923. . h"

Taking advantage of the defeat of the proleta~lat i ~ was still more weakened by thc complete surr~!l er 0 tra social-democrats, capitalism embarked 01.1 t~e r=td tiou" of its ~\'stem, This stage, when caplt:lh~m ~u ' t d: .. . ~ - ',I consohdt'lllllg I S

hfhllg Its head O,nce morc, 1Il par~' k the one"C.." organised econonltc order and when It too up f the plrt: against the working class, is kuown as the stage 0

stabiliS!ltiotl of capitalism. . h t3gt ~t:i 1n lhe course of thi s d~vel.opment and ~n ~ e~nsolida~

we have now reached, capltait sm succeeded tl cby 3.l ... ~: its econolllv disorganised b .. , the .war, an .le,".n.1 r.lu" - .. ~, d IUS3 I politicnl power, through tecb1l1cal an orga f ·lItCru3. alisation and the formation and ~evelopUleut.~ b\' 3.;"'''' ctlrtels and trusts. This process IS accom~~n1 ()-Calltd r:C iug of the position ?f the working ~lass. ,1 hC:a1 \:'3gt$ l;I of the post-war period have ?cen \\ It~ldT.a~\ n, lic;hed in :: decreased, tbe S-honr day IS. prach call) ,abo ~ £ the -p!" countries (ind the poli tical and cultural rights 0 lariat h:\\'e also been reduced. . Intern:lt'

\\lhe ll 300ul three year::- ago the Coltln~u1ll.st the S<."-'I' confirmed the parti:).) s.ta.bilisa.tion of capllah~l1I, thetJ1st! democrats were jubilant because the Communists -olaV ba.d t.";VCl1 up thei r -ide:1 of the imminence of wC!rld ':~.cd, ' The recognition o f the s tflbili s:ltioll of c:\pi tahs Ul ~ i;­rcronnis t s as evidence that thc prolcta.rian re"oIUtl~I,I, possible within a mea:surahlc distance because It.

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' ,',(!" is i:1('kino ill the external ('oudil ioll s. They laid reqlll~ . ~ b·I' , f 'I' ." .... 011 the ide ... that the present sta I I~:ltaon 0 caplw ISIIl :- c:" f ' 1'1 f ' I is !tot .1 passing but :J. permancnt ~U:l. Ie rc orllll~ts 1:).VC 1I0t gi\'cll up thi s idea,

\\'1I3t ha,; the Sixth \"orld Congress set against this, 3flt"r au unprejudiced iuvcstigation of the economic .si tuation on a world scalf!!?

The consolidation of the position of world capit:l.Ii!';tn, which h3S taken place ill :t number of big capi talist. coull tries owinR' to new technical and organisational methods :'lIld the increased exploitation of the working class, is accompanied J;lso by an extensiOIl and consolidation of forces which aTC

hOlitile to capitalism. Abo\'e all, theSe torces are: the g rowth of iht inlerllItl differences ot capitali s m itse lf, the consolida_ tion of .ht proletarian dictatorship in the U.s.s.n.--one­siXl1! or Ihe g lobe, and the national -revoluUonarv mo\'ement of ihe masses in "!e co lon!es. Capitalist s tabilisation is being gmd~all." 1I11dermlllcd oWlOg to the growing resistance of the 'ororku!g class, the gigantic s trikes , the result s of election .-ampalg'lIs and other mass activities which sho\\' that tbe nu~ of, the workers are veering to the left and that Com~ mllm~t lnflueuce is continually growing.

.1 he contradictions within the ctlpitalist econOlllV and f'31 order arc the cause of frequent collisions bch"een the casses. Th~sc contradictions are also the basis of giRantic otw antagolllsms between the individual imperi::tlist States.

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Ill. 0.0\\ Ing D. d ... "" "t'>tr of Imperialist War {he attempt:-. at :;m econo .

~gnin st the Soviet l'nion the ~t,'C d3nd

finallcUl b\ .. ~ alt k I . :'! ca v pten..rati f • a.(' - on llc C'Ounln; or prole t ' d-' ...... OM .( ill 1 H. t ~ - :tnan lctator~hlp the: 1_ an .a,go~\sms between the capitali st Po\\er~ ar~ ~

of the tlUmmCll('C of 3HOtht.'f imperialist waT' Tbt ru~!'!PO d~lared_ strl\ggl~ 3g3in~t the war dange. th; main ~~ l ~re~ent PCrt~. B\~t the Congress did not onl}" txp the \\~\r dnn~cr. It ~lso Issued ("()llcrcte and mioutt dinrti tor t he practical dally revolutionary slmggle agairut t.bt 11:

danger and war. The social.clem<X'ra.ts dedare. with their usual b\"..."riI

that ·war is the only hope of the Communists and thal ~ C o mmunist 1111Crnat ioilal desires and c\'cn enooura~ no T 'he social.dcnlO(Tat s u sc these .. arguments" as 3 {'kai: • "tbcir treach e r o u s r o le (active co-operation in the war .CI paratio ns) a n d t o prove they are the onh' real fri~nd~ cJ fG'

It is fro..:!} thi s viewPoint that the COI1~CSS has Ib! with the role of illtern:l.tiotlal socia.1·denux:r3cy and .. . exposed it a~ all 3ctive supporter of the cnpit31isl ~~ idcntif.ying it self morc and morc \\'~th th~ ~urg~:~ ~ 6: "'Soc1al . Democrat !o"> openly defe nd the lIopetlahsl poll . bourgeoisie and - ha\'e 'become thereby the most d~n ene.wies of the working class. COlll'l'C,?ucntly:. ~ don decided on ft general shaTpening of th:: Idcolo~c.31~n mo-~ s ational s truf!gle :l.gainst internaholla1 .soc

la h.'h ~ . - . d "1 ft" W1IIg w Ie es.--ciallv ali!t\1nst Its al1gerous e ......,rri" .- - . hId c1e"er 1113n .... ~

dC:l"\'ourin1?; bv radIcal p raSCO ogy all . d ort,J. "J. to damp dow;, the will to fight and the leftwar 111 ttlasscs. . t ",,,,.eii« .

The second important factor wll1ch mUd ''"r IS

attention in connection with the a.cute "'3\ ~n.!ige3~d ~ question of revolutionary struggle In the '~10~~:se ques1( colonlc.... 'The Congress was able to deal ,\1t se:nt;atJf verv carefullv owing to the presence o f man);' lr.c)lrt'.nd . - - I' a1"t5 . r ro m I:h7 counlri«:s opprcs~c1 by t Ie lro~rt ·CorornnQi." the glonou :<> fight1n~ expcrlence of the Clll,!C~ r ;a u~',: 'rhus; it w:.s possible t o c reate the prCllllse~ or trit-~ .t fighti;,g froni of ~the p;roicbri:l11S of industr1:.1 ~l!n ;and " carn~ on the strugR'le for proletarian dictators up figtll '" 'na~~ of the colonial wC)rkers and peasants wh o nrc aRainsl i1l1p<:riali~m.

IV. The [>roQ,runtme.--A New und I'o\verful We.P"

'rhe .nal11 dL-ci'iioll of the Cougre';ti whicb l11:l.k~S it 4

of the most Sigllifi(,:l. ~lt bistorical landmarks . is no doubt the adop­tion of the Programme of the Communis l International. In tbeir s truggle for wodd dic­t.1.tors hip the working (:i:lss Clud it-; COJUIIlun­is t van,,:uard ha\"e becn given the sh:lrpest. theoretical wC3pon. The Programme l:"l\'$ a sound found:ltion (0(""

the united acti,·ity of the prolet arians of all coulltries ~nd of all Pf ... oplcs of all r3 ("Cs .

.. UJQVK CO)1"ll.\.Of> 8Lli~KU·:. I.EAO&R 01-- THE Cai1U1o\S"

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b\' ~rhe Progra.nllne c;} the Coutin leru has.beeu de.. .. ignatcd

ftc ~{cn~hcvik,. as the P oogr3mme of wtv" and di .

o tbe \\'"0"" I "1 I' .. ~-rUPtlou -1'10 • ".111$: .: :'$s. u reo. It» It IS. they (the ).tcnsbcvik s)

p?rtlc lpatc In t he preparatIon of war through. thcir :Cratlon in the pad fis t doping of the l1H\SSes 0 h 1.."0-

nd (I..c."\gue or ~ations.. K ellogn Pacl e tc') ' " dn ',c o ne

"'~ l fl ' eo • . , .. 1 t Irouoh ,.!)()r or t IC war prcpnrntaans o f lht' bouf"gcoi 'ic . ... t'rUlserlf, -r-"rench Army Bill, Blane. .. burgh BiH ~ ,t (frllla urcd other hand . It is ror this purpo-c.e that tb ... \, ;~ C". '. 0':' ~hc

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:lU .1l11Pl.:' l\\~ to the ciisrllptio1l (.';lmpaigll in all t • :-.all01h ~,f tht.." wl.wkintY \.' In,, 1' 1 I ' . he nla~\«O:I.; . ~ '. . Ie l\llOl'T! :.v of· h .. :-­hun of ~)\lr ProgrnmllH! is obvious~ . !'>uc a ~p.

For a long lime the ad":l.1tl't:d proletariat of II . I n l.. ~ • • • • a COOlllrits

t •• $ ~\'1\ .W:Hh~g 1111R3.hC.lltly for this Programme. n. r:logt.lmmc, Whl('h.deal ~ with :\11 the q\1estionsortht~. LlonnT.\" l1\o\'cment ,111 :\ ~rarxist-I.eninist spirit . is not (lIl1;') fir~t class "',capon !1l the hands of the proletariat in thtth«. rcltc~l and uloologtcal ~t Tuggle against all the enem~ oi tit working class, but :\lso :1.Il excellent means of edu~lion. t, carry the Programme right into the masses. to make It klt'1 to the lnrgest possible number of workers, to explain. ptpI

lnrise and elaborate it. must be the most imporiant tashla1 Communists and alS() or all class consc ious workers.

V. A Congress of Unity. Significnnce and Fruitfulnw

The Congress dealt ~l so with another series of ~mJlOlU; questions, Extension a nd illl pro\'cment of trade Ulllon. "'ot~ s truggle a gains t the disruptive policy. of. the reformists,! Labour organisations, energetic apphcahon of ~hC ~~ front tactics from below, daily propagimda and fi~foi a1Uong the t'n3sses: , 'especially 3111on~ th~ ra,l1k. ~n ,etc. s ...... inl-democ: ra t s. 3dequate leaderslup 11l stnkes, h"" -- , p l' to 3 C make it possible for the ComlllUllls t ar ICS h ' ,

, • 'h I f tl,e capl11re of I e IDa declslvc,- S1.1ccess In t e.6trllgg e or . of the, ·working. class: .~ Tilli

, k ill perfect unit"('. The COllgress did all it!; wor - . ' h 'are h .

a ncw an<1 · tel11n~ rCJ?ly t o :l1l o\~r enemle~ ~'ftOr:l(\"~ T " 'I' • I . t s u onal Lcmnt$ , . m v3m. fo r :l ~p It -m t 1~ 1.U ~rll < " - - the punl~' Con~rt$S ·p.."lid o f course, seriOUS ' att~nl:i0n 10 . " t right tt:

, " f 'l k 'ud to opportulU ~ I ' Bolshe\,k U1l1ty 0 1 S. rall -s :' d d correct y encies in the Communist Par~lcs. Tt rcco: ~1 e nl:lin dt~.· in the hnmediate future the figh t dall(;!eT l ~ let the t:t~k in the Communis t Parties au(l the refore It s energetic struggle agatnsl this danger. . \.itll:

l condus lon '. . . ,~. 'l~he .work p f the . Congl"c~s came .. O:l II it~ p;J,rll{'1~' ~}':~~$i.Qn o r the ul11ted and firm" In of :l t of all ~ - \h9 reRFe~ntatives o f the wor~e,rs :lnd pc:ts:tC~~,gre s.<; 1'1. of the world- to Carry the c1cct~tons of the il1;lo the p,l:lSSCS.

'""in , 'T ltC" Policy of the F irth World Con~ress 0' ,he y . , .-J..-'I... , • ~ . of the

'J'hl.! ' dcc1 Sions of the Sixth \Vorld Congrc5~ • I _>!

cl:)U~li tutcd the .!'tnrting point f~r the work of the COl gT' •

tht: Young COUUIl UllI s t Inte rna ti ona l wltid1 followed inllnedi-:It(,I\' UII the Cong ress o f the C, ~ ' , . .

'The V.C. 1. ConRrc~s a ssOf.' tatcd Its<:lf with the Cstllnatc <of the 1)()li t ica l s itua tioll given .by the. Comintcrn Con.rc~ess. It carried on it s work on the 11Iles kud down by tht: SJxth ConKre ."~ of the Com inlc rn and made the ~:\nH: main tasks-... truggle :lgains t the imperiali s t waT danger 3nd for the defence o f t he Sovie t U nion- the basi!' of its whole work. Alt houg h it fully ag rccd with the Comintcrn Congres s, the COllgres!' of t he Y .C.T. did n ot take over aulolll3tit'ally the tasks o f the Cominlern . On tIle contrary. the mOve towards you lhlikc methods was carried out ill every respect and an enerRc tic fig ht wn c; put up agains t the old pract ice of giving Young Communis t Leagues t oo JUuch th(! character of 3

~'Olld "young party." The centre of the work of the Y ,C.r. was the question

of tn,ass work, the critical examination of past work and work 109 methods from the standpoint of the capture of the mass of ,the working youth and the development of YOUT1J,?

-CommunIst Leagues into mass organisations.

"n. The Growing Role of Ihe 'Wor,king Youth in Production and in the Class Struggle

. TI~e pe!iod of the re}a th'e s tabilis."1 tioll of c."1pitalism with \I .. rat lonnlts3tion-offens ivc. by which capitalism intends to put the cost of the recons truction of ca.pital1st econOlll\' on to thc ~houlder$ of the young workers. has brought ",fth it a Tn~lderable worsening of the position of the working youth. inhe [~:ll wagc~ of young,wprkers ha\'~ decrcased . their work­bes.: IH>~ts are longer than .fx:.fore." youth protection J3\\'S ar~

.lf~J!. tg uo r.ed Ulo~e th:!tt C,\"er. and a series of l:iw~ directed "l:all1"t the workmg youth ha\!e been introduced Un .

; r.~:.t~. young workc.rs 'are being at,tacked , and their 'mi~rae:lt~ -<Of 0 e rcd~cc.d on :lJl hand~ . whils t the technicnl cducat'o t h the wo r-kmg Y0l!th hns also dccre3:.ed. Owing to the f~c~ t . ;n the number of ;'pprcnticcs general1\! i~ deerea .. ' ~lte :e:t s .the. nuttl~r of unskilled and ~ellti-skilled ,.~ lug \.,orkcr~ IS Htcre:umlg. ouly an ever-dil1lini shi1t~ ~ecti nUU~ \ \~\lng w.erkers gol't the benefit of a proper \"ocntiollal t ,Q, 0 \\ as:::e reductio n ... _ longer working hours clIrlailtne t rr"nn~g. ~nd ~liti (,IlI dghts and militariS03tion of 'the \'~uth n ° '1 ~'tal "nc. :l.l1l1 S purs ued by c:1pitali~ ln in its rationalis::nl,' "'U~I w~r(' .:lInd t ' ,. . r . OIl-OnCI1Stve ' OS .ove~ Itl{re:ths lng lUlI~rl"llst wnr preparntion~, .

-of wUlg 0 t Ie c Aug<.- W He, J:1~ taken pln"cl.. in th ' , -f the working \'outh, cspcl.'ialh· to its lUore' e POSition

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in I)rodu~b wor ),;er <; an::

partly likini the {un~t»al t heir adult It.,.,., worl.:cr.. in the f

loric ... ) . the "nil, figh t of the ~ workc:rs bJ.~ c rC3'1cd . ThllS. h the la t Itw }ttn

young " 'orkus Ule not onl\' parllcipaltt more frtllutnth' ui exttnllhc1y in 1M industrial struAAlti of the IIdult worktn. but lu\\'t :tlso .rjZu' lsed stri kCS of Ibtir own. .

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the growing rolt the vouth i 'i ttlt t\"tf

• . ' :I,r danl,'tf· J.!f OWIIIS{ " • de:! It j !': ~1f~\'1.

1.;O )II('\OR KlllT\J(()V, S~.c R KTARY .~: th at the yo;~~ ;; \m)lt."~"'s ISC Til .. : COSG ,U::_ .. bound ~o g d .... Gt' T H E ' ',c. I. , ,II be ...

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.. I' school :Iud cu ltur~ 1 1 rt.·,l. l· ti Oll, C: l l·,) ; . t he bour~l'"i Ir:II"11I Jot •. '~" " ·h ' IS wh k h ha \·c been vcry ac.:l lVC lately . arc \'OUII org3 111".. ... bo .. d ., . .. II ,nnnuer o f su pport (ro m t he urgCOJ!UC au I ' r tt'(' I VI III{ a • I · J . I ,-,, ' The Young Soclll 1M nterna tlOrln, too, I JC()\'(:mn ~ ~, '. I d

'Ix>rt in" the bourgl'oi,ic a nd IS " .. <ropcr3 t lng open y an lU I ... " _ . ~~'re I Jy wit h t he bourgeoiS Org3 rn ....... tlo n :o;.

'd · hat the COl1l1ng \ \ . ' gglt aga ... importance, cons l Crill. dlnte future the siru r tht eo. by the y'()ulh . 10 I:I~ ·t~e ientre of IIle acti\'U"YgO t5 of at CO)fRAU,.: II VKIIAkl!». I.P.<\D": R 0.' TII ~ COlIM 1}!\"=--T INT ": R. the war dan~er wi e Communis l Lea u XATIONAI., DF.l.lVE RI1\'~ T",.: R i-: '''ORT 0,., '111 .. : CO)U~TP.R~ mun.1s! Parlles and Young I . .• the !ltttn~ COSGRF.s:" TO TR E V.C.I. CO~C R t-:~S. couDtrles. l 'O I is c aUOI O .' , ... Al l I · r I I .

Thererorc. the you~h qucs Il~ o f the bourgeOl$I~' fo~! . t 115 rnak~s it UC!'<c1>.Sary or t IC rcvo uho nory work_ not onl" of the pro !ctaTiat but ",ed uncommonly a.cutportar .. .-t !"R cia".; to do ilS utmO!'i t fo r thc capture o f thc y o uth a nd -;. lruRglc for the youth has 3SS~;ln ce the ro le ~nd l~ing , IrnpO~S :l1l e llormOltA re,;polu~ibility o n the V.C. l. . in ~11 coul1tric!'t . A s a, COI}5CqO'1ICS j's stcadil~ II1cre" siderabk VIII. J~rom the Fourth to th e Firth 'VorJd Congrul!: of the Young Con~n.lUmst 1a

"" becn p:1)' lU g con ' Cj u(iel of the Young Communllf Internallonal. The bourgcols le h:ls ( :I~~ ~\lorking ),outl,1. r'~l c\c:\-oIO' P our years o f ~tnlggle a nd work ~Cp:1r:ltc th~ r.' jfth ('0 11-

attcution to the c:1pt~rc 0 , it is pcrscculI,ng re f s'" ! e!ls from the ~··ourt h.. '\,hile:1t t he F~r$t ConJ:~S:'f. in ·0'- ,u"anl'< for tll1s purpoSC, I . - U'lt rieS ""he \ .... ovelnbcr. 19 19 . In Berlin , \ oungC011lm1l111~t I.e,,"ues rep,._ varl \ ...... . ' o t 011 y 111 ... ... '..o-(l!I 1" , ' . d h I .~

, Hlrv ,",oulh org3In.satlou ~ n , . ~ but nlso In . fill' "tlllll l4 countries ra.llled un eel' t e )anllcr o f the \' C I t~O\1 ;'lId ,Vhite Terror :tr~ rel""kl,nlglg;ne:ls\1re~ ror tiF1C ~ .. i': t the &('ol1d ConJ:"ress . hel~ in :\fo~w. in 192 1, \;~t1:; e lSl, . .. ,r'cs' H IS t ll In, ( ':I", 0 . r ' J 0

"dculocrat.u; COlill I'd for the devetopmC:l1t ~. -Iit llr. l11 nt URI s t .C:1g11e~ ~prC'se n Ins: <1 COuntnes were o rgnui6ed tarisation of the youth l an nnd also .. volulltary 1111 9 :'lmongNt them (com))u sory . 8

'- -" .-in vue Ll"k" \t t\, "'",,, of t\ "\"\ : C .. Ie lird Congths in ~r.l\~ he r, 1(}~,' , jOO ,OO() y oung \\orkcrs \\ere organi\td. U.s.S.R., :'Iud w~lich. j<;

drawi ll R l1t il1i on ~ of ),Ot1I1¥" ~vorkc rs i ll t he cons t ruction o f SOCiali sm , \' ,12 .1 . , i.c. , a fouduld incrca* Silll..'C the: fir.t ~'D I! inlo :l~tin' participa tion

.\1 t h l.' P o urth \\"orId COllg reJ:.s (1924). the fir~l milr gttu. X. Self-Criticism ;.\ \r eady passed, a nd Young COtnmlH\i~t I.eaguh !rca 'rile Y.C.1. hn.f;, no doubt. achieved cons ide ra ble !'uc("cs<.;(;' s. puts o f the wo rld were rep resented. At pre~nt, tht Y.C1 ~im'C the r"ourth Cong ress st: \'eral T..cague~ have bee!, at the ha:<' ~ . l Si . 2,\2 me m ber s spread over 42 ('ountrit~ throo.Rb: h~3d of armed st rul.u~les . have led t he work in g- y~)1Ith 111 ~n any the world . T o thi s mus t he added the legal polilka\ ()(~ indu!!trial " t ruK~le" and h:wC! been able to resis t he rOl('all).' ",.\tio n ", o f the i11eg :)} I.cagucs and the sl'lIllXlthising OI'ga-:i- the brutnl W hite Terror , Tn thi ~ ('ollll ect ion o lle mus t dr:tw ",alio n ", which have 6 ,.06 mcmbers, atten tion to the heroic strll~glc of the C h inese Y oung Com-

~\ s rar a s it:.> import:ulce is concerned, the Fifth WOC' mun~t League, to t he difficult work of our iltcR'aT LC3~ues . Congress is comparable to th~Sc<:ond ,C~)I~gress in thf: bi~ ,"uch :t~ t ho~ of Poland , Bulga ria, Italy, e tc" to the British of the \' .C , 1. The Second Cong ress lllltl3ted the rna~~ tin:, General Strike, and minim: lockout, the splendid anti-mil i-a cter of our youth organi :)ations :md ,~~\1~d th<:,slogan )1 _ tnri .. t work of t he Yonll~ C011lmuni~t r .eague o f France, and 'work among the wo rking youth , 'lb.e I' lith Con~ to the continuous sociali st construction work o f the Ru ssian thoroughlv revi sed all our methods of work ~IU~ ~a\ed'c a mbtx1 r.C.L. Nevertheless, the Y .C, T. would not be a BoJ sJlC~\·ik annlv~i~ of nil our SU<'CCSSC:>' and c1ef(!cb:. It mlhnt a ( lkt~ o rg:lIl i ~1 t ion if it were n(:lt to criticise its own mis takes with . . .. • p n: 1 actcr of our \tor I Iru l ~' Bolshevik sillcc rity. A critical attitude to its own mis-fronl the nnrrow slavish arty- l 'e cia:, to rn3~ Y\'fl lakes was c(! rl ::dnlv t he kevnotc of the Congress , youth-like method!> o~ work j it ,~~\~~ ~~i~~\u~edS and tt- T his ",iti ca1 altitude ~\·a ., mostly due to the fad that the am.ong the youth al,1 ~mpI~ !n I An ' these que$tions,~ y,C. 1. has 1I0t ),et carried out its m.ain t:'lsk which was .set qmrcments of the '\\orkmg ~ o.\ttJ 'c .. "Youth Pohu,'i, ~ Irca,d:r at the Second Congrcss--creation of a Y oung Co m-formulated in the so-called .. ~ew oursc, . mUOIst mass movement in :lll coulltries, That i~ wh\' the etc . G ' or the -y .C.t. ~Ol1grcs., had to. ask it seH the q ucstion wby thi!" t.'u:k W::L .. not

IX. Successes and tuns , ~ c t r.olved and If the path pur~ued by us till now has been " cess. the \ ,~.1'. the correct one,

Since the tunc of the Fourth C?llgt .I g3in~ 10 (Il1 III orde t h ' . record

" <crie~ of considerable S\1cces .. <:es -:\11..... i' r , .0 answer t ,I ~ quesh oll, the Cong rcs5 h:1d to ... . . . \' (' ~ \C a!1 anal) SIS o r the poSitIon of -the working Youth and t

s phere;: of work... I nt'oliricat activity of tnt h~ Im'e~t lgate the experience g;lined in the pa~t. - 0 FlTst and (or£:11105\, t Ie J'~ ....... ~ J ".gues ha"c ae . - 'd .\ ".I O!>t -~- <Cil Xl C " and it s scctions has I1lcrease: ~ . ~ ,- k 011 :) large" , • . reah on of a Mass Yonth Mo \ ement

f \lcee"<; 111 l11a<;" \\Or V ng 0-' '1'1 F'f I C :\ certain amount? :, -' d \.clo ;l~el1t of the ou (["011 . 1(" ' ,I t I ongre:,~ of the Y.C,l. opposed cate on C"!l.lh" A considerable gratn I ~ the I ~ I hPas been COll\·ertcd ..m.~ the \' lewpol1lt that the crcation o( a COl1l11tuni !'; t You~l ""

"T of Ch1l1a w tiC I maS';' o. ~- mcn t under ' t r " d'" " I ,"O"C-1l1Ulll~t .c.ague • I ' , .. tudents to :t "\' ('", capl a 1st con ItlOllS 1<; utopian and al~ the . ' , small Orgalli ~atioll , ?r re\'o tlltol1ar~t ' \'oulh . ' l'lI3.! t ll~ ~, ))om t ~ha~ the Y.C ,l., must ine\'itabl\' rem'aill :l S~I:ll1 .. 'te\\: salion of the workrng, and. pe~~~d orkaniS.'\tiolt I :> $ ,or ~:R":lIl1sa t lO l1 ' O ur. aim and task ill"all countrje~ i ~ the cc lte has been developing }l1tO .. I \\0 , • Lcrtgues. SPCCI(l fil OIl ,of a lIIMs Young COl1lmuni ~ t 1lI0\'Chlcnt 3. ,~ea-th~ eslablishment of a nU111~' o f JlC'\ I - ~f the illcga1i'd, ,I{it tlll f{ 1I10vement which calolIlot limit it~1( lQ th . pohtlcal lion must bc made of the heroIc I ~lrUfg ~or conditions ~; n.: ~ Ie advanced sections of the wo rking \'outh but 1\ c C.tPtur~ or which \~'ork under diAi('ult \V l.~l.c er rk . A COIl :o I t"" It.. ranks al~ wide sections of thc' VOUllff 11~ ... t ~"Ct 111\0

I I , 1,1e to dovclop "tbclr muss,wof

I Y C,I . ~I"" l)Ca ~antry, ' 0 pro c:\a nat and ne\'(:rt Ie es !' .l I'd tion 0 tiC ' "" I ' " a(:hicveUlcnt is the iutcn,laol ~I1SO I a r ' ucS , the aUt"3 t 16 ,from tlll :O "lewpoint that the COli .~ , h\' the idl!Ologic:ll eon,;ohdnuon of ~hc . '~::rl for nC\\ 'Jlet~ t~l e ql,lesll?" S and laid do\\u our further t:~ " s d1~;1t with all r new cadreI'> of workers o.~J(1 by I I': :,c1 ' \'ork of the 1:\ ~llua,l!Oll 110 favourable to our 1Il0\'Cment . " s ' , Ie RCller;\l

~f work, The g re.:\lc:.l at.'hlevcm£I~\ '.:!"~~i~t Uuion, Vo'I~lc~\ a1sr lit the imlllediate future when the da' ., ~! \\' 111 r<: tnaill so , , VOlin'" COllt lnunist 1A::tguc 0 Ie.' <I ,'o,.,or:>hip III to )4,: very acute, ,ss oS rugglc IS bound IS '!' '11 f ,llc proicttlrl:lll ~ p rop : I U<1 PI ar 0 1 0 "

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"-H . Mo,'e TO'~8T'ds YOulh· Uke Methods 01 W.rk

rhe prin\..'iplc of mon.' youth-like methods of ..-ot\;. "

,lftl'l" all, Ill't HCW. Already the Berlin programme of I\.;

Y ,L~, 1. (H)lQ) <1(."('1:\r(.'(\ that 1I0t only the po~iti(Y.I <of lbt

\"onlh in th\.' prOl..'css of production but also its J}<>YCM"'s:ial l~(,\lli'\rilies demand the cst:lhlishmcnt of !'.pedal proltttri.a~ youth orR:lnisalic)Hs. H owe\"cr, the. Congress had to r«:! ~nl..·l' more that Y .C .L. work was .stiH too mnch like PlIt! work ;\nd that Y.C . L. methods of work were in m~~ <'1<.H

... lavish imitations of the methods of work of the P:artlts .u~ were nol adapted to the speeia.l requirements and pc!'CulWl'

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tics of the worki1\~ youth. ..' The Y.C .1. ~Hld its sections have p:U? ~1I.1hcrto I~~

, I I '.1 pecuharltles and IIm'l q uatl' :\Uenl1on to these ps:VC 10 ogle. C th21 il

• . .. 1 edit of the ongre~.. . of the \'outh. a nd It IS to llC cr . C'1.<; of thi~ qU&

brought home to n11 ~he Le:lC!ues the scno~ISnt~-carry on m! tion. Thi:, "Iouc Will cnnble thc Lc:"gu s

tlU\ $:, work. . ke place mainly in t~ ' I'h', ' ,'cw rc-direehon lllUst ta "---use tbere t>

S f Lcagues """..... . internal \\'orkill~ s)'stcm 0 dourl' h' needs improveiUent I muc h that i:, inndcqu:lte an w HC

this system . c main defects :'lft; t~ The Congress r ecorded that, ~ L:~ arc not 5ufficieD bt

the methods of work of ll10~t. '\ ~d' the requirements of~i' ad~pted to the mental c3.pac~~ ~lC vouth is approacbe1e .. D work in .... vouth. In Ulan) lea . log ' ; The \·oung PCod~P 1'_'

~ - .' 1 P Irnseo . . lh I~ ·· with in\'olvcd :lgltatlona .' h ~ 'ork in a me . ~ . t oduced mto t e \\ not earn join u s arc not 11\ r . k which they call . tertdill

but arc fr~ncutly ~pven ~as . S The work is not 111 i~ liltt C\"t!n with thc best 1I1tentlon~. alion is duli and the~ai~h' enough the life of the .0rg:,"llIs g nNlple \\·ho ce •

• ganlSll\!On VOUI1 ... ~: to attract to our orf 11-6 d ed~ConHlluU1sts.. help 1I0t come to us as u e R "f \'ork With the d

The so-cn,lled .. new methods . 0 \ anitatiOn an .. : . to enliven our ~ d !lust.~

which we are cnde:wounng 1 work will all t' h d paganda, our in t crn:'!ea~:~u~l~t~~~:ke rs :u:d l~ est~~:: in t~­u ::: to ge t ne:u "'C r to c already in our ranks. flu c tU\\1 l ic:'> with those wl!~ ar~o' sll~"C~d in slemnti~g tIll' c f.cngu -111:'1111'1."1' that we W I .a, . to 80 per cen t. III SOIlI I ' .),. wh idl Te:\chc~ 'Joml' tIl1le~ 70 rowtl! of our 11letnhcr~ \lP~f and in <;e .. uri ng: fI !-oll': I ~ y .!~ ., thorotl gh ~~d i rectlon i m port nn t 1):\5;<; (o r t hd1:'> ~~ai work a 1l10n8' t he ,,"15se!! , , • C T ulc nlben; towar!; . • ..,. J :z

Xlfl. New Attit ude to the Q Uelitio ll of A ux iliar)' OrgnfJlsaHons

The TCt'tnt decision that . mass .wor.k is a concrete task (~~ t1u: Y.C.L ueccssitnted all. 1~\,(!MlgatlOn of the correctn.ess ot d~·i .. ioll~ on matters of principle made by ((JTmer co.ng resscs. For in:-.tnm'e, expericnce has !-ohown that the theSl~ .of the Second World Congress regarding the lac k of necessIty for olher ,'outh organisa tion s side by side with the y.,c.r ..... "be­(';lUfot! • the entire working youth can be orga~m;ed 111 the Y.C.J •. " j~ lIot correct. This thc:-is had to be revised becau ... c our aim-to draw the entire working youth into our ranks rnnllot be achieved in a hurry. espccial1y in capitalist coun­trits. Frequently , a series of auxiliary o rganisa tional forms art required. This principle of Lhe Second \\forld Congrt's,.. <lnl)' impeded the development of the V.C.L. into :l ma ... s orgalli!':ltion. Life it~cH ha$ led to the formation of a series of auxiliary organisations. Such o rganisa tions :lrc the .Red Youth Front ;Iud the trade union vouth sections and commi t­tte$, We arc creating organis.'lt ion~ for soldie r s in th e form of dubs :md we must create them also for th e pcas..'lut youth, The Congres~ drew the neccssnry conclusions from pa.,t ex~ ptriellces and rescinded the former decision. The Congress demands the widest pos$ible application of the syste m of t he ~called "transmission belts" and p roposed in this cOllnect io.~ various form s which have already stood the test.

XIV . Into Ihe Factories

'Vith a (ew exceptions , we have nOl yl't succt'eded in re­organising our Leagues on a factory group basis. The main :t'a50n fo: this is ou r failure to pay sufficient attention to work III lactones and a too mechanical reorganisatio n on to t he fa('~ory group basis .. Tn ma1!y ca.ses, this reorganisation was ~fi~ed by mcans of in structions and circulars instead of gh'­Ing It the form of actual penetralion into the: factories.

T.he. Congress also proposed rc:1U~ics for thi s. It bas madc It I1lcumbent 011 all Leagues ~o gl\'e (actol)' group work n.l!1uch morc concn:te forlll, l~ I~prove their Qcti\'ih' bv gl ~l1lg the. groups and the: orgamsatlon de:nnite work to do 10 raise the lcvel o( the grours of :1I."t1\·C workcrs and to .j .. 311 the. positi\'e results of our work e\'cn'where 'and . uti 1St! po 'bl b ' I ' . In C'\'en'

So"l e W3y ~. a contm\lOUS .c'X(: ~nnge of e'XpcrienC"'Cs . Our most lI11portanl task I:" sltll the: OOIl('Clltrat' . f

work on the factories, cspcciall.y big enterpri~ .. de lOY 0 Our ::and t"OlIsoiidnlion of l''Xisting factory groups :I~;d :~ ~pl1l1fnt 1\110 lIew fncloric.s through the formation of PC" ctrat!on

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x V. N en Ta~ks nnd l~ orl11S of Our '\ IIt1 . ~1illlarisl Struggle

:\ pa rt. r n.)m ba ~i ng a II its work. on lilt.' :-.trul!glt al:":' , tht' Hnpcrlahst war (1;m!{l..'r. the Congress dealt also \lith l'Oltl'rctc ta..;ks of our :l.nli-l1lilit:\ri~t work. The militlri'l mt·;,\:-;.ure~ of tht, imperialists h~\\'e }X\rlly assumed n~w I~ wIndt plal'CS n ew tasks bcforl' the \' .C.1.

In ncarly all countnc.:s the bourgeoisie is taking m~':;tI for the milit llrisn tlo n of the w hole popul!ltion. esp«iaU~' ' the working youth. P:\rtly through legislation and partJ through cl'onomic and political pressure, the youth i~ ro:;.

pellcd to undergo military training in t he schools, in s~ training camlls nnd units, in Fascis t and defence organlUllOIS, etc. This makes it illlJ>l;=r3ti\!C for us on the olle band.1I) expose to the ma:<.s of the youth, the meaning of thi~ prthl> inary military training :md to mobilise it agaill~t. It aodt caTry on, on the other hand. educational and dlsUlt~gn lit work within these organisations.

'I'hr lIIilil(lri~aljou nf the whole population i-; accol1l­p.lOicd hy the trau .. fOrlllfltioll of the ~tandillg. <lrtllil· ... into ;Irlllic ... of lIIercenArles or at Icast by t he (ormation o( s trong groUI)S of proressionn l soldiers. ' rhi s dcmflnds more enu getlc work among t hese st rnln, elaboration of snitllble met hods lind parUal derull nds.

The bou rgeoisie is also carrying out 3 mJlita r isn lion or all economic: resources and is preparing for the reor gan isa tion of ind ustry on a W/lr basis, in the event·of WilT. This requires morc energetic work on our par t in the war indus try. In the­industries which will he paramount in the evcnt of war. '\'e mu~t enlighten the worker~ on the reorganisation possibilities :lnd the role of these fac tories in the event o( war, U'c mtl!>,t form (actory groups, etc.

XV I. O ur Tra de Union 'York

'~'he g~o~\'ing importance of the youih in produt·tioll, it~ growing 1I11htanc.v, h:we brought to the fore new fighting task~ alld forms a5 well as new problems.

1'0 a cert;'\in extent ncw forms have been crc:lted for the orR;\lli~atioll and co-ordination of the working youtl!. The 3t'Ctntl!nted ~trtlggle of the reformists, the attacks of the refOfllll.s t bure;'\ucrats on us, the expulsion of Communists and re\,ol!lliollnry trade unionl,.-ts, nece$sitate~ on OUT part better fraclIon work in the tr:;tde \1nions: youll~ trade unionists' ~nfere~lccs and trade union di$cu5~iol1!" re the organisation n! IDdustnal c:lInpaigns, wagc and working da\' movements, etc" mu~t be organised. ~

XVII. Struggle aga ins t 0 plJOnent Organi sations

The Y.C,t. ha~ drawn into its ranks onl,,· n s11lall pcr­~ntag~ of the working youth_ The bourgeoi,.ie is endc:t"\'our_ In$! to 111nu~nce thc youth by e\"Cry possible IUcans and method. ~~lthough 1Il.~lIIe countries 40 to. 50 pcr. ce~lt. of youn~ h~rkers arc III the r:1I1k.s of bourgool:-;' orgollls3tl01ll', we have II~hcrto paid \-cry little attention to them . The ColtJ:res.s :lId ~t res~ 011 thi ~ :Uld pointed out the importance of work iu

these organisations and of s truggle :\1:::\;II .. t them. Althoug h the Young Soc ialis t Internotional wilh li s

100.000 Ittclubers Is only D s ll1 a l1 or~anls:llioll compnred with Other organi sations. Ie is s till our lIIos t dangerous Opponent . \Vhh its help, reformism exercises considerable infiucnee over the working youth. The Y.S.I. i.:: our mo .. t direl·t nl1d, there_ fore, most dnnSterolls opponent.

In th1$ connection, the Congres~ once 1I10re emphasised '5

~hc 1~"·('C.·:-.,i\) of mnklll..e Ul'iC ()f the united h :-.l111 vcr\' in:)ch.'(IUftt. ... h. ",'plied 'I" ~rQut l:\ct;c ~ " Y S 1 k'" . . Ie alule co,: ' .

• '> • - Ina -.. '~ 1t tnc\unhen\ 011 Us lo \ltT .lllllt.t her" . ~ II " . . ." I 1M: more full~ t1..-.. Ie Ie t Ismh,'gnl ttOI\ wl.lI~h l!O; i{oing On within its"n~,~

\\ I\lt :\~l t h~ lUenn~ at our dl~~!ml \H~ must ~uJ>pott tbt:."4: • ~'\ppo:o.\lton ,m the \ oun~ Soctn.lIs.t orgnnisations witho I ~ c\'~r. makttlg or tolcn\ting any C'Oncession!io. u .

XVIII. ' York in Coloninl aod SemhColonial C<luotrlu

The rt\~'t t h?-t we, h:",~ in China a mas!' Young Commtl~' Leagne w~1(.·h IS c\Ollll: admirable revolutiollary work, is d ~normous llnportancc to the Y .C.l. and to our (urtbu '«ri The ,dc",c:lopment ~f the Young Com11luni~t Le3~ue of C\iu and I~S nch experience enabled the Congress to deal withtbt quc~tton of work in the colonie_'~ in a much more t'Ofl('MJ

manner th rtn ever before. IIilherlo the idea prevailed in the Y .C.l, that ~

national revolutionary youth organisations will be the u:.~ fonn of o ur m ovem c nt in the colonies. 'rhe Chinese u~ ence has. howevc.r. shown tb!ll the Y.C.L. is the main lor.:­of our m o,·ctncnl not ol1h- ill advanced capitalist t'Ountnc but a lso ill the <.'Olonics. alld that only ill isolated casts ~ we have to create broad national re\'olutionary ) .. organisations.

A s ctnph3.si:-;oo in the poli tical resolution ~r, th~ ~ Rrcs:-; . '\'ork in the colonies a:;.5umcs enormoUS pohucal l1t1p;t" 3nC'C: The activity and st rug.it1e of the Chinese Y,~.L"Ce; contlllue t o reC'Ci,.c the effective support of t he cnltre ''; ~ At the S:"lme t ime. the Con~ress decided to f~mt :l \~ COlll~numst League also in I ndia where s mall ,sola\~ ~' ~n\1t\1"t groups alrendv exist, and also in other coloDltS

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m the cc;>ulltrie!': of L atin America. \\lo rk :among neglOC:' ~lO 1<: , .. s Important. The Y .C.1. cnnnot c laim the title 0 mternaUonll1 organisa tion unless it continues eo erge liCIII!, • .1

partly suc«ssful work inHlnted bv it among the opp~ peoples in the colonies nud gemi-cOlonies.

XIX. The Stru ggle n,:{ainsi the nig ht Danger

The :\ccenluation of the class ;;:trugol<: :and cspcciall~' d. our ",truK",l<: :l~ ' I ' '~ I ., .. ' _ r OO' '1). . :'!'_tnSl 1 1(: socl:\I-d<:mocr3\~ hal" rCSU \~ Tll(~CQf devHlll0ns frOI1l the Leuil11!>t policy of the COllUI)Itf! fu~~re o~~rc~s .of dthc (;, 1_ 11a1l ded~red thM in the iIOU.~i)~

e mattl :anger in the r-_: t tJ I ... nRht danker '1'1,' I "-'I.Jll1tnU1l1r-:l InoVCoIUep I-

I· . Hi H. W l y s lrunnl · - . . ,' ,I be'-

our orcmosl l" lIik ' I' l ' _ ...... t: .lR: ~\1I1St It \\) .tt . 0 l 11,. rlghl da.nger belongs 210;0 ,

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, t .,1"", ,I.,· ltolitil.'·ll adi"itv of the ,'ou t h 11I0\.'(:III(.'nt,

IJropth.1 (l rl: l... • -. - I , o.A<_11 tn lIlakt: \'ullural anc1 educ:tllOil:11 work tlC: l·(.-ntre

t Ie proJ""'" 11 '1' I , ' (If our 'ldh' it.r. Thi:-; right d:'Ulger :IS we as:1 InK It (de"I,'. tions will be \'OlUbattcd by ';ls most cncrgclll·:t1 ~ .• an 1 Ie YQut;~ Communi .. t I.c:ls:ues wll1 ,11:1\·c to p.ro\'~ unt'c morC' that thc\' Ml', above all. political fightlll~ org;\111s:\ \lOn;-; and tha t t~lc COinmuni .. t Inte-rnational ('an :llw:lys depend on thc:m a~ Ib-1110:-\ luyal supporter",

XX. The Prog ramme of the Y .C.1.

Just a .. the :adoption of the Progr:lllltllc of the Comilllcrn 2 .... fact of the gn·atest importance for the re\'olutionary

mO"CIll(.>l1t of the world, the adoption of the J)rogr:unme of the V.c.!. is:1 l:lIldlllark in the histon' of the revolution:1rr young workers' 1110'-C111Cnl.. The 11I:ain t;, ... k of the programme ~-3$: to I!ive :l ful1 :lnd funcbmenl:\1 pictur e of t he role , the 13~L:~ and the strug~le of the Young Communist J.e:tRues in ~h(' cpoch of world re,·ol11tiol1. The progr:lOlJl1C of the \-.C_I. 1\ the progr:a1ll1l1c of 111e ta~ks of the work in", youth in the ,!ruggle for the world dict3ton:hip of the prolt:t:uiat. The \ oung COl1nnUI1i:-.t 1l1termlliOll;11 is :1 S("clion of the Cominte-rll ann this implies thM the progr:'lturue of the C. r. i ,,,; also its prugr:anlltle. From:a general point of ,·jew, otlr progr.nnme is t~~ore a document which defil1e~ the :,pccial l3Sks of the lIorklJlg youth and of the Young Communist l.e:l!i!Ue in the ~trllule for Communism. _\s we lU3inlain the :o:tandpoint

\ n£\IOS\TR.\TIO' 01' \lOSCOW YQl',",C '"'OR);'l.,..

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th.lt \\ t' ,\r\: ;lU int4:1"11atiunal (1rRal1l~;nion d th ' n\1"~ \\llTkcr who n::,d:c:. our l)togr.lmml!·I:' Utt,t the: progr:lmmc of the"': I 1h. f booM. \ l

-,' .. ", ~ ~~IIPC 0 uur P'~n ~!\I.;:-. t Inn ,HId sphl'r,;::-- ,'If w'"lrk It lm;cr .. ). i lh~. ~tIt 1 hu ... the prOl·r,l1nme i ... b:ao;,cd 01' ;\ ... ·()1lll'l t ~

uf tIll,: lIl:lnifulrl .md di, .. cr!':c \':h:l..r~ .. ,' ''r of ,Il: C' ,U,I! cr~ • " . • ....... Ie '" tUhtlQ ttle ,,',dunl part ... of the world

. The pro~ran.lm~ prt·widt· .. the Ynnm; C(lmIllUI\~'" 1~ with a !'C,W ;\1!d HI.\porL.lnl wcapun in it ... slruVi.!IC' • ., llh ~!ld ilchmtc d,rc ... ·lIon .. in the stru~~lc for \\orl1 ~~"t~: (

of hI..' pr0,l:r;l1llntc cmbodie:-;. thl' best rcvolntiol1:\r\' In.dili the entire youth mo\'cmcnL . . Tht! treatment of the pro~ranl1ne at the C(,nl,'tt lntt.'!'cslCd p:\rlidp:ltion of :111 COl1grcs. ... dc1c2atc!'. the nil 0 1.1 ... pMpo .... 'lI .. and :uncnchncnts bc:\r'" tc.;.timon\· of th~ of intt: rnal fon:c ... in the Y .<.:'.1. Thereforc , ' the 3MpI.; lhe prn.'{ranltuc me::an :-o at the :-o3UlC time :\\\";\kenin~ tb~ t" r~ti~'~\l interc.::.t in OUT Yount:: COl1lnlunh.t r.t"3~~'" Bt~~ in mind Lcnin' s word ... , .. \\'i tholll rC\'olutioll::1 ry th~r~· t ~~:\11 be no revo lutio nar"\" mo \'cmenl .. wt' tnu ... t t:n~~Ur:l~ r: in :\11 oT$::1 ni '::':1tioll..o: th"(' ~ t\l (h' of the prot{Tamml!". (urtw. then.·by thC01"cti \.·a l dc\"clopnu.·nt .

XXI. The Y.C .. l.- the Only InieTn allon31 Orgaoisali .. of the Young " ' orker:c!

Our Fifth \\'o rld ConRr'"cl"!" has pro\"ed that the \'".C i:-- a real internatio nal o rgalli ..;ation. :\[or'"c t han ~t c(

Counrc,...;.c . • the work h:1d a de.:idcdly inter!'3tion3.1 .: "r The Y.C . I, is a united r:101il~·. The quc..;lIon \\h,\,1\ l~";~~ 1I0W i ~ t o .. pread the inte rnational ... pirit, t o cd:U\-:atc 1 ma .. -.c .. (or internationalism. to intere .. t them loll '.he tru o( tl~(.·ir dao;.s brother,.. in all the ca p it 3!ri .. t rCOUt'I'''rl\:.~r\.;. :\

rhe Fi£lh C on1!Tesc:: h3 o;. armed ns or ur ll' . Jt' Y.lo:'. L. member mu:-. t !--tud\'" the dc£"i!--illllo;. and mu~t ~ to apply thc:m in the practlC"al e\'"cr.vcl:lY work. . on II

Ihery Y.C.I •. member 10 hi s polil! ,lore 3(lhlt\.'I*

parl.f ever)'" lndhldua' member and of the "hole orp'a~1 Idl( Ma:\.lmum enorlll 10 ~.renAlhen the Y . C . 1.. Iht. on ~ cia! nalloaa. ftJilblintt organlullon of Ihe r c\olli l lon:&r\r r­con clou ) ·ounJil ,,"orken.,

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