of the split-up labour unions it would be utterly irrational to detach individual Communists and revolutionary workers from the reformist unions, and to transfer them to the revolutionary unions. Not a single reformist union should remain without the Communist ferment. Increasingly vigorous Communist activity both in the reformist and the revolutionary organisations is the pre-requisite of the re-establishment of unity.
24. The unity of the labour union organisations can only be preserved, and likewise the disturbed unity can be re-established only in case the Communists will put forward a practical programme of action in each country and in relation to each branch of industry. Only on the basis of practical work, or practical struggle, is it possible to unite the scattered elements of the working-class movement, and, in case of a split in the labour unions, to establish the prerequisite for their reuniting in point of organisation. Every Communist must bear in mind that a split in the trade union movement does not merely imperil the actual gains of the working class, but endangers the social revolution itself. The attempt of the reformists to split the labour union movement must be crushed at the very outset. This can be achieved by increased strenuous organisational and political work among the working masses.
VII. The Struggle against the Expulsion of Communists.
25. The expulsion of the Communists has for its purpose disorganisation of the revolutionary movement by isolating the leaders from the mass of workers. The Communists cannot therefore reduce their efforts to the forms and methods of struggle which they were using heretofore. The most critical moment has now been reached in the history of the world's labour movement. The wish for a split has become extremely accentuated with the reformists. Our will for unity of the labour union movement is demonstrated by numerous facts. The Communists must prove in practice, in the future, as well as in the past, how much importance they attach to the unity of the labour union movement.
26. The more plainly our enemies display their disruptive tactics, the more vigorously does it behove us to advance the cause of unity in the labour union movement. In every factory, in every workshop, in every workers' meeting, all possible opportunities must be seized for protests against the Amsterdam tactics. It is necessary to put the question of the split in the labour union movement before every rank and file member of a labour union, and to put it not only when the split has taken place, but also when it is only being prepared. The question of expulsions must be put on the order of business of the entire labour union movement of a given country. The Communists are strong enough to resist being choked in silence. The working class must know who is for the split and. who is for unity.- The expulsions of Communists who
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