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labour organizations of the masses. It is necessary to form Communist nuclei within these organizations, which by persistent and lasting work must win over the labour unions to the side of Communism. These nuclei must constantly denounce the treachery of the social patriots and the fluctuations of the "centre". These Communist nuclei must be completely subordinated to the Party in general.

10. Any party belonging to the Communist International is bound to carry on a stubborn struggle against the Amsterdam "International" of the Yellow Labour Unions. It must insistently propagate among the organized workers the necessity of a rupture with the yellow Amsterdam International. It must support by all the means in its power the international unification of Red Labour Unions, adhering to the Communist International, which is now beginning.

11. Parties desirous of joining the Third International shall be bound to reinspeet the personnel of their parliamentary factions, remove all unreliable elements therefrom, subordinate such factions not verbally only, but in reality, to the Central Committee of the Party, and demand from each proletarian Communist to submit his whole work to the interests of real revolutionary propaganda.

12. In the same way should all the periodical and other press and all publications be fully subordinated to the Central Committee, whether