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national. Our first step was the publication of a manifesto against the Amsterdam International, and at this Congress we shall take another long step forward. I believe that the significance of this Trade Union Congress is clear to all of us. Our struggle against the Amsterdam International, this last bulwark of the bourgeoisie, must be fought to a finish. For that reason this is a most important question, and the Congress must devote its keenest attention to it. After the Congress, this question must be dealt with by all affiliated parties as the most important problem of the day.
THE FUTURE TASKS OF THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
This is our general report. What shall we do now? Along what lines shall we work further? I believe that the lines laid down by the Second Congress are, in general, the right ones. The deviations to the left of some of our comrades during the Second Congress must be straightened out; we need a straight line. The struggle against the Right elements has not by any means come to an end yet. As a matter of fact, it has not yet begun properly, if we consider the fact that the Amsterdam Trade Union International still has twenty million workers in its organisation. The battle against the Right is our main-task. The struggle against the trade unions, and against the centrist, is a question of tactics. It was because we had decided upon effective policies that we were able to win-such successes in the various countries during the course of the past year. Our policy was right, and by it we shall succeed. The great watchword in those countries, in which we have not yet obtained a majority in this third year of our struggle, must be to fight for the attainment of such a majority and to win over the masses. We had practically no International co-ordination and a com-
