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| 20. AMERICAN COMMDNISM of Mr. Stale's material. While Steele is personally well, informed on these problems, a qareless reader of his publications could easily confuse Communists and liberalsi and communism and social reform. They are not re- commended for use by any one but specialists in this subject* The New Leader is much more accurate. All Communist teaching is dominated by the existing Party Line* The Line is a tactical adaptation of the strategic theory of Marxism, in the light of a particular historical situation. It can and often does change drastically, it is likely, however, that the current Line, adopted in July 1945, will persist for a considerable period of time. The Line, entitled "Present Situation and the Next Tasks," was ostensibly the fruit of several thousand resolutions sent in by local Party groups, but actually was drawn up in accord with and approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Moscow. The new Line transfers the hatred engendered against Fascism to the so-called roots of Fascism, namely, "the extremely reactionary forces in the United States and England, which are centered in trusts and cartels." American finance capital is now sponsoring a new imperialism, which aims to counter the forces of freedom springing up spontaneously in the countries conquered or liberated by the Red Army, or roused up by the Communist coali- tions in other lands. These forces are foes of the Soviet Union. They have i nf luenced the State Department to support the forces of reaction, rather than the pro-Soviet governments in Europe and Asia. They would scuttle the San Francisco Charter and the agreements of Teheran, Crimea, and Potsdam. Accordingly, the Truman Administration must be pressured into forming a Soviet-American coalition, and rebuking capitalist imperialism* The Labor ,. movement and the Negro people must supply this pressure. "It is imperative that maximum unity of action be developed among the CIO, the AFL, and the Railroad brotherhoods and that their full participation in the New TTorld Federation of Trade Unions be achieved." In the A.F. of L. progressive forces should overthrow the entrenched leadership. At the same time, labor must strengthen its ties with the veterans, the working farmers, the Negro people, youth* women, intellectuals, and small business men, and with their democratic organizations. This line is then expressed in a series of slogans* A few of the more pertinent are quoted, since Communists often give themselves away by verbatim quoting of the official slogans: "iarry out in full the decisions made by the Big Three at Teheran, Crimea, and Potsdam." "Punish the war guilty without further delay, including the German and Japanese staffs and monopolists. Death to all fascist war criminals. Make Germany and Japan pay full reparations," "Strengthen the World Labor Uongress as the backbone of the unity of •fche peoples and the free nations, Admit the Korld Labor Congress to the Economic and Social Ooflncil 9f the World Security Organization." "Put an end to Anglo-American political intervention against the peoples, as in Greece,. Belgium, and Italy..* Grant the right of self-determination t* |