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 education and organization. The best means of training and educating the young workers in the class spirit is to draw them into the work of the shop committees and of the unions, to charge them with special union functions, to organize young workers; groups for the struggle against strikebreakers and Fascist bands, to create anti-militarist circles, etc. The red unions must fight for the economic program of the Communist Youths' International. Every young worker must be made to see that the red union is a real defender of his interests both within and without the workplace.

In its struggles, the working class creates subsidiary organizations, such as the International Workers' Relief and the International Red Aid. Both these organizations render substantial assistance to the revolutionary workers in their struggle. The reformists are now frantically attacking the International Workers' Relief for its assistance to strikers. Everything should be done to develop and regulate the work of these organizations and to direct them, through direct participation in their work, along proper channels. The utmost assistance and support should be given to these two organizations for their work is useful to the international labor movement.

The revolutionary unions of the Metropolis should give the greatest support to the unions organizing in the colonial and semi-colonial countries. THE WORK AMONG THE COLONIAL WORKERS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED UNDER THE SLOGAN OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE COLONIES. It is not necessary to strive for the inclusion of the colonial unions into the labor movement of the Metropolis, for the oppressed workers might consider this another form of imperialist pressure. The more intensive the struggle of the revolutionary unions for independence of the colonies, the less suspicious will the colonial workers be towards their brethren in the Metropolis.

The revolutionary unions have done very little in this field. Yet after the "last war" the armies and the navies of the various countries have greatly grown and are more and more frequently called upon to aid the bourgeoisie against the workers. IT IS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH CLOSE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE MOBILIZED MEMBERS OF THE LABOR UNIONS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. This connection could be maintained through special funds, societies, etc. but it must be maintained at any price. Propaganda among the soldiers should be conducted with a view towards demoralizing the armed forces of the bourgeoisie. ALL THE SEAMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO CONNECTIONS WITH THE SEAMEN OF THE NAVY, who might play in some countries an exceptionally important role during decisive battles.

The gigantic task facing the revolutionary labor movement of all countries can be accomplished only if the greatest unity and a determination to fight and win prevails within our ranks, Discipline, based upon the decisions adopted, is the most important condition for success in any struggle. The congress calls upon all the R. I. L. U. organizations, upon the various members of the revolutionary unions, and particularly upon the leaders of the red unions, to raise their activity and