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 ance of an unorganized opposition reflecting the dissatisfaction of the masses with the labor bureaucracy. The R. I. L. U. adherents who have a definite program and a definite tactic should take an attentive attitude towards all the opposition sentiments, remembering that the unorganized opposition reflects a left tendency among the masses and a steady transition from reformism to Communism. The growth of the opposition reflects one of the transitional moments of the labor movement, and the R. IL. L. U. adherents have to introduce the greatest clarity into this opposition movement. This can be done only if the R. I. L. U. ADHERENTS WILL SUPPORT EVERY OPPOSITION MOVEMENT WITHIN THE LABOR UNIONS DIRECTED against the reformist bureaucracy. It is necessary to unite this opposition on a concrete program of action and try to get it to act unitedly during all the important events in the labor movement, Since the opposition has nothing but the R. I. L. U. Program to choose, the R, I. L. U. adherents, acting persistently, vigorously and ably towards the formation of opposition blocs against the labor bureaucracy, it will be able to rally to their side all the honest and dissatisfied elements.

Frequently these opposition elements react to the treacheries of the labor bureaucracy by withdrawing from the trade unions. Thus a new category of persons appears in the labor movement, elements that were members of the organizations for some time and then withdrew from them. At the same time we have millions of workers who have never been members of any organization. This leads us to the necessity of launching a determined struggle for the organization of the unorganized. THE TRADE UNIONS ARE THE ONLY ASSEMBLING PLACE FOR ALL THE UNORGANIZED; this is why the R. I. L. U. adherents in every country should steadily work towards the winning over of more and more workers into the trade unions and combat the barriers set up by some of the reactionary unions against all outsiders. It would be entirely wrong to create special organizations of the unorganized, as this would merely mean formation of dual organizations under different names, and in an unfavorable situation. Only in the industries where no unions are in existence should the organization. of the unions be launched, the name under which they should be organized to depend upon the local situation and the conditions of the particular workers. The attraction of the broad unorganized masses towards conscious political activity is possible through the correct application of the united front tactic and the organizations of the shop committees.

Experience shows that the united front tactic is a perfectly correct tactic, even though its application in some countries, due to a poor approach to the question, has not given very good results. In some cases the united front tactic was interpreted as a periodic dispatch of letters to the reformist chiefs. The united front tactic reduced to such a periodic correspondence is undoubtedly a distortion of the main idea of the struggle for the united front. The essence of the united front tactic consists in organizing mass campaigns on certain issues, in attracting the broad working masses to active participation in the proposed actions. In any united front proposal it is necessary to remember first of all and above all, the millions of toilers, and the necessity to