AN ANALYSIS OF THE DRAFT PROGRAM OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS

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Analysis of the trait Program
World Federation of Trade Unions
Part Ones Th Irsft oar
I. The executive council of the 1 arid Federation of Trade Unions.
in Prague on 23-26 June 1961, approved a draft program for
ion at the fifth world trade union congress to be held in Moscow
in December 1961. 'Ms program is set forth in seven sections.
a. Introduction and fectton 1, nineteen paragraphs, describe,
from the Cornxnunist point of view, the status, power, and problems
of the working class in the world situation and relate the problems to
the fifth congress.
b. Section 2, seventeen paragraphs, justifies and describes
ommunist peace campaign.
s of the trade unionoin
c. Section 3, twenty-two pexaaraphs, justifies and describes
of the trade unbns in the anti-colonial struggle.
Section 4, seventeen per graphs, describes in glowing
8, power, and achieve= ents of the trade union organi-
wrist bloc as an ideal--a model toward which all trade
e moving.
a. Section 5, twenty paragraphs,justifies and describes those
union tasks in the advanced capitalist countries necessary for the
stnent of the power and influence of trade union organisations
Utica' and economic decision-making.
1. Section 6, twelve paragraphs, justifies and describes those
trade union tasks that must be carried out to weaken the position of
anti-Communist trade union leaders aat to aid in the recruitment and
indoctrination of trade union members.
g. Section?, twenty-one paragraphs, discusses the problems
encountered by Communist-dominated trade unions in their unity of
action efforts and spells out the tactics through which unity is to be
achieved and the mein opponents of the trade union unity between
Communists and non-Communists discredited or destroyed.
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Alitheogh them is a* erreplicit referesse to either the Moscow
6 Deomeher declareditm of $I parties or other reek declarations
el' the Ornament parties et the world. the draft preware is completely
reasistest with the Mentew riselseittlen if 6 December MO. Thom
*minas tiesliag wohh, the rodeeremed capitalist eseatetes are also
completely consietest with the Nevernberl939 declaration of the II
141110,40111k Commusist parties.
S. The program calls for retiliand mOss *triune mid *calm
prophase at the asthma level threughset the world rather then for
etakimmttees or parliamentary and torganisstiostal rosneuveries. The
dna prep*** mows the two major programs (tatermidessed develop-
ments itenl the present sctiosonimi sad tasks of trade usiesmi the resstri-
Wiest
the trial* =bins ihrr the smelle against conalalistre) submitted
to the MS stemins of the trrre general council at Pelting ia lase 1960
La the reports by Marcel broe sad threhim Zakarin. But on the question
of the poles nempolga, the vrre dr** program to larder thea the brae
preosmissiden. far =ample, arnesoliebents hsemporeded at diet last
messieter Is reideg la the aree report inetuded the smallest that the
WaidaVilMiffatt of poseatel coexistence weed mak* it possible for the mere
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La other parts of the wertel end aim contained the akilet that the
people of the tenterdeveleped countries were *tierpable of distinguishing
hebtesses stri Oren by the Mee sad aid received from the trektor etoitalist
seatem." the,. retienaliestions her. disappeared to the draft program.*
The erneneric berme** et disermareeni is the capitalist world *re mew
described is terms appealing to the worker* of the medalist countries
4.1orie. Aid to ilndtrittmmitTotd countries from the capitalist -world is
ernimmed and the poste** and disinterested cheroot**, of bloc riiti is
eggressivedy 'toted.
4. Orepide the diesppearance of the ratiessileations mentioned
sham the propose; to gnarly a victory for the CPM. The preservation
sad etcongthrraing of peace sad the prevention of sew world war are
described se Istire vital probl.x of our eke, and the first specification
limits of the
Disceenher 1960
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I poseshal coexistence
advanced collet ries.
The prosrarn is
the leader and tela
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it calls for direct sott.4ip.rislist ca aigns are
Africa, Anoxia, Laos, end the C041 O. Its flank tactic
r for otruggles asainet r000p*lI -4nt.ratLaosl, foreign,
nopolles--which it describe* as the source and inspiration
This general line takes two hums. Far the coantries
and Latta America, e can-ipaiin against international
* clearly encerlpsteoes anti-USA campaign* and is
don of the pro?ratrk ler national deLzAscracies as set
saber 1941 statennsat. In the advanced capitalist
k is directed asainot national monopolies and all
1/ forces. without riuling out those of the United
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at both the national and interrnational levels, as a means of 4letred1tin4
est olirnioatin anti-ColnAvIunist leaders.
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