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February 8, 1928
The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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The Workers (Communist) Party holds a reception at Irving Plaza for 18 selected students beginning a 10-week intensive training course at the Workers School to develop revolutionary leaders amid growing movement and war threats.
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Training Revolutionary Leaders
Tonight there will be held at Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 15th street, at the close of the plenum of the Workers (Communist) Party a reception to the students who are beginning a ten weeks' intensive training course in the Workers School. The students attending this special course represent every district of the country. Of several score applications only eighteen were selected.
Only the most active comrades were chosen—those with long records in Party work and pledged to devote their lives to the revolutionary movement.
The fact that such a course is required is a tribute to the growth of the Communist movement in this country and to the realization on the part of the Central Committee of the Party of the magnitude of the tremendous tasks before the working class at the present historical moment. It also indicates an appreciation of the increasing role of the Communist Party in the struggles in the United States, as the official leadership of the labor movement repeatedly betrays the working class in face of the war danger, aids the employers in the ferocious drive against the unions, and tries to help the imperialists prepare the masses for mere vassals and cannon fodder in the next world war.
The present leading cadre of the Party is all too small. There are many posts to be filled in the leadership of the revolutionary vanguard of the working class. New districts and important sub-districts are to be opened up, and this special training course will prepare the students to take up these responsibilities when they are trained for that work.
Every branch of revolutionary theory and practice will be dealt with, so that the students who complete the course will be equipped to solve most of the problems that confront them.
When these eighteen have completed their training course, preparations will be made to select other comrades for future courses, so that the Party will be able to train in a short period of time a powerful revolutionary leadership that will be able to fulfill its historical role of leading the working class of this country to victory over the mightiest imperialist power the world has ever seen.
Tonight there will be held at Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 15th street, at the close of the plenum of the Workers (Communist) Party a reception to the students who are beginning a ten weeks' intensive training course in the Workers School. The students attending this special course represent every district of the country. Of several score applications only eighteen were selected.
Only the most active comrades were chosen—those with long records in Party work and pledged to devote their lives to the revolutionary movement.
The fact that such a course is required is a tribute to the growth of the Communist movement in this country and to the realization on the part of the Central Committee of the Party of the magnitude of the tremendous tasks before the working class at the present historical moment. It also indicates an appreciation of the increasing role of the Communist Party in the struggles in the United States, as the official leadership of the labor movement repeatedly betrays the working class in face of the war danger, aids the employers in the ferocious drive against the unions, and tries to help the imperialists prepare the masses for mere vassals and cannon fodder in the next world war.
The present leading cadre of the Party is all too small. There are many posts to be filled in the leadership of the revolutionary vanguard of the working class. New districts and important sub-districts are to be opened up, and this special training course will prepare the students to take up these responsibilities when they are trained for that work.
Every branch of revolutionary theory and practice will be dealt with, so that the students who complete the course will be equipped to solve most of the problems that confront them.
When these eighteen have completed their training course, preparations will be made to select other comrades for future courses, so that the Party will be able to train in a short period of time a powerful revolutionary leadership that will be able to fulfill its historical role of leading the working class of this country to victory over the mightiest imperialist power the world has ever seen.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Bravery Heroism
Triumph
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Communist Party
Workers School
Revolutionary Training
Leadership Cadre
War Danger
Where did it happen?
Irving Plaza, Irving Place And 15th Street
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Irving Plaza, Irving Place And 15th Street
Event Date
Tonight, At The Close Of The Plenum Of The Workers (Communist) Party
Story Details
Reception for 18 selected active comrades starting a 10-week intensive training course in the Workers School to prepare revolutionary leaders for expanding Party roles amid labor betrayals and war dangers.