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Letter to Arne Swabeck, March 29, 1934
| Author(s) | Leon Trotsky |
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| Written | 29 March 1934 |
The Proposed Fusion in the United States
To the Leadership of the Communist League of America
Dear Comrade Swabeck:
I hope you have already received from the International Secretariat its expression of opinion in regard to the plans for fusion with the American Workers Party.
You know that the attempt once made here for fusion with the SAP and with the OSP did not succeed in either case. It did not succeed with the SAP because they did not want to, nor with the OSP because our section refused. In England the attempt to enter the ILP led to a split in our section. If you can accomplish the fusion with the AWP, then we will in any case be enriched by an important experiment, and in this epoch we must experiment to a certain degree. We are sufficiently firm in principle and sufficiently centralized, also, internationally, to permit ourselves such an experiment. To propose from here or to recommend the fusion with the AWP would be impossible. We are too far away and know too little about the concrete situation. Since you, however, have undertaken the fusion on your own initiative, we can from here extend our confidence that you will carry the matter through to its conclusion.
I must now call your attention to another matter. The attitude of the American League towards the IS is completely inadmissible It really doesnât suffice to call oneself internationalists, it must also be proved by ringing coin. The IS is financially completely exhausted and it is confronted with great tasks. For the time being the International Bulletin has been suspended because we are head over heels in debt. You too suffer on account of it because you are not now being informed about international affairs. After all itâs not a very large sum thatâs involved. But the contribution must be regular and they are just as important as the maintenance of The Militant, etc. I am saying nothing about the fact that the big question is now being decided in France, and that every centime must be economized here. The American League must fulfill its duty.
I shall appreciate very much hearing further news from you about the League and about the relations with the AWP.
L. Trotsky