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Letter to Lazar Kling, May 23, 1932
| Author(s) | Leon Trotsky |
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| Written | 23 May 1932 |
Dear Comrade Kling:
I have proven to be negligent this time with respect to you. I apologize. I have had a great deal of urgent work to do in recent weeks, and I was forced to greatly neglect correspondence.
Nevertheless I was able to send Unzer Kamf a short greeting. I hope that it was received.
I have forwarded to Palestine to the Poale Zion group one copy of all the issues of the newspaper that have reached me. One of the members of their central committee, who signs his name as Nathan, has begun corresponding with me. He is a serious comrade, gravitating strongly toward the Left Opposition. There is sympathy for the Left Opposition among them. It is possible that a good correspondent for Unzer Kamf could be found in their midst.
You ask whether it would be proper to present to the trade unions and other mass organizations resolutions protesting against the persecution of the Left Opposition. In my opinion this depends on the concrete situation. In a reactionary union, of course, it is impossible to put such resolutions to a vote. But if a given organization is sympathetic toward the USSR, it is fully possible to try to secure the passage of a resolution which pledges full support to the USSR and at the same time expresses the demand: End the repression of the Left Opposition.
I must give a similar answer to your second question, about the struggle against the demoralized and unscrupulous figures of the Communist Party. To build a campaign on this basis, of course, is inadmissible since it would create the atmosphere of a terrible squabble and facilitate the application of pogrom-like methods by the Stalinist bureaucracy. But in those cases where the soil has been sufficiently prepared politically it is possible to deal an extra blow by exposing what kind of people are for the defense of the "general line." But in blows of this kind, of a personal nature, the greatest preciseness, substantiation, and honesty is demanded. To be guided by rumors and unverified information is inadmissible under any circumstances.
Thank you for the booklet.
With my greetings
L. Trotsky