The Need for a Systematic Picture

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You write that the lies of l'Humanité cause resentment in Catalonia. This can be easily imagined. But resentment alone is insufficient. The Opposition press must give a systematic picture of what is happening in Spain.

This matter has a tremendous importance. The re-education of the cadres of international communism will be based upon the living experience of the Spanish revolution. There must be systematic correspondence from Barcelona and Madrid — or, rather, not simply correspondence but political documents of first-rate significance. Without this, the Stalinists are capable of creating around the Catalan Federation such an atmosphere of isolation and hostility that this may by itself push the advanced Catalan workers on the road of adventure and catastrophe.