We were very fortunate in obtaining from a delegate to the recent C.ePs Congress a copy of the amondmonts to tho main political resolution and tho list of branch resolutions, Tho resolutions and amendments show that the split in tho international communist movement is leading to emergence of tondencics within the British C.sP. . Although all the dissident resolutions wore defeated by vory large majorities, the vory fact that branch organisations
exist with a majority of dissidents is a most important chango in tho internal life of the Eritich CoP. » Of course, domocracy has. not beon won and there are many restrictions on discussion, osg.,; a resolution from North Lewisham called upon. "Congress to censure tho Political Committco for its refusal to allow the publication of contributions to the pro-congress discussion in "Commont" which argued against the proposal of the E.C. to end public controvorsy..e." in the intornational communist movemont, The right of tondoncies has most certainly not beon won and it remains to be seen how long the oppositionists will remain without action being taken against them,
The amendments and resolutions cover a political spectrum ranging from a 'pro-Chinose! position - Bell Green,(Coventry) - to one from Walthamstow, which reads: "In tho opinion of Congross it would assist in the preservation of peace and the advance to Socialism if those members of the Party entitled to do ao took thoir seats in the House of Lords and participated in its debates on appropriato occasions,"
An amondment from Fawley(Hampshiro) put tho Chinose position on tho relationship between the fight for poace and the fight for socialism, During the debate tho delogate from the branch expanded his point of viow to include an attack on the "British Road to Socialism" arguing that the party had discarded the revolutionary method for tho constitutional ono and that it was evading the issuc of the seizure of state power, sooing only tho question of a Parliamentary majority. His speoch was widely roported in the Chinese presses
The longest and best amendment come from L. 5,8. /King' s College(London) covering nearly two pages of the order paper and comprising woll over 2,000 words. It has the effect of completely rowriting the section: Why Britain's Crisis, Making a revolutionary socialist analysis, it calls for a struggle around transitional demands to raise the workor from ".. an oconomic level of consciousness to that of a political understanding of the need to smash tho capitalist state and to replace it by workers! rule," It goes on to lay down tactics for Marxist participation in united fronts around given issucs which are complotely contrary to tho standard liquifdationist tactics of the Stalinists. This remarkable amondmont onds up by calling for the reconstruction of tho Communist Intornational"....which, in the era of imporialism, is a4 basic nocossity for the organisations of world rovolution," (Bd, Notes copios of the amendment havo boon produced and are available at 2d each - 14a for tulk).
In tho section for Communist Unity a resolution from North Lowisham calls for a contimiation of tho intornational discussion and said that the rolo of tho CPGB should not be to try to stop public controvorsy" but to try to got the discussion on a more hoalthy basis..." and such a line of action to achiove this, Boll Green's two resolutions in this soetion aro both diroctod against Yugoslava the first calling for more factual information nbout tho policios and economics of fratornal countries, and the socond called for the roaffirmation of the famoug"**°5° denouncing Yugoslav
isionism in Moscow Declaration, Tho section on the Communist Party has a Tambor of resolutions with critical undertones: Odhams calling for tho rearrangement of Congress timetable to allow adequate political disoussione Stretford and Fulham called for a spoody publication of a Party history.