Readings:
1. Report from the Secretariat – PT. V. 2 #19
2. Peters Manual on Organization on Red Guard
3. Address to the Communist League
4. P.O. V. 2 #15 article on ERC
5. PT V. 2 #21 – ERC p. 1 & article on Nazis pg. 1.
Discussion:
1. How is the contradiction between our potential reserves and our immediate reserves going to be resolved by our initiating the formation of the ERC and the Red Guard at the present time? What can we learn from the similar attempts of the CPUSA and the POC to form similar organizations?
2. Why must we form the ERC, how and with whom? Discuss the 3 main aspects of the United Front and how they apply to forming the ERC and the Red Guard?
3. Discuss the role of the formation of the ERC as a part of the Popular Front.
4. Discuss the independent role of the party in the United Front.
5. Self-critically analyze our Party’s work around the struggle to unite the national minorities and our struggle to unite the working class – i.e., ways to push forward the struggle in your particular area – errors and rectification.