negro workers to membership or, where the nominal right to join exists, to agitate for a special campaign to draw them into the unions. Failing in this, it will organise the negroes into unions of their own and specially apply the United Front tactic to compel admission to the unions of the white men.
4. The Communist International will take immediate steps to hold a general Negro Conference or Congress in Moscow.
RESOLUTION ON THE ORGANISATION
OF CLASS-WAR PRISONERS' AID
"Under the capitalist offensive, in all the capitalist countries, there is a steady increase of the numbers of communist and non-party workers thrown into prison for taking part in the struggle against capitalism.
The Fourth Congress instructs all the Communist Parties to establish an organisation to render material and moral aid to the imprisoned victims of capitalism, and welcomes the initiative of the Russian "Union of Veteran Bolsheviks" to establish an international association of relief for the political class prisoners." (Applause.)
RESOLUTION ON EDUCATIONAL QUESTION
THE development of Marxist educational activity is one of the very necessary tasks of all Communist Parties. The aim of this educational work is to improve our propaganda organisations and increase the strength of our members. Besides the general Marxian education, the members of the Party should also be trained for special work.
The Communist work of education which should be an integral part of the general activity of the Party, must be directly subordinated to the Central Committee of the Party. In the countries where the revolutionary education of the workers is carried on by special organisations outside the Communist Party, this goal is to be achieved by the systematic activity of the Communists in these organisations.
It is desirable that the Party educational committees be created in the Central Executives of the Parties to conduct this educational activity. All members of the Party who belong to educational institutions which are not controlled directly by the Party, such as the proletarian culture organisations, workers' educational clubs, proletarian universities, proletcult, labour colleges, etc., fall under the control of the Party and must follow its directives.
To carry on this Communist work of education, the Parties must organise Central and local Party schools, evening and
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