Chapter 417 Struggle Strategy
What conditions are needed to launch a workers’ uprising? This is a question worth exploring.
After all, it is not always appropriate to launch a workers’ movement to fight for the interests of the broad group of workers.
For example, if the external conditions are insufficient, the enemy's power is too strong, or we are facing special circumstances such as war or famine, under such external conditions, it is somewhat inappropriate to launch a workers' movement.
Of course, if the social unrest caused by defeat and famine has aroused widespread social dissatisfaction with the rulers, then this is the best time to mobilize workers' democracy, because at this time, workers' democracy will be mobilized They often gain widespread support and play a key role.
Therefore, when should we mobilize workers' democracy, and when should we tolerate compromise and temporarily give in, it is a matter that tests the level of leadership.
Sometimes the time is not right, and an action that has great hope of success may instead face the possibility of failure.
However, what is more important than the external environment is whether the workers’ group has the necessary conditions to launch a workers’ uprising.
For example, whether the workers are united enough, whether they fully realize the necessity of struggle, whether they have clear goals of struggle, and more importantly, whether they are guided by scientific ideas.
The goals of the early labor movement were simple, to raise wages, to reduce working hours while raising wages, and most importantly, freedom of collective organization.
The first two are easy to understand and are the simplest demands of the workers’ group, while the latter is the basis for whether the labor movement can fight against the capitalists.
As the owner of capital and the means of production, the capitalist has all economic power in his favor. As long as workers are still competing with each other for jobs, they will have no power to fight against their employers.
In this case, the "rules of the game" are purely beneficial to the capitalists: the capitalists can set wages as low as they like, and workers have to accept them because they are afraid of losing their jobs and therefore their means of living.
Workers only have a chance to benefit from the struggle against capitalists by ceasing to compete with each other, confronting employers collectively, and refusing to work under unacceptable conditions.
Experience soon taught them that if they did not have the freedom to organize collectively, they would have no weapons to fight against the oppression of the capitalists.
At this point, Purficott taught Kallen from the beginning to unite and unite all forces that can be united, so Kallen established a workers' union from the beginning to unite workers and engineers from different factories across the city. They all unite to become a whole and have the strength to fight against the capitalists.
And now, she has developed the entire organization to more than half of the New World colonies, making the worker group not only unprecedentedly strong, but also exceptionally united.
Objectively speaking, this has already met the necessary conditions for the rise of the labor movement and even struggle. As for the issue of the external environment, the current conflict between capitalists and workers is not particularly acute. Although unemployment, low wages, long working hours and other issues have caused workers to be very dissatisfied with their employers, this is still It is still at the stage of the early labor movement and has not developed into a deeper stage of struggle.
“In the attack stage of the labor movement, strike organization must contain a certain degree of class organization. This especially implies the idea that the interests of every wage laborer are It is decided by collective action; it proposes solutions of class solidarity and opposes solutions that seek to increase personal interests without regard to the interests of other wage workers." Purficott and Karen talked about what they knew and understood. The understanding of knowledge was imparted to Karen without reservation: "So if you plan to launch a large-scale workers' movement, then you must pay special attention to the occurrence of individual peace talks and resumption of work in individual cities or factories.
Although I am not sure that this will definitely happen, as the struggle lasts longer, the time that workers in different regions and different factories can sustain is also different. As a leader and organizer, you must pay special attention to this issue. . "
"I remember, you are right. I have now noticed that the representatives from various regions are not of the same mind. There is a conflict between the workers' representatives in the economically developed areas and the workers' representatives in the economically poor areas. There are huge differences and contradictions, and their demands are completely different. Just coordinating them so that they don't conflict and are willing to sit down and talk together makes me spend a lot of time! "While Kallen was recording what Purficott said, she was also confiding her bitterness to her. Although she had enough awareness to join this great cause, this did not prevent Kallen from being just an adult. Soon the girl will also have worries and depression, and she will want to find someone to talk to.
Perfect just smiled tolerantly when Karen showed her weak side in front of him.
During this period, Purficott has not failed to pay attention to Kallen and the workers' union she established. The Northern Assassin Brotherhood and intelligence organizations have been obtaining their relevant information and intelligence. , and summarized it in front of Purficott.
She knew clearly that Kallen was a brave and persevering person. She spent nearly two years building a city that spanned most of the New World. The colonial workers' organization also led this workers' organization to launch many actions such as strikes, protests, and demonstrations, and fought for a large number of rights and interests for the workers. This is enough to show that she is also a very capable person.
At the same time, this is enough to prove how effective Karen's work is. It is no wonder that the pseudonym she used will be wanted by the colonial authorities of the New World with a very high reward.
If it were Perficott, she would probably offer a higher reward and send someone to directly assassinate him, or simply send out steam knights to uproot the entire workers' union.
Having studied the history of the labor movement in the original world, she clearly knows what an excellent labor leader means to the labor movement.
It’s just that people always have a weak side. Even Kallen will have times when she is tired and tired. She is willing to show this side to herself, which is also a very special thing for Purficott. A novel experience.
There are not many people in the world who can confide their anguish and troubles to her without reservation, and Kallen can even be considered the only one.
After all, there are too few friends or acquaintances who are so close to Purfict, and as an elder, it is obviously impossible for Princess Anne to confide in a junior like this. After all, Kallen is the only one.
(End of this chapter)