p The contemporary working-class movement is gaining momenum, but at the same time one cannot tail to see that in the struggle against capitalism the workers of various countries meet with failures as well, that the reactionary forces get the better of the class struggle now in one sphere now in another. The formidable difficulties which the working class has to face in the capitalist countries are one of the reasons for these setbacks. The bourgeoisie, the adversary of the working class, is rich and well organised and, in addition, possesses a powerful state apparatus—an apparatus of coercion and ideological indoctrination. But the principal reason is that there is a split in the working-class movement caused by opportunists. The bourgeoisie, naturally, does its utmost to preserve and widen this split in order to weaken the working class and paralyse its revolutionary activity. In these circumstances it is extremely important to 96 close the split and achieve the unity of the working class, the unity of all anti-imperialist forces in the general struggle against capitalist rule. The Communist Parties of Great Britain, France, Italy and other capitalist countries regard this as the cardinal task of the day. In pressing for unity, the Communists are motivated not by narrow Party interests, as the leaders of the Social-Democrats would like people to believe, but by the interests of the working class itself, of the working people, including those who belong to the Social-Democratic and other parties and organisations. These are common interests of the struggle against monopoly domination, for democratic reforms, peace, social progress and socialism.

The struggle for the unity of the working-class movement, for the creation of a united anti-imperialist front is a fundamental component of the struggle against imperialism.