Trotsky has a greater following among Jewish workers in Russia than among other elements of the population, complains the Moscow Communist Yiddish daily, “Emes.” “It is no secret that Trotskyism has special success among the Jewish workers, clerks and the intelligentzia,” the paper writes and quotes a resolution adopted at the recent plenary session of the Yevsektzia, Jewish section of the Communist party, which stated that the Jewish population, having a large number of bourgeoisie, intelligentzia, artisans, clerks and traders in its ranks, its particularly susceptible to the Right wing influence.
“This Jewish environment is equally susceptible to the influence of the Left Trotsky ideas. A number of recent incidents in Moscow, Odessa, Kiev and other cities substantiate this. Hence we must continue to fight the Left front in the Jewish midsts,” the paper declares.
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