ABSTRACT
The Workers party caused another split in the American Communist movement. Just before the split, one Communist leader wrote: "It cannot be denied that the Communist Party of America practically does not exist as a factor in the class struggle." The split came after only eight months of "unity." Most of these months were spent preparing for the split. The majority of the official party's leadership had moved toward a break by suspending the three Left Opposition leaders. To John J. Ballam's consternation, the Comintern leaders were little impressed with his claim to represent a majority of the American Communists. They say, "You report 5,000 comrades in America, whose comrades are they? Dobin's, Moore's and Henry's? or are they Lenin's, Trotsky's and Bucharin's? You must obey the discipline first." One of the underground Communist parties contained two factions, the Geese and the Liquidators, virtually equivalent to parties within a party.
