Albert H. Hawkins  Communist Discipline  Source: The Communist,
October 14 1920. Publisher: Communist Party of Great Britain
Transcription/Markup: Brian Reid  A remarkable thing about the
new Communist Party is the wave of enthusiasm and the desire to
be up and doing which is apparent amongst the members. This
spirit is apparent both in those districts where actual fusion
has taken place between local groups and branches and in
districts where the local branch was, and still is, the only
revolutionary organisation.  The reason for this revival may, I
think, be found in the fact that we are now more definitely
identified with our Russian comrades than ever before. The
members of the Communist Party feel that they are now part of
the same organisation as the comrades who are carrying out the
great Russian experiment.  It therefore becomes necessary to
examine our Party machinery and outlook in order that anything
which contravenes the spirit of the Russian Revolution may be
speedily remedied. The essential diff