Saying that the creation of the USSR split labor also seems anachronistic to me. A lot of labor movements were already split by 1917 because there was lots of in fighting over to what degree WW1 should be either supported or opposed. The Australian Labor Party split in 1916, for example.
Here in the USA the comintern played a constructive role by requiring the consolidation of the CLPA and the CPA in the early 20s. The resulting organization, the now-liberalized CPUSA, had an enormously positive role in the labor struggles of the following decades through its CIO and ILD mass organizations, among others.
Saying that the creation of the USSR split labor also seems anachronistic to me. A lot of labor movements were already split by 1917 because there was lots of in fighting over to what degree WW1 should be either supported or opposed. The Australian Labor Party split in 1916, for example.
Here in the USA the comintern played a constructive role by requiring the consolidation of the CLPA and the CPA in the early 20s. The resulting organization, the now-liberalized CPUSA, had an enormously positive role in the labor struggles of the following decades through its CIO and ILD mass organizations, among others.