The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-07
MAY DAY.

May Day-fnternntioDal Labor Day
is On occasion OF universal interest
and Significance. II is then thai the
revolutionary totiers Of the werld send
fratsrnal greetings 10 each other.
pfedg5ng tho. aid OF international solid
arIty. Ia tteir bitfer struggle against
the naster eJasA
WORKING. class eoiiaerfty
politlcai. .tn4ernhsiona)Gfs q .pre-requi-
site fer Che Social Revolution.
Duo to competition for the worlds
markets. the oauiteiist olass Is torn
with dtssensfons; tho wokish thirst
for pnonts and the necessity OF dis
posing Of cbc surplus product stolen
from the workers impeT the capitalists
OF each esDarats country TO stS1vc
flarcely for thn mercantile mastery
OF tho ghgbeL So necessary is this
mastery 10 THAR continued existence.
that We soc the capftalistfc govern
ments increasing their armies and
navies as the years 80 by. In prepara-
tten for that vast conflict bound TO
be praGipitated by this struggle for
marhets-aDd this In spite Of preten-
tleus. tho impetent. Peace Congresses
and. similar hypocriucal twaddle. But
while This antagonism of fntorest Is
evident, this other fact Is also true;
that IN their opposition 10 the Revolu-
ftonary Prnletaeint the Capitalist OK
ploiters are one. irrespective OF raoe.
creed OF country; In times OF danger
In their struggles with the flecced
toIlers. they smother their snimositfes,
close thcir ranks. and present an un-
dfyided front to tho common foe:
ard In the measure that the Socialist
Movement becomes more powerful
this international coalition Of the Cap
ttalist class will become more secure.
Workers Of All Countries.
When We couple TO this, that the
workers suffer a common exploitation,
IN whatever Land or cline they be,
the imperative need of international
Proletarian Solidarity Is Immediately
evident And 1t Is on May Day that
We give expression 10 this Spirit of
Frnrerntty.
The Socialist Doctrine ~Worldngmen
OF all countries. unieof" Is no hollow
nockery, no mere np-servlce, but a
prleins and necessary fact They who
by word or action do aught to sunder
this unity, botray the Socioltstpro-
letariaa movement Whatever their
protestartons Of abstract fidelity may
be 10 Sociallsm they are In are In I
be 10 Socialism. they are In fact
other ignorant fools. or. what is more
likely, schemms and politicians mas
oreradtng as rexoIutioRists. and who
see In tho Socialist movement, not
a levor for Profetarjon Emancipation,
but a means OF leaplng into the sad
die Of political place and power.
Avoid such Socialists" az ono would
a pesdfeucel And an organization
IKE the Socialist party of this land,
that at two successive International
Congresses and one National Conven-
tIon. Introduces resolutions aiming at
the exclusion Of immigrants from
backward races Is q danger to the
Working Class. Such move would
crontc a spirit OF International Hos
ttllty. In lieu Of solidority; 1t would
rhatter the Proletariat into ae many
antaeonistlo factions as there are
rsces, and would 'uake impossible
that unity 80 essential to our ultimate
triumph "WorAlngmen OF all coun
tries, unfte,S must be made not
nero empty phrase, but living fnct
Daily Peopfe