The Washington herald., 1919-11-10
REDS MANIFESTO
CALLS WORKERS
TO START REVOLT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

3 ELI EtkOh EAUb 'NE
domination. liberating the prison.
ers. demolish prisons and police Of
fees. destroy all legal papers per-
tanning to private ownership OF
property. all field fences and boun-
daries. and burn all certificates of
| indebtedness-in a word we must
take care that everything is wiped
from the earth that is "a reminder
of the right to private ownership
Of property; to blow UP barracks.
gendarme and police 'administra-
tion. shoot the most prominent mil
; itary and police officers, must be
the important concern of the re-
voting working people.
'In~the work Of destruction we
must be merciless. for the slightest
weakness upon our part may after
ward cost the working class a
whole sea of needless blood.
Nationalist Industry.
In completely destroying all
vestiges of the dominion of capital
and state. We must try as soop as
possible to start production upon
new foundation, that il, extend the
existing labor organizations and
their unions. and give production
over to them. Every city should
! begin the work separately. and pro-
claim a commune; that is. the union
of all free labor organization will
become masters, of the city.
I'VE will not summon the work.
| ing class to social revolution in
order to strengthen in it a respect
! for private ownership of property
/ created by their bloody toll. On
that day when all workers go forth
upon the street we will say to them /:
See how all productive and
commercial is still. how dark and
dismal stands the silent mills.
manufacturers. work shops and
warehouses from that minute when
we stop work
Who created all this wealth. If
! not the workers? To whom should
it belong. if not to you, the prole-
tariat? Throw away your slavish
respect for the law. Take every
thing you need. Feed all the hun
I cry. Destroy your dirty collars and
move into. the luxurious palaces of
the idle rich. Whosoever shall him
der you remove him from your path
as a foe of your freedom.
For General Strike.
But they may still say to us: Is
it possible that you dream of break
ing such a formidable force as that
of present day government? We
answer that the general strike is the
| best means of weakening and de-
l,%r haf Thn or iS
strong only at the time when it is
concentrated at a few points and
| fully maintains a strict discipline.
| But what will become of the army
when 1t has to be scattered all over
I the country? What will become oi
discipline when >the soldier is con-
vinced that he has to do not with a
little bunch of internal enemies
! but with the whole of the working
people. Does not the heart OF the
worker in uniform quake before the
grand majority of the people in re-
/ volt? Does there not awaken in
him a fraternal feeling of the soll-
darity of all toilers. of all the op-
pressed? In that hour the army will
at once stand powerless in the face
of the rebellious toll and govern
ment will crumble away to the ex-
ulting shouts of liberated humanity
I'VE may. therefore, formulate oui
tactics thus: BY participating in the
struggle of the working class. guild.
ing It, and uninterruptedly widen
ing and deepening that struggle
kindle and maintain the confagra-
4 tion Of civil war until the toiler,
have torn up by the roots capitalism
and government.
Hate Religion.
I'VE hate religion because it Iulls
the spirit with lieing tales, takes
away courage and faith in the powe,
of men. faith in the triumph Of jus.
tice here on the real earth and no,
In Q chimerical heaven. Religion
covers everything with fog: real
evil becomes visionary. and, vision.
ary good a reality. 1T has always
sanetifed slavery. grief and tears
And we declare war upon all god.
fesd religious fables. We are athe-
4 lists.
eve hate authority, that eternal
preserver of slavery and foe of free.
Il dom. We are anarchists"