The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-05-14
MAY DAY SPIRIT MOUNTS
HIGH IN MINNEAPOLIS.

east. The workers of Russia by force
of arms, have overthrown their bour-
geoisie government, they have erect
ed a Workers Republic and are de-
fanding it from the assaults of
capitalist world with their invincible
red army.
This bold act has acted like a
clarion call to the workers in all
countries. Everywhere workers or
ganizations are gathering together
their forces to put an end to the
misery and misrule of the capitalist
class. Millions today throughout the
world are demonstrating their desire
for new order of society.
The workers of Minneapolis In
mass meeting assembled this first
of May, 1921, pledge our loyal sup
port to the struggling Russian Re-
public and declare our solidarity with
all efforts of the working people
everywhere to free themselves from
the exploitation of capitalism.
"We demand the resumption OF
trade with Russia which will open
our factories and give work to the
millions of unemployed.
"We pledge ourselves to work un-
ceasingly for the release of our fel-
low workers who are rotting in the
masters prisons because they up
held the principles of industrial de-
mocracy and opposed the butchery OF
workers in an imperialist war.
"We pledge ourselves to support
all efforts at International co-opera-
ton between working class organi-
cations that will be proposed in the
coming Congress of Red Industrial
and Trade Unions at Moscow, Rus
sia.
"We pledge ourselves to resist the
efforts of the capitalist class to
destroy existing working class or
ganizations; we are determined to
strengthen our organizations until
we are able to take all power into
our own hands.
"DOWN WITH CAPITALISM!
cup WITH THE WORKERS
RULE!
"LONG LIVE THE INTERNA-
TIONAL SOVIET REPUBLIC!
"LoNG LIVE THE THIRD IN
TERNATIONAL~
The parade was held under the
auspices of the International Labor
Day Committee, composed of re-
representatives. from practically all of
the working class organizations in
the city, who forgot their minor diff
ferences in order to celebrate to-
gether the international holiday OF
Labor.
! Early in the week preceding May
Day thousands of leaflets were mys-
teriously distributed in Minneapolis
and st. Paul urging the necessity OF
erecting a Workers government in
this country. We, American Work
ers, will no more stand the tyranny
of the bosses and of their govern
ment," declared the circular. "We
have had enough. The United States
government stands for the bosses
against the workers! It uses the law
making bodies, the courts and the
troops against the workers.
All newspapers in the Twin cities
printed extracts from the circular
and every one of them interpreted il
to be call for an uprising on May
Day. Authorities declared the circular
to be one of the most incendiary ant
reasonable documents ever circulat
ed against the United States gov
ernment. The circular was signed by
the United Communist Party o.
America, but all efforts of fedora
agents to discover who were respon
sible for its distribution were un
availing.
| The city government must hav,
accepted the Interpretation of tn,
newspapers seriously for about al
hour before the May Day parade
about twenty-five policemen entere'
the /. W. w. hall and made
; thorough search for fire arms! Ais
large numbers Of policemen wer
detailed to guard the line of Marc
and the parade grounds--doubtle