The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-08-20
THE RIGHTS OF ALIENS.

interesting to note the discussion which bobs up
then regarding the rights of aliens Up until recently were
led to believe that the rights of aliens equal with those of
natives Of the land of the free so as their
being fellow human beings and live and aspiring atoms of this
universe We tho because taught it in school, that
laws guaranteed safety and the pursuit of happiness to every
human wight who sought out our hosptable shores
But times have changed great part Of Europe the home
lands of Americas immigrants being swept into
the maelstrom of political revolution And America the
has become of He looked upon with suspicion by the
laws and the laws authorities His rights here being looked
nto ivestgatedand curtaed is no longer the welcome
pioneer other days Liberty flies from him and when he reaches
with ousreched hands to her she turns only to knock another
illusion from his head To keep the European congraon from
America has become the motive Of and the first step
is to persecute the aliens.
The supreme of appeals Of Massachusetts, recently de-
fined the bill rights a aliens Of that state which from the
Pilgrims landed at Plymouth has felt the feet of
millions of other hopeful pilgrims upon her BOSOM 1t be
looked upon sign Of the changing attitude Of America toward
the alien that Massachusetts, has taken up and calculated
nicely the rights of Aliens
Aliens says the court Of appeals have no right take part
in any effort to change the form of the state
nation The aliens not to be considered stockholders OF the
nation and have not the privilege OF assuming to offer any
the here The rgdity Of this maev
oent piece Of Massachusetts Blue Law court action was evident
when the court went state that open question
aliens were not violating the law by taking any part printing
or circulating any literature defamng the government This
would to be invitation from the court to bring your
aliens who want change Of and it will take care
Of them
The capitalist government of America is attempting to
straight jacket the political activity of the American working
class The only political action it sponsors casting paper bal
lot every often That done asks nothing more but quesence
and acquescence of the workers No general strikes no mass
action no talk of Sove Proetaran Dictatorship or OF any
other slogans methods of the political action the work
ers Cast your ballot and leave the rest to capitalism
AS long capitalist governments exist they will OF course
seek to keep political action of the workers straight ackeed In
this manner emnenty satisfactory to capitalist rule that
the workers take wider concept of political action than
baced in dropping ballot in box with the of capital
lists political tool printed thereon.
Only Soviet form Of government offer the masses
of workers and exploited real opportunity to function politically
When political action begins in the workshop extending on up
thru the industry hough the country embracing only work
ers then will workers have real part deciding the con-
dtons political and otherwise under which they shall live When
citizenship upon the fumen Of the obligation to work
and produce instead of upon residential qualifications
YOU will observe the capitalists lodging the duties Of citizen
ship just they did in Russia at the beginning OF the
Workers government.