The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-05-14
Especial to The Toiler.


Minneapolis, May 2nd.-Demon-
strating their solidarity with revo-
lutionary labor the world over, be-
tween ten and fifteen thousand work
ers marched in the May Day parade
here Sunday. For twenty-four hours
there had been a steady downpour
of rain which only stopped about
half an hour before the time set
for the parade to start. But in spite
of the unfavorable weather crowds
of workingmen began to form in line
long before the designated hour, two
o'clock.
Revolutionary banners were un-
furled to the silent gaze of thousands
of spectators who lined the sidewalks
of Nicollet Ave., down which the
parade proceeded to the parade
grounds. "We want the working class
to be the ruling class" "He shall not
eat who does not work." Workers
of the world unite" "All power to
the workers, down with parasites, T"
eve hail the Workers Soviet Repub-
lie of Russia" and Long live the
Third International" were some Of
the slogans which carried message
of hope to the oppressed workers
who witnessed the parade, but ut
tered menacing threat to the MEM
bers of the exploiting class.
AT the parade ground the vast
throng was addressed by w. F. Dunn,
editor of the Butte Daily Bulletin,
]. O. Bentall, editor of Truth, Duluth
and by Andrew Latin Of Chicago.
w. F. Dunn pointed out that the
working class had never yet secured
anything by waiting for the capital
ist class to fulfil it's promises, but
that only by organizing their poten-
tial power and going after what they
wanted could the workers improve
their condition and free themselves
from wage slavery.
J. O. Bentall declared that the in
stinct to produce, to create, ldomin-
ates the entire universe and that
when workingmen are locked out of
factories and away from their tools,
they are being denied the opportunity
to give expression to the universal
creative impulse. In order that men
may be free to work, to create and
to enjoy the fruits of their labor,
they must themselves possess the
means Of creating and not allow
these to be owned, as at present, by
small minority who are thereby
enabled to dictate how, when, where,
and under what conditions a man
may work.
Amid vociferous cheers the follow
ing resolution was unanimously a.
dopted:
"The first Congress of the Second
Socialist international held in Paris
in 1889 decided that the first day Of
May should henceforth be set aside
as a day for the mobilization Of pro-
letarian forces and for international
brotherhood.
"For thirty years the May Day
festival has been symbol of pro-
letarian solidarity and fraterna
unity between the workingmen Of
all nations. On that day workingmer
of all lands have demonstrated theil
hope and aspiration for the day
when labor will be free from the
exploitation of capitalism and master
of its own destiny.
"May Day 1921 finds these hopes
on the eve Of fullfilment. When the
tourgeoisie masters Of Europe Grim
inally hurled workingmen at eacl
others throats, they sounded tn,
knell of their own doom. Thirt!
million killed or wounded, milliard
Of fresh war debts, countries ravaged
starvation rampant, industry paralys
ed, unemployment mounting, thes
are the results of the misrule Of tn
capitalist class.
"But out of the chaos in whicl
the old order is tottering to it
ruin, new world is arising. TIL
universal misery and despair whicI
the war has inflicted on the worker
of all lands, victors as well as van
quished, has famed the flame 0
revolution. A new day is breaking
Already we see the red dawn in tn