The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-30
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the use Of the press, the defaming
and destruction of all institutions
friendly to the workers, the nullifi-
cation of the elections of even sham
socialists to legislatures, the emascu-
lation of their programs at the be-
hest of the capitalists-these are
a few of the tricks and methods
that the capitalists are using in
their struggle with the working
class of the United States. Faithful
to it's purpose, the government is
always ready to serve the ruling
class. AS corroborated by a New
York Judge, the capitalist class in
ruling America has the right and
will use all the pswer of State to
maintain itself. Thus is stated in
clean cut terms the nature Of the
State-thus is defined the function
of the government Of the United
States.
And pitted against this class and
the government are the workers,
partly organized. Broken up into
small organizations, prepared at any
time to scab on one another, led by
men whose motto is compromise and
surrender rather than the struggle;
whose goal is NOT THE EMANCI-
PATTON OF THE WORKERS
FROM THE YOKE OF THE MON
STER THAT ENSLAVES THEM
but harmonization of the interests
of the bloodsuckers (the exploiters)
and those whose veins are being
sucked dry (the exploited), the work
ing class of America is facing the
bitterest struggle in its history. This
open shop campaign conducted by
organized capital is vicious at
tempt to destroy the labor organiza'
tions. 1t is part of well-laid sche-
me, whereby labor may be deprived
of the only nfeans that it has Of
protecting itself.
Emphasizing the horror under
which the workers are living all ovel
the world, there is the gigantic army
of the unemployed, who menace th'
safety of every capitalist State
Product of the war and of the in
ability of the capitalist system onc'
more to function, they fly the dang
er signal for the present system O.
exploitation! FORTY MILLION
| WAGE SLAVES ARE DENIEI
1.-THE RIGHT TO. A LIVING! FOR
Try MILLION WAGE SLAVES ARR
REDUCED TO POVERTY AMI
|IDLENESS, WHILE FACTORIES
REMAIN CLOSED AND STORE
L
HOUSES ARE FILLED WITH
IFOOD, WHILE THE WORLD CRIES
IOUT FOR PRODUCTION! FORTY
MILLION MEN AND WOMEN ARE
TRAMPING THE STREETS, BE
ICAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THE
IEARTH ARE so IMPOVERISHED
THAT THERE is NO PROFIT FOF
THE CAPITALIST IN ALLOWING
PRODUCTION TO CONTINUE!
Goaded by these conditions, thu
workers of the world are being driver
to the use Of drastic methods fol
relief. Parliamentarism has failed
Wherever the Socialists or laborite:
have attained to power, the work
ers have been betrayed. The capital
list class of America has annihilatet
the integrity of its own laws! Tht
capitalist class of America has de
prived. the workers of legal means
/
for attaining economic and politica
freedom. But the workers are de-
manding freedom. The workers are
demanding release from their misery
Europe is bloody with the struggles
of the workers to emancipate them
selves.
Only Russia presents different
picture. Though harassed by war
disease and hunger, the workers and
peasants Of Soviet Russia have held
fast to the freedom that they gained
by the overthrow of the capitalist
regime three years ago. Though wal
has succeeded war, though one at.
tempt Of the capitalist governments
to destroy Soviet Russia has fol.
lowed the other, the workers and
peasants of Russia, flying the Red
Flag of the Red Army Of Russia
have defeated the machiavelian plots
against the life of the Communist
Republic. Built by the workers and
peasants, existing only for the bene-
fit Of the workers and peasants, the
Soviet Government Of Russia has
crushed all inner and outer foes
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