The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-20
SOVIET MASSES
DEMONS TRAHE,
SHOMILOYALTY
History Has Never Seen
Such Parades
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triumphantly forward towards the vic
tory that they know to be theirs.
To a worker this is all really very,
very wonderful and it is impossible
not to be impressed by such a great
historical event. :,
On May LIST tens of millions of
workers and farmers in the Soviet
Union march with inspiring hope and
determination to the strains of the
international" In Moscow, Lenin-
grad, Kiev, Kark6ff, Tifis, Irkutsk,
Vladivostok it is all the same-the
workers turn out enmasse to pay
homage to labor's great international
holiday.
Mass DEMONSTRATIONS.
Such mass demonstrations by work
ers on such large scale has never
taken place before. in all human his
tory
Three features in particular char.
lcterized the May demonstration that
saw at Kiev: (1) the great number
If participants, n(2) the educational
character Of the parade and (S) its in
ternationalism.
Kiev is a city of about 100000 and
yet tho number OF workers who ac-
tually took part in the parade was
conservatively estimated at 400, 900.
To me it seemed as if the whole city
and the surrounding territory were on
the move.
Youth Take Part.
The young pioneers, boys and girls,
the builders of the future Communist
society, marched by the thousands
through the streets singing jubilantly
and at intervals telling us in no I'M
certain tones that they were ever
ready to defend, the cause of the revo-
luton.
The red army boys, dressed in neat,
good uniforms let it be known in
thunderous hurrah, that they were a
working class army, prepared to de-
fend the Soviet Union against attacks
by counterrevolutionist
Thousands of banners and flags
were to be seen representing various
kinds of labor unions and organiza-
tions, factories, clubs, societies,
schools. A Ukrainian choir of 600
voices was stationed on one side of
the street, by the reviewing stand,
enlivening the occasion with. revolu-
tionary songs. Even the aged and the
crippled workers had come out on
this day to giwa Suppression to their
feelings Of solidarity.
The parade aimed to teach the
workers something. 1t was an educa-
tional parade. There was. for in
stance, the blacksmith with his anvil
and hammer. the carpenter with his
building tools. the weaver with his
loom, emphasizing the necessity and
the Importance of building up the in
dustries in the Workers Republic.
Health, sanitation, literacy were not
forgotten, as was shown by the floats
and the many appropriate slogans on
the banners. The parade was order
ly thruout and no one seemed to
leave the line of march despite the
fact that it required hours of contin-
uous walking. 1t was a good example
of working class discipline.
International Solidarity.
The first of May is. of course, an
international workers holiday and the
demonstration at Kiev clearly showed
that this was so. Groups of Germans
Poles and other nationalities, who
have found an asylum in the Soviet
union. marched with fire in their eyes
alongside the Ukrainians.
One large banner had inscribed on
1t Workers of the World. Unite" in
several languages. and another almost
seemed to shout "Down with linden.
burg" The workaand purpose of the
International Red Aid was expressed
by float bearing a prison with i'm
prisoned workers. appealing to the
workers everywhere for aid against
oppression and the white terror. Ma
tionalism had no place in this Kiev
demonstration.
Soviet Republic Safe.
After seeing Russia and noting the
temper OF the workers and farmers
ona canpot haIn oaf tho copxictfo,,