The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
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ond in opposing it in America, where
Mussolini is most anxious to win
favor and support.
American labor must not allow Sor-
menti to be sent to his death any
more than it must allow Sacco and
Vanzetti to be sent to the electric
chair, he argued. "Has the United
States government still some sense5of
shame and dignity" he asked, "or has
it relinquished all that at the demands
of the monarch of the blackshirts ?"
Labor Can Keep Sormenti Here.
Brodsky kept the audience laughing
by relating some Of the stupidities of
the state department in dealing with
deportation cases of radicals. "If the
voice of labor can sound loud enough
to be heard through the locked doors
of the state department" he asserted,
"Sormenti and the other political
refugees will not be deported."
illegal entry" according to Gitlow,
is a convenient phrase under which
the government Gusts radicals, but
which doesn't apply when U. S. mar
ines quell mass uprisings in Latin
America and China, eff it is illegal
to enter the United States without
a permit, why isn't it illegal for U.
s. marines to enter Nicaragua with
out a permit" he demanded.
Recently the Chinese masses arose
in arms against imperialist exploiters.
If the United States is opposed to il
/ legal entry, why does it send battle
ships and forces to defend Shanghai?
That's because there are U. S. bank
ers and U. S. investments to defend
in China. Nobody in Washington is
worrying about the illegal entry of
81 500 marines in China, but when
one man, Enea .Sormenti, enters this
country to escape the bloody tyranny
Of Fascism, the government tries to
kick him out.
Capitalists Praise Mussolini.
"The U. S. government, like the
government of Mussolini, is for the
protection of capitalists, exploiters,
and bankers. 1t recognizes that
every enemy Of Mussolini is also an
enemy of Wall Street. That's why
all big capitalists, like Judge Gary,
come back from Italy with glowing
praise. They like Mussolini because
ne has outlawed the eight-hour day
and labor unions, and because he has
organized a band Of hoodlums to ter
rorize all opposition.
'This is what our big Italy-loving
capitalists call "a peaceful revolution
They are blind to the fact that 'revo-
luton was made with brutality, tor
ture, and the murder of the best
fighters in the real revolutionary
movement"
Gitlow predicted in conclusion that
Fascism will eventually be destroyed
by the solidarity of the workers.
Enea Sormenti; Pietro Allegro,
secretary of the Anti-Fascist Alliance,
and Carlo Tresca, editor Of II Mar
tello, spoke in Italian. Albert Weis-
bord, former Passaic textile strike
leader, was a surprise speaker at the
end Of the meeting.
A resolution was passed calling
upon the government to re-establish
America as the champion of the
downtrodden the world over" and de-
nouncing the rule of Fascism for sits
record Of murder and terrorism" and
its "spies who swarm through Ameri-
ca and have enlisted the support of
the U. S. department of labor under
the direction of John J. Davis" The
resolution demands the same right
of asylum for the present refugees
as has been accorded so many dis
tinguished rebels in the past"
Brodsky announced that the Inter-
national Labor Defense will hold
bazaar from March 10 to 10 inclusive
at the Star Casino, 105 East 10th
ST., to aid political prisoners. The
16 striking cloakmakers sent to Jail
Ivy Judge Rosalsly for terms up to
six years for picketing is new eff
fort to break the labor movement,
the International Labor Defense an
nounced. They ask that articles and
funds be sent to the Bazaar Commit
tee Of the Defense at 799 Broadway,
Room 422, New York City.
Levy Case POSTPONED.