The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-10
By ]. NEVAREZ.
(Organizer Communist League of I
Porto Rico

NOISdItlASE OOHlmuEtlSJ League OF
Porto Rico.)
The recent convention of the PAN
American Federation of Labor, held
in Washington, D. c.; the brazen de-
tense of the Monroe Doctrine and The
up to date U. S. imperialist policy
pursued in Latin America, by the
chief sponsors of the Pan-A. F. of L.,
such as William Green and Matthew
Vol, thru their stiffling of all reso-
lutions which dared to criticize re-
cent events in Latin America and the
selected makeup of the delegations
to this congress, (many delegates
representing no real labor move
ments, except of the Wall Street die
tators.) The particular introduction
of a reolution embodying the Monroe
Doctrine of Labor which twill not
permit others to dictate to us or i'm
pose principles or tactics" (Which in
fers nothing more than that the Yam
kee bureaucratic leaders of the Pan
A. F. of L. reserve for themselves the
right to dictate to the Pan-American
labor movement all these facts go
to warn the workers of Latin Amer
lea that they are not only faced with
the necessity of struggle against the
political and military aggression of
Wall Streets government against
their countries, but that the working
class of Latin America must meet
the additional challenge of the Amer
lean labor bureaucracy, who with
the aid of such flunkies as Santiago
Iglesias, are maneuvering under the
veil of Pan Americanism, to get their
grip on the organized labor move
ment in Latin America and betray it
so that it will become helpless to
struggle against Imperialism.
Latin American Workers Must Fight
Imperialism.
The workers of Latin America,
with its most militant elements in
the lead, must muster themselves to
face the challenge of the Monroe
Doctrine of Labor" In fact the
working class of the entire Ameri-
cas- must be modified to challenge
the attempt to shackle it with Monroe
Doctrinisms. But for the workers of
Latin America, it remains for the
present to reject the false conception
of Pan Americanism raised by the
Pan-American Federation of Labor
and its Matthew VOL conceived
Monroe Doctrine of Labor" This
task can be achieved by the Latin
American workers uniting their trade
union forces and creating and
strengthening an all embracing Latin
American Federation of Labor, on the
definite basis of struggle against
North American imperialism and the
so-called "Pan" A. F. of l.. and the
Woll theories of Monroe Doctrinism
of or over labor.
Now the question arises what are
some of the immediate concrete
points upon which a Latin American
Federation of Labor can naturally
base itself, in order to become a real
instrument of struggle in the hands
of Latin American labor? Limita-
tons of space permits us only to name
our proposals which are the proposals
of the All American Anti-Imperialist
League, for platform on which a
militant anti-imperialist labor move
ment in Latin America must base it's
self.
Militant labor organized into
Latin American Federation of Labor
must insist on the following:
Demand End of u. S. Rule.
1. Withdrawal of all United States
troops from Latin American soil.
2. Complete and immediate in
dependence for Porto Rico and the
Philippines: Self determination for all
United States colonies.
3. Immediate termination of Uni
ted States occupation and rule in
Nicaragua, Santo Domingo and Haiti,
and indemnity to the victims and to.
the families and dependents of VIC
tins of U. S. military and naval
operations in those countries.
a. Abolition Of the Platt amend
ment in Cuba; abrogation of special
treaties forced upon Cuba and the
republic" of Panama which make
these countries protectorates of Wall
Street.
5. Hands off Mexico!