The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-02
(Contlnued ICON Paqe Ome)

comprehensive conception Of the So
cial forces that make history. At the
same time, however, the Freiheit is
penetrating every nook and corner of
the life of the Jewish workers, noting
every event, however small on the
surface, shedding light on every
movement, explaining to the workers
every detail of their interests, arous-
ing them to action. In this construc-
tive sense of the word, the Freiheit
is probably the most popular of the
Communist papers in this country.
The Freiheit is a Jewish paper. It
speaks to one section of the working
class, yet its interest embraces the
labor movement as a whole in all its
ramifications both in this country
and abroad. Thus the Freiheit does
not keep the workers confined to the
limits Of their organizations but it
broadens their outlook and widens
their horizon.
1t Is A Fighting Paper.
The Freiheit is a fighting paper.
1t is not paper of comment. 1t is
not confined to opinions. It uses
comment to arouse the workers. 1t
spreads opinions among the masses
in order to stimulate them to ACTIVE
ties. It is, to use Lenin's words,
mass propagandist. 1t is, to use Len
ms words again, a mass organizer.
The splendid fight of the Joint Ac-
ton Committee in 1925, the historic
struggle of the Fur Workers Union
in 1926, the struggle of the Joint
Board Of the Cloak and DressmaI1ers
Union against the bureaucracy of the
Sigman clique, the struggle against
bourgeois domination in the Work
mems Circle, and a dozen other strug-
giles would have been impossible with
out the Freiheit.
The Freiheit was placed by the
course of events in highly respon-
sible, strategic position. 1t was
against the left wing in the Needle
Trades that the bureaucracy Of the
A. f. of L., hand in hand with the
courts, the police, and the capitalist
class as a whole, directed its fiercest
attack. 1t was here in this sector of
the left wing labor movement that
they hoped to crush the spirit of re-
volt and to smother the movement of
the workers for organization and
and class struggle.
If this ba1rage of the traitors has
proven a failure, if the left wing has
not only stood its ground but is max
ing Roadway all along the line, the
Freiheit has had no mean share in
these successes.
Struggle For The Labor Party.
The Freiheit is a political paper.
It strives to draw the necessary pol
itical implications from the struggle
of the workers. 1t interprets the
life Of the workers in the class strug-
gle aspect, which is the political as
pect. The Freiheit has participated
in all the political movements of the
left wing, including the struggle for
Labor Party and campaign activi-
ties.
The Freiheit is Communist Party
paper. II is not only permeating the
movement of the masses with Marx
ian theology, but it is helping the
Party to organize the vanguard of
the working class into a well-disci-
plined mass party intertwined with
the working class and leading its
struggles in the direction of over
throwing capitalism and establishing
the Soviet system.
The Freiheit is a Jewish paper,
which means that it's activities are
conducted in a specific national en-
vironment, where nationalist bourge-
OILS theology is strong. The Freiheit
was the first of the Jewish labor pa
pers in this country to draw the class
line also in national and cultural jew
ish problems. Contrary to the old,
now traitorous Forward which recog-
nized only the general culture of
humanity" or general Jewish cul-
ture," the Freiheit is spreading the
consciousness that the nationalist
idea is a bourgeois idea, that nation
al culture is bourgeois culture, and
tina: the working class must beware
the dangers hidden in the subtle poi
son of national theology. The Fret
heit is determinedly and drastically
fighting for class theology also in
the field Of culture.
The Freiheit has become not only
center of economic and political
: life, but also very influential cul-
tural center. 1t has attracted a
great number of radical writers
poets, dramatists who, not entirely
identifying themselves with the work
ing class, are willing to work in CO.
operation with the labor movement
Culturally isolated at the beginning
looked upon with nlistrust and dis
dain, abused by the so-called cultur-
al elements, the Freiheit gradually
became, even In the eyes Of outsid-
ers, the most cultured and most vi.
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