The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-24
The MURDER OF
SACC0 And
vANzETTl
By JAMES n. CANNON.
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4 sseeo and Yansattl arc dead but
thelr nanasa win i've forever and be-
come a shining banner for the upward
striving toilers Of the world, They
have been murdered BY the assaasins
OF the capitalist class, Their exeeu-
ton was cynically brutal defiance Of
the worldwide demand Of the mil
lions Of people that they be liberated
or at leaat be given q new trial to
prove over again their innocence. It
was legal lynehing, fiendish ect
of class vengeance, cunningly pre-
pared and planned and violently con-
summated by tho willing tools Of the
tcapitaIist class.
Sacco and Vanzetti died for the
working class. Like their immortal
comrades of Chicago's Haymarket
they died as martyrs to the cause Of
labor. This was known or felt by
tens Of millions Of workers in every
corner of the globe who fought BIT
terly to the very last moment to vim
dictate the two martyred labor fight
ers. Their admirable loyalty and de-
votion to the cause of labor was the
only crime they were guilty of, they
were innocent of the crime charged
against them by their executioners.
The last words Of Vanzetti uttered
minute before the current of death
silenced his voice were the echo of
the deep convictions Of the people:
II wish to tell you that I am innocent
and have never committed a crime,
but perhaps sometimes sins, l am in
nocent of all crimes, not only of this
one but of all. l am an innocent
man"
The Massachusetts, executioners
have put to death two glorious spirits.
These two fighters living for seven
years in the shadow of the electric
.chair increasingly tortured by their
suspension between delay. and death
calmly watching the relentless net of
the capitalist lynchers closing about
them, showed by their heroic conduct
how the revolutionary fighters Of the
working class can die at the hands
of their class enemy.
The noble dignity and courage
which sustained them throughout the
seven years remained with them to
the end. They went to death calmly
and bravely without fear or embar-
rassment. 1t was their murderers, the
governors and the judges who hid
their faces in fear and shame. Their
determined loyalty to the cause is at
the same time a mark of shame on the
heads of the towards and the prophets
Of responsibility who could never
make common cause with these. clear
eyed fighters.
Yes, their names will live forever
for the electric. current that killed
them has burned their names per-
manently into the hearts Of the toll
ers of the world. Their miserable exc
cutioners will be buried in oblivion
while the@names and struggles of Sac
co and Vanzetti still remain shining
guide to the masses, an inspiration to
the oppressed everywhere. They are
cur noble and heroic martyrs. Their
conduct up to the very last moment
was in that spirit. The fight of the
working class has already made their
names immortal and for us their mem
orv is imperishable. Their voices are
stilled but their silence thunders
around the world. The workers of
America who fought to free Sacco
and Vanzetti must pay tribute to their
heroic memory in every section of
the country. The workers must gath
err at memorial meetings to pledge
themselves to keep alive the memory
of Sacco and Vanzetti and their fight,
to pour their hatred upon the heads
of the murderers to build our
strength to prevent new Sacco-Van-
zetti cases and to obtain freedom for
the class fighters who are also vic
tins Of the frame-up and still in pris-
on.
The International Labor Defense
will continue it's work for that cause
in the spirit of Sacco and Vanzetti
Honor and respect to our fallen
comrades. Remember Sacco and Van
zetti. Remember labor's deathless
martyrs!