The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16

imperialist war, and for the defence
All to the Mass Struggle Against
the Imperialist Danger of War!
All to the Demonstration for the
International Young Workers.
Young Workers, Soldiers and Sailors!
At the end of August for the goth
time we celebrate the foundation of
the Youth International.
In August 1907 (24-26) forethe first
time representatives of young work
ers' organizations of different coun-
tries met in Stuttgart at an interna-
tional conference, At this conference
the First International Alliance of
Youth organizations was formed.
The great question at the Stuttgart
Conference was the struggle against
Imperialism, against imperialist war.
1t was the stormy revolutionary spir-
it of Liebknecht that inspired this
conference!
The proletarlan youth organizations
which had been formed spontaneously
towards the close of the century in
most European countries were the re-
suit Of struggles against militarism
and against capitalist exploitation of
young workers and apprentices. They
had to fight not only against the
bourgeoisie, the officials and police,
but also against reformist leaders in
the Social Democratic Parties and
trade unions who put all obstacles in
their way. Rosa Luxembourg and
Clara Zetkin were alone in the revo-
lutionary Left wing of the II. Inter
national. The Bolsheviks and espe-
cially Karl Liebknecht supported
from the very beginning proletarian
youth organizations.
Karl Liebknecht, the dauntless
fighter in the anti-militarist struggle
was also President of the Stuttgart
Conference. Under the leadership of
Karl Liebknecht the first Youth In
5ornational and its revolutionary pre-
gram came into being.
Karl Liebknecht, the brave fighter
against imperialist war and Socialist
treachery, the originator of the slo-
gan: mot class peace but civil war;
the leader of the Spartacus and the
founder of the Communist Party of
Germany at that time issued a clear
call to the youth for struggle. The
proletarian youth accepted the call
for struggle with enthusiasm. Dur
ing the dark days that ensued, the
Youth International remained faith
full to Liebknecht's commands and
was the brightest star in the fighting
revolutionary movement.
1t is to the memorable historical
credit of the proletarian youth move
ment that in the days of blacklist
treachery, the deepest disgrace of the
international labor movement, it held
aloft the flag Of internationalism of
irreconcilable class struggle and
many took the lead in the struggle
against war.
Proletarian youth organizations
learnt the lessons of their struggle
against war and reformism at the ".
international Youth Conference in
Berlin, 1919. The representatives of
large majority of all youth organi-
cations which had remained together
during the most difficult years of the
war decided unanimously there to:
transform the international Union of
Socialist Youth Organizations into
the Young Communist International.
The Young Communist Interna-
tional, which is the immediate devel-
opment of the first youth interna-
tional, works and struggles today in
the spirit of the Stuttgart Conference,
in the spirit of Karl Liebknecht, the
memorable leader of the international
youth movement.
Today this struggle is more press
ing than ever.
Just today on the anniversary of
the Stuttgart conference it is more
necessary than ever to remind young
workers of the teachings of the world
war and to hold aloft the revolutions
airy tradition of the international
proletarian youth movement.
The danger Of new world war is
nearer than ever. For months impe-
rialists have been and are carrying on
intervention in China. British impe-
rialism is preparing war against the
Soviet Union, it leads and supports
white guard attacks on Soviet Russia,
organizes an economic blockade
against the Soviet Union and is work
ing perseveringly for the creation of
an imperialist war front against the
only workers State in the world.
for war are being car
ried IN feyerishly. Capitalists are
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