The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-08
SUPPORT STRIKE OF COLOMBIAN
BANANA PLANTATION WORKERS
OF THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY
Don't Let the U. S. Government Do to Colombia
What 1t Did to Nicaragua
Statement of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers
(CommunsD Party of Amerca)


Colombia es1ani plantations OF the united FRUIT company
The United Fruit Company big American corporation and
other powerful American oil and banking interests in Colombia
crush
Washington Collins in Charge of the u s.
land marines kill strikers destroy their homes and establish
firmly the rule of U. S. Imperialism in Colombia
This is American Imperialism at work This the practical
meaning of Hoovers expansion policy in Latin America
Colombia Fighting For the Right To Live.
10000 of the United Fruit Company its
banana plantations Colombia fighting for the right to live
that the United Fruit Company abide by the law
Colombia which provides for the employers nsurng their workers
th 1 se, WI" @ are ddi g M bt tbsr vss and children be pro
their husbands and fathers
killed crippled in the making of profits for Wall Street
The existing law inadequate for the protection
of the workers but the expoer will
abide by this law No laws written for Wall Street in
its for profits power
present struggle eliminating point series of
the workers and peasants the labor
organizations and the Communist movement OF Colombia For
period of time the Colombian bourgee hand hand with u s.
Imperialism have been wagg against the standards of living
and the organizations of the toilng of Colombia
Frightened by the increased discomfort of the workers and
SAINTS with the oppressive rule of S. imperialism Colombia and
agents. bourgeos Colombian government
initiated series of legislative measures known the Social De-
The Colombian government the bidding Of Wall
Street has ouawed the existing unions preventing the Organ
on unions utawed strikes has ouawed the Communist
Party which mobzng and leading the masses in struggle against
their native and foreign expoe These socaed Social Defense
Laws" making crime punishable with from to 20
Imprisonment to discomfort with the rule OF foreign I'M
peram Under of struggle against socaed antpatotc
propaganda anreigious the Colombian
socaed Defense Laws further enslave
the workers and of Colombia for the greater profit and
Of the u s. imperialism and their agents the Colombian
bourgeOsie.
Socialist leaders, the revolutionary Socialist but the
oporunist reality middle class liberals have coborated with
the Conservatives and Liberals Colombia to put these
laws against the workers and peasants
working the United States knows from its
suffering the effects
the oaed naturalization drive of American capitalism The
of their brothers in Colombia.
The Win Wall
bourgeois the avors of
Although Colombian first made
peense of desiring enforce its insurance law nevertheless
Immediately capated Wall Street The Colombian Government
province
Maaena has troops to do the bidding Wall Street
Colombian workers fighting the enforcement of the
controlled by the Colombian capitalists uniting with
Wall Street to destroy the insurance law and to crush the strikers
The Colombian workers. fighting against
the terrific oppression of the u mpeasts fighting at the
same time national independence
bourgeosie hesaes gives
Imperialism, joins with destroy the national independence
and freedom Colombia This has happened Nicaragua happen
ing Mexico and other countries of Latin America the workers
and generally under the leadership of the Com
muns Party that fighting the domination of u s. imperialism
in Latin America
Hands Off Colombia
Powerful Wall Street Interests" already entrenched in
Colombia The United Fruit Company only controls tremendous
plantations but also holds miles of railroads Colombia
Gulf Oil Corporation and the Car Oil syndcae u s. corporations
100000 of oil The Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller has large Colombia Several large
u banking institutions such the Equitable Trust Company
omba through investments totang hundreds of thousands dollars
All these powerful capitalist squeezing ebod of
the workers and peasants of Colombia order their
privileges and extend them still further being
and take full Colombia Imperialism.
The American naval forces the Canal Zone have already
been appealed by Wall Street being readiness
send warshps Colombia land marines and do to Colombia
what American Imperialism did to Nicaragua.
The American tong the workers. the working farmers
and the oppressed Negro raise their of
against these ouage of American Imperialism We call the
ons by capitalism and the mperial the
United States to join in the struggle against Wall Street and its
executive committee the United States government.
The exploited in the United States the
assistance Of their Colombian brothers all
financial the strikers the Magdaena pana
tons
Collect and send strike relief to the Colombian strikers Help
win the strike against the United Fruit Company.
Protest sending of United warshps
marines to Colombia
Hands off Colombia. Don't let U, Imperialism Colombia
what they did to Nicaragua
Condemn the demand of President Coolidge for Is
submitted by him to the Congress his Fight the
preparations Hoover mpeast trip Latin America Fight
against the danger
Demand the unconditional independence of all colonies semi
colonies and protectorates of the United States.
CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
WORKERS COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA