The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-21
Why we Honor Lenln


necessity to evade the czarst police changed to Lenn
Vladimir nytc Lenn is honoed by the conscious working
class of the world greatest figure of the present historic
period the of force which in the course OF
transforming by its victorious struggle the entire character OF
human civilization
In honorng Lenn we do not worship dead aim
lesy ponder of deeds and events lost in the
shadows of the past Lenns honor concrete
form of living action of today.
We honor Lenn today is thru the theoretical and
concrete teachings Len thru the continuation of the
which the leader and thru the great world organ
izaon revolution of which he the creative genius that we
bring the working class into the revolutionary action winch
will the rershp of the world and thus the power to create
and higher civilization
We honor Lenn because only by living action Lenn be
honored.
We honor Ienn because Lenn in concrete
application the support of the American workers Tor oano
the heroic stand of the Ncaraguan workers ana peasants
United States Imperialism.
Because concrete application of the term to
the minds of the of the world support oy Ve
entire world of toers of the Chinese revolution.
Because Lenn can honored only if we throw ourselves
into the energetic support the last ditch OF the Pennsy
vania Ohio West Virginia Colorado mine workers against
both the enemies and the traitors VINO are ocS u W
Miners Union
We honor Lenn because Lnin be honored only by tire
essy doggedy enthusiastically and in the end successfully fgn
thru complete and undpued victory OF the cause Oh Id
Dor truout world international scale well as IN each
separate country
To honor Lenin MEANS of action, to organize the
organizabe working class into powerful and reasonre
unions and to bring these into action not solely Tor pra
victories disputes but also to support and to be the
means the overthrow capitalism To honor Lenin means to
fight every ditch and crossoad IN every SHOP mine
factory every inch of disputed ground in the
struggle of Labor against capeven the pettest dispute over
the most trivial" matter.
Translated into action honorg of Lenn in the tens of
meetings which occurring In the world to-
day means the rayn millions workers and farmers to de-
in it's living embodiment as the Union OF
Socialist Soviet Republics defend the tong
of the against coming mperas to rally those
transform the coming mperast war into war be-
the classes for the purpose of beratng oppressed
creation of still socialist soviet republics on the ruins
of capitalist states.
To honor Lenn today bring and hundreds of
thousands of partly conscious to and repud
reachey the parties which are agents
Of the bcurgeoisie in the ranks Of the workers
To honor today to build the organization of
which Len strong hand laid the cornerstonethc Communist
Party
It means guard the priceless and indispensable treasure
Of the working the revolutionary theory and practice of
Marxsm-the fe-gving revolutionary culture and tactics Of
struggle which is Marxism-L ennism
To honor defend this indispensable and nvincbe
Veapon of the workers revolution matter
who they may whether the soademocrats who lie and
trgue openly for the bourgeoe against the working class
whether be renegades who lose confidence in the revolutionary
undermine the Party and the international of
Lenin from Within as the Irotskylsts try
Honorng Lenin today adherng unfnchingly to the
revolutionary theory practice and organization of Marx and Lenn
and only be embodied in the great world party of
revolution--the Communist international
Honorng Lenin today unrng work for the reaza
ton of his teachings three decisive fields OF theory
and practice
Struggle the union of the oppressed colonial peoples and
the working of the iperia nations for the overthrow of
world imperialism.
Struggle for the building of the unions into of rev
onary struggle of the whole working class and
major instruments of the proletaran state power.
Struggle the alliance of the workers and farmers against
the capitalists and their government.
To honor fight increasingly for these detectives
to turn instruments to the political struggle the revu
tnnary struggle the liberation and the victory of the
Long memory and the work of leader teacher
our fighter, Vladimir Ilyitch Lenin
Long his revolutionary partyThe Workers (Commu-
MIST Party of America
Long live the international of Lennthe Communist Inter
national