The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-05
Oil and the
Innperialists
in Mexico
(Continued.I

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l.. strengthens the penetration and Y
control of American Imperialism in
Mexico. The A. F. of L. is the left
arm of American capital which
serves to strangle the labor organ
izations and the revolutionary move
ment of the exploited masses.
The End of the Petty Bourgeoisie.
Since 1910 the petty bourgeoisie
has been the director of the revolu-
tionary movement in Mexico, main
tanning itself in power thanks to
the support Of the workers and pea
SAINTS. Today the forces of the
petty bourgeoisie is in complete de-
cay. The majority of the old rev.
dictionaries have vested interests
now. They have become landown-
ers, proprietors and partners in in
dustrial enterprises. Thus the lead
ers of the petty bourgeoisie have
ceased as a revolutionary factor and
their remaining power would not
only be useless but preiudicial to il
the working class.
General Gales, the outstanding
leader of the middle class, has Just
raised his flag before the generals
and politicians of the reaction. His
resolution refusing to remain in
power any longer leaves the destin-
les of Mexico to group of reac-
tionaries. The government of the
petty bourgeoisie has been buffer
government between the right and
left-between the forces of reaction
and the revolutionary elements.
With the termination of the power
of the petty bourgeoisie, the right
and left begin the struggle against
each other. An armed conflict be-
comes inevitable between the two
camps.
The most immediate danger to the
revolutionary movement is division
between the worker and peasant
masses.
The unification of the whole la a
Dor movement and the unification of 1
the whole peasant movement are alb
solutely indispensable in the present
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national labor organization is pos
sible. The unification of the most
revolutionary trade unions of the
G. r. O. M. with the autonomous
unions and those of the C. G. T. (the
General Confederation of Workers
under anarcho-syndicalist leader
ship will lead the remaining work
ers of the c. R. O. M. to expel the
! yellow bureaucrats, who have be-
trayed the interests of the workers
If the Mexican Federation of Labor.
At the same time it is necessary
for the autonomous unions and for
the c. G. 7. to adopt program of
action truly based on the class strug-
gle with which to face the politi-
! clans who sometimes under the flag
of Socialism" and other times I'M
der the flag of "anarchism" hide
their alliances and compromises
with the reactionary forces. ~
Only the revolution can prevent
the establishment of clerical-mili-
tary dictatorship supported by the
United States. The form in which
this government is presented, or the
mask the provisional president wears
matters little. For all practical pur-
poses the power of the government
will be in the hands of the reaction
airy generals and landowners. 1t is
necessary, therefore, that the work
ers and peasant masses prepare
themselves for the revolution. The
revolution in Mexico is, above all
things, military problem. Unarmed
workers and peasants cannot make a
revolution. The workers of the cities
and country must arm and must be-
gin military training in all work
ers and peasants organizations.
/ The immediate task of the revolu-
ton is the establishment of a Work
ers and Peasant Government that
will destroy the roots of the clerical
and landed reaction and the control
of foreign capital over the economic
life of our country.
The Program of the Revolution.
/. Dissolution of all large estates
and repartition of the lands among
the poor peasants.
2. Effective naturalization of |
the petroleum industry, mining, tex
tile, transport.
8. Dissolution of the legislature
and the organization of public adj
ministration by workers and peas
ants councils and by national con-
gress with delegates from the above
/ councils
A. The substitution of the actual
mercenary army by armed organi-
cations of workers and peasants.
5. Suspension of payment of the
foreign debt until the Workers and
Peasants Government has been rec
ognized by the creditor nations and
until such time as the economic stu
alton of the country permits settle
ment.
6. Immediate regulation Of labor
laws.
7. Immediate confiscation of all
properties of the church and all
clerical organizations; Of the reac-
tionary generals and of all those
elements openly or secretly fighting
the revolution.
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