The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-23
W0RKERSPARTY
PR0CL. AVIATION
ON anniversary
Four Years Have Seen
a@ Many Struggles

workers (CommunlSt) ParIy Oh
America
-Four years have passed since the
death of Lenin. The militant work
ers of all the world still feel keenly
the loss of our leader. The personal,
practical direction of the world labor
movement by the man who led the
Russian workers to victory in No
vember, 1917, and led the class-con-
scious workers of all countries to or
ganize the Communist international
as the general staff of the world re-
volution, cannot be replaced.
Yet even while the millions of Rus
sian workers were bearing Lenin to
his rest, they engraved with signs of
fire on their banners and in their
hearts: "Lenin is dead, but Leninism
lives Lenin's voice rings and will
continue ringing from generation to
generation. Lenin is with US and will
be with us as long as the working
class fights against capitalism and
for workers rule!"
Four years have passed since then,
four years of struggle and expert
ences which have verified the correct
ness of his teachings as a guide to
the struggles of all exploited and OPP
pressed. The tendencies outlined by
him in his analysis of imperialist de-
velopment have grown still more APP
parent than they were in his life
time.
Capitalism has not only failed to
introduce peace and stability into the
world. but it has continued to accumu-
Late fresh elements of struggle.
U. s. Squeezes EUROPE
Sharp competition of the capitalist
groups is rife. European manufac-
turers organize in international car
tells to break their American rivals.
The American capitalists use their
monster investments in Europe to
squeeze their European foes. All of
them are running a wild race for
amarkets in the Orient, in South
america, in every corner of the world
The spirit of way is abroad
New and undreamed of means
of destruction are accumulating in
the world. The League of Nations
sailed by the Socialists" of the Second
International as a power Of peace, is
IN reality an agency of the great i'm
'perialist states.
The Observation-Disclosures CON
ferences were shameless fares. Dip
lomatic babble about 'outlawing war"
is no more than a smoke screen to
hide preparations for new mass
Slaughter.
Among the imperialist powers, the
greatest is the United States of Amer
lea, led by the financiers of Wall
Street. With the phrase of peace and
friendship on the lips of IFS dinlo-
mats. with the name of "Gcd" in the
mouths of its politicians, it augments
its armament on gigantic scale, only
this year having decided to build 80
new large battle-cruisers at the ex.
pense of 300 million dollars. 1t holds
under its iron heel the Philippines.
Hawaii, Porto Rico. 1t throttles the
Sovereignty of Mexico and the South
American republics. 1t moves stead
lily towards converting the Central
american republics into colonies of
American finance capital. and lust
now it wages war against the freedom
Of the Republic of Nicaragua. It
played the role Of butcher at Marking
Mass Struggle Spreads.
The four years that have passed
since Lenin's death witness gigantic
sweep of mass struggle in China, II
Mexico, SYRIA, Egypt. India, Javo
Bo1neo, Nicaragua. The immediate
menace to world capitalism has b.
come the Chinese revolution which is
Ilot onlv struggle for Chinese ma
rnnal independence, but struggle
of the working class and the peasan-
try under the leadership of the Com
munists against the power of native
and foreign landlords, native and for
eign capitalists, struggle not only
against imperiaIist exploitation Of
China but also against the Chinese
propertied classes who, fearing the
workers and peasants. have made
.peaca with the imperialists at the ex-
gpnse of the people.
Eenin Lives in the Struggle of the
- Colonial Slaves.
In spite of the smashing attacks of
capitalism upon the working class, in
spite of socialist treachery and be-
trayal by a corrupt union bureau
cracy the spirit Of revolt and strug-
gle is active among the working
masses. Lenin lives in the struggle of
the working class for organization,
for political development, for power
Lenin taught the workers to be-
ware Of traitors appearing in the cloak
of friends. When the world war broke
out, Lenin was the first to declare
Ehat the Socialists" who had made
peace with the capitalists for the sake
pf war, had betrayed the cause of the
workers, had actually gone over To