The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-09
Another Imperialist Murder

Another Imperialist Murder
The news that another fighter against Imperialism and
its native lackeys Hario Montenegro Venezuelan has
been murdered by the agents of president Gomez of Vene
zuea emphasizes the fact that assassination is settled
policy of American imperialism in its attempt to stife its
most vital Lan-Amercan oppositionthe organized work
ers and peasans-us American Imperialism was and is
the chief meter of the horrible of thousands of
Chinese workers and peasants of China by the Kuomnang
butchers.
Like Julio Mela who shot down by the agents of
President Machado Cuba less than month before Hario
Montenegro fell refugee from the white terror in his
homeland Mea FELL shot in the back in the streets of
Mexico City, Montenegro stabbed to death at Curacao
an island of the Dutch Indies about 100 miles off the
Venezuelan coast.
Machado the president" of Cuba who murdered Mella,
is completely creature of u S. imperialism. Gomez, the
president of Venezuela vena degenerate who sells out
the highest bidder and at present u S. imperialism
joys paid popularity with the Gomez caba of assassns
than British Imperialism with whom is contendng for
control of the wealth of Veneueas oil fields Both
are usupers the office of president Both dcators
Both consciously murderers Both bosom friends of
the u S. government Both ckpttles of Wall Street
bankers and corporations.
We must note this connection between the murderers of
workers. and the expoiters and murderers
workers here in the United States American corporations
bankers which cut right here IN the united
States in order to make profits those profits to in
vest in Latin America to exploit LatnAmerican workers
peasants corrupt the Mahados and the Gomezes the
Leguas and Boos and pay assassns they direct to hunt
down and murder those who resist
Deep as our Indignation may be against these crimes and
criminals indignation alone is not effective weapon
against them We must not only call for alliance between
the revolutionary workers of the United States and the
workers and peasants of LanAmerica but must step
forward and make that alliance organzaona fact and
advance still further in putting it into effect by
action
Much remains to be done before reach the accomplish
men of effective action In the United States must cha
lenge imperialism concretely the labor movement and
against the mperaist ackey of the American Federation
of Labor must organize the of unorganzed and
worst exploited into and militant unions which must be
internationally minded enough to their interest
against foe in united struggle against u S. i'm
perialism Only by the Communist Party such
be organized and advance has been made in that direction
Only by the Communist Party ao the leadership of the
struggle against the mperas bureaucracy in the old unions
be continued and coordnated with the building of
unions.
We must carry this forward unhestatngy and definitely
form the desired alliance with LatinAmerican workers.
Again step has been made in the Solidarity Pact between
the Trade Union Educational League and the Untary Con-
federation of Trade Unions of Mexico will be carried
still further when the Lan-Amercan trade unions them
selves unite in the Trade Union Confedera-
ton which will be formed at the coming in May at
Montevdeo
The imperasts think to stop the rise of Latin-Ameri
workers and peasants by murder of their leaders But
for every they murder thousand rise carry for
ward the banner of revolutionary struggle But the fight
will proceed and become effective, not by rhetoric but by
joint revolutionary action organized and persistent of the
workers and peasants of Latn-America with the revo
tionary masses of the United States.