The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-04
July Fourth and August First


lean colonies ected the crimes of the of George
declared the states be thenceforth independent of
Britain.
This Fourth of July 1929 will be utilized by the pres
ent ruling class of United States prepare for further
tyrannes against the weaker nations of Latin America, to
further ensave and exploit the Philippines and to strength
en- the war preparations against its mperast rival Great
Britain.
Those who will pretend celebrate the overthrow of
the desposm of King George Ill are carrying on more
frghtfu campaigns of suppression and terror than
dreamed of in the Eighteenth century Were the peo
pies suffering under the iron heel of United States mper
iasm to draw indictment of the government at Wash
ington it would dwarf the list of crimes the declaration of
independence charged against the Eighteenth Century Fri
fish throne.
There is no act of frghtfuness known to the annals
torture that the American capitalist class does not pepere
against the colonial and semcolonal abroad and the
working class home The rack, the stake and the dun
geon of the inquston but amaeursh contrvances
compared to the studied cruelty of the monsters who tor
lynch and burn at the stake the Negro Wageaves and
of this country who torment for long agonzng
years innocent working class victims of the American frame
up and finally in face of worldwide protests shoot chained
lightning through their bodies the of Sacco and
Vanzett burn and children alive did Rockefeers
gunner at Ludlow Colorado beat and club strikers
their wives and daughters the public highways adj
minister the water cure" Coonia in the Philippines
bomb and blast from the face of the earth and
children in the attacks Sandnos liberation forces in
Nicaragua No hymn of hate composed by the most adro
master of invecve the world has could possibly
be adequate draw Indictment of the ruling class of the
United States and its boodstreaked government at Wash
ington.
While the ruling class of this country celebrating the
Fourth of July in its traditional of sefgorif
cation the vanguard Of the working class will expose its
tyrannca acts its Infamous history of terror against the
oppressed Masses and begin definite mobilization that
the workers and farmers of the United States may part
pate effectively the worldwide demonstrations and strikes
August 1st the fifteenth anniversary of the outbreak of
the world war.
August First special significance the workers
the whole world because will mobilize the
where in test of strength against their oppressors.
The attempts of the OF the world
the economic and political ills arising out of the last have
harpened all contradictions of this system of wealth pro-
ducton to such degree that the question of the nevtaby
of another mperalst the order of the day That
the American ruling class recognizes this is plainly proved
by its frenzed preparations the rapid building of cru
the third of the first series of the eight ordered in 1924
having been launched only yesterday orders from the army
navy and departments for millions of dollars worth OF
hghpowered latest model bombing planes, pursuit planes
and seapanes the feversh experiments in connecting
and poisonous formuae for chemical WaTIareposon
gas liquid fire and all the other to which chemicals
put in warfare This is accompanied by intensive military
training of civilians to constitute reserve force for war or
for civil disturbances at home such strikes and other
actions of the working class.
The naturalization of industry of cheaper
ing production that the products of American labor
compete the market with the lowest paid workers Of other
countries and preparation for producing working
class revos against its effects such the speedup
cuts engthenng of hours and the resultant growth OF
army of permanently unemployed.
Among the problems facing the working class in the
United States is the ntensfcaton of the drive to organize
dustes The coming conference of the Trade Union Edu
catonal League the American section of the Red nterna
tona of Labor Unions must furnish organzaona center
for the unions that being built and for the left wing
mtants in the old unions The task of consolidating all
militant trade union forces under head cannot be
aed from the struggle against mperiast because only
through organization of the unorganzed in the
industries will be able effectively to cripple the in
dusres and the transportation industry which constitute
the arteries that the febood to the machine
Organization also imperative the workers to be able
to resist the avowed intent of the to introduce
industrial conscrption the RECOMMENDATION of the
land children of the working raton in order that the
imperas ruling class may strive for supremacy it's
rivals.
Essential also is the digent work of organization and
agitation the ranks of the armed forces of the nation The
srugge against resolves itself into pacifist ges
tures unless there is determined fight to win the
armed forces composed overwhelmingly of exploited workers
and farmers to the side of the working class and against the
imperalsts Following the revolutionary banner of Lenn
must consciously strive bring about that unity of action
of the in industry and the armed forces that will
result in the defeat of the mpera forces and pave the
way for the conquest of power by the working class.
Just the declaration of independence the clarion
call for revolution against the desposm of the ruling class