The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-16
COMMUNISTS IN
DEMAND ON GIL
Want Arms for Fight
on Reactionaries

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complete failure in the annals of
our country.
"Instead of making our national
resources independent of the control
Of foreign capital, the government
sacrificed even more of the country's
resources to foreign interests, favor
ing the most outrageous penetration
Of North American capital. The dual
alliance of Gales with American
capital and the American Federation
of Labor, an organization controlled
ty Wall Street agents, is a fact. In
stead of fighting against imperial
ism. the petty bourgeoisie comprom-
ised with imperialism, not in favor
Of the popular masses but in favor
Of oppression and capitalist exploit
tation.
A Policy Of Compromise,
"An this and a thousand other
things make the present events very
clear to us. 1t is the weak, vacillat-
ing policy of compromise of the pet
ty bourgeoisie which has allowed the
organization of the rear -~~ry
forces. 1t Is tho policy of nego-
tiation with the reactionary gen.
erals I'D governors which made it
possible for them today to fight
well-acmed and equipped against
the government and against the
workers and peasant masses. Il is
the policy Of obstruction and sabo-
tage against the working class which
made it possible for reaction to lift
its head once more.
"And even now, at the very mo-
ment when the enemy is organizing
his forces, the government appara-
tus of Portes Gil is honeycombed
with reactionary clements, enemies
Of the working class, which actually
sympathize and connive at the ele-
ments in revolt.
Demands.
"This is the situation today, and
the working class and peasants,
therefore, must act forthwith as
follows:
4. II must demand from the
Executive federal power, and all
the LEGAL power, that all available
arms and military equipment be
turned over Immediately to the
workers and peasant organiza-
tions which, together with the fed
eral forces remained loyal TO the
government, shall insure protec-
ton to the territories and cities
attacked by the reactionary
troops.
"2. To demand the immediate
cleansing of the federal army,
eliminating all elements inimical
to the interests of the working
class new in the administrative ap-
paratus of the government, and
substituting them with represen-
tatiyes chosen by the workers and
peasants organizations.
SO. 70 proceed Immediately
with the dissolution of the large
estates and landed properties.
which are the bulwark of reaction,
and to distribute the land and ag-
ricultural machinery to the poems
and the poor and landless pea
SAINTS.
81 To establish workers con-
troll in the factories. mining
camps and other industrial enter
prises, particularly in the oil
fields; to organize factory COM
mittees composed of the most rev.
oluticnary elements of the work.
ers, which shall supervise produc-
ton and sec to it that all the
rights and guarantees of the
working class are insured.
SO. To demand that in all cities
and villages, theatres, schools and
cinema houses be put at the dis
posal Of workers and peasant or
CARNATIONS, in order that they
nlay hold meetings against the
clerical rebellions and all the ele-
ments which overly and covertly
support the armed revolt.
Also, that all the printing plants
of the governments and the reac-
ticnary papers shall be placed at
the disposal of the working class,
to enable them to print throw
aways. manifestoes and Other ur-
gent propaganda literature.
sc. All reactionary associa-
tio1s, such as the League for Re-