The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-23
Soviet Union Defense Day.

Events the past two weeks have abundany proved the
correctness of the estimation by the Communist International
the period in which live of tremendously ncrea
ing sharpening of all capitalist antagonism The concerted
mperast attack the Soviet Union by the imperalst
powers the worldwide campaign of provocaton and SANDER
against the workers and peasants government the
soudness and revolutionary clarity of the leadership of the
Communist International that proclaimed the fight against
the danger the central task of the Communist Parties
of the world.
The setting aside of August list as day for mobilization
of the working class of the world in mighty strikes and
demonstrations against imperiast not accidental
was the result of an accurate estimation of the forces max
ing for world
The mobilization of the workers to fight against periaist
decided upon two months before the latest and most
vicious assault upon the Soviet Union in this decade August
LIST to be the beginning of worldwide drive against
the imperialist mongers on every front.
The action of the Chinese bandit in the service
of Imperialism has concretzed the danger The capitalist
class of the world is united in effort to broaden and
the against the Soviet Union The that the
United States Great Britain and France unite in dentic
proposals to settle the dispute the basis of the Kellogg
pact evidence of the unity of purpose of these three
They openly talk of economic and military intervention Since
the Boshevk forces seized power in 1917 the mperast
powers have conducted economic against the Soviet
Union. The only form the could take would be
actual armed intervention
The military power of the Soviet Union being modified
to defend the revolution against the mperat hordes The
class conscious workers of the world part of the
forces of the Soviet Union the socialist fatherand the
working class
The new situation makes it imperative that August LIST
be not merely struggle against imperas war; but that
the mobilization of the working class take place under the
slogan of Soviet Union Defense Day.
In response to the call of the Communist international
we must convert International Red Day. which is the day
II struggle against mperialist war; into fighting demon
;traton against the organizers of bloody massacre
The existence of the Soviet Union as an OUTPOST and
ormdabe fortress of the revolutionary proetaria of the
World IN It's struggle against capitalism results the part
he proetarat through most oppressive internal policy
against the workers Of the different countries but
through policy of united capitalist warfare against the
Soviet Union-MAX BEDACHT Member of the Secretariat
# the Communist Party of America writing "The Comm
Address to Party" in The Daily Worker July 1929
San imperiais victory in the fight against the US.SR
would much than the defeat of the proetarat
he USSR it would nfic the severes defeat the nterna-
ona has suffered throughout the world of it's
xstence The labor movement would be thrown back
ecades The severest reaction would rage in Europe
heses and Resolutions of the vi World Congress the
communist International August 1928.