The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-17
Dope zee for the
Workers


has the chance to rise" to a position
Of factory owner or president OF the
United States,-provided the virtues
Of thrift, hard work, and square
DEAF with his employers are prac-
ticed, and all the sacred institutions
of law and order, especially that Of
private property. are duly honored.
America is the land of democracy,
where peace and harmony of interests
reigns between the classes, and strikes
are thing of the past except where
4 few wild-eyed reds get loose and
tir up trouble before they can be
ccked up and put safely out of the
way. And all the rest of it.
During and since the world war
md the Russian Revolution the reds
have come in for an increasing
mount of spleen, both in editorial
md fiction form. In addition to this
he magazines are being more and
more used by the capitalists to whip
rr sentiment for military prepared
ness and war--wars of aggression
against the colonial peoples, war
against imperialist rivals, and war
against those terrible Bolsheviks.
The January issue of "Argosy," for
instance, under the cover Of adyen-
ture Stories presents a whole series
/ ronancing over ,iInperialst aggression
against the colonial peoples; or
Africa, The Fetish Fighters, on
Chiue--"He's My Meat!"; India
The Elephant Sahib"; and the Phil
ippines, 1.-The Flaming Horror" There
is also a series running, which is di-
rected against the revolutionary
movement and the danger of Civil
War-"When Death Went Blind; A
Red War in Black Pail Of Smoke"
In the current issue of Liberty"
which treated its readers not so long
ago to a vicious serial, THE Red
Napoleon" there appears a jingoistic
editorial, jazzing it up for aggressive
warS-wars against the colonials, and
to "save civilization" According to
the business interests, the main dan
GER to their Civilization" comes from
one main source-Moscow.
The editorial appears appropriately
under the famous, father infamous,
quotation, "Our Country! In her in
tercourse with foreign nations, may
she always be right; but our country,
right or wrong!" The editorial is en-
titled, 1.-THE Rough Road" Under
such a head, the reader might be
lead to expect some reference to the
present crisis, and the ten million
unemployed? But not at all The
rough road is that of "the white
mans burden" in "civilizing" the
backward peoples" Scouting the
idea that the United States Capital
ists) would not engage in aggressive
wars, it takes openly the position
that eve" have achieved our present
dizzy heights-or depths-by ruth
lessly using force and chicane"
against the Indians and taking their
land then; "Our war with Mexico
0otted US about 100000 square miles
of new territory: and so on through
The whole list which Liberty" de-
clares were all aggressive wars, with
the exception of 1872, and which have
all justified themselves, by advancing
"our civilization"
Back of the editorial we" used
above stand the same financial IN
terests that publish the Chicago
Tribune-the International Harvester
Trust, and banking, steel, packing, and
other manufacturing interests of the
Middle West.
British imperialism's offensive
war" against India, the editorial fully
approves. In fact, "the only bad wars
are the wars between equal states
of civilization" For example, it
would be regrettable if capitalist
I'VE" had to undertake a war against
our imperialist rival. Great Britain.
Ert, in that event, no doubt England
would have fallen to the role of "a
weaker people, and became one
whom it is our duty to "civilize"?
To the readers Of the Daily Worker.
this editorial in Liberty" stands SELF
exposed. 1t Is imperialism openly
barring it's claws. And this Rough
Road" editorial travelled into more
than two and quarter million
homes, the majority of them working
class, during the past week.
How many toilers' homes has our
revolutionary press reached in this
past week? What can class-conscious
workers do to help to counteract such
capitalist propaganda as Liberty"
and "Argosy" and the whole tribe
are broadcasting? The most telling
counter-active is winning new read
ers for the Daily, and other organs
Of our revolutionary press. Fight
fire with fire!
Another important method Is to
expose these dopesters before the
working class. We would like to hear
from our readers on this subject.
What do the workers in your shop
and neighborhood read, and how
does the reading affect their ideas2
Also, send in any material you have
in exposing the dope in these anti
Working-clas magazines.