The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-09
OPEN AMNESTY
CAMPAIGN IN NY
Rally Worker for Paris
Commune

Commune
The New York District of the IN
ternational Labor Defense h
launched a big mass campaign to
secure amnesty for all political pri-
soners in ew York State. The cam
paign is also demanding the imme-
date repeal of the infamous Crimi-
nal Anarchy Law which has beer
used to railroad militant workers to
Jail.
Already many signatures have beer
collected for the amnesty petition
addressed to Governor Roosevelt
which has been issued by the LID
Thousands of signatures must be
secured in order to make the petit
ton a real representation of the will
of the working masses of New York
State. All workers are urged tc
get these petitions at the office of
the New York LID, 799 Broadway,
room 410.
The amnesty campaign is also
rallying the workers of ew York to
honor the memory of the victims OF
capitalist justice in France of 60
years ago, the martyrs of the Paris
Commune. On Wednesday evening,
March 18, the New York LID. is
arranging a great Paris Commune
commemoration at Irving Plaza, Is
ST. and Irving Place. This CONNIE
moration will, in the spirit of the
heroic Communards, sound a call for
struggle against the deportation of
foreign-born workers and for amnes-
ty for all political prisoners including
Mooney and Billings, the Imperial
Valley and Centralia boys, and the
six Atlanta, Ga, workers who face
the electric chair.
The arrest of August Yokinen by
immigration officers of the United
States government, following upon
his pledge at workers mass trial
in New York to struggle with the
Negro masses against the bosses
lynch system of racial and national
oppression, is a most ruthless attack
upon the whole working class.
BY This act the bosses government
openly upholds the whole vicious
system of prejudice, Jim Crowism
peonage and lynching under which
the 100000 Negro toilers suffer
double exploitation and the most
ferocious oppression. The landlord
capitalist lynchers who roast Negroes
to death are allowed to go free, are
protected by the bosses and thei1
government. But this Finnish worker
becomes an undesirable alien" to be
bounded out of the country into the
hands of the fascist Finnish muir
derers, because he declares his will
lingness to fight against the bosses
hideous lynch system.
This attempt to deport Yokinen is
one more fragrant instance of the
rising wave of boss terror against al
workers, the increasing oppression
and lynching of the Negro workers
the growing persecution and depor-
tation of the foreign-born workers
the mounting terror against native
born workers. This dastardly attack
shows the determination of the
bosses to smash the unity Of the
workers, to crush their struggle
against the growing unemployment
starvation, misery and terror.
The international Labor Defense
calls upon every worker, Negro anc
white, native and foreign born tt
rally to the defense Of Yokinen, tc
wage a united, militant mass struggle
for the release Of Yokinen and al
class war prisoners. We appeal to al
workers organizations to join &C
lively in this vital struggle, to adopt
resolutions of protest, help secure
funds, hold mass protest meetings
We call for immediate preparation
for united, powerful, nationwide
mass demonstrations on March %
to be observed as a Workers Solidar.
ity Day of Struggle Against Capt..
tslist Deportations, Lynching ant
Terror for Amnesty for All Clas
War Prisoners.
Workers of all races! Unite to free
Yokinen!
Defeat the BOSSES Jim Grow Lynch
vengeance!
Fight for amnesty for all elias
war prisoners! Against deportations
For the right of political asylum
For equality and elf-determinatior
for Negroes!
Demonstrate March 2S. Fight tn,
Brutal boss terror!
National Executive Committee,
international Labor Defense.