The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-02
BY. MAX BEDACHT


September is International Youth Day.
Seventeen years ago this day arose out OF the
struggles of the proletarian youth against the
imperialist war. The revolutionary youth then
witnessed the treacherous support which the
parties of the Second International gave to their
respective imperialist governments. Lead and
inspired by the militant actions of Karl Lieb-
knecht, the revolutionary workers youth organ
lied its own struggle against the war. To dem
onstrate the international solidarity of the mill
tant cadres of proletarian youth everywhere the
International Youth Day was established. Inter
national Youth Day is monument to the best
traditions of the revolutionary proletarian youth
Of the world.
Today we again face war. Capitalism is
arrning; it is building Ships it is construct
ing bombing planes; it is developing new poison
gases and liquid fire; it is preparing for war.
Hand in hand with these physical preparations
goes an theological recruiting for war cam
paign of lies and SANDER against the Soviet
Union is designed to prepare the desired war
mania. American capitalism is more and more
theoretically taking the leadership in this cam
paign against the Soviet Union. The different
capitalist organizations are exerting every effort
to win the youth, the cannon fodder of the i'm
pending war, for its support. The catholic church
in Detroit recently organized mass prayers for
the poor souls of the prosecuted youth in the
Soviet Union. The recent congress of the Y. M.
CA planned campaigns among the American
workers youth Military training is being in
troduced universally into all the schools of the
country.
The Socialist Party and the Socialist youth
movement are covertly and openly supporting
the capitalist war program. They are following
the lead of Karl Kautsky who lays special
overthrowing of the Sovets. The official German
socialist youth press openly calls for war the
Soviet Union
The American socialist youth movement is
playing a denagogc game. The American young
socialists talk of the introduction of militarsm
into the school as being contrary to the prin-
ciples of our government" With such phrases
they wish to cover the obvious fact that "our"
government is the government of the capitalists.
With such phrases they wish to fool the work
ers into the idea that the existing capitalist
government, the workers government, and that
the workers therefore should not fight against
it, For the same reason they support that cap
italst pacifist cover for the preparations of
new war, the Kellogg Peace Pact.
The war preparations of American capitalism
against the Soviet Union are accompanied by
war against the living standards of the Amer
The young workers are forced to set the pace
in the most vicious speed-up campaign in all
industries. At the same time they are paid the
lowest wages even lower than the already in
adequate wages of the adult workers But even
these wages are being CUT The unemployed
youth are being barred from getting even those
few crumbs of relief which are handed out by
various welfare boards and charitable organ
izations. The young workers are being run out
Of the cities
Against the Negro sections of the young work
ers there has been initiated on top of all cam
paign of intimidation through terrorism. The
Scottsboro frame-up is typical example of this
campaign.
At this moment, just as seventeen years ago
the problem and duty of the young workers is
to organize and to fight against imperialist war
The masses of young workers increasingly
recognizing this This was shown in the sue
cessfu National Youth Day; it is also DEM
onstrated in the participation of the young
workers in the miners and textile workers
strikes at the present moment. The coming In
ternational Youth Day shall serve as signal
and Inspiration for unified mass struggle for
the proletarian youth of the world against cap
itasm and against the capitalist war now in the
process of preparation against the Soviet Union
The workers throughout the country and espe-
cially the young workers must prepare for huge
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