The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-05
BY o. RODRIGUEZ.

THE heroic struggles of the workers and peas
L ants Of Salvador, under the leadership OF the
Communist Party in the January uprising con-
aai5ute a landmark in the development OF the
evolutionary upsurge in the Caribbean coun-
les and in the whole OF Latin America.
This uprising was mass movement of toiling
peasants and agricultural workers against the
nSufferable conditions Of the deepening crisis
and Of the native landlords and capitalists in
alliance with foreign imperialism. 1t demon
strated a tremendous accumulation Of reyolu-
tionary energy, readiness to struggle and SELF
sacrifice on the part of wide masses Of workers
and toiling peasants under the banners Of the
Communist Party, the rapid growth of the revo-
lutionary upsurge among the masses which, in
varying degrees, is the present characteristic OF
all the Caribbean countries The poorly armed
practically unarmed-maSses held their ground
for over week against the combined forces Of
the government, the armer fascist bands of the
golden" youth of the native and foreign ex-
ploiters, and the warships and marines of Yankee
and British imperialism Despite these tremen-
dous odds, the masses have seized and held such
cities as La Libertad, Sonsonate, Ahuchapan and
many smaller towns in the important coffee
region of the country, spreading throughout the
entire Pacific coast and seriously threatening
the capital of Salvador. The uprising showed
the deep syInpathies for the revolutionary strug-
giles of the masses among the rank and file Of
the army which. on various occasions. had re-
fused to fire upon the insurgents.
The workers and peasants Of Salvador, led by
the Communist Party, have written an undying
and glorious chapter in the history Of the world
revolutionary movement. With their lives and
blood they have proven to the struggling masses
everywhere that on the next and higher stage OF
struggle, with a stronger Communist Party and
more powerful revolutionary unions and Peasant
Leagues that will be created in the course of the
daily fight for the immediate demands of the
workers and peasants, the victory must and Will
belong to the masses.
Supported by the Yankee, British and Can
adian warships and marines, the government Of
Maximiliano Martinez has crushsed the JanIi-
airy uprising Of the workers and peasants, killing
and wounding between 500 and 1000 people.
The government, nalliance with the imperial
lists, has unclaimed the widest white terror,
carrying through daily mass executions Of all
suspected" Of participation or even sympathy
with the uprising. With special bestiality the
white terror Is raging against the Communist
Party the revolutionary unions and Peasant
Leagues This mad white terror is rapidly
spreading to the other Caribbean countries
especially Guatemala and Honduras, In des-
perate e1Iort 10 checR the graWtn OF the revolu-
itonary upsurge and as measure of war prep
arations under the hegemony OF foreign
chiefly, Yankee Imperialism. 1t is the task CT
the Communist Parties in the Caribbean coup-
ties TO mobilize the widest masses Of employed
and unemployed workers, toiling peasants and
all sincere anti-imperialist elements, for de-
termined struggle against the white terror, espe-
cially in Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
against the general offensive Of imperialism and
its native supporters (wage-cuts, unemployment,
etc., against the imperiallst robber war ON
China and for the defense of the Chinese revolu-
tion and the Soviet Union.
The lack Of sufficient information prevents us
at this time from making complete evaluation
bf the struggles and lessons Of the January up
rising in Salvador. The Manifesto OF the Com
snunist Party Of Salvador, published in the Bull
letin of the Q. P. Of Honduras, Jan. /, 1872 be-
fore the outbreak Of the struggles, suffers from
number Of basic defects. These defects are,
R1 our opinion, as follows:
I. The Manifesto does not formulate the par
hal economic and SOME basic political demands
VI the masses.
2. The Manifesto does not call upon the masses
kr any concrete action (striksa mass nneetingD