The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-02
The Story OF a Great
Strike

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THE strike of the Belgian miners which is now in its sec
ond month, continues undated More than 100000
miners heroicay participating in this gigantic fight
against the bosses wage cutting offensive defyng the I'M
precedented terror of the governments gendaes poce
defeating the most tracherous strkebreakng drive of the
refomist leaders Vanderved Marten Deattre Perad and
others.
complete division of labor between the police and
the rfomst mseaders established since the first days
of the strike While the guns of the gendarmes active
in the strike fields spreading terror drying to the
militant Belgian miners into submission Vandervede Dela
ire and other socafascst traitors socialist in their
agogca speeches and fascist in their every day dee went
into the strike districts to preach peace and to promise
that victory would be secured for the strikers by the CAPT
talst parliament
THE workers turned down these messengers of the star
walton policy pursued by the bosses and their govern
ment They compelled them to leave the mining districts
protection of the gendarmes who enraged by the
mpotency of the reformis leaders intensified their terror
As result workers killed in Charlero and other min
ing centers. Many wounded Soldiers commanded
fire the strikers but they refused The strikers
had barcaded themselves greeted their class brothers in
uniform and fraternized with them
At this point the sociareformst leaders once more tried
to fool the workers with demagogc speeches. 1--WE
the side of the strikers they said against the industrial
is the bankers the agitaors They went to Parliament
endeavored to put through the most cynical betrayal
of the strikers Against the vote of the Communist deputy
they assured satisfaction to the strikers and announced
that agreement has been reached with the bosses whereby
all the strikers demands attained. They spoke of
victory" for the miners.
The Belgian strikers discovered that the agreement pro-
vded not for the withdrawal of the wagecut but only for
its postponement They threw this false victory the
faces of the refomst leaders extended their fight into
general strike.
TO defeat the miners the government ordered verabe
drive the strikers which carried out with the help
of socaed workers mltiamen organized by the reform
list leaders The bosses and their agents well
of the tremendous significance of the strike They still
They well know that this strike although it did not at
tain all the demands, it already brought significant poll
teal victory to the workers. 1t dealt decisive blow to the
theory of he mpossibity of stkes during crisis and
to the policy of socapeace advocated by the socareform
lists in order to keep the workers from fighting
These theories against the workers and the strike
of the Belgian miners revealed them as SUCH Their defeat
victory for the workers. victory the Communist
Party whose militant policy is thus indicated.
THE bosses and their agents are therefore more deter
mined than ever to break the strike of the Belgian miners
The reforms leaders reducing the strike benefits in
attempt to starve the strikers The bosses and their
ackeys want to defeat the miners order to attack
successfully the other workers.
And not only the Belgian BOSSES but the coal barons of
the whole world including those of the United States are
sending scab coa to strange the strike and satisfy their
own greed for profit.
Today the Belgian miners the active solidarity
of the miners and workers of the world They won their
right to this active solidarity in two months of bloody and
heroca fight against the starvation policy the BOSSES
The workers of the United States must aid the Belgian
miners by collecting funds and forwarding them to the
strikers in Belgium.
THE miners of the United States show their solidarity
with their Belgian brothers by raising together with
the transport and marine workers, the slogan Not one
ION of coal to Belgium!
The miners of the United States themselves fighting
to the wagecuting offensive of the capitalists The deve
opment of the strike will be the highest express
sion of class solidarity with the Belgian workers
Miners and other workers of the United States Show
your practical solidarity with the Belgian strikers!