The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-30
DOWN WITH PASSIVITY 80
INTO ACTION IN THE
ANTLWAR STRUGGLE
By F. BROWN

and order thousands Of people were nassacred.
Japan is not only occupying Manchurla, but
step by step is working feVerishly to strengthen
its military position in Nanchuria, consolidating
and widening the base for the attack against
t5,a Soviet Union New divisions are sent in
With the pretext Of fighting "banditry." Rus
san white guard bands are modified In the
EfIkans in Czechoslovakia, and other countries
end shipped to the Far East At the same time,
under the guidance Of the French general staff
tine puppet states of the imperialsts, the states
OIL the western front are sharpening their
weapons.
Munitions For Attack On Soviet Union
The transport of arms anlmunitions, and raw
materials Tor the preparation Of ammunition, are
following each other through the Pacific,
through the Suez Canal, leaving the ports Of
the capitalist countries for the Far East.
The preparation for the imminent direct at
tack against the Soviet Union is openly admit
ted by the capitalist press, A new wave of
ISLANDERS against the Soviet Union for the pre-
paration to arouse public opinion against it is
gradually mounting, and Pope Plus again, with
the last encycncal, put the church amidst the
vanguard of the imperialist bandits.
Releasing The Blow"
CAPITALISM is frenziedly seeking the way out
of the crisis through war. While in certain
limits cit is correct and indisputable that the
contradiction in the inperialists camp binders
the onslaught on the Soviet Union" it is more
than evident that side by side with these con-
.tradictions there exists the permanent tendency
Of a united attack of the imperialiSts against
the Soviet Union and China. Japan is the spear
lead Of the world imperialism for the attack
against the Soviet Union. In its war prepar-
alton Japan has the support OF the world lnl-
rerialist robbers, as is more than evident from
thc transport of anmunitions and raw material.
The fact that Japan occupies Manchuria with
the tacit consent Of the imperiasts, that bat
ties arc taking place daily, that the Japanese
army isl approaching closely to the Siberian
border. shows that I'VE are not simply confronted
with the preparation of blow against the Sow
let U-lion but that the mperialists arc already
releasing their blow
X Anti-War Struggle still Agitational
When We examine the anti-Tar struggle of the
world proletariat i'll general and of the United
States in particular, our struggle against the
japanese imperiahsts-the invader Of China, the
spearhead in the attack against the Soviet Union
Our struggle against the different imperialists
at home we must come to the conclusion that
We ca mot yet speak OF a real ar1ti-war struggle
of the world proletariat, that we did not sue
coed in stirring the world proletar1at In action
in regard to the war against China, and the
preparation of the onslaught against the Soviet
Union
In the United States, while during the last
months we can register some achievements III
the anti-War campaign Successful antt-War de-
naonstrations in Washington, Chicago, Seattle,
Frisco and other cities the First Of May de-
n1onstrations etc. we must state that we are
still far from having brought the anti-war cam
paign inside the factories still far from having
modified millions of workers in the anti-war
struggle.
The last Party Plenun emphasized the role
Of the world proletariat in the struggle against
inlperialist war, in the struggle against the Jap
anese imperialism, against the United States
imperialism which while feverishly preparing for
war against its imperialist competitors, is above
all preparing itself for the attack against the
Soviet Union.
While steps were taken to show to the masses
that the world proletariat under the leadership
of the Communist Party can become decl-
sive factor for the postponement of the I'M
perialist attack against the Soviet Union, while
we show to the masses that the anti-war strug-
gle means the strengthening of the position of
the Soviet Union and of the world proletariat,
and the weakening of the position of the i'm
perialists, we are still in an agitational stage
of the struggle.
Lack of Factory Work
From the District reports we know that in the
last months hundreds and hundreds of anti
pIOLSSJ meetings were LSIU5 u4uUOL d44u OuJ@
door, involving hundreds of thousands of work
ers However, the meetings and demonstrations
in front of shops can be counted on our fingers.
TIL now, not single demonstration took place
in front of ammunition plants, in front of docks
at the departure of ships for the Far East loaded
with ammunitions, not one single concrete move
was made to hinder the production of ammuni-
ton, TO hinder the transport of to the Far
East. And the war is going on already for
months.
The anti-war campaign practically not
brought among the workers of the factories. No
anti-war committees were yet established for the
mobilization Of the masses inside the plants, for
leading them In the anti-war struggle. While
workers correspondents from the ammunition
plants through the Party press are notifying the
Party and the American working class about
the speedy work in the ammunition plants about
the Transformation of some of the industries
to war industries, about shipments OF amTnu-
nitions to the Far East-which shows the alert
hess of the most advanced workers inside the
ammunition plants, among the longshore1nen--
we are still unable to give these workers direct
guidance and organizational forms to the fight
ing spirit of the masses.
The slogan "Stop the Shipment of Munitions
20 the Far East" remains simply an agttatlonal
slogan along with the slogans for the defense
m the Soviet Union, for the defense of Soviet
China, etc. We cannot be satisfied only with
repeating correct slogans which will remain ex-