The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16

before it will give up the barren rock
that is Gibraltar and weaken its con-
troll of the western entrance to Medi-
terranean, Just as it murdered, exiled
and jailed revolving Cyprus workers
crushing their struggle under the
wheels of artillery, rather than
weaken it's control of the entrance to
the Suez canal and of the sea route
to India, so will American imperialism
go to any length including war de-
oIared or undeclared-to crush the
revolt Of the Cuban, Haitian and
Porto Rican masses threatening its
power to rob and rule In the Carrib-
bean area and all of Latin and South
America. Only the most reSolute
action by the American working class
can prevent this.
It is q war mobilization in Cuban
waters. with the bulk of its Allan
tic fleet in the Pacific, with ever
greater tenseness in irnperialist rela-
tionship in the Pacific area as the
Chinese revolution frees ever larger
masses and narrows the exploitable
base Of American, British, Japanese
and French Imperialism, Washington
is more than ever determined ito put
on a good show" in the Caribbean.
DUT the perceptions Of the colonial
ID masses and the America workers
and farmers sharpened by the terrible
hardships Of the crisis and the break
down Of the American prosperity
forever" theory, are forcing Yankee
imperialism to. pay a big price for its
display. The pacifist pretenses Of
Roosevelt wilt away in the face Of the
brutally open array Of war machinery
sent against the Cuban masses; his
non Intervention swindle is exposed
by the shameless Sumner Welles pro-
tecting the army officer protector
of the Porristas, turning an Amer
lean hotel into the American en-
bassy run by Machadists, armed to the
teeth and fortified against workers
peasants and honest students anc
intellectuals fighting for liberation.
Something was needed to stir the
American working class to a realiza-
ton to the fact that today under
MIRA the flag of inperiaist war is
rove to the halyards and ready to be
hoisted at any moment. The need to
be ever on guard in defense OF the
liberation struggle of the oppressed
masses in the sphere of American
influence" has been brought home
sharply by the declaration of wal
written with bsttleshtps m place OF
words.
These same ships and guns win be
turned against the American masses
just as they were made ready to deal
| death and devastation in Cuba on
behalf of Wall Streets innperialist In
terests.
They are the hard facss behind the
demagogy Of Roosevelt and MIRA
Taking advantage of the Cuban Sit
uation, which is supposed to convince
all Americans that the Cuban people
and the Latin American masses are
their enemies, proposal Is now be-
| fore Roosevelt for a new grab oil
S303,000,000 from the Public Work.
funds for the army. AS usual an ap-
peal is made directly to workers for
support of this new subsidy for mass
murder of all those who revolt against
Wall Stat home and abroad-by
saying that 30 cents out of every dol
lar will "go into the pockets of wage
earners" The bullets, bombs and
shrapnel will so in their direction too,
These are some of the facts on
which the Congress inst Imperial
ist War must base its preparations,
its agitation and propaganda and
organized actions against war in the
next two weeks, and upon which the
program of the Congress itself must
be based.
No better preparation for the Con-
gress can be made than a tenfold in
crease in the mass defense of the
Cuban masses.