The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-16

more serious. NOW read on:
fact, way back in the 1905 New
York was the world headquarters of
the First Communist International.
This was brand new news to Bob.
and the first Communist revolu-
ton was in Paris in 1871, but that
was a flop. Then after the World
War, there were plenty of other Com
munist revolutions besides the one
in Russian Germany, Hungary,
Austria, Italy, and"
"And Finland" broke in Gunnar
II was only kid, but 7 remember
the fighting that took plao2 in the
streets. My father fought against the
White Guards himself, and was shot
in the thigh. You can see the scar to
this day."
Bobby glanced from Gunnar to
Slim, to reaSsure himself whether
they weren't kidding him. Where had
he been all these years, not to have
known about these things? How was
it they didn't know about these hap
penings back in the mining fields?
Blacky turned to Slim: We'll, how
come that only Russia is Red, them"
Because that's the only place
where the workers-under the leader
ship of the olsheviks-succesoeu III
holding onto the power. And what
Gunnar told you about the Russian
workers having rifles in their hands
is proof that they still have the
power. In the other countries, like
Germany, the socialist leaders sold
out to the capitalists and made a
capitalist republic after the workers
kicked the kaiser out. And in Italy,
Mussolini, who used to be a socialist
leader, too, sold the workers revolu-
ton out, and set up fascist capital
ist government"
The Bos'n strolled into the mess
room in his wooden slippers, drew a
cup Of coffee and sat down. He said
nothing.
We'll, what's all that got to do
with US?" demanded Bobbie. He
seemed sore about something.
We'll, the working class of every
country is out to seize the power.
That's the first necessary step in
order to successfully overthrow the
capitalist system and set up die
tatorship OF the proletariat. You see,
Bob, you got to think of all those
workers revolutions and rebellions
which failed, either because we
weren't strong enough, or because we
didn't have the right leadership, or
because the time wasn't ripe for it.
Tn thn IS
where the workers had all of these
things in their favor, we have proven
that WE can successfully hold onto
| the power, that we can successfully
get along without capitalists and
parasites, that we can successfully
build UP a new and better society
1t is necessary for every worker to
realize that our Russian brothers are
proving these things for all of us,
and that this Soviet Union is our
country, our real fatherland, and that
we defend it to the last ditch"
Bobbie still looked skeptical. Our
fatherland? Where do you get that
stuff"
81 see you still believe that dope
they taught you in the capitalist
schools, that mans fatherland is
the place where he was born. Well,
if that's SO, Bob, your own father is
treated as foreigner in your father
land. He, together with the millions
of other foreign-born workers who
put in their best years building up
the United States, are today being
thrown out of jobs, finger-p printed,
blackballed and deported Don't you
realize Bob, that no worker can call
a capitalist country his fatherland?
LOOK at the way every capitalist
country today is deporting and keep
ing workers out But did you ever
hear of the Soviet Union deporting
a single worker?"
II did," interrupted Blackie. "How
about that engineer they kicked out
some time ago?"
"You mean those American ku
kluxers who hit Negro worker in