The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
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Labor History in Japan
By Michael Gold


Labor History in Japan
japanese this for Herish reasons They
these understandable but Sen Kayamas book ne
published 1918 the lie to this charge
the first Oriental nation to emerge from the long asnan
workers had to the sudden leap from
fdom into the machine age They made THIS
1897 of living went up and there
industries conrade Kaayans young
America and worked his way through college
and Tskano journalist and sawsda tailor were the taree leaders
happening They took advantage Of this
spontaneous began to organize the workers
the Iron Workers Union Of
anised 1897 with thousand members Com
lsde Kataysma its secretary
organized month the movement
speakers from the petsran ranks sup
weekly established
Labor World" and Katayama was the first editor
in organizing the
first agions work in atua-
The workers had of
World" became daily The tone and spirit
the quotation this daily:
people will the of this silence will speak
speak dparing silent will inter
stammerings; gmblngs and the tumults
complaints the OF who have been degraded
suffering that they have no strength to voice their
viii be the bleeding mouth
the snached viii everything"
neaks IN mnv tongues but that is historic accident what is more
dreama in every land beneath the sun
Socialism is Discussed
ANY
were esbshd "or working class then was ver eager for ny new
among lockers workers plas
shipyard and arsenal workers stone peasants etc.
movement under the Social Refomsm They believed that
the interests of capital and labor are the same
The Labor World answered them nauguatng 1899 the first
public years forming
Rassama was o0'@ showing '''s'u '0' SLOW progress
honeymoon years
that the capitalist state had as yet passed no laws to ze
the Of labor unions
the nobility something like before
tas also committed the usual cuees public sentiment
which made all labor agitation form of reasonable crime This
intensity propaganda Socialism Nippon
resolution Socialism
all problems Other unions did the
mis- decided the moment had
There charter members Katayams
feso published in various and the
suppressed the Party.
the a party
ser and nonpohical They held meetings country
and their articles
held meeting in Toxic to which $4,000
mon The police tried stop the meeting but powerles
then with initial type machines
etc. that crade Kaayama financed and published the Socialist
because Of
business the
down account of overwork chow familiar this
War Comes to Japan
DURING years Socialism was popular topic Of public
editing the
Labor World OF the pub
including Premier there was flood Of utopian
socialist literature thousands Of meetings
h sI o aa the OF Socialists was held Osaka at the great
war clouds gathered the Russian and japanese mp
were qarreg over unhappy Korea All the liberals
socialist uOpan deserted they always and
The government by suppressed all the
fight against the went nevertheless
TT during this that Kaayaa pIehksno Of
Russia at the Amsterdam Socialist conference
each other platform Of
Both were TRAITORS" to their
Again and Again to Begin
TEE Socialist movement Japan many times and
again and again the slow patient Kaaama
four comrades and start another
hundreds Of Thousands under fascist terror
but bravey in his spirit
me OLD man was IN New York
helped form the Socialist Left Wing which
later merged Into the Communist
Inc founders OF American as well as Japanese Communism
can remember meeting him.
those labor veterans like Haywood who ara legend
the On