The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30

again and you will see that this name'
is applied to everyone and anyone
who calls upon the working class to
organize and fight for its rights, who
helps to lead this fight, who refuses
to trust in the promises OF the class
enemy, who exposes their tricks and
maneuVers, who fights with all energy
for better conditions NOW and who
points the way to the final solution
of all the problems, the revolutionary
solution, the revolutionary way out
of the crisis.
You see, then, it is not so terrible
to be radical" or a Red"
But we are not anarchists, we are
not for disorder. The only real anar-
chists are the capitalists, VINO by
tleir wild competition, their ruthless
grabbing for individual profits, create
this world wide disorder and chaos
Of the crisis, of the many wars go
ing on, of the bigger war preparing.
We are not for violence and blood
shed 1t is the capitalists who every
day carry out the violent and bloody
suppression of strikes. 1t is the capt.
talists who bring upon the world that
supreme example Of violence and
bloodshed Of imperialist wars. We
fight against all such violence and
bloodshed with all Our power. The
abolition of all such violence and
bloodshed can only be achieved by
the accomplishment OF our aim, the
overturning Of capitalist power and
the establishment of a Workers
Government.
We are not for the destruction of
goods and houses! 1t is the CAPT
talists and their government which
is destroying wheat, cotton, milk,
fruits-all the things people are dy-
ing for lack (Which destroys the
productive forces by keeping them
standing idle, rusting away, which
keeps the buildings standing empty
while millions freeze for lack of
shelter. We are against all this
destruction. We want all the wheat
and cotton given to the people to
feed and clotfe them with. We want
all the factories to open to make
more things for the masses to con-
sumo. We want the houses opened
up for the homeless to live in!
We are not un-American! Since
when has it become un-American to
revolt against oppression and
tyranny? Since when is it un-Amer-
lean to call for revolutionary strug-
gle to overthrow tyrannical and
destructive system? The United
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King George and the British Empire.
The U. S. was born in revolutionary
struggle. 1t was born in the con-
fiscation of the private property of
the feudal landlords. That good old
American tradition of revolution is
today kept alive ONLY by the Com
munist arty. We are the only true
Americans. The Republican, Demo-
cratic and Socialist Parties are all
renegade to the basic American tradi-
ton of Revolution.
These fundamental features of
Americanism were explained long ago
by that eminently American historian,
John Lothrop Motley, in the follow
ing words:
"No man On either side of the
Atlantic, with Anglo Saxon blood
in his veins Will dispute the right
of a people, or Of any portion Of
People, to rise against oppression,
to demand a redress of grievances,
and in case of denial of Justice to
take up arms to vindicate the
sacred principles Of liberty. Few
EngIishrnen or Americans will deny
that the source of government is
the consent of the governed, or
that any nation has the right to
govern itself, according to its own
will. When the silent consent is
changed to fierce re,nonstrance,
the revolution is impending. The
right Of revolution is indisputable.