The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-10

TOGETHER with the news
i that renewed fighting has
broken out in Madrid, and
that a general strike was
called by the Syndicahsts,
come details of armed struggles
which swept Spain recently.
AS "LHumanite" points out, the
call for general strike by the
Anarcho-syndicalist leaders OF Sar-
ragossa comes a month too late.
When the rest Of the Spanish pro-
letariat moved into action, the
leaders, especially in
Catalan, tried to hold the workers
back. Now they are forced into ac-
ton in protest against the execN.
ton of workers who took part in
the fighting.
The republican newspaper in
eel SOL" tells of the muir.
der of Dolores Ibarruri, known to
them masses as LaPassionaria. Come
rade Iburruri was a member of the
Central Committee and of the Sec
retariat of the Communist Party
of Spain. She took an active part
in the Thirteenth Plenum Of the
Executive Committee of the Conn
munist International last Septefn.
Der. She spoke before the 18th Con-
gresS of the Communist Party Of
the Soviet Union, and was Lead
ing figure at the international
Paris Women's Congress Against
War and Fascism.
Comrade Ibarruri was slaughtered
by Foreign Legionnaires and Mora
rocan troops at Ovieda. These mer-
cenary cut-throats occupied the
prison buildings in Ovieda and
sought to advance towards the
North railway station. Their move
ments were severely hampered by
sharp rife and machine gun fire
from the revolutionists who had en-
trencted themselves in street near
the railway station.
rOMRADE IBARRURI was one Of
v those who commanded a ma
chine gun near San Pedro church.
In this group there were two women.
Ibarruri and girl called LaFuente.
When the Legionnaires were about
100 feet away, they opened with
machine gun fire, then fixed their
bayonets and charged the barri-
cades. The two women were ripped
to pieces.
La Passionate, as Comrade Ibar-
ruri was known to the toiling
was revered for her bravery
in the fight against the Spanish
landlord-Oourgeoisie. She died fight
ing to the last against superior
forces. The example set by her
brave fight to the death VIII spur
the workers to continue the strug-
gle and to win the final victory over
faSciSm.
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