The daily worker., 1934-08-04
PROGRAM

PROGRAM
OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
AGAINST WAR AND FASCISM
Adopted at U. s. Congress Against War
NeU York City, Sept 29-Oct. 1, 1888
The Congress pledges itself to do all in its power
to effect a nationwide agitation and organization
against preparations and war. To this end we
join together in carrying out the following immedi-
ate Objectives+
To work towards the stopping of the manu-
faeture and transport of munitions and all other
materials essential to the conduct of war, through
mass demonstrations, picketing and strikes
To expose everywhere the extensive prepara-
tOns for war being carried under the guise
of aiding National Recovery.
To demand the transfer of all war funds to
relief of the unemployed and the replacement of
all such devices as the Civilian Conservation
Camps, by federal system of social insurance
paid for by the government and employers.
To oppose the policies of American Imperi-
dllSm III the far East, IN Latin America especially
in Cuba, and throughout the world: to sup
port the struggles of all colonial peoples against
the imperialist policies of exploitation and armed
suppression.
To support the peace policies of the Soviet
Union, for total and universal disarmament, which
today with the support of masses in all countries
constitute the clearest and most effective opposi-
ton to war throughout the world to oppose all
attempts to weaken the Soviet Union whether
these take the form of Misrepresentation and
false propaganda diplomatic maneuvering or in
teryentOn by imperiaist governments.
To oppose all developments leading to Fas-
cism in this country and abroad, and especially
in Germany; to oppose the increasingly widespread
use of the armed forces against the workers. farm
ers and the special terrOrzing and suppression Of
Negroes in their attempts to maintain decent
standard of living; to oppose the growing en-
croachments upon the civil liberties of these
groups growing fascination of our sO-caIed
democratic government
To win the armed forces to the support of
this program
To enlist for program the women in in
dustry and in the home; and to enlist the youth,
especially those who, by the crisis, have been de-
prved of training in the industries and are there
fore more susceptible to fascist and war propa-
ganda.
To give effective international support to all
workers and anti-war fighters against their own
imperalist governments.
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To form committees of action against war
and fascsm in every important center and in
dustry, particularly in the basic war industries;
to secure the support for this program of all or
ganiZatiOns seeking to prevent war, paying special
attention to labor veteran, unemployed and farmer
organizations
By virtue of the mandate granted by the thou
sands of delegates from all sections of this country
and groups of the population which bear the burden
of imperalist who, though they differ in poll
tical opinions trade union affiliations religious be-
efs and the methods of carrying on the struggle
against war, bound together by their desire for
peace, and the strength of its unshakabIe conyc-
tion that the struggle against mperiast war is
full only to the extent to which it effectively inter-
feres with and checkmates imperalist war plans this
Congress calls upon the working Glass; the ruined and
exploited farmers, the oppressed Negro people, the
sections of the middle class bankrupted by the crisis
the groups of intellectuals of all occupations men
women and YOUTH together, to organize their inyin-
chile force in disciplined bataions for the decisive
struggle to defeat imperialist war.