The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-22
CHANGE
WORLD!
I szE5
fwo Conventions
BY Michael Gold

month one IS
Of the Friends of the Soviet Union to be held in New York The
other Washington the doorstep Of President Roose-
e the under the auspices Of the Unemployed Councils
THESE two organizations foaize the great problems
America the capitalist world; and unemployment
The profit system has reached its Anal stage OF decay II can
obviously function longer but until the Workers are ready take
o. is death agony.
Capitalism is finished and child might ask why every
simply obvious cooperate the building
The answer that no privileged class ever surender 1t aed
defending its delusOns of grandeur
Every privileged peculiar state Of mind;
deoogy hides ugly itself
Capitalists been told their preachers and philosophers that
private property through eternity;
shall and others born to be masters and others
slaves the poor shall with the Bible
capitalists and kill they
sleep we'll and feel no loss OF virtue They tell themselves they are
fighting their filthy profits but for sacred law and order
are behind
ship sinking, captain declares martial law, and ad
ministers the FascN the Last desperate
gesture Of dying capitalism has other than this morbid
determination 10 save the nserS and EXPLORERS from bankruptcy But
surrounds its ugly face with veil OF purple rhetoric calls
cannot capitalism
patoc each land ntensihes the competitive
povncism It whips spirit; drills millions mlastic
hate all nations and without doubt the
between the different fascistcazed lands
would destroy they first make mad Capitalism to be destroyed
Fascists At Work
ONE got sample operation the last Hunger
y March to Washington years
of the witnesses the authorities
handled the two thousand had
over America to ask for unemployment insurance.
1t piece Of hendh brutality worthy the
The worn hungry after we're
unted wind-swept highway the
nights guard
drunken police sanitary facilities permitted
water for several Gays the drank wsy and nted
kicked marche developed
permitted to be taken hospital Of
OF pneumonia result of this experience.
The climax late aden winter twilight when
gathered ranks band dem
Son on that strip OF highway The cops got out their machine
and provoking
to attack them remarkable But the
eo one ana unoe the menace OF hundreds OF rifle and tear
gns Herbert Benjamin the convention cops
wanted bloody massacre openly yelled for to begin But the
nnaton Of the march their evidently persuaded
the capitalist would
not help capitalism
through Washington and presented their the Capitol
What good did it do? 1t dd good dem
aons and marches hundreds Workers
in their Individual defeatism and inspire them with the
that are being expressed and when thew
recognize this Workers capitalism would
like forget the keep unemployment out Of
the newspapers resents being profits
OF unemployed relief But these demonstrations
The ugly face Of the Dollar only emotion
IN us nara ana caosd heart FEAR and it is fear that them
when they armies of bitter marching
capitol And only something It is
noteworthy that these demonstrations always
need OF action upon the Bosses they generally
The convention this important also crystalline
program for the Unemployed Councils year There
the great basic demand Unemployment say
To hell with charity and relief Workers
The carry plans writes the secretary
you can spare any nckes and dimes send them
18th st, New York City.
War is Near
where there is no unemployment It Japan
Spring. NaS Germany assisting the Japanese cant
tssts the Sla1" the Soviet masses
Never was it more necessary to build organization
the Soviet Union educate involved and
win them for the defense Republic when is at
tackled by the bloody fasciss.
The convention of the coming promises to be
great interest The organization evidently breaking from the
secrean paralysis that has rendered groups mpont
Thus far forty of the delegate from Amer
Federation of Labor even two delegates from
an American Legion post elected worst enemies
OF the Soviet Union liberals who run th
@ Ladies Garment Workers Union But
this body have dehed their sending delegates