The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-07-09
By BEN BUCKLEY

For years I have heard the imperi-
alist propagandist's war cry OF De-
mocracy." Every war has been
war to save the worlds democracy.
Perhaps the war was for the protec-
ton of Rockefeller's oil, to collect
loan for the Chase National Bank in
a foreign country, to protect COM
merce of the high seas, or perhaps
to protect a strip of cotton land in
India that is worked with slave labor.
All wars have been sold to the people
to those that must do the fighting
and sacrificing-as wars for the pres
ervation of democracy and sanctioned
by God And the people are called
upon to defend the flag-their flag
that is flying over the property of
some individual or corporation in
foreign land. Q'm sure the flag never
went there of it's own volition, nor
did the people put it there.) But it
is there and it must be defended in
the name of democracy, because the
flag is the advance guard of property
rights for the corporate powers.
There is only a very small percent
of the worlds people who have even
the faintest idea of what govern
ment based on democracy means and
no conception of what it would be
like All that we have ever known is
capitalistic democracy-tha is free
rights for very limited few. I think
people must be fools with intellects
lower than monkeys when they can
be sold the idea that we are today
living in world where all men are
born in equality and have equal OPP
portunities. Corn planted in dry,
rocky, unproductive land hasn't the
same opportunity as that planted in
rich, irrigated soil. And it doesn't
make a damn bit of difference who
planted the man or the corn-whether |
it was God or John Smith-there is |
not equality in either birth or oppor-
tunity under capitalistic democracy.
Now let's see what these democracy |
phrase makers are going to do, these
great lovers of democracy and haters
of fascism who have been hollering
so long and loud about saving the
worlds democracy. Come on boys
Here's your chance to strut your stuff
after generations of make believe ode
have come true. Actually democracy
is being threatened, and l am going
to tell you which side is which so you
won't make a mistake and have the
alibi that you thought Hitler was the
defender Of democracy. I am sorry
but Adolph is championing the cause
of fascism He believes in minority
very small minority group should rule
the world from a throne room nicely
decorated in gold and silver. He be-
lieves they should be clothed in rare
silks, decorated with the brilliant !
stones Of diamonds, emeralds and {
blood red rubies. He believes they
should have retinue of servants to
wait upon them and to see that their !
honorable bodies have the cream and
honey of the earth so their paunches j
may expand to honorable proportions, f
while their slaves in the fields, mines 2
and factories are forever taking
notches in their belts to stop the {
belly hunger that is forever with them. ]
Yes, there is no mistake about it. +
If Russia is whipped and is forced \
to bow to- and accept fascism you, |
too, my friends Of the good, old USA T
will accept the fascist rule. l don't Il
mean that Hitler will come over here
and conquer the country, l mean that t
you are now under the rule Of the a
fascists that helped to build Adolph b
Hitler and what he stands for. / S
mean to say that capitalistic democ- n