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» f=. the governmental machine. Bald- _ |. its disposal. “now spending tens of thousands EVEN THE BLIND CAN SEE LL credit to the British miners. Their courage, discipline and vigor is a real inspiration to. the working class. the world over. It is also serving ‘as a serious check upon the “open shop” and wage]: entting ambitions of. many an American capitalist. The Ameri- can workers are, therefore, in duty ound to come ta the immediate assistance of the British miners with substantial sums of money. The real nature of the desperate struggle in whieh the British miners are engaged is becoming obvious even to the blind. And what is it? It is to stop the offensive of British capital against labor. It is to save the entire British work- ing class from being thrown into the abyss of misery and starva- tion to which British capital is persistently driving the working masses. It is to save the British trade union movement from dem- oralization. And in this struggle the. Brit- ish miners are confronting. the tremendous weight of a practical- ly united capitalist: class: which has to its service the full might of Win’s government is doing the bid- ding of the British coal magnates as truly and loyally as they could desire. The’ king already signed the eight-hour bill for the miners, and the Baldwin government is of dollars in full page advertise- ments in all English newspapers trying to show “how an increase in one hour would solve the coal problem and give the miners, full satisfaction.” : At-the same time parliament decides. to continue in force the ‘Emergency Act,” which gives the government war-time powers to crush the strike by all means at But the British miners are not dewhhearted. Despite the black treachery of the class-collabora- tion trade union leaders who call- Buln’ oF THE DAILY WORKER. Second Section: This Magazine Section Appears Every Saturday in The DAILY WORKER. SATURDAY, British Capitalists Celebrating the Calling Of of the General Strike ALEX. BITTELMAN, Editor, JULY 10, 1926 p29! ed off the general strike leaving|rendered leadership to the right|with splendid vigor. And in this{ The British miners must win. the miners alone in the field; and|wing and permitted the latter to |they are receiving the support of |The American workers must sup- despite the cowardly behavior of|betray the general strike, the|the militant workers the world|ply part of the financial support. the sham left wingers, who sur-| British miners are pushing ahead |over. . PERRIN SSSA Rr BALES SII aE eG TIE NE MRT, Tain ET Help the British miners! Coolidge and the Declaration of Independence How much finality and perfection is there in the Declaration of Independence? “About the declaration,” says Coolidge in his July Fourth oration, “there is a finality that is exceedingly restful.” RESTFUL is the word, It is, indeed, restful and comfort- able for the class of capitalists that Coolidge serves to haye the Declaration of Independence considered final, and to have it backed up by the armed forces of the American government, It is restful and profitable, Coolidge says: “If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final, If goy- erments derive their just powers from the consent of the gov-. erned, that is final, No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions,” What is missing here to complete the thought is a statement to the effect that the republican party and President Coolidge are also final and then everything would be nice and dandy, td * « ° P HOWEVER, what 1s the real] truth of the matter? The equality truths of the Declaration of Independence were 1 Sn da very concrete and material truths at the time when the Amer- ican government was formed, These truths meant that the young American capitalist class shall become the dominant power in the government, For a class that holds the economic power in its hands, equality before the law means more than equality. It means domination, And that’s what happened, But for a class that is economically dependent, as the work- ers and poor farmers are, equality before the law means in- equality and oppression, And that Is our present system. Tell the victims of the Gary disaster that they and the steel trust are equal before the law, Tell the Passaic strikers that they and the textile bosses are all equal, 1 Tell the bankrupt and rujned farmers that they and Wall Street are all standing on a basis of equality before the law and the American government, It is ridiculous, of course. The only equality that will affect: the economically oppressed classes ig the abolition of classes altogether, This means the abolition of capitalism thru the establishment of a workers’ and farmers’ government.