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Newspaper
The Toiler
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1921
Page
1
In this issue a sketch covers Lenin's address before the Second Congress of the Third International, the Paris Commune, and a critique of utopian communism. Wrighted by Wendell and contributions from M. H. Rogers and George N. Falconer.
A New York dispatch reports that the supposed anti-Soviet revolts in Moscow Petrograd and Kronstadt were orchestrated by czarist and foreign elements. It cites official Russian notices claiming quiet in Moscow and Petrograd after food rations were equalized and notes mutiny actions faltered. The Kronstadt uprising is described as limited, with loyal garrisons and internal splits among mutineers.
A long denunciation attacks capitalist newspapers for false reports on Petrograd fires and Kronstadt casualties. It praises the Soviet leadership, the Red Army, and the world workers movement while condemning White Guard propaganda from Helsingfors Paris and other capitals.
A London based correspondent reports from Brussels on the Second International crisisIts bureau hangs between cities as Vienna hosts a congress to revive cooperation with the Second Internationaleaders debate whether a 244 faction will reunite with socialists while communism widens the rift After prewar growth Belgiums union swells to 750000 with Catholics joining the movement
The piece recalls the Paris Commune of March 18 1871 as a historic proletarian attempt to seize political power. It notes the defeat of the empire, the republican shift, and Thiers retreat to Versailles. It describes the Central Committee of the National Guard declaring the Commune and early measures including war demobilization, church-state separation, and protection of workers from landlords.
Detroit reports a worsening unemployment surge as tens of thousands of workers seek aid. Soup kitchens run daily by unions and relief groups feed up to 600 meals at the Auto Workers' Temple, with multiple unions operating kitchens across the East Side and Jewish Labor Lyceum. The Cigarmakers resist wage cuts at a local factory linked to R G Dun, while Sheet Metal Workers list firms on an unfair list.
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Section 8 of the sedition law unconstitutional. Walter Gebriel, arrested in Newark in 1920 during the Red raids, was acquitted after being convicted for Communist party membership and for advocating overthrow by force. The ruling holds that belief in overthrow by force cannot alone violate state law.
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