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January 19, 1926 in The Daily Worker

Story January 19, 1926

The Daily Worker

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Imperialism Tactics, Peace Gestures, War Threats, Class Struggle, Capper Johnson Bill, Locarno Pact, Hoover Threats

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

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Political analysis of imperialist tactics using peace gestures like affiliation to the world court and Locarno pact, alongside threats such as Hoover's statements, pressure on Mexico, and disputes in China. Applies similar tactics to class struggle, citing the Capper-Johnson bill as a threat to workers and an agreement involving railways, government, and brotherhoods with Lewis proposal.

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THESE signs are characteristic in that they combine the two tactics by which imperialism proceeds in this epoch-gestures of peace and open or disguised threats of reprisals.
Affiliation to the world court and the praise of the Locarno pact are peace gestures-hypocritical gestures, it is true. The threats of Hoover, Morgan's secretary of commerce, the browbeating of Mexico. the rift over Reuter's activities in China, are war gestures. Peace maneuvers are designed to create confusion in the ranks of imperialist opponents (while strengthening the imperialist front against Soviet Russia war gestures are for reminding them that behind the gestures of peace lies the will to use force to the utmost.
The same tactics are used in the class struggle.
Towards the workers both peace. gestures and threats of war, open or covert, are made.
THE Capper-Johnson bill is a war threat against the workers (it kills two birds with one stone, however) it shows the war-like determination of American imperialism to both the rival imperialist nations and the American working class.
The agreement between the railways. the government and the railway brotherhoods, the Lewis proposal,

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Political Commentary

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Imperialism Tactics Peace Gestures War Threats Class Struggle Capper Johnson Bill Locarno Pact Hoover Threats

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Hoover Morgan Lewis

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Hoover Morgan Lewis

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Imperialism employs peace gestures like world court affiliation and Locarno pact praise, alongside threats from Hoover, Morgan's secretary, Mexico browbeating, and China disputes to confuse opponents and assert force. Similar tactics in class struggle include Capper-Johnson bill as worker threat and railway agreement with government and brotherhoods via Lewis proposal.