Marching against fascism, and to honor Clara Zetkin, directions for organizations gathering in New York City on June 24, 1933 for ‘National Anti-Fascist Day.’

‘Anti-Fascist Day Order of March’ from the Daily Worker. Vol. 10 No. 150. June 22, 1933.

U.S. Workers Fulfill Antifascist Pledge to Zetkin Tomorrow–Demonstrations Throughout the Nation on June 24 Against German Fascism

NEW YORK. June 22. —As the ashes of Clara Zetkin. veteran leader of the German Communist Party, are borne to Red Square in Moscow, the workers of the United States, pledging to continue the class struggle to which she devoted her life, are preparing for a giant nation-wide antifascist demonstration tomorrow. June 24, National Anti-Fascist Day.

T.U.U.L. Manifesto.

The Trade Union Unity League has issued a manifesto signed by William Z. Foster, calling on all revolutionary unions and opposition union groups to support to their utmost the campaign launched by the National Committee to Aid the Victims of German Fascism, and to unite in participation in the demonstrations tomorrow against German Fascism.

The huge New York demonstration in Union Square, preceded by a march from Madison Square at 12 noon, the rallying point of the anti-Fascist, organizations, will be addressed by Robert Minor for the Communist Party, Erna Stams for the German United Front. Ben Gold for the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union, A.J. Muste for the C.P.L.A., and other prominent speakers. A. Wagenknecht, of the National Committee to Aid the Victims of German Fascism will be chairman of the mass meeting.

The Yonkers demonstration on National Anti-Fascist Day will be held at Warburton and Dock Sts., at 2 p.m., under the auspices of the Yonkers Committee to Aid the Victims of German Fascism, including the Socialist Party, Workmen’s Circle. Communist Party, the Y.P.S.L, and the Y.C.L. the League of Struggle for Human Rights, and many; other organizations.

N.Y. MOBILIZATION POINTS FOR TOMORROW’S DEMONSTRATION MADISON SQUARE, 12 NOON. Unorganized workers, fall in with the Trade Union of their trade or Unemployed. The march will leave Madison Square, from 27th Street along Madison Avenue to 23rd Street, west along 23rd Street to Seventh Avenue, south along Seventh Avenue to 14th Street, to Fourth Avenue and into Union Square.

ORDER OF ORGANIZATIONS

Column 1, 27th Street, east of Madison—United Front Anti-Fascist organizations: German Anti- Fascist Action Committee, Italian United Front for Anti-Fascist Action, Jewish Workers and Peoples’ Committee Against Fascism and Pogroms, Hungarian Anti- Fascist League. Balkan Anti-Fascist Alliance, National and City Committees to Aid Victims of Fascism.

Column 2, 26th Street, cast of Madison—Communist Party, Sections 1,2, 4. and 10; trade unions: Needle Workers, Marine, Building, Shoe, Food, Metal, Laundry, Furniture. Labor Sports, Office Workers, Teachers, Medical, and all Unemployed Councils and Block Organizations.

Column 3, 25th Street, east of Madison—Communist Party Sections 6,7. 8; I. W. O.; I. L. D.; Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League; F.S.U.; Workers’ Children’s Schools, Icor, Women’s Councils, W.I.R.: Professional and all Cultural Groups, Anti-Imperialist League.

Column 4, 24th Street, east of Madison—Communist Party Sections 5, 11, 15, Young Communist League, all Youth Organizations, all Workers’ Clubs, Students, all Language Organizations, and miscellaneous groups.

The Daily Worker began in 1924 and was published in New York City by the Communist Party US and its predecessor organizations. Among the most long-lasting and important left publications in US history, it had a circulation of 35,000 at its peak. The Daily Worker came from The Ohio Socialist, published by the Left Wing-dominated Socialist Party of Ohio in Cleveland from 1917 to November 1919, when it became became The Toiler, paper of the Communist Labor Party. In December 1921 the above-ground Workers Party of America merged the Toiler with the paper Workers Council to found The Worker, which became The Daily Worker beginning January 13, 1924.

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