Solidarity with the original Sandinistas.

‘March of the Sandinistas’ from The Daily Worker. Vol. 6 No. 10. March 18, 1929.

HUNDREDS JOIN SANDINISTA BALL TO ASSIST PAPER

Support ‘Vida Obrera’ Fighting Paper

A “March of the Sandinistas” in which workers from 21 Latin American countries participated featured the ball held Saturday night at Lexington Hall, Lexington Ave. and 116th St., and arranged by the Spanish Fraction for the benefit of “La Vida Obrero,” Spanish Communist weekly.

Attended by several hundreds of workers, representing numerous trades, the ball was one of the most colorful and spontaneous held in this city in many months.

Albert Moreau, head of the Latin- American department of the U.S. Section of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League, denounced the role of American Imperialism in Latin America, and urged support of “La Vida Obrero,” fighting weapon of the oppressed nationalities.

The program of entertainment was unusually lavish and was greeted with great enthusiasm. On the program were the following:

Consuelo Flore, in a series of acrobatic dances; Joe Diaz and Maire Marabelle, tango dancers; Pedro Flore, Ramon Guiros, Pedro Mareano, Jose Diaz, Jaime Estrella, Antillian group of musicians.

Julie Mata, composer of the San-dino march was present at the ball.

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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