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000337
OF
HERDI[·
STRUGGLE
OF
THE
SPANISH
PEOPLE
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SOCIALIST
•
LABUJ
COllEeJJSI
THREE
tENTS
PUBLISHED
BY
WORKERS
LIBRARY
PUBLISHERS,
INC.
P.
O.
BOX
148,
STATION
D,
NEW
YORKCITY
AUGUST,
1938
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PRJlI/TED
IN
THE
U.S.A
Two
Years
of
Heroic
Struggle
of
the
Spanish
People
BYGEORGI
DIMITROFF
GeneralSecretary
a/the
CommunistInternational
I
F
OR
twoyears
theSpanish
people
havebeendefending
their
liberty
and
independencewithunexampledcourage.
In
exceptionallydifficultconditions,
at
thecost
of
tremendoussacrifices
and
the
bloodof
their
valiant
sons,theyhavede-.fendedeveryinch
of
their
native
land
against
the
army
of
fascistinvaders.
In
the
history
of
the
humanraceit
will
be
difficulttofinda
more
heroicsaga
ofthe
struggle
by
awholepeopleagainstalienenslavers,
a ~ d
at
the
sametimea
baser
and
morecriminal
war
againsta
culturedand
civilizedpeople
of
Europe.
This
warisbeingwaged
in
asituationwhere
international
bodiesclaimingto
be
thedefenders
of
world'peace,
and
the
governments
of
thebiggestWestern
European
stateswhich
proudly
considerthemselvestobe
the
representatives
of
democracy,culture,
and
civilization,
not
only
put
up
with
the
unparalleled
crimesofthefascist
barbarians,
but
actually
supportand
encouragethem
by
their
entirepolicy.Asiswellknown,
the
diplomats
of
the
Western
European
powers
and
of
the
leadingLeague
of
Nationscirclesjustify
their
"non-intervention"
policy-so
fullof
treacherytothe
Spanish
people-by
thehypocriticalstatement
that
the
warinSpain
isonlythe
internalaffair
of
the
Spaniards
themselves,
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