The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-19
ALL AFRICA IN
REBELLION, IS
CARNEY REPORT
Full Rights Demanded
BY Negro Communist
BY ROBERT MINOR.
(staff Writer Daily Worker.l

the lnterndTlOndl character anu
wide political interests claimed
by the convention of Negro
peoples of the world, now in
session here, under the auspices
of the Universal Negro Improve
ment Association, when Marcus
Carney, president of the organi-
zation, Interrupted the proceed
ings to read to the delegates
two dispatches, one telling of
an uprising of natives of the
Sudan in Africa and the other
of the defeat of both the French
and the Spanish troops by ma
tives of Morocco.
The large Negro audience,
composed of a thousand or more
Harlem Negroes and also of
delegates from many colonies
of colored population, from the
West Indies to the French and
British possessions in Africa,
shook the roof of Liberty Hall
with their cheers and shouts of
joy.
Greets Importance of Revolt.
Some of us may not know the ire.
mendous import Of this movement"
said Garvey, his face beaming with
delight. Lack of knowledge of what
we are doing accounts for a great
deal of Misunderstanding, as ex-
pressed by some of our critics.
'"The international character of our
movement and it's determining pur-
poses are so marked that we cannot
but feel happy and glad when certain
things happen which are in accord
with the spirit in which we are work
ing. Now and then things occur in
which our movement is especially in
erested-especially things that are
happening in Africa, for we must re-
member that our supreme purpose is
to free and redeem the African conti-
nent for the colored people who are
entitled to have it and to work out
their destiny there.
Nov, some things have been hap
pening there which are Of great in
terest and Importance, and yet which
some people do not pay much atten-
ton to because they do not realize the
significance of them. Yet they are
events which show the immense work
that the association is doing. They
show that we are dealing with SEN
timent that cannot be destroyed--th
growing and persistent sentiment for
African freedom and redemption
which is behind our organization.
All Africa Afire.
you should know that every sec
ton of Africa has stirred itself to this
same sentiment, which grows and
spreads thru all the colonies. Mo
rocco is in rebellion, the Sudan, East
Africa, West Africa-all of the peo-
pies there are responding to this
great urge for liberation. / have just
received a letter from South Africa
which states that the downfall Of
General SHUTS in South Africa was
absolutely due to the activities Of the
natives.
"And the Moors. The Moors are
beating Spain, and they have shat
tered her armies until they have prac-
tically upset the government of Spain
which is now in a precarious condi-
ton"
After Mr.. Garvey had read the two
dispatches from two afternoon news
papers, and after the demonstration
was quoted, the convention passed
into consideration of a plan for the
formation of the proposed Universal
Negro Political Union" 1t must be
explained that the Negroes use the
term universal" in the sense of Gin
ternational." The operations of the
proposed union would, according to
indications gathered from the
speeches, be of an anti-imperialist ma
ture thruout all colonial and semi-in-
dependent Negro countries, but as to
their nature. within the United States
there is less clear indication as yet.
There is some reason to think that
the leaders intend to operate in the
United States on the basis Of select
ing individual candidates on Repub-
lican and Democratic tickets who are
supposed to be good" to Negroes in
terests--in short, the same plan which
Gompers has 80 disastrously applied
to the labor union movement. But 1t
is impossible as yet TO make sure
what the domestic policy of the Ne
gro Political Union will be.
Communist Moves for Equality.
An attempt was made by Mrs.
Olivia Whiteman, Communist dele
gate, to have the appeal to governors
of southern states, which was passed
the day before, reopened for reconsid-
Grafton.
Il make this request" said Mrs.
whiteman. because / notice for one
thing that the resolution says that the
Negroes do not seek social equality