The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-10
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IL estine on an oily mission for the
British empire, was upset when Arabs
stoned the hotel in which the lord
was staying. We should not be sur
prised. Neither must 1t be assumed
that Balfour's surprise was lacking
in genuineness. Like the typical Brit
ish imperialist, he could not under
stand why the Arabs do not appre-
ciate the benefcience of British rule
and the self-sacriflce which prompts
the boys Of the bull dog breed ito
shoulder the responsibilities of gov
erning inferior peoples"
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THIS lack of comprehension on the
4 part of subject peoples is becoming
universal malady nowadays. We
should not be surprised to see the
much-abused foreign-born worker in
the United States take lesson from
the Negro workers, who are begin
ing to let the capitalists know that
they have the numerical power to
prevent persecution and discrimina-
ton If they only learn to use it. Race
consciousness is coming before class
consciousness and the Negro bour-
geoisie, like their white brothers, are
not averse to cultivate this until it
becomes dangerous to the Negro
workers. But workers of any race or
nationality who believe they are in
ferior to some other people, do not
make good rebels until they get rid
of the inferiority disease.
OF course, there is a big difference
~ between the Negro problem and
that of the white foreign-born work
er, chiefly because Of the race preju-
dice that makes the American worker
such a useful tool of the capitalists
This sublime idiocity is not confined
to hatred Of the Negro. 1t operates
against the foreign-born workers and
particularly those who come from
countries, who have been under the
heel of some stronger power. 1t is
not so very long ago that Irish work
ers were stoned in the streets by
American workers and that prejudice
had the effect OF throwing the Irish
workers into the arms of the bour-
geoisie to a degree that is not true
Of any other national group in the
United States with the possible ex-
ception of the Poles.
THIS country is gigantic bal
a kans." The numerous different
racial groups here, make it compare
lively easy for the bosses to keep
the workers from uniting. zach ma
tional group has set Of leaders who
have sold themselves to- the bour-
geoisie. Being very we'll acquainted
with the Irish nationalist movement,
know how easily those capitalist
lackeys become heroes in the eyes
Of the masses by posing as the de-
tenders of the race" from its alleged
enemies. And all the other national
groups have their heroes" whose in
terests demand that the persecution
complex" persist.
WE have among the foreign-born
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working class history, the feeling
that the sufferings they endure are
due to their racial extraction and not
to the fact that they are workers
and exploited slaves. Their bour-
geois leaders cultivate this delusion.
OF course, Communist propaganda is
eradicating this poison. But the tend
ency of even some radicals to make
the foreign-born workers the butt of
ridicule even when only in a banter
ing fashion, should be curbed. Such
Uniting pleasantly should be left to
the burlesque stage.
DADICAL workers with any political
~ understanding cannot fail to APP
preciate the tremendous importance
to the revolutionary movement of en-
joying the confidence of the foreign
born workers and Of the Negro work
ers. If the Negro masses are excep-
tionally sensitive, they have very good
reasons for their constituencies. It is
J up to the radical white worker to
break down this obstacle in the way
Of a real understanding between the
colored and white workers, for the
4. common fight against the common en-
any of both black and white wage
slaves.
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THE stoning of the hotel in which
i Lord Balfour was staying, indi-
Gates that the colonial peoples are on
the warpath against the white col
onal imperialist powers. The Arabs
are broaze-colored. Lord Balfour is
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