The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-30

COP. Are Jim
Grow Parties
By H. C. WILLIAMS

! ..'o"S "pPiesseu AMI exploited sec
ton OF our claes-the Negro work
ers.
/ The Workers (Communist) Party
has invaded the solid south with its
message of working class solidarity
and race equality. It is there to
fight the vicious system of caste
prejudicea that keep both the black
: and white workers at the mercy of
the southern capitalists.
The Workers (Communist) Party.
historically speaking, has proven It..
self to be the only political partv
that is capable Of leading the strug-
gle against ths oppressors and their
tools, such as ]. L. Lewis, william
'Ireen and the rest of the labor bu-
reaucracy who deny the Negro en-
trance to the labor unions.
Two Jim-Crow Parties.
Never before in the history of
finance capital has the true role of
American imperialism been so
stripped of its mask and EXPOSED in
its real class character as oppressor
OF the working class in its struggle.
For example, in republican Arizona
and Wilmington, Delaware, and in
democratic Houston, Texas. our
Communist nominees are being ter
rorized and imprisoned for expound-
ing the platform of the Workers
(Communist) Party and its fearless
denunciation of lynching, peonage,
segregation and its ringing demands
for race equality for the Negro.
The Negro of the south has been
shown that Communism is not the
DOGGY it has been depicted by the
lying capitalist press, but the true
friend and champion of all oppressed
workers.
Attracts Attention.
Our stand for the Negro has at |
tracted the attention of at least one
Negro news service, namely, the
Crusader News Service, which from
time to time has broadcasted the
militant fight carried on by the
party for the oppressed Negro. This
service is extensively used by the
Negro press, with the result that
our achievements and aims have re-
ceived wide publicity in the columns
of the Negro press, especially in the
south.
This then is bound to influence
large sections of the Negro race liv-
ing IN the southland to our doctrine
of the class struggle. Many of the
southern newspapers, for example.
in Texas and Louisiana and other
places in the south, have given much
publicity, in many instances cover
ing the entire front page, and with
great big headlines to the fact that
William q. Foster, Communist can
dldate, raps race prejudice.
From the success we have met in
dealing with these newspapers of the
solid south there is bound to be a
reaction between the Negroes and
Ku Klux Khan and the American
Legion. This, then, our southern
nucleus must be prepared to meet
in the defense of these Negro news
papers in time of attack by the X.
X. K.
Which Party?
The 1928 presidential campaign is
being waged with the greatest fer
ocity ever known in the epoch of
financial capitalism. In these DAYS
OF reaction we are keenly watching
the behavior of the various classes.
On one hand we see the parties Of
big business, the republican and
their servant boy, the socialist
party. On the other hand is the
young militant Workers (Commu-
nist) Party, fighting for the hege-
mony of the working class. With
this clear demarcation the class diff
ferentiation is clearly seen.
The question then arises, what
must be the outlook of the working
class, especially the oppressed Ne
groes, in relation to the old parties?
When man with such a caliber r
as William Pickens advises the Ne
groes Of North America that be-
tween the two evils to choose the
republican nominee, Herbert Hoover.
and decries the possibility of Ne
groes supporting an Theological
third party" Mr.. Pickens cannot
expect to continue to receive the
prestige that he long enjoyed among
The class-conscious white workers
and the advanced section of the Ne
yroes.
No Pussyfooting.
We have reached the stage where
here can be no pussyfooting. From
l close observation Of Mr.. Pickens'
activity we know that he is too well
versed in political economy not to
snow that there are no fundamental
differences between the old parties
md that under Wilson's admins
Lration, which was democrat, the
class and Negroes were no
more and no less prosecuted than
inder the Harding or Coolidge ad-
On the other hand, the only DO
itical party which has demonstrated
. the world its capability of lead
ng the struggle against the forces
# reaction is the Workers Com
Party. Mr.. Pickens ignores