The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-01
What Is white Civilization" In Africa?

of the Union of South Africa busy procamng its mission
save white civilization in that section of Africa. The
South African Labor Parone of the most reactonary
perast parties in the world which is not constructed
upon the basis of labor party but is in fact extremely
yellow socademocratic party of the bourgeois politicians
and labor arstoracyghts tooth and nail for the ensave
of the masses especially OF the Negro of
labor and peasantry
But the tide of the proetaran and peasant of
Negroes is surgng upward Already the outlines of future
events can be at least dmy The Negro workers in
mining and other industries becoming holder and
sefreant in their demands for the sweeping away of the
treacherous mperat system of labor organization which
bar the Negro workers from all unions and from
the right to organize any basis Already there is very
considerable organization of Negro industrial workers Held
back in the past by military police control by treachercus
conspiracy of trade union bureaucra and the hghed
white labor aristocracy and at times by tmd unreliable
leadership the organization movement among Negro workers
seems now to be assuming powerful proportions
strong factor in the change for the better of the
emancipation movement be found the recent improve
ment brought about in the Communist Party of South Africa
for undsputed fact that such at this time
make effective Roadway only if it is guided by
scious disciplined proetaran political revolutionary organ
cation of leadership-ie, Communist Party. The Com
muns Party of South Africa has been very weak Historical
conditions necessarily produced certain handcaps to the de-
veopment of Communist Party in South Africa country
ruled by the most highly developed Imperialism
tremendous of native population of which only
atvey small portion is drawn into industry this portion be-
ing kept in sempeasant condition while enslaved in
the mines during part of the year under standard of living
incredibly low while old tribal customs utilized by capt.
tast employers perfect deadly mixture of wage slavery
and chattel slavery.
British Imperialism has been able under these conditions
to cultivate the most corrupt mperat theology among the
elements heretofore decisive among the white wage workers
Socialism historically became before the advent of the Com
munst Party monstrous distortion of ideas and movements
against the of Negro workers. in favor of British i'm
periaism in particular capitalism in general and the
slavement of 'niggers' the first basic principle
1t not surprising then that the work of producing in
South Africa genuine Communist Party a slow and
difficult After the formal founding of the Communist
Party it sick with the diseases of mperalismpre
domnanty party of white workers still saturated with the
white chauvnsm with which Imperialism succeeds poison
ing the workers of the superior in order make them
supporters of what is called white civilization e rule by
the capitalist class in conspiracy with small layer of skilled
white workers who gather few crumbs from the table
the masters result of the ensavement of the black
must be said frankly that the Communist Party
of South Africa during its early years prevented from
being truly Communist Bolshevik Party, by these i'm
perialist influences.
In the past years the Communist International has
been working to the Communist Party of South Africa
of these diseases White chauvinss ruhIessy expelled
the Party made to shift its base away from the white labor
arstocracy to the Negro and white proeara The tradition
of the socialist partythe tradition of white party
consprng against the Negro massesis being mercessy
wiped out by the Negro and white Communist workers of
South Africa under the guidance of the Communist
national The Negro proetarian being shown
that the Communist Party is first of all their party
The program of the Communists for South Africa has
been clarified; it is the revolutionary Boshevk program
which includes the overthrow of British imperialism and the
establishment of great Negro Republic with provision for
white minorities.
These but affect the and determine
ton of the Negro workers movement though the Com
munist Party still very small and still very slightly
nected with the And these preparations for srug
gle too History pushing toward the catacysm
in which the revolutionary Party and its program will be
tested.
Mr. Herzog premier of the Union of South Africa to-
gether with the other British mperalsts (incudng those
who speak of Independently may well for the
ing of white civilization This socaled white cviza-
ton simply the most monstrous system of human slav
will be and must be smashed up and botted off the
face of the earth Only after the destruction of the mpe
alst slavery which Mr. Hertzog dignifies with the
"white civilization real civilization be established The
emancipation of the working class and the peasant
in Africa in all countries is the only by which
that degree of civilization which exists be rescued
from destruction by the decayng rong war-makng capt.
talism of this period BY freeing civilization OF its
capitalism the workers and peasants revolution which in
cludes the liberation of oppressed nationates will
civilization to higher development than be dreamed
of by parasitic society The Union of Socialist Soviet Re-
publics is already showing the reality Of this
1t is dogma of Imperialism that Negroes cannot give