The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-27
HUISW)0D SHOWS
GARvEYS latest
POLITICAL TRICK
Debates in Jamaica on
the Class Struggle
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"The delegation to the convention
numbered about las, with 70 from
the United States. Many of them
came to have show down with
Garvey. The opposition showed IT.
self at a very early stage in the
convention. Not based on any prin-
ciple, without a program, and with
conflicting interests, the opposition
could accomplish little. Their main
demand was for removal of the
headquarters of the organization to
America, to control the finances
here and break Garvey's grip.
Were it not for the fact that the
organization is disintegrating, has
lost thousands of members, and de-
ponds on the Negroes of America
for funds, the opposition would
simply have been wiped out. But
Garvey is no chump, he is not going
to "kill the goose that lays the
golden eggs" Though he denounced
his opposition as scoundrelly, he was
forced to recognize its members, and
place them in leading positions.
This has alienated some of his
staunch supporters and will con-
tribute to further dissentions.
The convention "legislated" a
number of things. 1t decided to buy
agricultural lands, erect factories.
launch a new Black Star line, adopt
a social code for the Negro, es-
tablish a secret service, etc. But
above all, it decided to raise $780,
100000 in the next ten years to put
the program into effect.
To grasp the foregoing, it must
be remembered that the Garvey
movement is a government in en-
bryo. Not only has it cabinet
and an army, called "The Legion, -
but it has plan to establish en-
bassies in the leading countries of
the world.
Throughout the proceedings of the
convention, not one practical issue
was discussed. t. problem con-
fronting the Negro workers, their
exploitation, and oppression by the
imperialist powers were of no con-
Germ.
In fact, Carney expounded a new
theory, African or Grace Imperial
ISM" He said: "God divided mer
into races and gave the separate
parts of the world to the different
races: Europe to the whites, Asia
to the brown, and Africa to the
Negroes" And he said: "The U. N
/. A. is going through the course Of
establishing an empire-racial i'm.
perialism."
GAS delegate from the American
Negro Labor Congress-" said Huis-
wood, 81 challenged his theme, his
business schemes, and his sincerity
Exposing the fraud and pointing out
the futility of his program, l out
lined the program of the A. N. L. c.
After my speech, he challenged me
to debate. He was accepted, and
the debate was attended by about
5000 people, mostly his followers
1t provided an excellent opportunity
to place before the masses our pro-
gram, to destroy the illusions Great
ed by Carney, to expose his fraudu-
lent business schemes, to show him
up as misleader. 1t allowed us to
point out to the workers that only
through solidarity of the working
class the world over, destroying
capitalism and establishing a work
ing class government, could the
Negro and white and other workers
hope to attain emancipation. The
response shown by the workers
after the debate, and their readiness
to be organized is indicative of the
measure of success obtained"
But Garvey is slowly changing his
policies, Huiswood found. He
changes them to suit certain local
conditions in Jamaica. For the pres
ent, at least, he is putting his ''Back
to Africa" program on the shelf. He
is going in for politics in the island
of Jamaica, and to this end he has
organized the peoples Political
Party" He has also announced his
candidacy for the legislative coun-
Gil of the Island, and is putting for
ward candidates in all the election
districts.
While his political program is
tinged with liberalism, he has come
out in unmistakeable terms for cap
italism. In one of his articles, Gar
vey says: Capitalism is necessary
to the progress of the world, and
those who are unreasonably and
wantonly fighting against it are
enemies to human advancement, but
there should be a limit to Individual
or corporate use of control of it,"
During the debate he had this to
say: eff we dare destroy the cap
italists, we are going to destroy the
means of getting some of the good
things of the world"
This is not surprising, for re-