The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-09
By JAMES w. FORD.

ers, betrayed them, Jlm-CroWed them ana
looked upon them as step-children IN the prole-
tartan family. They take the position that
Negro workers are made by god as slaves to
be inhumanly exploited by the capitalist
bosses. In this respect these reactionary trade
union and political organizations of the white
workers have been no different from the capt.
talist bosses themselves and have assisted IN
the exploitation Of the Negro toilers in one
form or another.
A.. F. of L. Betrays Negro Workers.
It is a we'll known fact to all Negro work
ers that the American Federation of Labor
has long been tool of the capitalist bosses
to Jim-Crow, segregate, brow-beat and pre-
vent the organization Of the Negro workers.
Let us consider one case. The race riots IN
Chicago in 1919 were organized by the CAPT.
talist bosses, in an effort to enforce an I'M
official segregation of Negro workers, who
were being drawn into the industries from
the South, and to prevent their organization.
The official bureaucrats of the A. F. L.
craft unions affiliated to the Stock Yards
Labor Council in Chicago, by their discrimina-
ton against the Negro workers furnished the
basis for agitation amongst Negroes against
all unions of the white workers. This is
we'll known fact that has been disclosed by
special investigation.
Gompers, head of the A. F. L. for many
enemy of the Negro workers and agent of
the capitalist bosses. This history of betrayal
of Negro workers by the A. F. l.. lays like
a slave whip upon their backs.
The reformst reactionary organizations OF
the Amsterdam International and the socialist
parties of the Second International are no
different regarding the Negro toilers in Africa
and the West Indies. Their methods are
more subtle and deceitful and at the same
time just as brutal.
The Belgium socialists founded cotton
company in the Congo and carry on mope
ruthless exploitation of the natives than gid
Leopold himself. NJ. Matthew, a socisiist
member of the Belgium Parliament is at the
same time manager and director of an exploit
ing company, which is supported by Social
ist bank and operates in the Belgium Congo.
The socialist members of the French Cham
Der of Deputies sanction the ruthless h1ur-
dering of native workers in Central Africans
"The civilizng influence of French Colonial
Policy in Africa"
The British Labor Government under the
|. control of Ramsay Macdonald, socialist,
shoots down native women and workers IN
West and East Africa and carries out the
policies of the exploitation of the natives the
same as the capitalist parties and for the
capitalist class.
Organizations.
| Thus the exploitation of the Negro tollers
| in the various parts of the world is carried
on bv the socialists equally as by the capt.
| talists themselves The reactionary trade union
| organizations such as the Amsterdam Inter-
national is cloak for forced labor in Africa
The reformist and the reactionary organiza-
lions of the white workers are imbued with
| the same spirit as the imperialists themselves
| The theory of higher and lower, inferior and
| superior races determines the policy OF the
socialists and the reactionary fascist trade
unions, like the A. F. L. and the Amsterdam
| International.
At the same time the Negro toiers have
been separated and isolated from each other
| and isolated from the honest proletarian
! movements of the white workers. They have
! had very little opportunity to take stock of
this situation together. We in America have
| been isolated from our brothers in Africa and
the West Indies and they from us, while at
the same time the capitalists ride upon our
backs.
Plans Made at Anti-Imperialist Congress.
| 1 But the second World Congress of the
League Against Imperialism held at Frank
fort. Germany, in July of 1929, gave the rep
resentatives of the Negro toilers the oppor-
tunity to get together and to discuss their
Delegation of Negro Masses.
| In this connection it's interesting to note
/ the composition of the Negro delegation at
this congress: Mary Burroughs, American Ne
gro Labor Congress s(USA); James w. Ford,
International Trade Union Committee of Ne
gro Workers of the R.IL.U. (USA); John
stone Kenyatta, Kikuyu Central Association
of Kenya East Africa; Garan Kouyate,
League for the Defense of the African Race,
West Africa DeKeersmaecker (white), of the
Congo Colonial Commission of Belgium; An
drews (white), Trade Union Congress of South
Africa; Henry Rosemond, Haitian Patriotic
Union, Haiti; William Pickens, National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie (USA); William Paterson, American Ne
gro Labor Congress (USA); and M. Ali GAL
gerian), Paris, France.
Fraternal Representatives of Other Races.
"A few of the representatives from the U
IS A. took the initiative in calling a small
trade union conference of these delegates tc
discuss the problems of the Negro tolers ir
the various parts of the world In addition
to the Negro delegates, fraterna representa-
tives of other races and organizations in at
tendance at the Congress were invited to oul
meeting These were L. Ii of the All-Chins
Federation of Labor; Sen Gupta of the In
dian National Congress-; NJ Burns of the
Transport Workers Union of England: SAX
latavala of the Indian Welfare Association Of
England; J. BALKAN of the Trade Union Unity
League of the u. S. A., and a representative
Of the CT.G.U. of France.
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