The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-08
international Youth Day and Negro Youth

Grow militia Coming for the first time in con-
tact with the revolutionary movement, emerging
from a backward peasant environment confused
by the pressure of these ruling class influences,
the Negro youth has made an amazing stride
forward in the international struggle of the
working class.
The revolutionary movement is just begin
ming the development of cultural and sport or
ganiz- tions Everywhere these organizations are
in full bloom and are struggling to crush the
white chauvinism tendencies which make their
orientation toward the Negro youth so slow
process. The influence of anti-working- class
theology has been one of the great forces retard-
ing the growth of international working class
solidarity among the youth. On International
Youth Day the fight against this must be in
tensfied
On the other hand, the young Negro also re-
mains to a large degree under the theological
influence of the Negro bourgeoiSie and petty
bourgeoicie. The crisis has forced most of these
elements .lto open support of the interests OF
American imperialism The growing tendency
of the + gro masses to struggle, together with
the white workers, against the increasing bur-
dens of the crisis makes the interests of Ameri-
can imperialism and the Negro national re-
formists in some respects coincide. 1t presents
a threat to ruling class oppression and destroys
the social basis of the Negro bourgeoisie ex
ploitation. The Negro bourgeoisie calls upon
the Negro youth for race loyalty" and racial
solidarity" at the same time recommending to
the Negro youth the support of the Jim-Crow
institutions, the liberal" bourgeoisie has thrown
as brides into the Negro ghetto.
Negro and White Learn Role of Boss
Propaganda Institutions.
The task of counter-revolution is to perpetu-
ate the distrust within the ranks of the Negro
youth of all things white. The participation of
the white youth in the terrorization of the Ne
gro masses, and, to some extent in its exploita-
tion has greatly helped to solidify this distrust
Capitalism does not underestimate the value of
this in the slightest. The forces exploiting the
youth of both national groups are identical. The
interests of the working youth are common. But
the gulf between them created by the ruling
class has not yet yielded to the unifyng influ-
ence of common exploitation and oppression.
The Negro youth is beginning to realize that
the concepts its has of the white youth emerge
from the propaganda of the ruling class The
white youth is learning, through struggle against
objective conditions, that it surrenders its per-
manent class interests when supporting the pro-
gram of white supremacy White supremacy is
but the domination of the white ruling class over
the working class. The wall of white chauvin-
ism separating Negro and white youth is Gre
ated by the schools, churches press theatres,
etc., of the ruling class. This day of Interna-
tional Youth must mark the beginning of re-
lentless, systematic assault upon it. Interna-
tional youth must make the turn from propa-
gandizing international working class solidarity
to the mobilization Of its members for action.
This solidarity emerges from joint struggle
Around the issue Of the defense of the nine
innocent Negro boys of Scottsboro Ala, Negro
and white youth have rallied In the desperate
struggle of the Ohio, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia miners they fought side by side against
the bosses. White yct,-- rs beside NeE.o on
bloody Monday august - in Chicago. The twin
walls of chauvnsm and distrust are and will
continue to crumble in the joint struggle of the
working class youth against starvation, mob vio-
lence and lynch terror. White youth is not only
supporting, but is beginning to play leading
role in the liberation struggles of Negro youth
This is as it should be- The emancipatory strug-
the struggles of the American WORKING c,e5
against American imperialism. The struggle
against ghetto nationalism is also part of the
struggle of the youth, Negro and white. This
Negro boss class nationalism is one of the bull
warks of imperialism
Neither white nor Negro youth can succeed in
this struggle without realizing international
workng-class solidarity A vulgar opportunist