The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-01
THE DYER ANTI-LYNCHINGI
BILL~ACLUB IN THE HANDS
OF THE LYNCHERS

But whereas against the lynchers OF Negroes
the Dyer snti-lynching BILL Il made into law
would become q dead letter-against the Negro
workers and share-cropperS and against the
white and Negro workers fighting 70 better their
conditions the Dyer bill would provide heavy
club for the white BOSSES nj, 80; 80 .. -.
The Dyer bill provides gor the dispersal OF
'.mohs" And mob" according to the Dyer
bill, is "an asSemblage Of three or more per-
sons acting in concert, without authority: Of
law" III
Under the rule of the bosses, whose will is
carried out by all police, courts and other Or
gans Of the state, a mob" will be formed when
ever workers go on strike picket, demonstrate
in defense Of their rights It is noteworthy that
the state anti-lynching law Of Virginia has been
used only once-to break UP the picket line of
the striking textile workers in Danville
To the bosses courts and the bosses police
meetings in defense Of the ScottSboro boys or
meetings Of Negro share-croppers to demand
food or an accounting from the landlords, would
be 'rnobs," to be dispersed under the provisions
Of the Dyer bill. BY means Of this same BILL
workers who take part in such meetings could
be the more easily framed by, the courts,
Today, when the workers Of both races are o.
ganizing for a fight against starvation. are
striking together for decent wages, are demand
ing unemployment insurance, are raising thumb
erouS voices Of protest against the vicious frame
up Of the Scottsboro boys and other instances
Of national oppression Of the Negroes-today
bill which could be used against workers who Or
ganze and assemble would be an invaluable aid
to the bosses and lynchers.
How Revolutionary Workers Can Fight Lynchngs
The Dyer bill is thus weapon for not against,
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revolutionary workers take to prevent lynch
.ings?
It is impossible in the space Of this article to
indicate all the methods by which lynching of
Negroes can be fought We can merely outline
the direction to be taken in this struggle
We, revolutionary workers, must not neglect
to use, in our struggle against lynchingS, all
the legal and parliamentary loopholes at our
disposal. These include: adequate legal defense
for victims Of lynch frame ups, demanding the
right Of Negroes to sit on juries making de-
mands upon local, state and national govern
nent bodies etc. But all these activities should
be coordinated with and subordinated to, the
development and organization Of revolutionary
mass action outside Of the bourgeois courts and
legislative bodies for the prevention Of lynch
ingS.
We must organize giant mass protest meet
ings and street demonstrations against lynch
ings. Wherever possible, we must organize pro-
test strikes in factories, among agricultural
workers and share-croppers among students
At the same time, we must organize masses
of Negro and white toilers for open resistance
to lynch mobs. In localities where lynchings
have occurred it is our duty to seek out the
lyncherS, and, upon finding them, demand pun
ishment Of the murdererS and their instigators
not forgetting among these instigators the
writer's in the capitalist press, who whip up
lynch spirit against Negroes.
Death To The Lynchers
Last, but of extreme Importance we must in
every locality form defense corps Of the most
militant white and Negro workers, for the pro-
lection of the Negroes against lynchers. Not
only must white workers participate in these
defense activities; but they must take the lead
in such defense. We are not revoIutionists un-
less we accept and put into practice the idea
that it is the special class duty Of revolutionary
white workers to defend Negro workers against
Iynching and mob violence, even at the cost OF
our own lives
AS revolutionistS, we must In all our propa-
ganda expose the lynching Of Negroes as a
weapon Of the American imperalists in the ma
tional oppression of the Negroes In our fight
on lynching, therefore, we must never fail to
link up this fight with the struggle against ma
tional oppression, and to raise the demands:
Withdrawal of the armed forces Of American
imperialism from the black belt; the right of
the Negroes in the black belt to govern that
territory, including the white minority residing
there