The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-01
The Role of the 'Liberatog
in Unifying Negro and
White Workers
BY BILL GEBERT
District Organizer, ChicaRo

The Iiberator campaign for 10000 new readaTW
which is being prolonged, is not seriously under
taken by the revolutionary workers. because Of
undereStmation understanding the role Of The
Liberator is playing in unifying the Negro and
white workers In struggle against their common
enemies There is an Understanding of the
Liberator is laying in unifying the Negro and MI
Lberator as fighting organ OF the League Of
Struggle for Negro Rights
A feeling exists that The Liberator is an ~oEEa0
OF the Negro workers" This is incorrect Ths
LiberatOr Is an organ of struggle for NsgrN
Rights to s0lidfy the battles and white workers.
in which the latter must play the leading rsaa
mobilizing masses Of white workers for the De-
Tense of Negro Rights. II these ideas wou1d
penetrate the masses Of workers, The LdberstcR
would become powerful. Unfortunately, that
understanding has not yet been reached.
That the Liberator be built into a mAw
paper was shown in our District. The LiberaSm
has been badly neglected. In the city Of Chicago,
despite the mact that We did develop quite o
movement among Negro and white workers, we
did not give to this movement the proper en-
preston and organ The Liberator. Because Of
this, the movement did not rise to a higher
level. Realizing this, we began to change, and
increased the circulation OF The Liberator In
the city Of Chicago from 400 about four weeks
ago to 100. When it is possible to increase
the circulation 700 without extraordinary effort
in the period of three to four weeks, 1t shows
that The Liberator be built into a mass
organ in our city, we can get not hundreds, but
thousands Of readers including individual sub
scribers. However, circulating increase without
payment of bills as In the Chicago district is
not basic.-Ed).
During the same time, while were Building
the circulation of The Liberator, we were also
able i'll the city of Chicago to build three new
groups OF the LSNR, one of which consists only
OF white workers since they live far away from
the Negro neighborhood.
The other two groups consist OF Negroes with
a large percentage Of white workers. This was
done in connection with The Liberator drive.
Unfortunately, this little progress which was
made in Chicago cannot be reached even to
that extent throughout the district. We still
have sections in our district who can say with
pride" that "as far we are concerned, we
don't receive a single copy Of The Liberator."
Nevertheless, they did say that reaching the
Negro and white workers and uniting them
around the issue Of struggle for Negro rights is
of Importance This is phrase mongering, and
must be eliminated. No more shall we accept
worHs for deeds. The Liberator must be SUBJ
scribed to by masses OF workers, Negro and white
az well.
The Liberator can be very successfully sold
be sold by the unemployed workers. The Liber-
ator be brought into the meetings of the
local unions, not only OF the Trade Union Unity
League, but of the American Federation OF La
Dor and other reformist trade unions controlled
by the fascists and social fascsts
The Lberator recently has been improved 1t
is more of q fighting organ Of the Negro and
white workers than ever. The Chicago District
will continue its campaign not only during, but
after the drive. We are making The Ldberator
part OF our daily work and struggle.
Finally, want to bring to the forefront an
outstanding shortcomng, that very few COM
rades write TO The Liberator. 1t Is not con-
sidered important TO write to The Liberatox.
We must break this resistance or neglect on
the part of the comrades and encourage them
everywhere to report to The LiberatOr Room
POI, so E. 18th ST., New York; on the events
around the issues Of Negro rights, making The
LiberatOr a living, fighting organ in struggle
against the white ruling class and servants
of the white ruling class, the Negro bourgeoisie,
the organ Of struggle against white chauvin.
ISM which is feeling of white supremacy"
In the ranks Of the white workers nnisled By
the propaganda of imperiaIists.
For the unity of Negro and white workers.
Build The Liberator!
Editorial Note:-Comrade Geberts article,
because of its concreteness In pointing out
the weaknesses of The Liberator in the Chi.
cago district will help to rectify the sttr.tion
there. We urge other district organizers to
send in articles dealing with Negro work and
The Liberator in their districts In this way
a clear understanding will be reached on HOW
to strengthen activity among the Negro work.
ers, at the same time the organ of the LSNR.