The daily worker., 1932-01-12
Defend the Interna>
tiondl Trade Union
Committee
BY G. p.

THE international imperiaists, frightened at
the growing revolt Of their colonial slaves are
intensify1ng their regime of terror in order to
crush the Soviet movement In China and the
developing revolutionary struggles of the toiling
masses in India, Africa and the other colonies.
In order to carry out their bloody policy, the
colonial enslavers and hangmen Of Versailles
have issued orders to Bruening and his social
democratic lackeys, to Cooperate with them in
suppressing the revolutionary activities Of the
colonial peoples. 1t is in this light that we must
view the recent action OF the police in raiding
the international Secretar1at Of the League
against Imperialism In Berlin which has been
openly carrying on its activities FOR the last six
years On Dec 49, the day following the raid upon
the Leagues office the German police occupied
the headquarters OF the International Trade
Union Committee Of Negro Workers In Ham
burg. After making complete search of the
premises, they confiScated 10000 copies Of yar1-
Gus editions OF popular pamphlets, including the
magazine, the Negro Worker" the official Or
gan Of the Committee, and an anti-military
pamphlet calling upon the Negro workers, to
fight against the imperianst war danger and
to defend the Chinese Revolution and the Soviet
Union against Intervention.
The action Of the police made it clear that
they we're carrying out the instructions Of their
IOTblRn mHSGcISs ln6 J6Iu1dI1 pOuIScOlSlC1 nav
ing lost their African and other colonies in the
last imperiahst war, have now become the will
ing tribute collectors out Of the sweat and blood
OF the German proletariat, for the Versailles
robbers, who have also constituted them their
colonial watchdogs. Therefore 1t is no accident
that the raids have taken place just at the same
time, when the colonial enslavers and war mon
gers Of the League OF Nations and America have
accepted Dr. Schnee, the former Governor OF
East Africa, and President Of the German Co
lonial Society, as a member Of the Manchurian
Commission. In this way the German imperial
lists hope TO be rewarded by the return OF some
OF their former colonies
AS the industrial and agrarian crisis deepens
in Africa, the colonial oppressors, especially Eng
land, France, Belgium and America, are getting
more and more frightened by the tremendous
upward swing OF the revolutionary movement
among the black toiing masses in South and
West Africa the Congo as well as in the U.S.A.
Within recent months these imperialist pow
ers have let loose reign Of terror against the
Negro workers This has assumed the form Of
open massacres in the Congo police brutality in
South Africa, and daily lynchings In America.
Negro workers suspected Of the least revolution
ary activities are being arrested and thrown into
prison, without even the usual farcical trial. The
police and military officials are searching the
homes og the workers and opening their mail in
order 70 spy upon their activities. All ships with
native crews calling in African ports are innnne-
diately raided by the CID. I'D searched FOR lit
eratIMe.
Through these methods they hope TO crush the
Revolutionary movement OF the African workers
and TO drive the International Negro Trade On
ion Committee into illeganty. But the imperial
lists and their German capitalist and social
democratic watchdogs will never be able TO
achieve their aims; for the Committee which was
organized at an international conference of Ne
gro workers held in Hamburg in July 1890 has
already won the worldwide response and sup
port Of the Negro toiling masses. The 1nterna-
tional Committee expresses the growing revo-
lutionary consciousness Of the black masses in
Africa America and the West Indies, who under
the slogan OF Glass Against Class" are deter
mined 10 struggle FOR national freedom and So
cial emancipation together with the workers in
the metropolitan countries and the other op-
pressed tolers Of the colonies and semi-colonies.
The International Trade Union Committee or
Negro Workers appeals to all revolutionary
workers and sincere fighters against imperialism
TO support the struggles OF the Negro masses
and to defend their international organization
against the attacks o. the irnpsrtaNsts