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Its exposure of the Negro reformists and misleaders as the agents and allies of the white ruling class oppressors in the ranks of the Negro population has earned it their undying hatred and fear.

The struggle of the Negro people against oppression and slavery is interwoven with the struggle of the whole toiling population for freedom from capitalist exploitation and oppression.

Only in unity of action of the black and white workers, can the system of exploitation and slavery be swept away.

The  is one important instrument in forging the proletarian solidarity of the entire working class.

Hail the !

 greets Ben Davis, Jr.


9 Years of struggle
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On June 28, the American International Labor Defense celebrated the ninth year of its existence.  This fighting working class organization came into being as a result of the dire need for workingclass defence.  Conflicts between employers and employed which resulted in clashes between the workers and the State machinery —— the police and the Courts —— were daily growing.  It became necessary to establish a strong organization which could give organized, mass defence to workers who, increasingly, were being denied elementary civil rights including the right to strike and picket; and to the Negro people who are denied equal rights.

The I. L. D. has repeatedly proved that it is an organization which truly champions the workingmen's cause.  But it has not confined itself merely to local issues.  As an international organization, the I. L. D. has mobilized the American workers to struggle in defense of class war prisoners of other lands as well.

In the struggle for Negro Rights, the I. L. D. has been in the forefront storming the strongholds of capitalist reaction to smash the vicious lynch and jim-crow system under which the Negro people of the U.S. have been kept in bondage.  The splendid and heroic campaign which they have conducted in defense of the 9 Scottsbore Youths for the past three years proves their ability to fight for the emancipation of the workingclass.

The American I. L. D. is serving as an example and an inspiration to the I Kaka Laba Sabenzi (the South African I. L. D., which has similar tasks as the American organization in the struggle for the liberation of the natives of South Africa.

Long live the I. L. D., fighting organization for the interests of the workingclass and the rights of the Negro people!

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THE RISE AND FALL OF GEORGE PADMORE AS A REVOLUTIONARY FIGHTER.
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BY HELEN DAVIS.

In their efforts to free themselves of the yoke of capitalist exploitation and imperialist rule, the proletariat of all countries seek allies.  They seek these allies because the world is not composed of only workers and bosses.  There is the poor farming population, there are the intellectuals —— school teachers, doctors, lawyers, students, writers, etc.  In short there are many classifications of people in the world beside the rich capitalits and the army of poor workers.  These people in one way or another, also feel the effects of capitalist exploitation and from time to time, many of them realise that capitalism must be doomed and a better society established  When they reach this conclusion they quite naturally cast their lot with the workers who, in their daily struggles to overthrow capitalism, welcome all honest fighters for liberty.

Wehn they come to us, however, most of them bring many of their prejudices and only in the fire of everyday, hard, struggle, are they steeled and gradually lose these left overs of their past.  Nevertheless, since all around us is the capitalist world, and all around us are the active, conscious, agents of the capitalists trying to prevent the revolutionary workers from reaching their goal, many of these people, not having sound proletarian traditions and instinct, succumb to the influence of the workers' enemies and fall by the wayside.  Others, in their anxiety to rid themselves of the capitalists wish to rush on ahead and get it over with at all costs.  These people do not see that in this struggle there are many handicaps, many obstacles, all manner of difficulties which prevent us from making, with one wave of the arms, and end it all.  They become tired of the everyday drudgery and sacrifices in the work.  They become impatient and disillusioned and feel insecure and begin casting about for some ,  method of a way out.

By doing this, they begin to seek new allies.  The proletarian road is too narrow, too long and too rough for them.  This is a sign that they have no faith in the strength of the workers.  They have no faith in the revolutionary way out of the misery.  They do not believe that the unity of the workers and their allies is possible for the eventual overthrow of capitalism.  They begin to slip from the path and, like a ball going down hill, gathering momentum, they rush headlong into the swamps of our enemies.

THE CAREER OF MR. PADMORE.
Mr. Padmore, a foreign-born law student at Howard University felt the national oppression which all Negroes feel in the U.S.A.  Besides this, he brought with him a feeling of hatred of the British colonial rulers

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Transcription Notes:
The term working class is often spelled as one word (noted for search purposes).