or because somebody's conscience hurts. Basically it is not a question of morals or a desire for justice-it is a political question with deep economic roots, it is a measure the government of the workers will have to take in seH-defense. As Karl Marx put it, "Labor with a white skin cannot he free where labor with a black skin is branded." Socialism is impossible without the unity and solidarity of the workers of all races. That is why Negroes can have confidence that a Workers and Farmers Government will not repeat the betrayals which we have suffered so many times in the past. A Workers and Farmers Government How are we going to achieve a change of such great magnitude-a change that will represent a revolution in every sphere of life? The answer is: The same way that the capitalists came to power-that is, through organization and action, above all, political action. We who are exploited and oppressed by capitalism are in the majority. Nothing can stop us from having our way once we get together and decide what we want and go after it in a determined fashion. The capitalists are able to hold power because they are organized politically, having not merely one but several parties controlled by them and devoted to their interests. We workers, we Negroes, need a party of our own too. The foundations of such a party already exist. All we have to do is get together the trade· unions and Negro organizations and go into politics on an independent and permanent basis. The result would be an independent Labor Party, controlled by the working people, running workers both white and Negro as candidates for office, and aiming at the establishment of a Workers and Farmers Government. Equipped with a fighting program, such a party would quickly win the allegiance of most Americans. Needless to stress, the capitalists will fight against such a party tooth and nail. Already they and their stooges-the weak-kneed, capitalist-minded individuals now in the leadership of most trade unions and Negro organizations-are using all their influence to prevent its formation. Nor will the capitalists hesitate to use fraud and intimidation and violence to keep a Labor Party from coming to power. But once the workers start moving, no force on earth_will ~ able to stop them, and they will firmly put the bosses 111 theu7 Biblioteca Gino Bianco
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