Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Claudia Jones — Part 10
Page 23
23 / 100
NY 100-18676
"indications in varicd ways, that thoy oppose the
atlantic Pact, and aro fearful of the implications of
tho arms pact,
"Thi derstanding is nccossary, sccondly,
because of tHe growing reactionary offcnsivoe against the
civil rights of the American pcople, tho outstanding
examples of which is the indictment ond trial of the 12
leaders of our Party bofore a jury having a majority
of women.
“Finally, this understanding is necessary
because without rooting oursclvcs among the masses of
womon, without building the progressive organizations
of women, such as the Congress of American Women,
Woments Division of the Progressive Party, the Negro
women's organizations, ctc., and without organizing
special struggles for tne demands of women, wo cannot
win the women against tho rcactionary influonces of tho
Roman Catholic hicrarchy, ond the bourgcois idcologists.
es "By successfully mastcring our thoory of tho
: women question, organizing masses of American womon, and
focusing attention primarily on the probloms end necds
of working class women, our Party can help usher in a
new status for American women,
"To achicve thet ond, wo must win the womon
to an cver-active fight against imperialist war and
fascism. For, in the words of the great DIMITROFF,
in his famous report, 'The United Front Against Fascism! :
"tthile fascism exacts most from youth it
nslaves women with particular ruthicssncss and synicism,
playing on tho most painful fcelings of the mother, tho
housowifo, the single working woman, uncertain of tho
morrow. Fascism, posing as a benefactor, throws the
starving fomily a few beggarly scraps, trying in this
way to stifle the bitterness aroused particularly among
the toiling women, by the unpreccdonted slavery which
fascism brings thomee..
ENTIAL
pe bet
Reveal the original PDF page, then click a word to highlight the OCR text.
Community corrections
No user corrections yet.
Comments
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Continue Exploring
Agency Collection
Explore This Archive Cluster
Broad Topic Hub
Topic Hub
bureau
Related subtopics
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic