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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 24
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incentiary of all their leaders ani amongst the most reckless of then al] is Pimi
Robeson hinsslf, Thus, at a mobilisation mecting at the Golden Gate Baliromm, prior
te the Peckekill demonstration, Robeson declered:-
“mie marke the turning point, From now on, ve teke the .
offensive, ami that offensive begins tonight at this necting,.
Commenting on the Westchester authorities lack of protection for the “concert-piere” 5
Robeson declared:
aa “The purest vay to gét protection is to show then that fron
EET ~ now on we are going to protect ourselves!" = Le.
are: vier.
4
. Preceding Paul Robeson, ag a speaker at this raeoting was Benga 2. ‘Davis,
“rb.
parte declared: =
“We want all the 'flumiies' of Wall Street, whether they
weer vhite aheets or black robes like Judge Medina, to know
thot we are a peace-loving people, but we are not pacif iste
ant we are going to stand up toe to toe and slug it out”,.
Beurce; TATLY WREER
Date: Septenber 1, 1949 - p. 9
There will be soveral forner Negro Cormumiet leeders ani othors that bed suf-
fered from the Cormmmniste vho will testify to the incendiarien of thelr methods
including the type of literature they diatributed in Harlem in preparetion for the ;
Pegkakill demonstration; hence, I will confine nyself to give you gust the general.
view of their day to day methods and orgenization amonget the Negroes. _
In the Inte '20e the Cocmmunists croated "The League of Struggle for Negro
Rightea', This organization was originally created merely to exploit Negro grier-
ances but after Stalin's master plan came into effect in tho early 90s, a new_ ,
organization was created mown aa the 'Negro Labor Congress’ into which ‘The Tecema
of Btrugele for Regro Rights! was merged, The reason for liquidating {The Lecgue
of Struggle for Negro Rights' was that 18 contained slenents who resisted the ee =
_Fegro nationalimm policy imposed ty Moscow. ce
rs
‘he Negro Labor Congress" started right off vith 4 Nationalist Program en ;
_ ™ designed to appeal primarily te Nogre workers. The design of the 3 ew ¥ crganiter
oly tate Union infiltration in the big iniustries.
Is the middle 308, @ nov Negro front organization was created known as the
"Bational Nogro Congress’ into which the ‘Negro Labor Congress’ wae merged. The .
" geason for the creation of the "National Negro Congress' vas a aharp wing of Mosca
foreign policy towards appeasement of the democracies, & policy generally known as
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Tac Popular Fron” (934-1935), During that period, Moscoy sesked to curry favor
‘with the deuoarectos as a moans of exerting pressure ageinst rising Basi Gormecy,
Negro etiooslion, ‘orig the prtat us ot ante oe merely sore arstit |
= mas to ‘make, 48 pomnthte be attract large pumbers of noo-Cocramt st ogroes,
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