2023-04-26

A very telling essay from 90 years ago that's still relevant today.

https://blackagendareport.com/essay-struggle-leninist-position-negro-question-united-states-harry-haywood-1933

The Negro masses, once the allies of the Northern bourgeoisie (during the Civil War and Reconstruction), have now become the allies of the proletariat. In their struggle for national liberation these masses constitute an important part of the army of the revolutionary proletariat in the struggle for the overthrow of American capitalism. Hence, the victory of the proletarian revolution in the United States and the struggle of the Negro masses for national liberation demand the consummation of a united fighting front of the white toilers and the Negro people against the common enemy, — American imperialism. Such a united front can only be effective on the basis of direct and effective support by the white working class (as the working class of the oppressor nation) to the efforts of the Negro masses to free themselves from the imperialist yoke.

In other words, only by uniting the majority working class - where solidarity overcomes differences - can US capitalism truly be replaced with something better for all.

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