Re: [PEN-L] The Negro and His Nemesis

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>>The Elgin writer has all the eminent and well recognized qualifications necessary to oppose Negro equality. His criticism and the spirit that prompts it harmonize delightfully with his assumed superiority. That he may understand that he claims to be a "staunch member" of a party he knows nothing about, I here incorporate the "Negro Resolutions" adopted by our last national convention, which constitute a vital part of the national platform of the Socialist Party and clearly defined its attitude toward the Negro: << Comment   What a wonderful and passionate statement by perhaps the sentinel figure in the history of American socialism and communism. Debs is amongst many that watches over us.   Considering its time frame - one hundred years ago, and that distinct historical period in the ascendency of the industrial system, (fifty years before the black masses as a mass and people would enter the industrial working class), Deb's statement is testimony to the profound sense of fair play, equality, class solidarity and the quest for communism within the heart of the advanced thinkers in the American Union.   Long Live the spirit of Eugene Debs.   Waistline