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For A Revolutionary Position on the Negro Question - Harry Haywood

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The Black Liberation Movement - A Critical Analysis

The fact that the Negro nation is set down in the midst of the leading imperialist nation has affected the various classes among the Negro people in a special way. The existence of a large and growing intelligentsia is in fundamental conflict with imperialism. They represent a powerful potential ally for the working class movement. Wall Street, operating through its enlightened liberal wing, has long adopted a conscious policy of building up a top stratum among the Negroelligentsia to act as a buffer against the Negro masses. In 1959, Heywood tried one last time to get the party back on track even after he was no longer a functioning party member by writing a text called on the Negro question. But at that point

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