Vol. 78/No. 32 September 15, 2014
September 8, 1989
The facts in the killing of Yusef Hawkins, a 16-year-old Black youth, in the Bensonhurst section of New York City on August 23 are unambiguous.It was premeditated murder by a lynch mob. The racist motives behind the killing cannot be covered up. Statements made by the up to 30 bigots, before and during the attack on Hawkins and his three companions, show that they were out to grab the first Black or person of color who came through the streets of the white enclave of Bensonhurst.
What must be done is also clear. Only six of the attackers have been arrested and two have been indicted for murder. The full weight of city, state, and federal authorities must immediately come to bear in apprehending every single thug involved and all should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
September 14, 1964
Malcolm X, the militant black nationalist leader, has publicly declared that he will not vote for either Goldwater or Johnson in the coming presidential election.“Johnson and Goldwater,” Malcolm X writes, “I feel that as far as the American black man is concerned, are both just about the same. It’s just a question of Johnson, the fox, or Goldwater, the wolf. ‘Conservatism’ is only meaning ‘Let’s keep the niggers in their place,’ and ‘Liberalism’ is meaning ‘Let’s keep the knee-grows in their place, but tell them we’ll treat them a little better. Let’s fool them more, with more promises.’ Since these are the choices, the black man in America, I think, only needs to pick which one he chooses to be eaten by, because they both will eat him.”
September 9, 1939
The entire labor movement of the Twin Cities has rallied to the defense of the 103 WPA [Works Progress Administration] workers who were framed up and indicted for striking against the Roosevelt-Woodrum Starvation Law.The executive boards of the 125 AFL locals of Minneapolis, with a total membership of more than 60,000, voted unanimously at a special meeting in the Central Labor Union auditorium last Tuesday night to give their complete support to the indicted strikers.
The arrested strikers are organized in the jail. The first thing they did was to elect Max Geldman, leader of Federal Workers Section of General Drivers Local 544, as their Jail Union steward. The encouraging solidarity of the labor movement has kept the morale of the jailed strikers high.
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