Online text pf pamphlet here.

Why Negroes Should Oppose the War by J.R. Johnson (C.L.R. James). Pioneer Publishers, New York. 1939.

Contents: Negroes and the War, Why They Don’t Appeal to the Negro, Roosevelt Ready for War, Negroes Wanted for Cannon-Fodder, Roosevelt’s Party Rules in the South, What these Democrats Did to Ethiopia, Why Should Negroes Trust These Rulers?, The Biggest Lie of All, The “Democratic” Rule in Africa, Remember What they Did in 1914, Situation Has Changed for the Worse, Revolutionists No Longer Rule Russia, What Happened to Negroes in 1917, Soldiers – But Jim-Crowed, Negro Bravery – And the Reward, What Is the Negro to Do?, An Alliance of the Millions, Uncle Tom Negroes, Lessons from History, Class Stands Against Class, The Situation in America, How to Fight Against War, No Lifting of Embargo, All War Funds for Unemployed, Let the People Vote Against the War, Solidarity of White and Black, Many Ways for Fight War, Workers Stopped the Last War, For the Fourth International, Real Enemy Is at Home. 31 pages.

Pioneer Publishers was the publishing house established by the Communist League of America (Opposition) in 1930. It later served the Socialist Workers Party and was superseded by Merit Publishers in 1965, and later by Pathfinder Press in 1969.

PDF of original pamphlet: https://archive.org/download/WhyNegroesShouldOpposeTheWar/WjyNegroesShouldOpposeTheWar_text.pdf