Two articles from George Padmore, including ‘What is Empire Day?,’ and Cyril Briggs’ contributions are standouts from this excellent 1932 issue. Also, a valuable look at the Scottsboro campaign in Europe.

The Negro Worker. Vol. 2 No. 6. June 15, 1932.

Contents: What is Empire Day? by George Padmore, South Africa and the Imperialist War by T. Jackson, Liberia and The Labour Problem by K. Tarrtba, The Scottsboro Campaign in Europe by B.J., How The Empire Was Built, Neira Worker Banned by Imperialists by A.R., Colonial Governors As Dictators – A Reply, How the Negro Lives in America, A Brotherhood of Nationalities by M.J. Olgin., World Congress of Seamen by George Padmore, Negro Worker U.S.A. Vice-President, The World Situation and the Negro by Cyril Briggs, Twelve Years of League of Nations by L. Volinsky.

First called The International Negro Workers’ Review and published in 1928, it was renamed The Negro Worker in 1931. Sponsored by the International Trade Union Committee of Negro Workers (ITUCNW), a part of the Red International of Labor Unions and of the Communist International, its first editor was American Communist James W. Ford and included writers from Africa, the Caribbean, North America, Europe, and South America. Later, Trinidadian George Padmore was editor until his expulsion from the Party in 1934. The Negro Worker ceased publication in 1938. The journal is an important record of Black and Pan-African thought and debate from the 1930s. American writers Claude McKay, Harry Haywood, Langston Hughes, and others contributed.

PDF of full issue: https://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/negro-worker/files/1932-v2n6-jun-15th.pdf