Benjamin J. Davis, born on this day in 1903, was American lawyer and communist who was elected in 1943 to the New York City Council, representing Harlem. Davis was persecuted by the state via the anti-communist Smith and McCarran Acts.

Davis became radicalized through his role as defense attorney in the 1933 trial of Angelo Herndon, a 19-year-old black communist who had been charged “attempting to incite insurrection” because he tried to organize a farm workers’ union.

In 1949, Davis was among a number of communist leaders prosecuted for violating the Smith Act. He was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison. In 1962 Davis was charged with violating the Internal Security Act (also known as the McCarran Act), but died before the case could come to trial.

“Whether one agrees with the Communist Party or not, one must at least know the truth about it. One must not permit his ideas to be shaped by the hysteria which now passes as a ‘crusade against Communism’… For example, the canard that every Communist has his pockets lined with ‘Moscow gold.’ If that were true, one could be sure that there would scarcely be any room in our party for workers. The capitalists, to whom gold is god of the universe, would crowd them out.”

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    • Blockocheese [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      15 days ago

      I remember nakochi (dont remember the actual username) fucking invaded this mega to spread their white, zionist bullshit and the mods didnt do shit

      Edit: it might have been a different white

      Edit again: nako might be mixed so itd make sense the mods wouldn’t prevent them from posting here

      Final edit I swear: they are white

      • CommunistCuddlefish [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        11·
        15 days ago

        I thought Nako was indigenous American? Don’t remember if they ever said what nation. Is it confirmed arson is nako returned? I could see it based on the particular inane pet ideas she’s arguing.

        • Blockocheese [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
          14·
          15 days ago

          They could be both white and indigenous but admittedly I assumed they were white from a picture they posted of themself and their constant zionism. No clue if they are mixed or not

          I think people are assuming based off their mannerisms

          Edit: they are white and I have reason to believe thats their new account but its not really evidence so not worth sharing

      • 3rdWorldCommieCat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        9·
        15 days ago

        Oh no I know who they are and what they did but wasn’t aware that they were back especially since after the whole “its ok for a black man with ocd to yell out the n slur to a group of black man” a mod reassured me that they banned them to prove they arent racist or zionists??? Nah I’m never trusting these assholes. Racists scumbags the lot of them…