The Vital Problem of the Right of Trade Unions in Countries in Africa*

^† The right of Africans to establish trade unions for the betterment of their economic lot deserves world wide attention. If they cannot be secure in this right there is no assurance of enduring world peace. 370An examination of the problem of the freedom of trade unions in Africa generally and with special reference to South Africa will show that the economic, social and political policies of the white ruling circles in regard to the right of Africans to organize trade unions, threatens the destruction of the peoples of Africa. It is therefore a world problem.