COMMUNIST. A Magazine of the Theory and Practice of M arxism-leninism CONTENTS SERGEI MIRONOVITCH KIROV... 3 FOR LENINISM-FOR A SOVIET AMERICA!...

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1 ., It I :ruj.~ M arxism-leninism Vol. XIV JANUARY, 1935 No.1 SERGEI MIRONOVITCH KIROV FOR LENINISM-FOR A SOVIET AMERICA!... 6 By ALEX BITTELMAN THE MILITARY PROGRAM OF THE PROLETARIAN REVO- LUTION By V. I. LENIN THE NATIONAL CONGRESS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INSURANCE-AND AFTER By I. AMTER Discussion for the Seven$n Congress of the C.I. SHARPEN THE FIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL SLOGAN OF THE WORLD PARTY-SOVIET POWER! By MAX YOUNG SOME PROBLEMS OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN THE SOUTH. 61 By NAT Ross THE THREE BASIC SLOGANS OF THE PARTY ON THE PEASANT QUESTION By JOSEPH STALIN NOTES ON THE ECONOMI.C CRISIS By 4ABORRESEARCH ASSOCIATION BOOK REVIEW Frontispiece drawn by RUSSELL T. LIMBACH ~ PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Entered as second class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post.Office at New York, N. Y. under the act of March 3, Make all checks, money orders, and correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D, (50 E. 13th St.), New York. Subscription rates $2 a year; $1 for six monthss foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copies 20c. ~2Of

2 ~ PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Vol. XIV FEBRUARY, 1935 No.2 VALERIAN KUIBYSHEV NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW TASKS IN THE U.S.A. 99 By EARL BROWDER ON THE MAIN IMMEDIATE TASKS OF THE C.P.U.S.A (Resolution adopted by the Central Committee Plenum, January 15-18, 1935) THE SOCIALIST REVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES By ALEX BITTELMAN FOR THE WORKERS' BILL! By EARL BROWDER LENIN ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INSURANCE... J 55 THE UNITED FRONT IN THE FIELD OF NEGRO WORK 158 By JAMES W. FORD UNITY OF THE FARMING MASSE8-A PARAMOUNT ISSUE By JOHN BARNETT ASPECTS OF THE DEPRESSION OF THE SPECIAL TYPE IN THE U.S.A... '1' By LABOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION Frontispiece drawn by RUSSELL T. LIMBACH York, N. Y. under the act of March 3, Make all checks, money orders, and correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D, (50 E. 13th St.), New York. Subscription rates $2 a year; $1 for six months; foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copies 20c. 209~

3 'H E ~ PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Vol. XIV MARCH, 1935 No.3 REPORT TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE C.P.U.S.A., JANUARY 15-18, By EARL BROWDER OUR "C.E." 217 By ROBERT MINOR THE HISTORIC PATH OF THE ZINOVIEVIST GROUP By ALBEIQ' RADlER THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PARIS COMMUNE AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST FASCIST TERROR By ANNA DAMON 233 REPORT TO THE NATIONAL AGITATION AND PROPAGANDA CONFERENCE, JANUARY 18, By ALEx BITTELMAN THE ORGANIZATIONAL TASKS ARISING FROM THE PLENUM DECISIONS By F. BROWN LONG ISLAND SECTION MAKES THE TURN TO SHOP WORK 274 By BILL LAWRENCE BOOK REVIEW 285 York, N. Y. under the act of March 3, Make all checks, money orden, and correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D, (SO E. 13th St.), New York. Subscription rates $2 a year; $1 for six months; foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copie- 20c. ~289

4 , H E A Magazine of the Theory and 'Practice of ~ PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Vol. XIV APRIL, 1935 No... FORGE A MIGHTY UNITED FRONT FOR MAY DAy! (Manifesto of tke Central Committee, C.P.U 's.a.) OUR TASKS IN THE LIGHT OF CHANGED CONDITIONS By MORRIS CHILDS DEVELOPMENT OF WORK IN THE HARLEM SECTION By JAMES W. FORD and LoUIS SASS THE MEANING OF SIDNEY HOOK By L. RVDAS RELIGION AND COMMUNISM By EARL BROWDER MANIFESTO OF THE PARTY OF THE PHILIP- PINE ISLANDS... ; BOOK REVIEW York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, U79. Make all checks, money orders, and correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D (SO E. 13th St.), New York. Subscription rate $2 a year; $1 for six months; foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copies 20c. ~.,

5 THE ~ PAR.TY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMEaICA Vol. XIV MAY, 1935 No.5 MAY DAY UNDER THE GUNS... 3&7 By ROBER.T MINOR FOR A BROAD UNITED FRONT IN JAPAN By TANAKA LENIN ON THE ELEMENTS OF MATERIALIST DIALECTlCS 428 SOME PROBLEMS OF PARTY WORK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE 429 By LoUISE ScOTT ACHIEVEMENTS AND TASKS OF THE NEW YORK DISTRICT 4# By MAX STEINBER.G UNMASKING THE NEW DEAL IN THE COTTON PATCH By DONALD MACDoUGAL COM INTERN DOCUMENTS ON THE UNITED FRONT 410 "HERR EUGEN DUEHRING'S REVOLUTION IN SCIENCE" (ANTI-DUEHRING)......, 471 RftJieweJ by H. M. WICKS York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, Make all checb, money orden, and correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 141, Sta. D (50 E. lltlt St.), New York. Subscription rate $2 a year; $1 for six modw; fo,... and Canada $2.50 a year. Sinel. copies 20c. -...

6 THE ~ PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMEltICA Vol. XIV JUNE, 1935 No.6 THE FIGHT OF THE STEEL WORKERS FOR THEIR UNION By JACK STACHEL THE FILIPINO MASSES ENTER THE STAGE OF ARMED STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM By HARRISON GEORGE THE STRUGGLE FOR THE UNITED FRONT (Contribution to the discussion preceding the Secenth World Congress of the Comintern) By CLARENCE A. HATHAWAY APPROACHING THE SEVENTH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL Prepared for the.a git-pro'/' Commission, Central Committee, Communist Part"}', U.S.A., by ALEX BITTELMAN THE UNEMPLOYMENT MOVEMENT IN THE U.S.A. By HERBERT BENJAMIN INITIATING LABOR PARTY TICKETS By RALPH SHAW TOWARD THE STUDY OF FASCIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES (A discussion article) By F. BROWN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR NEGRO RIGHTS 569 [Resolution Adopted by tlu Chicago District Comm#tee of the C. P. 011 Work ill Chicago South Side (Sections 2, 7, and 11).] 528 Entered as aecond class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, Make all checks, money orden, and correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D (SO E. 13th St.), New York. Subscription rate $2 a year; $1 for six months; foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copies 20c. ~209

7 THE ~ PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMEIUCA Vol. XIV JULY, 1935 No.7 THE SUPREME COURT, THE NEW DEAL AND THE CLASS STRUGGLE By ALEX BITTEL MAN RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND SOME PROBLEMS OF TIlE UNITED FRONT (Re-port to tke Meeting 0/ tke Central Committee 0/ the C.P.U.S.A., M~ 25-27, 1935) By EARL BROWDER ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE PARTY (Abridged Report to the Meetmg 0/ the Central CommittN 0/ tire C.P.U.S.A., M~ 25-27, 1935) By JACK STACHEL LET US PENETRATE DEEPER INTO THE RURAL AREAS (Report to tke.1vieeting 0/ the Central Committee 0/ tns C.P.U.S.A., May 25-27, 1935) By CLARENCE A. HATHAWAY ROOSEVELT'S "HAPPY DAYS" FOR THE YOUNG GENERA non 661 (Report to tke ~Weeting 0/ the Central Committee 0/ the C.P.U.S.A., May 25-27, 1935) By GIL GllEEN York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, Mail all checks, money orders, add correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D (50 E. 13th St.), New York. Subscription rate $2 a yearj $1 for six months; foreip add Cuada $2.50 a year. Single copies 20c. ~.

8 , H E ~ PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMEJUCA Vol. XIV AUGUST, 1935 No.8 THE UNITED FRONT AGAINST IMPERIALIST WAR By ALEX BITIELMAN THE TITANS OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNISM By V. J. JEROME THE MEANING OF ENGELS' TEACHINGS FOR THE AMERI- CAN WORKING CLASS... : By B. K. GEBERT WORLD POLITICS AND ETHIOPIA By WILl IAM L. PATTERSON A VALUABLE LENIN DOCUMENT FRIEDRICH ENGELS 736 By V. 1. LENIN ENGELS AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF COMMUNISM By V. 1. LENIN ENGELS' INTRODUCTION TO MARX'S "THE CLASS STRUG- GLES IN FRANCE" DOCUMENTS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION UNITY BOOK REVIEW By JOSEPH FREEMAN York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, Mail all checks, money orden, and correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D (50 E. 13th St.), New York. Subscription rate $2 a year; $1 for six montha5 forip and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copies 20c. ~OI

9 , H E M PARTY OF T~E UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Vol. XIV SEPTEMBER, 1935 No.9 CO.lVTENTS FOR WORKING CLASS UNITY! FOR A WORKERS' AND FARMERS' LABOR PARTY SPeech delivered August 11, 1935 at tke Seventh World Congress of tke Communist International By EARL BROWDER TIlE GENERAL STRIKE IN TERRE HAUTE By B. K. GEBERT THE NORTHWEST GENERAL LUMBER STRIKE By N. SPARKS SOMEBODY IS "DISTRESSED"-BUT NOT KARL MARX A Review of Earl Browder's ((Communism in the United States" By ROBERT MINOR MARXIST-LENINIST EDUCATION OF OUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE LIGHT OF THE MAY PLENUM OF THE C.C By EVA ROBINS THE RURAL MASSES AND THE WORK OF OUR PARTY..., 866 Speech delivered at tke meeting of tke Central Comtmttee of the C.P.U.S.A., May 25-27, 1935 By DONALD HENDERSON En~ered as second class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, Mail all checks, money orders, and correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D (50 E. 13th St.), New York. Subscription rate $2 a year; $1 for six months; foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copies 20c. "

10 r H I COMMUN 1ST ~ PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Vol. XIV OCTOBER, 1935 No. 10 FASCIST TENDENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER THE THREAT OF FASCISM IN THE UNITED STATES By GEORGI DIMITROFF THE PRESENT RULERS OF THE CAPITALIST COUNTRIES ARE BUT TEMPORARY, THE REAL MASTER OF THE WORLD IS THE PROLETARIAT (Speech Delivered. at tke Close 0/ the Seventh Congress 0/ the C. I.) By GEORGI DIMITROFF RESOLUTIONS OF THE SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE C. I. THE INTERNATIONAL-FROM THE SIXTH TO THE SEVENTH CONGRESS-I THE OFFENSIVE OF FASCISM AND THE TASKS OF THE COM MUNIST INTERNATIONAL IN THE FIGHT FOR THE UNITY OF THE WORKING CLASS AGAINST FASCISM THE TASKS OF THE INTERNATIONAL IN CON NECTION WITH THE PREPARATIONS OF THE IMPERIAL ISTS FOR A NEW WORLD WAR THE VICTORY OF SOCIALISM IN THE U.S.S.R. AND ITS WORLD HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE FORWARD TO THE CUBAN ANTI-IMPERIALIST PEOPLE'S FRONT! By Bus ROCA THE NEXT STEPS IN ALABAMA AND THE LOWER SOUTH By NAT Ross Entered as tecond class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, Mail all checks, money orden, and correspondence to THE CoMMUNIST, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D (50 E. 13th St.), New York. Subacription rate $2 a year; $1 for six months; foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copies 20c....JU

11 THE ~ PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Vol. XIV NOVEMBER, 1935 No. 11 THE EIGHTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION (Manifesto of the Central Committee of tke Communist Party of the U.S.A.) THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION FOR THE WORLD PROLETARIAT (Excerpts from the Reports of Georgi Dimitroff and D. Z. Manuilsky to the Seventh World Congress of the Comintern.) NEW STEPS IN THE UNITED FRONT (Report on the Seventk World Congress 0/ the Communist International) By EARL BROWDER A NEW PAGE FOR AMERICAN LABOR By JACK STACHEL PROBLEMS OF THE STRUGGLE FOR PEACE By ALEX BITTELMAN SYNDICALISM IN THE UNITED STATES By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER THESIS ON THE INTERNATIONAL AND THE WAR By OTTO BAUER, THEODORE DA~, JEAN ZYROMSKI and AMEDEO DUNOIS Foreword by FRIEDRICH ADLER York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, Mail all checks, money orders, and correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D (50 E. 13th St.), New York. Subscription rate $2 a year; $1 for six months; foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copies 20c. ~JU8

12 , H E ~ PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY' THE ~ PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Vol. XIV DECEMBER, 1935 No. 12 THE UNITED FRONT-THE KEY TO OUR NEW TACTICAL ORIENTATION (Report to tke Novemher Plenum of the Central Committee of tke C.P.U.S.A.) By EARL BROWDER SPEECHES AT THE NOVEMBER PLENUM OF THE C.C. THE NEGRO LIBERATION MOVEMENT AND THE FARMER- LABOR PARTY By JAMES W. FORD EXPERIENCES IN UNITED INDEPENDENT POLITICAL AC TION-THE ROAD TO THE FARMER-LABOR PARTY By WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE ROOTING THE PARTY ON THE WATERFRONT By Roy HUDSON WINNING THE MASSES TO FIGHT FOR PEACE By ALEX BITTELMAN RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT THE NOVEMBER PLENUM OF THE C.C. THE SEVENTH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL AND THE TASKS OF OUR PARTY; THE FARMER-LABOR PARTY AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST REACTION INDEX, VOLUME XIV, York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, Mail all checks, money orders, and correspondence to THE, P.O. Box 148, Sta. D (50 E. 13th St.), New York. Subscription rate $2 a year; $1 for six months; foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copies zoe. ~209