IHE CO... UIIISI A Magazi1le of the Theory and Practice of Marxism-Leninism

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1 IHE CO... UIIISI A Magazi1le of the Theory and Practice of Puhlished Monthly hy the Entered al lecond cla'l matter November 2, 1927, at the Post OSee at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, VOL. X JANUARY, 1931 No.1 COUNTER-REVOLUTION BEFORE THE PROLE- TARIAN COURT... 3 REPORT OF THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE TO THE TWELFTH CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLEN- UM, C.P.U.S.A., NOVEMBER 22, LENIN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL AND COLONIAL OPPRESSED By HARRISON GEORGE THESES OF THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL, 1920, ON THE NATIONAL AND COLONIAL QUESTIONS YANKEE IMPERIALISM IN CUBA By R. GOMEZ LETTER OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE C.P.U.S.A. TO THE CENTRAL COMMIT TEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBA.. 66 SOVIETS IN CHINA By L. MAGYAR LENIN'S LETTER TO THE SOCIALIST PROP A GANDA LEAGUE IN AMERICA BOOK REVIEW P. O. Box 148, Station D, New York. Subscription rates $2.00 a year; $1.25 for six 'months; foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Single copies 25 cents.

2 IHE CO... UIIIST Publshed Monthly by the Communist Party of theu nited States of America York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, VOL. X - FEBRUARY, 1931 No.2 ) EDITORIALS. SOCIAL DEMAGOGY SPEECHMAKING IN LONDON-MASS ACTION IN IND IA'~ CALVERTON'S FASCISM / By WILLIA~ Z. FOSTER THE SIGNIFjICANCE OF THE BANK FAILURES By HARRY GANNES THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN MEXICO 119 OUR PARTY ORGANIZATION By R. BAKER AMERICAN IMPERIALISM ENSLAVES LIBERIA By G. PADMORE THE TASK OF OUR PARTY IN AGRARIAN WORK 147. By H. PURO RESOLUTION ON THE NEGRO QUESTION IN THE UNITED STATES SOVIETS IN CHINA By L. MAGYAR THE COLLAPSE OF THE THEORY OF ORGAN- IZED CAPITALISM By SAM DON BOOK REVIEWS Single copies 25 cents..

3 THE CONMIIIIISY Published Monthly by the York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, VOL. X MARCH, 1931 No.3 EDITORIAL.;I AN ADVANCED STAGE IN THE WAR DANGER j ON THE QUESTION OF TRADE UNION DEMOCRACY...,. 199 By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER 7COMING STRUGGLES AND LESSONS IN STRIKE STRATEGY By JACK STACHEL / WOMEN IN MASS WORK.... By O. W. KUUSINEN IGROWTH OF THE FASCIST DICTATORSHIP IN GERMANY.. By ERNST THAELMANN! A CHARTER OF SLAVERY FOR THE INDIAN PEOPLE.... I THE COLLAPSE OF THE THEORY OF ORGANIZED CAPITALISM.... By SAM DON / TH~~~~gN~tJiO~.~~. ~~~~.~~~I~~. ~~~. ~~~I.~~.... By B. D. AMIS / SOM~:~~~_~i~~~I~rir~~ S~~~.~~~.~.~~~. ~~~ ~I.~~~ By JIM ALLEN / WHY THE PEASANT REVOLTS IN THE PHILIPPINES?.... By HARRY GANNES I THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECEMBER UPRISING.. By M. POKROVSKY / OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION / THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN MEXICO.... / BOOK REVIEW Single copies 25 cents.

4 IHE COMMIIIIIST Publish~d Monthly by the York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, VOL. X APRIL, 1931 No.4 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LENIN HOW WE MUST FIGHT AGAINST THE DEMAGOGY OF FASCISTS AND SOCIAL-FASCISTS MR. FISH ENDORSES THE SOCIALIST PARTY 305 By I. AMTER A REVIEW OF THE POLITICAL SCENE ON THE PARLIA- MENTARY STAGE By HARRISON GEORGE OVERCOME LOOSENESS IN OUR MASS WORK By JACK JOHNSTONE THE CRISIS OF THE JIM-CROW NATIONALISM OF THE NEGRO BOURGEOISIE By HARRY HAYWOOD HOW WE BUILD THE REVOLUTIONARY TRADE UNION OPPOSITION IN GERMANy... ~ By F. EMMERICH THE ROLE OF THE RED ARMY IN CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION BOURGEOIS DEMOCRACY AND PROLETARIAN DICTATOR- SHIP Theses of COMRADE LENIN adopted by the First Congress of the Communist Intemotional, MtII"cn., TWO LETTERS ON THE PARIS COMMUNE By KARL MARX OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION LESSON Two BOOK REVIEWS Make au checks, money orders, and correspondence to: THE COMMUNIST, Single copies 25 cents.

5 IHE CONNUIlISI Published Monthly by the York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, VOL. X MAY, 1931 No.5 MAY FIRST, THE AMERICAN BACKGROUND OF MAY DAY By VERNE SMITH COM INTERN DOCUMENTS Directives of the Politsecretariat of the E.C.C.I. to the Communist Party of the U.S.A. relative to the decisions of the. Twelfth Plenum of the C.P.U.S.A. ON THE USE OF "TRANSMISSION BELTS" IN OUR STRUGGLE FOR THE MASSES By C. A. HATHAWAY THE PARTY NUCLEUS-A FACTOR IN THE CLASS STRUGGLE 424 By JOHN WILLIAMSON SOME LESSONS OF THE LAWRENCE STRIKE By JACK STACHEL THE CRISIS AND THE STRIKE CURVE FOR By PHIL FRANKFELD A "MODEL" COLONY OF YANKEE IMPERIALISM By D. R. D. BLOOD STAINED NITRATES OF CHILE By ALBERT MOREAU THREE SOURCES AND THREE ELEMENTS OF MARXISM LENIN'S MAY DAY LEAFLET OOOK REVIEW... 47' P. O. Box 1+8, Station D, (50 East 13th Street), New York. Subscription rates $2.00 a year; $1.25 for "six months; foreign and Canada $2.50 a year. Sine-Ie copies 25 cents.

6 Puhlished Monthly hy the York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, VOL. X JUNE, 1931 No. 6 MUSTEISM-"LEFT" DEMAGOGY A LA MODE... " By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER THE COURSE OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES By HARRY GANNES THE THEORETICAL DEFENDERS OF WHITE CHAUVINISM IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT By HARRY HAYWOOD THE GROWING POLITICAL CRISIS IN POLAND By EDWARD LENO OUR PRESENT TASKS IN CUBA By O. RODRIGUEZ DEMAGOGY AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IN THE UNITED STATES By SAM DARCY RATIONALIZATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN THE BUILD- ING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES 535 By A. PETERSON THE DECLINE OF"THE GARVEY MOVEMENT By CYRIL BRIGGS A "MODEL" COLONY OF YANKEE IMPERIALISM By D. R. D. AN UNEMPLOYMENT MANIFESTO DURING THE CRISIS OF W itk Editorial Note by ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG ENGELS ON "JUSTICE" BOOK REVIEWS Single copies 25 cents. 553

7 IHE CONNUIlIST A Magazine of the Theory and Practice 0/ Published Monthly by the York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, ~26 VOL. X JULY, 1931 No.7 AUGUST 1, By ALEX BITTELMAN THE COAL STRIKE By WILLIAM Z. FosTER FAITH IN THE MASSES-ORGANIZATION OF THE MASSES SOME EXPERIENCES IN MASS WORK By BILL GEBERT PLANNED WORK, CONCRETIZATION AND PRACTICAL ACTIVITY By JACK JOHNSTONE ROLE OF PARTY TRAINING SCHOOLS IN DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP By A. MARKOFF THE NEGRO AND HIS JUDASES By ROBERT MINOR DEVELOPMENT AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION By M. JAMES A "MODEL" COLONY OF YANKEE IMPERIALISM By D. R. D.. CANADA'S STARVATION BUDGET By SAM CARR ENGELS ON RELIGION BOOK REVIEWS P. O. Box 148, Station D, (SO East 13th Street), New York. Subscription Single copies 2S cents.

8 rile CONMUIlISI Published Monthly by the MAX BEI?ACHT, Editor York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, ~ VOL. X AUGUST, 1931 CONTE.NTS A NEW BID FOR WORLD DOMINATION By ALEX BITTELMAN NO.8 PUTTING THE XI PLENUM DECISIONS INTO LIFE FACTPRS GOVERNING OUR TACTICAL LINE NEXT STEPS IN THE COAL STRIKE By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER SOME MAJOR LESSONS FROM A MINOR STRIKE By I. AMTER THE YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE TURNS TO STRUGGLE By GIL GREEN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AUGUST 23-ANTI-IMPERIALIST DAY 720 By JOHN BELL ECONOMIC FORMS IN SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE By TOM JOHNSON THE NATIONAL PROBLEM IN THE SOVIET UNION By MEILACH EpSTEIN THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAT TURNER REVOLT By N. STEVENS FIRST CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF PHILIPPINES By S. CARPIO LENIN ON..ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL STRUGGLE OF THE WORKING CLASS BALTIMORE AND GENEVA 1866-A PARALLEL Editorial Note by ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG BOOK REVIEWS Siac1e copiea 25 cents.

9 IHE CONMUIlIST A Magazine 0.1 the Theory and Practice 01 Puhlished Monthly by the Communist. Party of the United States of America York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, ~33 VOL. X OCTOBER, 1931 No.9 THE XI PLENUM OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE COM INTERN Extracts from Report to the 13th Plenum of the Central Committee, C. P. U. S. A. By WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE TO THE MASSES-TO THE SHOPS! ORGANIZE THE MASSES! 797 Extracts from the Report of the Political Bureau to the Central Committee 13th Plenum, C. P. U. S. A. TASKS IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST HUNGER, REPRESSION AND WAR Resolution of the 13th Plenum, Central Committee, C. P. U. S. A. on the Main Tasks in the Organization of Mass Struggles Against the Offensive of the Capitalists. ~ ~ RESOLUTION ON WORK AMONG THE UNEMPLOyED Adopted by the 13th Plenu~, Central Committ~e, C. P. U. S. A. CUL'TIURAL icompulsives OR CALVERTON'S NEW CARI- CATURE OF MARXISM By A. LANDY NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Due to a series of difficulties this issue of THE COMMUNIST which was originally intended as the September issue appears only late in September. The present issue is therefore being made the October issue and the September issue is being omitted. Subscriptions falling due before next September will be extended one month. The November issue will be out about October 25. Single copies 25 cents.

10 /' THE COIIMalilft Published M ontnly by the York, N. Y., under the act of Marc'h 3, VOL. X NOVEMBER, 1931 No. 10 WHAT MEANS THE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION? By ROBERT MINOR SOME PROBLEMS OF MASS WORK THE MARCH OF THE REVOLUTION By WM. Z. FOSTER THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MASSES By A. LOZOVSKY THE LATEST PHASE OF THE BRITISH CRISIS IN ITS REVERBERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES By ALEX BITTELMAN THE WORLD CREDIT CRISIS IS GROWING Leading Editorial from Pravda, September 29, 1931 CAPITALIST THEORIES OF "PLANNED ECONOMy" By HARRY GANNES THE PRESENT STRUGGLE IN CUBA By O. RODRIc}uEZ THE PHILOSOPHICAL IN THE C. P. S. U. IN By D. S. MIRSKY CULTURAL COMPULSIVES OR CALVERTON'S LATEST CARI CATURE OF MARXISM By A. LANDY rates $2.00 a year; $1.25 for six months; forei,n and Canada $2.50 a year. Sin,lc copies 25 cents.

11 ,IHE COMMUIiIST A Magazine of the Theory anti Practice of Puhlished Monthly hy the Entered as second class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post Office at N~w York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, ~ VOL. X DECEMBER, 1931 No. 11 WALL STREET AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ANTI- SOVIET FRONT By HARRY GANNES THE PARTY ANNIVERSARY IN THE LIGHT OF OUR PRES- ENT TASKS By ALEX BI'ITELMAN THE MEANING OF THE WAGE CUr;rwG OFFENSIVE By JOSEPH ZACK BUILDING THE REVOLUTIONARY TRADE UNION MOVE- MENT By S. WILLNER RESOLUTION OF THE PRAGUE CONFERENCE ON THE QUES- TION OF UNEMPLOYMENT DILETTANTISM IN STRIKES By WM. Z. FOSTER RELATI{)NS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ECONOMICS UNDER CAPITALISM AND IN THE SOVIET UNION By PROF. M. RUBINSTEIN THESIS ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION Adopted by the Second Congress 0/ the Communist International LENIN CORNER,... loss. P. O. Box 148, Station D, (SO East 13th Street), New York. Subscription " ',Siq-le copies 2S cents.