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IHE COMNUIlISI A Magazine of the Theory and Practice of -Leninism Published Monthly by the Communist 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, 1879. ~

VOL. XII JANUARY, 1933 No.1

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FORWARD IN: THE LINE OF THE TWELFTH PLENUM OF THE E. C. C. I...... , . . . . . 3 EDITORIAL

STRUGGLE FOR ELEMENTARY NEEDS-THE MAIN LINK L.'l WINNING THE MASSES ...... 18 By JACK STACHEL

THE END OF CAPITALIST STABILIZATION AND THE BASIC TASKS OF THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN SECTIONS OF 'I1IE C. I...... 33 By T. GUSEV

UNMASKING AN AMERICAN REVISIONIST OF MARXISM. . . . 50 By V. J. JEROME

STALIN DEVELOPS THE TEACHINGS OF MARX AND LENIN.. 83

SPINOZA AND MARXISM...... 85 By M. MITTIN

BOOK REVIEWS 89 . A Bourgeois Critic Attacks Philosophic Idealism A Review by MILTON HOWARD Class Culture-A Review by W. PHELPS

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Vol. XII FEBRUARY, 1933 No.2

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A NEW VICTORY OF THE PEACEFUL POLICY OF THE U. S. S. R. 99 EDITORIAL

THE REVOLUTIONARY UPSURGE AND THE STRUGGLES OF THE UNEMPLOYED ...... 112 By I. AMTER

ON THE END OF CAPITALIST STABILIZATION IN THE U. S. A. 123 By H. M. WICKS

THE REVISIONISM OF SIDNEY HOOK ...... 133 By

PROLOGUE TO THE LIBERATION OF THE NEGRO PEOPLE.. 147 By JAMES S. ALLEN

TECHNOCRACY - A REACTIONARY UTOPIA...... 171 By V. J. JEROME

BOOK REVIEWS 188

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VOL. XII MARCH, 1933 No.3

CONTENTS "FOR MARX WAS BEFORE ALL ELSE A REVOLUTIONIST"- ENGELS...... 195 ENGELS' Speech Over tke Gr(lt()e of Marx SOME LESSONS OF THE STRIKE STRUGGLES IN DETROIT.. 197 EDITORIAL MARX, FOUNDER OF SCIENTIFIC AND ORGAN­ IZER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTy...... 204 By F. BROWN THE END OF RELATIVE CAPITALIST STABILIZATION AND THE TASKS OF OUR PARTY ...... 222 By EARL BROWDER LIFE AND WORK OF ...... 249 By MAX BEDACHT MARX ON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR...... 260 Correspondence Between MARX and ENGELS THE EMERGENCE OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY PRO- LETARIAT ...... 261' By SAM DoN MARXISM AND REVISIONISM ...... 276 By V. I. LENIN THE REVISIONISM OF SIDNEY HOOK (Concluded)...... 285 By EARL BROWDER THE STRUGGLE OF MARX AND ENGELS AGAINST THE OP­ PORTUNISM OF GERMAN ...... 301 By G. VASILKOVSKY THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC CRISIS ...... 308 By JOHN IRVING BOOK REVIEWS ...... 314 New Reforms for Old-A Review by MILTON HOWARD

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VOL. XII APRIL, 1933 No .. 4

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FOR UNITED ACTION AGAINST FASCISM...... 323 (EDITORIAL) THE BANKING CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES...... 337 By ANNA ROCHESTER THE END OF RELATIVE CAPITALIST STABILIZATION AND THE TASKS OF OUR PARTY (Continued from last issue).. 352 By EARL BROWDER WHICH W'.A Y OUT? ...... 371 By S. GUSEV A NEW PHASE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE 384 By C. A. HATHAWAY THE PROBLEMS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY YOUTH MOVEMENT - Ninth Plenqm of the Young Commu- nist International ...... 392 By JOHN MARX THE BOURGEOISIE "COMMEMORATES" MARX...... 4-01 By V. J. JEROME BOOK REVIEWS ...... 412

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Vol. XII. May, 1933 No.5

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THE ROOSEVELT PROGRAM-AN ATTACK UPON THE TOIL. ING MASSES ...... 419 EDITORIAL MANEUVERS TO SABOTAGE A UNITED FRONT OF STRUGGLE 426 By C. A. HATHAWAY THE SCOTTSBORO STRUGGLE ...... 437 By JAMES S. ALLEN THE WORLD POLITICAL BACKGROUND OF THE ENGINEERS TRIAL ...... 449 By PETER BOLM COMMUNISM AND THE JEWISH QUESTION IN GERMANY .. . 458 THE CONFESSIONS OF AN AMERICAN "MARXIST" ...... 462 By M. CHILDS and H. YARIS THE TASKS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF MEXICO IN / THE CONDITIONS OF THE END OF CAPITALIST STAB• ILIZATION ...... 470 <'. By GONZALEz (Mexico) MARX AND WORKING CLASS UNITY ...... 480 By ANDRE MARTY MARXISM AND THE PEASANT QUESTION ...... 494 Br H. PURO THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC CRISIS ...... 499 A Monthly Review by JOHN IRVING BOOK REVIEWS ...... 504 Toward the Siezure of Power-Lenin.-Review by M. OLGIN

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VOL. XII. JUNE, 1933 No.6

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THE RISING .sTRIKE MOVEMENT...... 515 EDITORIAL A WARNING AGAINST OPPORTUNIST DISTORTIONS OF THE UNITED FRONT TACTIC...... 525 By C. A. HATHAWAY THE COMMUNIST PARTIES OF THE CAPITALIST COUN­ TRIES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR THE UNITED FRONT 538 By O. PIATNITSKY THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN THE AMERICAN COUNTRYSIDE 547 By H. PURO THE RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN 559 By R. MARTINEZ VILLENA THE SCOTTSBORO STRUGGLE AND THE NEXT STEPS- Resolution of the Political Bureau ...... 570 THE POLITICAL CONNECTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ARMAMENT FIRMS...... 583 By JAN RELLING THE TRANSITION TO COMMUNISM - THE OPPORTUNISM OF THE GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY-Introduction to the new edition of the Critique of t,h.e Gotka Programme by Karl Marx 590 By MARX-EN GELS-LENIN INSTITUTE BOOK REVIEWS 601 Toward the Seizure of Power-Lenin R£

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Vol. XII. JULY, 1933 No. 7

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THE WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE ...... 611 By PETER BOLM

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM PREPARES FOR WAR .••....•....• 625 By ROBERT W. DUNN

WAR IN THE FAR EAST AND OUR TASKS ..•...... •...... 636 By K. KITA

UNITY IN THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE ...... 650 By I. AMTER

IMPERIALISM AND THE SPLIT IN ...... •••... 659 By V. I. LENIN

THE INTENSIFICATION OF THE VERSAILLES ANTAGONISMS AND THE MENACE OF A NEW IMPERIALIST WAR ...... 670 By N. RUDOLPH

THE VETERANS AND THE UNITED FRONT •...... ••...•.. 684 By E. LEVIN

THE FIGHTS FOR PEACE ...... 696 By A. A. HELLER

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Vol. XII AUGUST, 1933 No.8

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WHY AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR PARTY MEMBERSHIP.... 707 By EARL BROWDER

THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT-SPEAR-HEAD OF THE ROOSEVELT PROGRAM...... 770 By HARRY GANNES

SOME LESSONS OF RECENT STRIKE STRUGGLES ...... " 784 By JACK STACHEL

BUILDING THE UNITED FRONT IN FORD-CONTROLLED DEAROORN ...... ,...... 793 By MAX SALZMAN

THE ST. LOUIS STRIKE AND THE CHICAGO NEEDLE TRADES STRIKE...... 800 By BILL GEBERT

THE TASKS AMONG THE FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS...... 810 By F. BROWN

THE OPEN LETTER AND TASKS OF THE Y.C.L...... 818 By GIL GREEN

FROM OPPORTUNISM TO COUNTER-...... 824 By V. J. JEROME 1111 CONNUNISf eA on agazine of the 'I'heory and Practice 01 QfIarxism-~eninism Published Monthly by the Communist Party of the United States of America Entered as second class matter November 2, 192 7, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879......

Vol. XII SEPTEMBER, 1933 No.9

CONTENTS THE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR PARTy...... 835 FROM THE OPEN LETTER...... ·845 FROM LEFT SOCIALISM TO COMMUNISM...... 846 By ALEX BITTELMAN THROUGH CONCENTRATION TO A MASS PARTY ...... 864- By F. BROWN TASKS OF OUR PARTY IN WORK AMONG FARMERS...... 875 By HENRY PURO THE STRUGGLE FOR THE LENINIST POSITION ON THE NEGRO QUESTION IN THE U.S.A...... 8as By BACKGROUND OF RECENT EVENTS IN CUBA ...... : ..... 902 By WILLIAM SIMONS THE INTENSIFIED DRIVE TOWARD IMPERIALIST WAR. . .. 922 By W. WEINSTONE FROM OPPORTUNISM TO COUNTER-REVOLUTION ...... 939 By V. J. JEROME ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS IN THE LIGHT OF THE OPEN LETTER ...... 948 By J. PETERS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PARTY ANNIVERSARY TO THE POLISH WORKERS IN THE U.S.A...... 955 By B. K. GEBERT

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Vol. XII OCTOBER, 1933 No. 10

CONTENTS THE OPEN LETTER AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE N.R.A...... 963 By EARL BROWDER THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE "NEW DEAV' IN THE COAL FIELDS ...... 973 By B. FRANK SWINGING TO THE OFFENSIVE IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE N.R.A. IN THE STEEL MILLS...... 982 By JOHN MELDON

THE OPEN LETTER AND OUR TASKS IN THE DETROIT DISTRICT ...... ••...... 989 By JOHN ScHMIES

ADDRESS TO THE COMMUNIST YOUTH ...... 994- By V.I. LENIN

THE WORK OF FACTORY NUCLEI ...... 1009 FROM OPPORTUNISM TO COUNTER-REVOLUTION ...... 1029 By V. J. JEROME

BEGINNINGS OF REVOLUTIONARY POLITICAL ACTION IN THE U. S. A. 1041 By VERN SMITH

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VOL. XII NOVEMBER, 1933 No~ 11

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ENTERING THE 17TH YEAR OF THE VICTORIOUS PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION ...... ,1059 EDITORIAL THE SEAL OF N.R.A. ON THE A. F. OF L. CONVENTION 1013 By BILL DUNNE RESOLUTION OF THE 17TH CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, U. S. A...... 1088 FOR AN INTENSIVE STRUGGLE AGAINST RIGHT OPPORTUNISM 1096 By E. EDWARDS

THE COMING PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE AT MONTEVIDEO ...... 1108 By LUCILE PERRY RESOLUTION AND PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AGAINST FASCISM AND WAR ...... 1120 A PROGRAM FOR SPEEDING UP THE TRAINING OF NEW LEADERSHIP IN DISTRICTS AND SECTIONS ...... 1125 ON THE DRAFT PROGRAM OF THE UNITED FARMERS' LEAGUE ...... 1140 By J. BARNETT

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Vol. XII DECEMBER, 1933 No. 12

CONTENTS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT ...... 1155 By JACK STACHEL THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO-A PROGRAMMATIC DOCUMENT OF THE PROLETARIAN DICTATORSHIP.. 1169 By O. KUUSINEN THE N.R.A. IN THE SOUTH...... 1179 By NAT Ross MASS STRUGGLES IN THE .CHICAGO DISTRICT AND THE TASKS OF THE PARTy...... 1189 By B. K. GEBERT LEIPZIG-A GRANDIOSE PROVOCATION OF THE BLOODY FASCIST DICTATORSHIP ...... 1201 POLITICAL REPRESSION AND SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST NEGROES IN . SOUTH AFRICA ...... , 1213 By A. NzULA THE NEW PHASE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY EVENTS IN CUBA...... 1221 By· G. SINANI HOW LENIN STUDIED MARX ...... 1231 By N. KRUPSKAYA SOME FIGURES ON THE CRISIS...... 1243

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