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Intellectuals in Retreat TBENEW A MONTHLY ORGAN OF REVOLUTIONARY MARXISM Intellectuals in Retreat A POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF SOME OF THE RECENT CRITICS OF BOLSHEVISM: SIDNEY HOOK • MAX EASTMAN EUGENE LYONS • BEN STOLBERG and others What Are The, Doing? Where Are The, Going? By James Burnham and Max Shachtman • After the Fall of Hankow France and the C. I. o. By Li Fu,jen By B. J. Widick • Reading from Left: to Right••• L, Dwight Macdonald 'lWENTY CENTS • JANUARY 1939 N. J., literature committee; Fresno. THE December edition of 4,500 Cal., C. C.; Ithaca, N.Y., Ed. Speyer; copies of THE NEW INTERNATIONAL, AT HOME Akron, 0., Bob Ferguson; Detroit, as thue notes are written, is vir­ Mich., E. P.; Philadelphia, C. H. tually exhausted. An especially and S. T.; Berkeley, Cal., J. T.; Pitts­ splendid issue, appears to be the un­ Columbus, 0., Chas. Raven; Youngs­ Iy fine job on the Univ. of Chicago burgh, Pa., M. K.; Baltimore, Md., animous verdict. There will be yet Campus, and so likewise has Sara J. B.; New Haven, Conn., M.G.: Hut­ better issues, the Editorial Board They mean a larger sum of money at once, of course; but even more chinson, Kan., H. S.; Quakertown, promises. So far, so good. Yet the Langar, of the N.W. Side Y.P.S.L. valuable a subscription means a con­ Pa., H. S.; and many other places, magazine's situation at this moment unit. Karl Shier reports others of his tact who can be directly reached for which space here prohibits mention­ is precarious, though needlessly so. special corps of agents also doing other purposes: mass meetings, poli­ ing. The Canadians and N. I. agents Bundle payments this past month well. The new New York Y.P.S.L. tical assistance, prospective party or in Europe, Australia, China, India, fell off sharply and subscription re­ agent, comrade Paskal, is carrying youth membership, and so forth. South Africa continue to do splen­ turns, both renewals and new sub­ out his task diligently; and the A large subscription list forms not didly, indeed putting the North scriptions, were altogether too low. C. C. N. Y. circles, reported in the only the foundation and security of American comrades to rout, or to This condition requires immediate previous number, did even better THE NEW INTERNATIONAL, but can shame, as you would have it. improvement. THE NEW INTERNA· with the December issue, say the provide a broad base for the Fourth Cities whose agents promise to TIONAL, despite a steadily rising cir­ live-wire comrades Milt Miller and International movement as a whole. give assiduous attention to the mat­ culation, can easily pass out of exis­ Marty Diamond. At Columbia Uni­ Comrades: enlist in the campaign ter of obtaining subsciptions are: tence entirely unless subscription versity, too, sales have appreciably for subscriptions for the duration East Oakland, Cal., St. Paul, Minne­ and bundle payment responses are increased, the Upper West Side of the class war. apolis, Chicago, St. Louis and New immediately greater. The S.W.P. and Branch attending to the Columbia San Francisco has been reinstated Book Shop and the campus. In York. We're looking forward to the the Y.P.S.L. are at present giving flow. Many cities are now making full aid to the campaign for the on the bundle order list and, the England, the special literature com­ comrades write, magazine matters mittee composed of Ed. Fitzroy, A. efforts to place the magazine 011 Twice-A-Week Appeal and to the newsstands and in book stores. This Christmas Fund campaign of the are being taken in hand. Local dif· G.; V. B.; J. G.; J. W. and B. S. is ficul ties of a varied nature are being doing an excellent job in organizing work has proved fruitful wherever American Fund for Political Prison­ persisted in. ers and Refugees; both these en­ overcome, and the magazine thereby literature sales throughout England. deavors have the fullest support of also benefits. That's fine. But with Local New York continues on too BOUND VOLUMES OF THE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL. We only other places, not so good, we now even a pace with the sales of the NEW INTERNATIONAL: Since only a add that the S.W.P., Y.P.SL. and warn. Reading, Pa, has been cut off magazine. Unquestionably, both the limited number of sets of the 1938 their sympathizers should at the the list - too far in arrears. The party and Y. P. S. L. units in New edition of the magazine are being same time maintain their obligations following cities are being kept on York could still increase sales con· bound, we suggest that j the agents to the magazine. Just now there are the list by the proverbial skin of the siderably by covering systematically make an immediate canvas of the two easy ways to do that: 1. Pay teeth - translated: the good will and all meeting and contacts. prospective purcllasers and request bundle orders promptly. 2. OR­ reasonableness of the management: In the country, as a whole, the them to place orders at once. Price: GANIZE GROUPS IMMEDIATE· San Diego, Cal.; Portland, Ore.: comrades take the task of circulating $3.00 per volume. LY to visit subscribers for the pur­ Seattle, Wash. and a couple of for­ THE NEW INTERNATIONAL seriously, Elderly, as well as youthful com­ pose of OBTAINING RENEWAL SUB­ eign agents. These will receive the though weak on the subscription rades are doing their share in dr­ SCRIPTIONS AT ONCE. January number, but unless pay­ side. Particularly to be commended, culating THE NEW INTERNATIONAL. ments are forthcoming before the Some cities are constantly chang­ in addition to these mentioned In Allentown, Pa., Mother Kimmel. February number, it will be neces­ ing literature agents. This does not above, are: Oakland, CaL, Karolyn 72 years of age, sells the magazine; sary, in the interests of the mainte­ contribute to systematic work for the K., agent (hereafter, initials indicate from far-off Saskatchewan, Can., J. nance of THE NEW INTERNATIONAL, press. Changes should be made only agent); Boston, Mass., John Quinn; T. S., writes: "I have been able to to eliminate their bundle orders. when absolutely necessary. The aim Washington, D.C., M. G. and R. S.; sell $2.00 worth of THE NEW INTER­ This is a negative, painful solution. should be to add persons to the lite­ Minneapolis, Minn., Chester John­ NATIONAL bundle. Count on me in Forewarned is forearmed: send in rature committees to assist and ~on and Committee; Hartford,Conn., support of the Fourth International. your payments, comrades, and stop broaden activities, since sale and dis­ V. H.; Plentywood, Mont., John Not much ability, but very fair the operation. tribution of our pres.~ and literature Boulds; Fargo, N. D., Wm. Ballou; share of energy and activity for a remain paramount tasks of our ~Iany localities and individual Los Angeles, CaL, where John Mur­ hayseed of 62 years." Orders bundJe movement. In the past weeks the comrades are doing fine work and phy has revitalized the literature regularly. Good work, comrade following places have changed NEW accomplishing good results with the work; Allentown, Pa .. Ruth Querio; J. T. S. INTERNATIONAL agents: Local New magazine. In Chicago, Marjorie town, 0., M. Hess; Cleveland, 0., Commenting on the special ar­ York, Y.P.S.L., Oscar P4skal; St. Graham has been doing an especial- John D.; Salem, 0., E. A.; Newark, rangements made on behalf of the Paul, Minn., E. Lund (returned to Scottish comrades by us, comrade post) ; San Francisco, A. S.; Houston, Frank Maitland, of the Revolution­ Texa~, K. H.; Rochester, N.Y., J. V. ary Socialist Party, Edinburgh, Scot­ B.; Columbus, 0., C. R.; St. Louis, land, says: "Magazine selling satis­ Mo., E. W.; Louisville, Ky., (revi­ Two Letters . factorily. Not only are those workers val) , C. G.; Syracuse, N.Y., Y.P.S.L. already interested in socialism buy­ There were a few new orders and AN old-timer, Wm. P. K. Gates, collection on behalf of THE NEW ing THE NEW INTERNATIONAL, but increases in the past month. New Wakefield, Kansas, writes us: INTERNATIONAL but unfortunately at the price you have enabled us to local calls have been heavy on the put upon the magazine, we can sell orders: Saskatchewan, Canada, 4 "I have been a subscriber to comrades. The last issue of THE copies. Increases: Haifa, Palestine, and enthusiastic reader of THE it at our street meetings, etc., and NEW INTERNATIONAL decided me 3 more; Syracuse, N.Y., Y.P.S.L. from NEW INTERNATIONAL beginning with we have sold as many as twenty to act at once. I t would be a 5 to 20; East Oakland, Cal., E. M. its first issue . and have en­ copies at one meeting . You must tragedy if THE NEW INTERNATIONAL agent, from 10 to 15; Y.P.S.L., New joyed great benefit and satisfaction understand that our Scottish winters went out of existence, and it York, 125 to 140. On the whole, a from my reading of the incom­ cut down the number of our meet­ strikes me that the comrades - in quiet month in this respect. parably excellent articles in that ings considerably." America are not doing their very promoter and defender of genu­ But, to help the Scots and others The activities of the comrades, best to boost the sales of the ine and unadulterated revolution­ still more, we need YOUR HELP! both party and Y. P. S. L., remain magazine in view of the very large J. C. H., Vancouver, B.
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