IHE CO ....UIIISI A Magazi1le of the Theory and Practice of Marxism-Leninism Puhlished Monthly hy the Communist Party of the United States of America MAX BEDACHT, Editor Entered al lecond cla'l matter November 2, 1927, at the Post OSee at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1890. VOL. X JANUARY, 1931 No.1 CONTENTS 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, 1930. 7 By EARL BROWDER LENIN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL AND COLONIAL OPPRESSED ................. 32 By HARRISON GEORGE THESES OF THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL, 1920, ON THE NATIONAL AND COLONIAL QUESTIONS...... 39 YANKEE IMPERIALISM IN CUBA ............... 48 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 ............................ 74 By L. MAGYAR LENIN'S LETTER TO THE SOCIALIST PROP A­ GANDA LEAGUE IN AMERICA .. .. 87 BOOK REVIEW ................................ 91 Make all checks, money orders, and correspondence to: THE COMMUNIST, 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. IHE CO ....UIIIST A Magazine of the Theory and Practice of Marxism-Leninism Publshed Monthly by the Communist Party of theUnited States of America MAX BEDACHT, Editor Entered as second class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1890. VOL. X - FEBRUARY, 1931 No.2 ) CONTENTS EDITORIALS . SOCIAL DEMAGOGY ....................... 99 SPEECHMAKING IN LONDON-MASS ACTION IN IND IA'~ . .. 104 CALVERTON'S FASCISM ........................ 107 / By WILLIA~ Z. FOSTER THE SIGNIFjICANCE OF THE BANK FAILURES ... 112 . By HARRY GANNES THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN MEXICO 119 OUR PARTY ORGANIZATION .................. 129 By R. BAKER AMERICAN IMPERIALISM ENSLAVES LIBERIA .. 133 By G. PADMORE THE TASK OF OUR PARTY IN AGRARIAN WORK 147 . By H. PURO RESOLUTION ON THE NEGRO QUESTION IN THE UNITED STATES ..................... 153 SOVIETS IN CHINA ............................... 168 By L. MAGYAR THE COLLAPSE OF THE THEORY OF ORGAN- IZED CAPITALISM ......................... 179 By SAM DON BOOK REVIEWS . .. 185 Make all checks, money orders, and correspondence to: THE COMMUNIST, P. O. Box 148, 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. Single copies 25 cents. THE CONMIIIIISY A Magazine of the Theory and Practice of Marxism-Leninism Published Monthly by the Communist Party of the United States of America MAX BEDACHT, Editor Entered as second class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1890. VOL. X MARCH, 1931 No.3 CONTENTS EDITORIAL .;IAN ADVANCED STAGE IN THE WAR DANGER __________ -. 195 .j ON THE QUESTION OF TRADE UNION DEMOCRACY __ ... , . 199 By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER 7COMING STRUGGLES AND LESSONS IN STRIKE STRATEGY.. 204- 1 By JACK STACHEL / WOMEN IN MASS WORK ................................. 214 By O. W. KUUSINEN IGROWTH OF THE FASCIST DICTATORSHIP IN GERMANY .. 219 By ERNST THAELMANN ! A CHARTER OF SLAVERY FOR THE INDIAN PEOPLE ..... 22.6 I THE COLLAPSE OF THE THEORY OF ORGANIZED CAPITALISM ......................................... 231 By SAM DON / TH~~~~gN~tJiO~.~~. ~~~~.~~~I~~. ~~~ . ~~~I.~~ ....... 241 By B. D. AMIS / SOM~:~~~_~i~~~I~rir~~ S~~~.~~~.~ .~~~. ~~~ ~I.~~~ 249 By JIM ALLEN / WHY THE PEASANT REVOLTS IN THE PHILIPPINES? ..... 256 By HARRY GANNES I THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECEMBER UPRISING .. 264 By M. POKROVSKY / OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION 273 / THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN MEXICO ......... 280 / BOOK REVIEW ........................................... 286 Make all checks, money orders, and correspondence to: THE COMMUNIST, P. O. Box 148, 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. Single copies 25 cents. IHE COMMIIIIIST A Magazine of the Theory and Practice of Marxism-Leninism Publish~d Monthly by the Communist Party of the United States of America MAX BEDACHT, Editor Entered as second class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1890. VOL. X APRIL, 1931 No.4 CONTENTS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LENIN ............................ 291 HOW WE MUST FIGHT AGAINST THE DEMAGOGY OF FASCISTS AND SOCIAL-FASCISTS...................... 300 By EARL BROWDER MR. FISH ENDORSES THE SOCIALIST PARTY 305 By I. AMTER A REVIEW OF THE POLITICAL SCENE ON THE PARLIA- MENTARY STAGE .................................... 314 By HARRISON GEORGE OVERCOME LOOSENESS IN OUR MASS WORK.............. 324 By JACK JOHNSTONE THE CRISIS OF THE JIM-CROW NATIONALISM OF THE NEGRO BOURGEOISIE ................................. 330 By HARRY HAYWOOD HOW WE BUILD THE REVOLUTIONARY TRADE UNION OPPOSITION IN GERMANy ..........~.................. 339 By F. EMMERICH THE ROLE OF THE RED ARMY IN CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION .................................... 348 BOURGEOIS DEMOCRACY AND PROLETARIAN DICTATOR- SHIP .................................................. 360 Theses of COMRADE LENIN adopted by the First Congress of the Communist Intemotional, MtII"cn., 1919. TWO LETTERS ON THE PARIS COMMUNE ................ 371 By KARL MARX OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION.. 373 LESSON Two BOOK REVIEWS........................................... 381 Make aU checks, money orders, and correspondence to: THE COMMUNIST, P. O. Box 148, 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. Single copies 25 cents. IHE CONNUIlISI A Magazine of the Theory and Practice of Marxism-Leninism Published Monthly by the Communist Party of the United States of America MAX BEDACHT, Editor Entered as second class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1890. VOL. X MAY, 1931 No.5 CONTENTS MAY FIRST, 1931 ......................................... 387 THE AMERICAN BACKGROUND OF MAY DAY. .. 392 By VERNE SMITH COM INTERN DOCUMENTS ................................ +02 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.................................... +09 By C. A. HATHAWAY THE PARTY NUCLEUS-A FACTOR IN THE CLASS STRUGGLE 424 By JOHN WILLIAMSON SOME LESSONS OF THE LAWRENCE STRIKE.............. 433 By JACK STACHEL THE CRISIS AND THE STRIKE CURVE FOR 1930 ............ 444 By PHIL FRANKFELD A "MODEL" COLONY OF YANKEE IMPERIALISM.......... 452 By D. R. D. BLOOD STAINED NITRATES OF CHILE.................... 463 By ALBERT MOREAU THREE SOURCES AND THREE ELEMENTS OF MARXISM .... 470 LENIN'S MAY DAY LEAFLET .............................. 475 OOOK REVIEW ............................................ 47' Make all checks, money orders, and correspondence to: THE COMMUNIST, 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. A Magazine of the Theory and Practice of Marxism-Leninism Puhlished Monthly hy the Communist Party of the United States of America MAX BEDACHT, Editor Entered as second class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1890. VOL. X JUNE, 1931 No. 6 CONTENTS MUSTEISM-"LEFT" DEMAGOGY A LA MODE ......... ". .. 483 By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER THE COURSE OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES............................................... 488 By HARRY GANNES THE THEORETICAL DEFENDERS OF WHITE CHAUVINISM IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT .......................... 497 By HARRY HAYWOOD THE GROWING POLITICAL CRISIS IN POLAND............ 509 By EDWARD LENO OUR PRESENT TASKS IN CUBA............................ 516 By O. RODRIGUEZ DEMAGOGY AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IN THE UNITED STATES ................................. ..... 525 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.............. 547 By CYRIL BRIGGS A "MODEL" COLONY OF YANKEE IMPERIALISM 553 By D. R. D. AN UNEMPLOYMENT MANIFESTO DURING THE CRISIS OF 1873 ................................................... 566 W itk Editorial Note by ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG ENGELS ON "JUSTICE" .................................... 572 BOOK REVIEWS ........................................... 575 Make all checks, money orders, and correspondence to: THE COMMUNIST, P. O. Box 148, 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. Single copies 25 cents. IHE CONNUIlIST A Magazine of the Theory and Practice 0/ Marxism-Leninism Published Monthly by the Communist Party of the United States of America MAX BEDACHT, Editor Entered as second class matter November 2, 1927, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1890. ~26 VOL. X JULY, 1931 No.7 CONTENTS AUGUST 1, 1931 579 By ALEX BITTELMAN THE COAL STRIKE ........................................ 595 By WILLIAM Z. FosTER FAITH IN THE MASSES-ORGANIZATION OF THE MASSES.. 600 By EARL BROWDER SOME EXPERIENCES IN MASS WORK .....................