The number of pamphlets, leaflets, and books of the permutations of the American Communist movement in the period 1919-1946 probably exceeds 1,000 titles, perhaps by a factor of 2. What follows is a work in progress -- a partial list of titles issued during the very first years. More information will be added over time. Serious pamphlet collectors interested in contributing information are encouraged to get in touch: MutantPop@aol.com.
COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA ("old CPA") (Sept. 1919-May 1921) Official Organs The organ of the Communist Party of America was a newspaper published in Chicago called The Communist. There were a number of publications by this name -- the CPA's Communist was directly preceded by a paper of the same name edited by Dennis Batt. When the CPA took over operation of the publication in 1919, numbering was started over from vol. 1, no. 1. The paper shut down briefly due to the Palmer Raids of Jan. 1920, before being resumed as an underground publication around Feb. 15, with an initial print run of about 7,000.
A theoretical monthly called The International was scheduled to be launched in January of 1920, but the first issue was seized at the press in the Palmer Raids. No copies were distributed and as of this writing no copies are known to have survived.
The theoretical magazine of the Workers (Communist) Party was The Liberator, a publication started by Max and Crystal Eastman in 1918 that was turned over to the CP circa 1921. In 1924 that magazine was merged with Soviet Russia Pictorial and The Labor Herald to establish The Workers Monthly. In 1927 there was another change of format and Workers Monthly was transformed into a theoretical magazine called The Communist; an artistic-oriented magazine called The New Masses was started at the same time.
The old CPA did not publish any books in 1919, but it did distribute three titles by Louis Fraina which were published by others as though they were CPA publications. It did print pamphlets and leaflets of its own, however.
Books Fraina, Louis C.: Revolutionary Socialism. [1918] -- An original theoretical work by Fraina written in 1918.
Fraina, Louis C.: The Social Revolution in Germany. [1919] -- A collection of articles on the subject published in The Revolutionary Age.
N. Lenin and Leon Trotzky: The Proleterian Revolution in Russia. Louis C. Fraina, ed. [1918] -- (A collection of writings by Lenin and Trotsky with extensive commentary by Fraina.)
Pamphlets 1. Manifesto, Program, and Constitution of the Communist Party and Report to the International. [1919] -- "Pamphlet No. 1" -- 25,000 printed.
2. Karl Radek: The Development of Socialism from Science to Action. [Dec. 1919] -- "Pamphlet No. 2" -- 10,000 printed.
3. The Communist Party and the IWW -- A Debate. [Dec. 1919]-- "Pamphlet No. 3" -- Debate between IE. Ferguson (CPA) and Harold Lord Varney (IWW).
Leaflets 1. "The Capitalists Challenge You, Workingmen!" [Oct. 1919] -- Propaganda Leaflet No. 1 of the National CPA -- on Gary, Indiana. 100,000 printed. Copy at RGASPI f. 515, op. 1, d. 101, l. 14.
2. "To the Striking Longshoremen." [circa Oct. 20, 1919] -- 1 pg. -- produced by CPA of Local Greater New York.
3. "Boycott the Elections!" [c. Oct. 1919] -- produced by CPA of Local Greater New York
4. "Break the Blockade of Russia! Declaration Issued by the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party." [distributed Nov. 1-9, 1919] -- Propaganda Leaflet No. 2 of the National CPA -- 250,000 printed
5. "Communist Party Monster Mass Demonstration." -- leaflet promoting the cancelled CPA Rutgers Square Demonstration, Nov. 8, 1919.
6. "Your Shop." ["Propaganda Leaflet No. 3," distributed from Nov. 10, 1919] -- 250,000 printed
7. "The State -- Strike-Breaker." [Nov. 1919] -- Propaganda Leaflet No. 4 of the National CPA
8. "You Must Unite, Workingmen." [Dec. 1919]
9. "Stop Riot and Murder!" [c. Dec. 1919] -- produced by CPA of Local Greater New York.
Please note that publications of the Contemporary Publishing Association = C.P.A. = Communist Party of America. During 1920-21 the party was illegal in the United States, thus the subterfuge...
Pamphlets Bucharin, N. [Bukharin, N.]: The Communist Program: An Analysis of the Principles of the Russian Communist Party. -- 6,000 printed
Central Executive Committee of the CPA: Stenographic Report of the "Trial" of L.C. Fraina. -- 3,000 printed.
Kollontay, Alexandra: Communism and the Family. [1920] -- 12,000 printed
Lenin, N.: The Dictatorship of the Proletariat and Elections to the Constituent Assembly. [1920] -- 15,000 printed
Lenin, N.: The Infantile Sickness of "Leftism" in Communism. [1920] -- 8,000 printed
Lenin, Nicolai: Kautsky the Renegade and the Proletarian Revolution. [1920] -- 8,000 printed.
Lenin, N.: Problems of the Third International (Ramsay Macdonald on the Third International). [1920] -- 10,000 printed
Lenin, N.: Should Communists Participate in Reactionary Trade Unions? [1920] -- 10,000 printed
Zinovieff, G. [Zinoviev].: Communism and the Proletarian Revolution in Russia. [1920] -- 10,000 printed
The Communist Internationale to the IWW: An Appeal of the Executive Committee of the Third Internationale at Moscow. [January 1920] -- 10,000 printed. This work was signed by Zinoviev but content indicates it was actually written by an American in Moscow.
Leaflets "To the Workers of America: Proclamation by the Communist Party of America." [circa Jan. 1920] -- apparently written in immediate aftermath of Palmer Raids. Copy BoI Files M-1085, reel 932, stating copy was distributed March 20, 1920.
"What Communism Means!" [circa February 1920]
"Rules for Underground Party Work." [circa March 1920] -- 4 page leaflet printed for internal use. Copy in Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 34, ll. 22-23.
"Hail To the Soviets!" [c. April 25, 1920] -- May Day proclamation >or LARGE GRAPHIC FILE
"To the Transport Workers of America: Proclamation Issued by the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of America." [Aug. 1920] --2 pp. Copy in Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 34, l. 9; transcribed in DoJ/BoI Investigative Files, Report of William West, Sept. 7, 1920, NARA M-1085, reel 922.
"B.R.T. Strikers!" [September 1920] -- 16,000 printed, on Brooklyn Rapid Transit streetcar strike
"Will YOU Fight Soviet Russia?" [c. Sept. 15, 1920] --1 pg. Copy in Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 34, l. 8; alternate copy BoI files NARA M-1085, reel 932.
"Proletarian Revolution or Wage Slavery." [Oct. 1920] -- 240,000 printed. Printed on cheap newsprint, single sheet of paper folded but not cut; recipient needed to cut and collate to make 8 pp. pamphlet. Copy in Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 34, ll. 13-14, 17-18. Widely circulated during early Nov. 1920.
"Boycot the Coming Elections." [Oct.1920] -- 225,000 printed.
"Three Years of Soviet Russia." [c. Nov. 1, 1920] --2 pg. Copy in Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 34, l. 10.
"Seeing Red: A Proclamation by the Communist Party of America." [Dec. 1920] -- mentioned in 12/15/20 "Weekly Situation Survey" of Military Intelligence Division, Negative Branch. NARA M-1085, reel 930, Tucker weekly report from NYC, M-1085, reel 924.
"Down With the Betrayers of the Workers." [1920]
"Coal Miners of America!" [1920] -- 1 pg., 35,000 printed. Copy in Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 34, l. 11.
"Miners of America! Resist the Terrors of Your Masters!" [1920?] -- 2 pp. Copy in Comintern Archiv, f. 515, op. 1, d. 9, l. 43.
"To the Textile Workers of America." [1920?] -- 2 pp. Copy in Comintern Archiv, f. 515, op. 1, d. 9, l. 44.
[Leaflet to Philadelphia Shipyard Workers] [1920] -- 10,000 printed.
[Leaflet to Lawrence, MA Textile Workers] [1920] -- 5,000 printed.
RUTHENBERG GROUP "Make the Party 'A Party of Action': To the Members of the Communist Party." [April 25, 1920] -- 4 pp. Copy in Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 34, l. 20-21. Also published in The Communist [Chicago: Ruthenberg Group, April 25, 1920.]
"What Kind of Party? Statement by the 'Minority' Group of the Communist Party." [May 8, 1920] -- 4 pp. Copy in Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 34, l. 26-27. Also published in The Communist [Chicago: Ruthenberg Group, May 8, 1920.]
Pamphlets Kameneff, L.: The Dictatorship of the Proletariat. [1921] -- 10,000 printed
Ulianov, V.I. (Lenin, N.): The State and Revolution: Marxist Teaching on the State and the Task of the Proletariat in the Revolution. [1921] -- 10,000 printed
Theses and Resolutions Adopted at the Third World Congress of the Communist International (June 22nd - July 12th, 1921). [1921] -- 10,000 printed
Leaflets "Unemployment." [c. Jan. 15, 1921] -- 455,000 printed. 4 pg. Copy in Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 34, l. 15. Also multiple copies on NARA M-1085 film, reels 922, 923, 930, 933. "Workingmen of America! Stand By Soviet Russia!" [late March 1921] -- 483,000 printed. Transcibed NARA M-1085, reel 924.
"Then and Now: April 6, 1917 - April 6, 1921." [April 6, 1921] -- 541,000 printed. Multiple copies on NARA M-1085 film, reels 922, 937.
"May Day -- Labor's International Holiday" [late April 1921] -- 577,000 printed, multiple plates used -- probably produced in more than one printing facility. Copies also on NARA M-1085 film, reels 922, 923, 924.
[fn. Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 50, l. 79.]
COMMUNIST LABOR PARTY OF AMERICA ("CLP") (Sept. 1919-May 1920) The Communist Labor Party was initially based in Cleveland, OH, with its office at 3207 Clark Avenue. At the Oct. 25-27, 1919, meeting of the National Executive Committee in New York City, the nexus of the organization was moved to New York. From November of 1919 the National Office of the CLP was located at 208 E 12th Street, New York, NY.
Official Organs The Communist Labor Party published short runs of at least five periodicals: Communist Labor Party News (no fewer than 3 monthly issues, Sept.-Nov. 1919) was proclaimed the "Official Organization Organ of the Communist Labor Party." It was a four page newpaper sold in bundles for $1.00 per 100.
Communist Labor was launched on Dec. 6, 1919, projected as a bi-weekly. It was touted as the "Fighting Organ of the Party" and was conceived as a propaganda paper for both party members and their associates, who might be interested in the party. Max Bedacht was the first editor of the publication. By May 15, 1920 had only issued its 6th issue.
Voice of Labor was the CLP's trade union paper, edited by John Reed and Benjamin Gitlow. It was a bi-weekly (published in opposite weeks than Communist Labor) and advanced the slogan of "One Big Union" for American Workers. In Nov. 1919 a circulation of 15,000 was claimed. The paper sold for 5 cents per copy, annual subscriptions fo $1.50, and bundles of 100 for $3.
All Together, which may or may not have actually been launched, was projected as "the Monthly Propaganda paper of the party." The paper was to be targeted to a mass audience, compiling "the best articles and illustrations appearing in Communist Labor and the Voice of Labor for the Month. Price was to be 50 cents per 100 or $5 per 1000.
The Class Struggle was to be the theoretical magazine of the party. Originally published by Louis Fraina and Ludwig Lore, Fraina left the staff to join the Communist Party of America, leaving Lore at the helm. Only 1 issue was published under CLP auspices (Nov. 1919) before publication was terminated due to lack of funds.
Pamphlets The CLP took over the publication backstock of the Socialist Publication Society of Brooklyn, NY, and its first list of publication for sale were strictly SPS publications, as follows:
1. Bukharin [Bucharin], N.: Program of the Communist Labor Party of Russia. -- 25 cents.
2. Education and Art in Soviet Russia. -- 15 cents; wholesale 10¢ or $80/1000.
3. Lenin, N.: Letter to American Workingmen. -- 5 cents; wholesale 2¢ or $15/1000.
4. Lenin, N.: New Letter to Workers of Europe and Ameica. -- 5 cents; wholesale 2¢ or $15/1000.
5. Luxemburg, Rosa: Crisis in German Social Democracy (Junius). -- 25 cents; wholesale 17 cents.
6. Price, M. Philips: Old Order in Europe, New Order in Russia. -- 10 cents; wholesale 6¢ or $50/1000.
7. Price, M. Philips: Terror, Soviet Russia, and Intervention. -- 10 cents; wholesale 6¢ or $50/1000.
8. Radek, Karl: Development of Socialism into Action. -- 10 cents.
9. Radek, Karl and Ransome, Arthur: Radek and Ransome on Russia. -- 5 cents; wholesale 3¢ or $25/1000.
There were also doubtlessly a few pamphlets published by the CLP in its own name:
Warum für die Kommunistische Arbeiterpartei? [late 1919?] -- 12 pp., by Nationalkomitee der deutschen Sprachgruppe der Kommunistischen Arbeigerpartei. Copy in Comintern archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 24, ll. 28-33.
Leaflets -. "Grand Concert and Ball." -- dual English/Russian leaflet promoting Oct. 25, 1919 event of CLP 1st Russian Branch, New York City.
1. "Hands Off Soviet Russia." [Nov. 1919] -- by A. Raphailoff (project assigned at Oct. 25-27 NEC Meeting).
2. "You Coal Miners." [Nov. 1919] -- by Jack Carney (project assigned at Oct. 25-27 NEC Meeting).
"Crime, Violence, Terrorism, and YOU!" [Dec. 1919] -- 4 pg. leaflet with statement by Wagenknecht on behalf of Defense fund.
"The Red Raids" [Jan. 1920].
"Capitalism -- Your Days Are Numbered!" [circa Feb. 25, 1920] -- Reprint from Communist Labor, v. 1, no. 3 (Feb. 25, 1920), pg. 1.
"Railroad Workers -- Fight On!" -- copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 6, l. 38.
"Down Tools On May First! Workers Awaken! Workers Unite!" [circa April 25, 1920] -- 1 pg., copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 24, l. 27
UNITED COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA ("UCP") (June 1920 - May 1921) The United Communist Party was formed at a convention held in Bridgman, Michigan, from May 26-31, 1920. It merged the Communist Labor Party of America with a minority faction of the Communist Party of America.
Official Organs The Official Organ of the United Communist Party was a newspaper called The Communist. There were a total of 16 issues produced of the English language edition, with various editions published in non-English languages. (Scholars interested in purchasing film of the publication should note that Harvard University Library holds the "master negative" and it is from them that copies may be purchased.)
According to a Sept. 14, 1920 report to ECCI, the UCP had by that date published its official organ in 15 different languages: Armenian, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Yiddish, Croatian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
The publication was said to be coming out once every 2 weeks in English, Hungarian, Polish, and Russian; and once a month in German, Yiddish, and Croatian.
[fn. Comintern Archive, RGASPI, f. 515, op. 1, d. 25, l. 8] Leaflets "To the Transport Workers of America." [June 1920] -- Mentioned July 10, 1920 report DoJ/BoI Investigative Files, NARA M-1085, reel 922.
"Stand By Soviet Russia: Proclamation of the United Communist Party of America." -- copy Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 43, l. 108.
"Boycott the Election!" [Oct. 1920]
"Dynamite and Bombs." [Oct. 1920] -- 2 pp. copy DoJ/BoI Investigative Files, NARA M-1085, reel 923; also Comintern Archive, RGASPI f. 515, op. 1, d. 26, l. 39.
"Workers! What is Coming? : Proclamation by the United Communist Party." [c. Nov. 1, 1920] -- mentioned in 12/15/20 "Weekly Situation Survey" of Military Intelligence Division, Negative Branch. NARA M-1085, reel 930. Said to have "recently made its appearance in NY" in Nov. 6, 1920 report by Tucker, M-1085, reel 924
"Carmen -- Strike to Win!" -- 2 pp. copy, Comintern Archive, RGASPI f. 515, op. 1, d. 26, l. 39.
(On the Polish Situation) [Aug. 1920] -- 200,000 printed
The Communist International to the IWW: An Appeal of the Executive Committee International [sic.] in Moscow. -- 8 pp., signed by Zinoviev dated Jan. 1920, but noted "reprinted" by the UCP.
According to a Sept. 14, 1920 report to ECCI, the UCP had already published its program (presumably in leaflet form) in 15 different languages: Armenian, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Yiddish, Croatian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
[fn. Comintern Archive, RGASPI, f. 515, op. 1, d. 25, l. 8]
The UCP also distributed a title of the American Bureau of the RILU:
Pamphlets A. Losovsky: The International Council of Trade and Industrial Unions. [1920] -- published in Christiana, Norway, by "International Commission of Trade Unions."
Leaflets 1. "Why Are You Out of a Job?" ("Leaflet No. 1") [c. Feb. 15, 1921]-- 2 pp.; copies DoJ/BoI Investigative Files, NARA M-1085, reels 923, 924. BoI reported that these were being circulated in Minneapolis in mid-Feb. 1921.
2. "Don't Be So Sure of Your Job!" ("Leaflet No. 2.") [c. May 1921] -- 2 pp.; copy DoJ/BoI Investigative Files, NARA M-1085, reel 937.
"May Day of Revolution." [late April 1921] -- Written by Israel Amter. Copies NARA M-1085 film, reels 922, 923, 924.
Pamphlets Robert Minor: Steadman's Red Raid. [May 1921] -- Toiler Publishing Association, pam
Stickers The UCP issued 50,000 propaganda stickers for May Day 1921, bearing the following 9 slogans: 1. "Russia is Free. Now Free America. Demonstrate May 1st."
2. "Rejoice with the Reds May 1st International Labor Day."
3. "Unemployed mobilize May 1, 1921."
4. "Workers the US is yours. Take it."
5. "Long Live the Communist International."
6. "Join the Bolsheviks May 1st International Labor Day."
7. "Hail May Day International Labor Day."
8. "Hail Soviet America May 1st."
9. "Down with Capitalism. Up with Communism."
COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA, SECTON OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL ("unified CPA") (June 1921 - April 1923) The (unified) Communist Party of America was established by a Unity Convention held at the Overlook Mountain House hotel, near Woodstock, NY, in the second half of May of 1921. The effective date for the amalgamation of the constituent organizations -- the old CPA and the UCP -- was June 1, 1921.
The CPA's essential functions were merged into the Workers Party of America at the end of January 1923 and the organization was formally disbanded by a convention held in New York City on April 7, 1923.
Official Organ The official organ of the unified CPA remained The Communist, a new numbering series beginning in July 1921. A total of 13 issues were produced in English, with editions produced in other languages as well.
Leaflets "The Tulsa Massacre!" [late June 1921, dist. July 4?] -- 2 pp.; copy NARA M-1085, reels 924, 936.
"Russia's Appeal to the Workers of the World." [late Aug. 1921] -- 2 pp. - reprint of a CI statement. Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 55, l. 29.
"Stand by the Miners of Mingo!" [late Sept. 1921] -- 2 pp.
"Make it a Party of Action!" [circa Nov. 1921] -- 4 pp.
Nasha partiia dolzhna stat' partiei deistveiia: Deklaratsiia Ispolnitel'nogo Komiteta k chlenam Partii. [circa Nov. 1921] -- 4 pp. Russian edition of "Make It a Party of Action!" Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 55, ll. 9-10.
"The Capitalists Challenge You, Workingmen! Proclamation of the Communist Party of America." -- [on Gary, IN. c. 1922] 2 pp. Copy in Comintern Archives, f. 515, op. 1, d. 101, l. 14.
"To the Striking Longshoremen: Proclamation Issued by the Communist Party of America, Local Greater New York." - - 1 pg. Copy in Comintern Archives, f. 515, op. 1, d. 101, l. 13.
Leaflet of the American Bureau of RILU "Appeal to the American Workers" [May 1921] -- 40,000 printed, 4 pp., copy in DoJ/BoI Investigative Files, NARA M-1085, reel 938. [fn. Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 50, l. 79.]
Pamphlets 1. The Labor Day Manifesto. [Sept. 1922]
Leaflets "Workers of America! Organize! Demonstrate! Strike!" -- [on treason trial of 300 WV miners] Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 55, l. 16. Alternate versions, different typography: f. 515, op. 1, d. 55, l. 30; d. 55, l. 31; d. 55, . 32. Duplicate: d. 58, l. 42. This was clearly an experiment in decentralized leaflet production...
COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA ("Central Caucus-CPA Opposition") (Sept. 1921 - end of Sept. 1922) The Central Caucus began as an organized center for Left Wing dissidents in the CPA, former members of the old CPA who were unhappy with the policies and personnel decisions of the majority of the CEC of the party. The Central Caucus initially included the 3 members of the CEC "Minority" -- John Ballam, Charles Dirba, George Ashkenuzi -- as well as representatives of each of the main federations of the old CPA: Russian, Ukrainain, LIthauania, Latvian, Polish, and Yiddish-language. Initially serving as a sort of "shadow CEC," complete with its own "District Caucuses," the Central Caucus faction moved towards a break in December 1921 as the decision to "raise" the entire underground party into a parallel "Legal Political Party," the Workers Party of America loomed.
Official Organs An emergency conference was called in early January 1922, which constituted itself as the real CPA and declared the CEC majority (and the majority of the CPA organization) to be outside the official movement. The Central Caucus faction's "CPA" used the same logo as that of the "regular" CPA and issued an official organ also called The Communist -- using the same masthead and numbering system. At least 3 issues of this OO were produced in English.
In March, the Central Caucus' "CPA" established a "Legal Organization" of its own, the United Toilers of America. Although the membership size of the UTA was even smaller than that of its parent "CPA" organization, it did publish an official organ of its own, a weekly called The Workers Challenge -- a reprise of the name used by the legal organ of the old CPA. Editor of this publication was Harry Wicks. Approximately 32 issues of Workers Challenge-mark-II were issued.
In the spring of 1922 the Comintern intervened, forcing the Central Caucus' "CPA" to stop using the name and logo of the official CPA. The organization retained its distinct existence, however, being known for the rest of its existence simply as "The Opposition."
A Federation-driven organization, a great deal of the literature of the Central Caucus-Opposition would have been published in the sundry languages of Russian, Latvian, Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Yiddish rather than in English. Specialists with information in this area are encouraged to get in touch: MutantPop@aol.com.
Leaflets 1. "Save the Party! An Appeal to All Members of the Communist Party!" ("Statement No. 1") [circa Oct. 10, 1921] -- 4 pp. (includes several resolutions not in this pdf) Copy in
Leaflets "Textile Workers: Make the Strike General!" -- issued by "New England Workers' Defense Conference of United Toilers of America, 724 Washington Street, Boston. Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 13, l. 63.
Official Organs and Magazines The main English language legal weekly newspaper of the American Communist movement was The Toiler (formerly The Ohio Socialist), which came to the party from the old United Communist Party. The Toiler merged with The Workers Council to form a new publication called The Worker in January 1922. At the time of the Dec. 1922 Second Convention of the WPA, the claimed circulation of The Worker was 15,500. [RGASPI f. 515, op. 1, d. 148, l. 114.] At the end of 1924, this publication moved to a daily production schedule and assumed the name The Daily Worker.
The theoretical magazine of the Workers (Communist) Party was The Liberator, a publication started by Max Eastman and his sister Crystal Eastman in 1918 when The Masses was banned by postal authorities. Informally tied to the left wing of movement from the time of its creation, the publication was turned over to the CP in November 1922 rather than suspend publication for economic reasons. At the time of the Dec. 1922 Second Convention of the WPA, the claimed circulation of this publication was 18,000. In 1924 that magazine was merged with the Friends of Soviet Russia's Soviet Russia Pictorial and the Trade Union Educational League's The Labor Herald to establish The Workers Monthly. In 1927 there was another change of format and Workers Monthly was transformed into a theoretical magazine called The Communist; an artistic-oriented magazine called The New Masses was started at the same time.
The Communist changed its title to Political Affairs in 1945 and continues publication by that name to this day.
[fn. Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 148, ll. 113, 118.; d. 149, l. 27.] During 1924, the party issued a newspaper called Farmer-Labor Voice [Chicago], edited by Joseph Manley.
The Workers Party published a pamphlet-sized magazine calle The American Worker Correspondent in 1926, a publication dedicated to training workekr-correspondents.
Foster, William Z.: The Bankruptcy of the American Labor Movement. [written Oct. 1922] -- Trade Union Educational League (Labor Herald Library no. 4)
Lenin, N.: Should Communists Participate in Reactionary Trade Unions? [1922?] -- Literature Dept., Workers Party of America, pam.
[Pepper, John:] For a Labor Party: Recent Revolutionary Changes in American Politics: A Statement by the Workers Party -- Workers Party of America, pbb; First Edition. 10,000 copies.
Trotsky, Leon: Dictatorship vs. Democracy. [1922] -- cloth, 1,000 copies printed ($1.00 retail); paper 4,000 copies (50 cents retail). ("Workers Party Library No. 1").
WPA: Party Program and Constitution. [1922] -- Workers Party of America, pam; 10,000 copies printed.
Communism and the Family. -- 5,000 copies.
Constitution of Soviet Russia. -- 5,000 copies.
Decisions of the Red Trade Union International. -- Voice of Labor, tpb; 2,000 copies.
Should Communists Participate in Trade Unions? -- 5,000 copies.
Leaflets. [Alabama Election.] -- 5,000 copies.
"The Armed Struggle at Herrin! Proclamation of the Workers Party of America." -- 225,000 copies. Copy in Comintern Archives, f. 515, op. 1, d. 145, ll. 46.
[Congressional Election.] -- 50,000 copies.
"'Hands Off!' Uncle Sam." -- 145,000 copies. Copy in Comintern Archives, f. 515, op. 1, d. 145, l. 45.
"The Jobless Millions." -- 200,000 copies.
"Let the Miners Run the Mines! Nationalize the Mines -- Establish Workers' Control and Workers' Government." -- Copy in Comintern Archives, f. 515, op. 1, d. 145, l. 49.
"A Political Party for Labor." -- 25,000 copies.
"Workers! Unite for Struggle Against the Bosses: Manifesto of the Workers Party of America." -- 4 pp., 200,000 copies printed. Copy in Comintern Archives, f. 515, op. 1, d. 145, ll. 43-44.
"Workers of America! Choose! Capitalism and Chains! or Social Revolution and Freedom? Proclamaton of the Workers Party for International May Day, 1922." -- copy Comintern Archive f. 515, op. 1, d. 145, ll. 47-48.
Books and Pamphlets. Bukharin ["Bucharin"], Nikolai:The ABC of Communism. [1923] -- Lyceum-Literature Department, Workers Party of America, tpb
Cannon, James P.: The Fifth Year of the Russian Revolution. [1923] -- Workers Party of America, pam
Dunne, William F.: William F. Dunne's Speech at the AF of L Convention: Portland, 1923. [1923] -- Trade Union Educational League, pam (Labor Herald Library no. 9)
ECCI: Strategy of the Communists: A Letter from the Communist International to the Mexican Communist Party. --- pamphlet (regarded as important to the US party for its discussion of United Front, divisions of the capitalist class, and discussion of Pan-American imperialism; not considered a piece for outside the party)
Lovestone, Jay: Blood and Steel: An Exposure of the 12 Hour Day in the Steel Industry. [1923] -- Workers Party of America, pam (on the 8 hour day drive in the steel industry)
Lovestone, Jay: The Government -- Strikebreaker: A Study of the Role of the Government in the Recent Industrial Crisis. [1923] -- Workers Party of America, hc ("Workers Party Library No. 2").
Lovestone, Jay: What's What About Coolidge. [1923] -- Workers Party of America, pam (examination of Coolidge's financial relations and political history)
Pepper, John: For a Labor Party: Recent Revolutionary Changes in American Politics: A Statement by the Workers Party. [Enlarged 2nd Editon] [1923] -- Workers Party of America, pam
Pepper, John: For a Labor Party: Recent Revolutionary Changes in American Politics: A Statement by the Workers Party. [Enlarged 3rd Edition] [1923]. -- Workers Party of America, pam (enlarged to include July 3-5 FFLP Convention)
Pepper, John: "Underground Radicalism": An Open Letter to Eugene V. Debs and to All Honest Workers Within the Socialist Party. [1923] -- Workers Party of America, pam
Pepper, John: "Underground Radicalism": An Open Letter to Eugene V. Debs and to All Honest Workers Within the Socialist Party. [Second Edition.] [1923] -- Workers Party of America, pam
Ware, Clarissa S.: The American Foreign-Born Workers. [early 1923, probably January] -- Workers Party of America, pam
"Miniature Daily Worker." [fall 1923] -- published in two editions of 50,000 to popularize the forthcoming party daily.
Pamphlets Bittelman, Alexander: Parties and Issues in the Election Campaign. -- Literature Dept., WPA, pam. -- 12,000 printed. Circa September 1924.
Browder, Earl: Unemployment: Why it Occurs and How to Fight It. -- Literature Dept., pam
Lovestone, Jay: The LaFollette Illusion: As Revealed in an Analysis of the Political Role of Senator Robert M. LaFollette. -- Literature Dept., WPA, pam. -- 8,000 printed. Circa September 1924.
Ruthenberg, C.E.: The Farmer-Labor United Front. - Literature Dept., WPA, pam. --
Ruthenberg, C.E.: Why Every Worker Should be a Communist and Join the Workers Party. [Early 1924] -- First edition was 100,000 copies. 8 pp.
The Second Year of the Workers Party of America: Report of the Central Executive Committee to the Third National Convention, Held in Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 30, 31, 1923, and Jan. 1, 2, 1924: Theses, Program, Resolutions. [Jan. 1924] -- Literature Dept., WPA, tpb., 2,000 printed. In June, the Party's NYC Bookstore manager (who had 1/4 of the press run to sell) complained: "Eventually this pamphlet will have to be junked unless you will be able to dispose of it through the National Office. It will neve be able to sell here, even at 1¢ per copy." [Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 349, l. 91.]
Ulianov, V.I. (Lenin, Nicolai) : The State and Revolution: New Edition. [April 1924] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., tpb
Our Immediate Work: Program Adopted by the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party of America. -- Literature Dept., WPA, n.d.
Unemployed. -- 20,000 printed.
Leaflets "For a United Front of Labor!" -- 4 page leaflet.
"Fight Registration of Foreign Born Workers! Laws Before Congress Propose to Enslave Foreign Born Workers to aid Employers in Fighting Unions and Reducing Wages." -- 2 page leaflet. Early 1924. Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 290, l. 12.
"Stand Fast for the Farmer-Labor Party: Statement by the Central Executive Committee, Workers Party of America." -- 4 page leaflet, circa March 1924. Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 290, l. 3.
"The Kept Government of the United States." [early 1924] -- 2 pg. leaflet, WPA address is 1009 N State Street (i.e. early 1924). Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 290, l. 4.
"Build the United Front for Labor's International Holiday: Manifesto of the Workers Party of America." [late April 1924] -- 1 page May Day flier. Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 290, l. 10.
"The United States Today." -- Program of the WPA. Early 1924.
"Let the Miners Run the Mines." -- Leaflet. Early 1924.
"Not a Cent, Not a Vote for LaFollette." -- Leaflet. Late spring 1924.
"To All Socialist Voters and Class Conscious Workers." -- 2 page campaign leaflet. 100,000 printed. Lists Foster and Gitlow as candidates. Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 290, l. 13. Circa September 1924.
"Forward to the Workers and Farmers Government! Platform of the Workers Party of America." - 2 page campaign leaflet. 900,000 printed. Features Robert Minor political cartoon. Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 290, l. 14. Circa September 1924.
"The Conference for Progressive Political Action Serving the Interests of the Bosses: To the Trade Unionists of America! To the Workers and Poor Farmers!" -- 2 page leaflet. Copy in Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 290, l. 11. Circa Nov. 1924.
"Workers Rule or Capitalist Dictatorship?" -- 450,000 printed.
"Work or Wages for the Unemployed?" -- 250,000 printed.
Throughout the 1920s there was a rough division of the Communist Party's Publications between the Daily Worker Publishing Co./Workers Library Publishers for pamphlets (the name change coming in early 1927) and, from its origin in 1925, International Publishers for books. In 1930 International also launched a series of pamphlets.
Newspapers and Magazines. Here is a list of Communist newspapers and magazines, as of 1925: Daily Worker. English daily; J. Louis Engdahl and William F. Dunne, eds. -- circ. 25,000
Dabininkiu Balsas. Lithuanian Womens' monthly. Helen Yeskevich, ed. -- circ. 4,000
Delnik. Bohemian.
Empros. Greek weekly. -- circ. 5,000
Desteptarea. Romanian weekly. John C. Serb, ed. -- circ.1,850
Enteenpain. Finnish daily. Elis Sulkanen, ed. -- circ. 9,800
Freiheit [Freedom]. Yiddish daily. -- circ. 50,000
Labor Unity. West Coast English weekly. -- circ. 3,500
Laisve. Lithuanian daily. -- circ. 15,000
Il Lavoratore. Italian daily. -- circ. 12,500
New Yorker Volkkszeitung [New York People's News]. German daily. Ludwig Lore, ed. -- circ. 22,000
Novyi Mir [The New World]. Russian daily. Y.A. Brailovsky, ed. -- circ. 14,000
Ny Tid [The New Age]. Swedish weekly. Daniel Birgers, ed. -- circ. 5,000
Obrana. Czech weekly. Vaclav Abraham, ed. -- circ. 3,600
Proletar. Armenian weekly. -- circ. 1,100
Radnik. Croatian tri-weekly. L. Fisher, K. Mikhalachky, eds. -- circ. 8,000
Sasnanio. Bulgarian fortnightly.
Spravedlnost. Czech daily.
Toveri. West Coast Finnish daily. -- circ. 3,892
Trybuna Rabotnicza [Workers' Tirbune]. Polish weekly.
Työmies. Finnish daily. -- circ. 13,800
Uj Elore. Hungarian daily. Louis Basky, ed. -- circ. 15,000
Ukrainian Daily News. Ukrainian daily. -- circ. 15,000
Uus Ilm. Estonian weekly. Alexander Kovel, ed. -- circ. 550
Vilnis. Lithuanian semi-weekly. V.J. Andriulis, J.Gasiunas, eds.. -- circ. 11,500
Vorwaerts. German weekly. Ludwig Lore, ed. -- circ. 12,000
The Young Comrade. English children's monthly. Max Shachtman, ed. -- circ. 8,000
The Young Worker. English youth weekly. Max Shachtman, ed. -- circ. 7,000
[fn. Solon DeLeon (ed.), American Labor Press Directory. (NY: Rand School of Social Science, 1925), pp. 20-22] Books and Pamphlets. Bedacht, Max: The White Terrorists Ask for Mercy: A Comparison of the Persecution of Revolutionists by the White Terror and the Treatment of Counter-Revolutionists in Soviet Russia. [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam
Bell, Tom: The Movement for World Trade Union Unity. [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam
Browder, Earl R.: Class Struggle vs. Class Collaboration. [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam (Little Red Library no. 2)
Bukharin, Nikolai: Historical Materialism: A System of Sociology. [1925] -- International Publishers hc
Dunne, William F.: Worker Correspondents: What, Where, When, Why, How? [May 1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam (Little Red Library no. 4)
Emmett, W.H.: Marxian Economic Handbook and Glossary. [1925] -- International Publishers hc
Engels, Frederick: Principles of Communism (Engels' Original Draft of the Communist Manifesto). Max Bedacht, trans. [May 1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam (Little Red Library no. 3)
Foster, W.Z.; Cannon, J.P.; and Browder E.R.: Trade Unions in America. [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam (Little Red Library no. 1)
Gold, Michael: The Damned Agitator + Free! + The Coal Breaker. [fiction] [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam (Little Red Library no. 7)
Gomez, Manuel (ed.): Poems for Workers: An Anthology. [fiction] [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam (Little Red Library no. 5)
Kautsky, Karl: Foundations of Christianity. [1925] -- International Publishers hc
Fischer, Louis: Oil Imperialism -- The International Stuggle for Petroleum. [1925?] -- International Publishers hc
Marx, Karl: Selected Essays. [1925?] -- International Publishers hc
Neuman, Heinz: Marx and Engels on Revolution in America. [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam (Little Red Library no. 6)
Lenin (Ulyanov), Vladimir Ilyitch: The State and Revolution. New Edition. [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., tpb
Lovestone, Jay (intro.): The Party Organization. [c.1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam
Pease, Edward R.: The History of the Fabian Society. [1925] -- International Publishers, hc
Ruthenberg, C.E.: From the Third Through the Fourth Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party of America. [Oct. 1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam
Saklatvala, Shapurji: British Imperialism in India: Speech Delivered in the House of Commons, July 9, 1925. [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam
Saposs, David J.: Left Wing Unionism. [1925?] -- International Publishers, hc
Stalin, I.: The Theory and Practice of Leninism. [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., tpb
Trotsky, Leon: Literature and Revolution. Rose Strunsky, trans. [1925] -- International Publishers, hc
Trotsky, Leon: Whither England? [1925] -- International Publishers hc
Zinoviev, G.E.; Stalin, I.; and Kamenev, L.: Leninism or Trotskyism. [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam; 5,000 printed.
Zur Mühlen, Herminia: Fairy Tales for Workers Children. Ida Dailes, trans. Illustrations by Lydia Gibson. [May 1925] -- children's book, large format, -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., hc and tpb.
Report of the Central Executive Committee to the 4th National Convention Held in Chicago, Illinois, August 21st to 30th, 1925: Resolutions of the Parity Commission and Others. [1925] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., tpb
Russia Today: Official Report of the British Trade Union Delegation Visiting Soviet Russia and the Caucasus. [1925] -- tpb; 5,000 printed.
Books and Pamphlets. Barbusse, Henri: Chains. [fiction] [1926] -- International Publishers, hc
Bedacht, Max: The Menace of Opportunism: A Contribution to the Bolshevization of the Workers' (Communist) Party. [1926] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam
Benoit, Pierre: Jacob's Well. [fiction] [1926] -- International Publishers, hc
Berdnikov, A. and Svetlov, F.: Elements of Political Education. Notes by Alexander Bittelman. [1926] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., hc
Dolsen, James H.: The Awakening of China. [1926] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., tpb
Foster, William Z.: Organize the Unorganized. [c. 1926] -- Trade Union Educational League, pam (Labor Herald Library no. 17)
Foster, William Z.: Russian Workers and Workshops in 1926. [1926] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam
Flying Osip: Stories of New Russia. [fiction] [1926?] -- International Publishers hc
Hindus, Maurice: Broken Earth. [1926] -- International Publishers hc
Kautsky, Karl: Are the Jews a Race? [1926] -- International Publishers hc
Marx, Karl : The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. Eden Paul and Cedar Paul, trans. [1926] -- International Publishers hc
Nearing, Scott: Education in Soviet Russia. [1926] -- International Publishers tpb
Pepper, John: The General Strike and the General Betrayal. [1926] -- Workers (Communist) Party of America, tpb
Reed, John: Ten Days that Shook the World. [1926] -- International Publishers hc -- reprint of Boni & Liveright title.
Shachtman, Max: The Paris Commune. [1926]-- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam (Little Red Library no. 8)
Simons, A.M. Social Forces in American History. [1926] -- International Publishers hc -- reprint of Macmillan title.
Stalin, I.: The Theory and Practice of Leninism. [1926] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co., tpb; first publication of work later known as The Foundations of Leninism. 5,000 printed.
Trotsky, Leon: Whither Russia? Towards Capitalism or Socialism. [1926] -- International Publishers hc
Wolfe, Bertram D.: How Class Colaboration Works. [1926]-- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam (Little Red Library no. 9)
Wolfson, Theresa: The Woman Worker and the Trade Unions. [1926]-- (publisher?), hc
Books and Pamphlets. Browder, Earl: Civil War in Nationalist China. [1927] -- Labor Unity Publishing Assoc., tpb.
Ellis, Fred: The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti in Cartoons from the Daily Worker. Intro by Joseph Freeman. [1927] -- Daily Worker Pub. Co.
Lassalle, Ferdinand: Voices of Revolt: Speeches of Ferdinand Lassalle with a Biographical Sketch. [1927]
Lenin, V.I.: Materialism and Emperico-Criticism. Collected Works v. XIII. -- International Publishers [Oct. 1927].
Lovestone, Jay: The Labor Lieutenants of American Imperialism. [1927]-- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam
Lovestone, Jay: The Coolidge Program: Capitalist Democracy and Prosperity Exposed. [1927]-- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam
Lovestone, Jay: What's What About Coolidge? -- pam
Nearing, Scott: Whither China? An Economic Interpretation of Recent Events in the Far East. [1927]
Program of the Trade Union Educational League: Adopted by the Third National Conference, New York, December 3-4, 1927. [1927]-- Trade Union Educational League, pam
Riazanov, D.: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. [1927]
Russia After Ten Years: Report of the American Trade Union Delegation to the Soviet Union. [1927]
Stalin, Joseph; Tan-Ping-Shan; Manuilsky, Dimitry; and Bukharin, Nikolai: China in Revolt. [1927]-- no publisher listed [Daily Worker Pub. Co.], tpb
Stalin, Joseph: Questions and Answers to American Trade Unionists. Stalin's Interview with the First American Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia, September 9, 1927. Introduction by Jay Lovestone. [1927]-- Daily Worker Pub. Co., pam
The Youth and the Russian Revolution. [1927]-- Young Workers League, pam
Books and Pamphlets. Foster, William Z. and Gitlow, Benjamin: Acceptance Speeches. [1928]
Jenks, M.: The Communist Nucleus: What It Is... How It Works. [1928]
Lovestone, Jay: 1928: The Presidential Election and the Workers. [1928]
Lovestone, Jay: America Prepares the Next War. [1928]
Molotov, V.: The Communist Party of the Soviet Union: The Question of Recruiting Members For, and the Regulations of the Composition of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: The CPSU, the Working Class, the Peasants and the Government Machinery... [1928]
National Election Campaign Commiittee of the Workers (Communist) Party: The Platform of the Class Struggle: National Platform of the Workers (Communist) Party. [1928]
Pepper, John: American Negro Problems. [1928] -- Workers Library Pub., pam., Workers Library No. 9.
-----: Why Every Miner Should be a Communist. [1928] -- Workers Library Pub., pam.
Stalin, Joseph: Leninism. [1928] -- Printed in UK, American edition was released on May 25, 1928.
-----: Red Cartoons, 1928. [1928] -- material from Daily Worker by Becker, Ellis, Gellert, Gropper, etc.
Voices of Revolt series [International Publishers, hc] I. Speeches of Maximilien Robespierre.
II. Speeches of Jean Paul Marat.
III. Speeches of Ferdinand Lassalle.
IV. Speeches of Karl Liebknecht.
V. Speeches of Georges Jacques Danton.
VI. Speeches of August Bebel.
VII. Speeches of Wilhelm Liebknecht.
VIII. Speeches of V.I. Lenin.
IX. Speeches of Eugene V. Debs. With a Critical Introduction by Alexander Trachtenberg [Oct. 1, 1928]
X. Speeches of Charles E. Ruthenberg. With a Critical Introduction by Jay Lovestone.
Books and Pamphlets. Dunne, William F.: Gastonia: Citadel of the Class Struggle in the New South. [1929]
Page, Myra: Southern Cotton Mills and Labor. [1929]
On the Road to Bolshevization. [1929]
Books and Pamphlets. Central Committee, CPUSA: Thesis and Resolutions for the Seventh Natonal Convention of the Communist Party of USA: By Central Committee Plenum, March 31-April 4, 1930. [1930]
Cameron, Donald A.: Chemical Warfare. [1930]
Hall, Henry: War in the Far East. [1930]
Holmes, W.M.: The Wreckers Exposed: In the Trial of the Counter-Revolutionary Industrial Party. [1930]
Kaganovich, L. et. al.: The Life of Stalin: A Symposium. [1930]
Molotov, V.M.: The Developing Crisis of World Capitalism: The Revolutionary Crisis and the Tasks of the Comintern. [1930]
Stalin, J.: Political Report to the Sixteenth Party Congress of the Russian Communist Party. [1930]
Price, George M.: Labor Protection in Soviet Russia. [1928]
Dunn, Robert W.: Labor and Automobiles. [1929]
Grinko, G.T.: The 5 Year Plan of the Soviet Union: A Political Interpretation. [1930]
For a complete English-language bibliography of books and pamphlets by Stalin and Molotov, published by the American Communist movement and elsewhere, click here.
