Ghosts of Leninist past: a review of The Roots of American Communism A review and some comments from Juan Conatz on Theodore Draper’s history of the various factions…
The roots of American communism - Theodore Draper Theodore Draper's incredibly detailed book about the many groups, factions and individuals that would form what became the Communist Party USA…
Where is Juliet Stuart Poyntz? An article by Carlo Tresca on Juliet Stuart Poyntz, a Communist Party USA member who is believed to have been abducted and murdered by a Soviet…
Personal histories of the early CIO Transcript of a talk given by 5 people who were involved in CIO organizing in the 1930s.
Futility of Fosterism A critique of the labor politics of William Z. Foster and the Communist Party of America's Trade Union Education League (TUEL). Author Ben Legare…
"Who gets the bird?" or, How the Communists won power and trust in America's unions: the relative autonomy of intraclass political struggles An essay on the American Communist Party's efforts in the CIO.
Quakertown blues: Philadelphia's longshoremen and the decline of the IWW An essay by Peter Cole on the relationship between the IWW and Communism and how the collapse of the…
Red Harbor: class, violence, and community in Grays Harbor, Washington A thesis by Aaron G. Anthony on class struggle in a Washington town.