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EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Allies Foist New Puppet on Greece, by Joseph Hansen
Blessings of Allied Liberation (cartoon), by Gray
“Welcome Home” Mass Meeting Planned for 12
Militant Yearly Subscription Rate Cut from $2 to $1
Roosevelt’s “Seizure” Order Halts Spreading Ward Strikes, by Art Preis
Tresca Meeting
Union-Busting Charged Against Navy Officers
Cut-Back Lay-Offs Provoke Walkouts, by Roy Weston
War Surpluses Racket Exposed
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Youngstown Branch Leads SWP Campaign to Raise $18,000 Party Expansion, by Rose Karsner
Comrade Harry Kanter
Trotskyist Youth Group Formed in New York City
Militant Army
Railway Bosses Swindle Workers from Puerto Rico
Pioneer Notes
Twin Cities Hold Sunday forums
ELAS Defeats British-Backed EDES Forces, by Wells Thurber
An Open Letter to R.J. Thomas, by Perley P. McManus, from Voice of Local 212
SWP Convention Articles Featured in December F.I.
One Year After the 18 Entered Prison, by Paul Abbott
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Roosevelt Uses Executive Power to Regiment the Labor Movement, by C. Thomas
10 Years Ago in The Militant
The Negro Struggle, by Charles Jackson
Repeat performance (cartoon), by Gray
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Stalinist Machine Blocks CIO Council Aid to Ward Strikers
Pioneers Paragraphs
[Editorials]
Workers’ Forum
How British and American Corporations Armed the Nazis
Huge Death Toll in Mines Due to Lust for Profits
International Notes
Anti-Fascist Hero
Aluminum Corporation Blocks Power Project
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Labor Leaders Will Speak at Meeting for 12
Roosevelt Demands Slave Labor Bill in First Congress Message
New York Local Phone Operators Vote to Strike
Greek Premier Follows Allied Policy of Counter-Revolution, by Joseph Hansen
Negroes Denied War Jobs Despite Labor “Shortage”, by R. Chester
Government Uses Ward Case to Aid Anti-Strike Power, by Art Preis
American Army Officer Attacks French Union
Soviet Prisoners of War Hail Rising Revolution in Europe
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Socialist Workers Party Branches Speed Contributions Toward $18,000 fund
Militant Army
Oscar Shoenfeld Will Address New York Forum
Pioneer Notes
Youth Speaker Opposes War
The 18 and Their Jailers, by Ruth Johnson
The Four Freedoms as Seen in India (cartoon), from Indian Log
Workers’ Bookshelf
More Kindly Words (poem), by Roger Service, from British Tribune
Ambassador’s Cable Proves Allies Provoked Greek War
Mexican Workers Fight High Prices
Cynical Bureaucrats
Liebknecht and Luxemburg – Heroic Martyrs in the Worker’s Struggle for Socialism, by Martha Murray
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
“It Takes Guts to Run This Country” (cartoon), by Gray
UAW East Coast Committee Fights No-Strike Pledge
Open-Shopper Reports on European Problems, by Louis Bonn
The Negro Struggle, by Charles Jackson
Army “Seizure” at Ward’s (photo)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Pioneers Paragraphs
10 Years Ago in The Militant
[Editorials]
Workers’ Forum
No Faith in Roosevelt’s Wage and Job Promises
Where the Carrion Lies the Vultures Hover
International Notes
“Liberation”
Federal Court Goes Easy on Corporation Criminals
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Forced Labor Laws Endanger Unions, by C. Thomas
Anti-Labor Front Aids UAW “No-Strike” Group, by Art Preis
Discrimination Exposes Manpower Shortage
Allies Protect Italian Fascists
Released Trotskyist Leaders to Address New York Meeting
Budget Report Shows Staggering War Costs
Biddle Accused of Helping Trust Laws Violators
Allies Imposed “Truce” in War on Greek People, by Joseph Hansen
Mae Postal (obituary)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
SWP Branches Boost Fund Drive Totals as Date of Release for Comrades Nears, by Rose Karsner
Comrade James Powell (obituary)
Militant Army
N.Y. Forum Hears Talk on “What is Trotskyism?”
Pioneer Notes
Socialist Youth Forum Expands
How Lenin Spoke on the Platform, by Leon Trotsky
Big Business and the “New Deal”, by R. Bell
Tobin Pays Off to Stassen for Aid Against 544-CIO
Who Told the Truth About Second World War? by Ruth Johnson
All Quiet on the Athens Front (cartoon), by Gray
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
How Britain Established the Monarchs in Greece, by Joseph Hansen
“We Will Return”
The Negro Struggle, by Charles Jackson
Carlo Tresca, Labor Martyr, Is Honored Internationally on Anniversary of Death
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
10 Years Ago in The Militant
Pioneer Paragraphs
[Editorials]
Workers’ Forum
Returned Soldiers Display Union Militancy in Plants
Monopolies Protected by Roosevelt Regime
International Notes
The Prospects for Jobs under “Free Enterprise”
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
12 Trotskyist Leaders Released After Imprisonment of 13 Months, by Larissa Reed
Churchill Blames His Victims for Greek Slaughter, by Joseph Hansen
Roosevelt Rejects AFL-CIO Demand to Raise Wages, by R. Bell
Clear the Road! (cartoon), by Gray
Murray Intervenes to Bolster No-Strike Policy in UAW Poll, by Art Preis
Roosevelt Breaks Cleveland Strike
Flint CIO Council Scores Allied Policy in Europe
Roosevelt, Brass Hats Speed Forced Labor, by C. Thomas
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Release of 12 Prisoners Spurs SWP Expansion Fund Drive, by Rose Karsner
New York SWP Local Holds Lenin Meeting
Militant Army
Pioneer Notes
Speed-Up Hits Rubber Workers, by Joseph Andrews
How Stalinism Rules Bulgaria, by Paul Abbott
Released Trotskyist Prisoners (photo)
Lynn Case Appeal Rejected Again by Supreme Court
Stalinist Fink Clause in ILWU Contract
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Of Course, THEY Like It! (cartoon), by John Baer, from Labor
Auto Militants Rally to Fight No-Strike Pledge, by Jerry Kirk
Rankin Speaks on Negro slavery
Longshoremen Given Wage Run-Around as Bridges Hobnobs with Shipowners, by Robert Chester
The Negro Struggle, by Charles Jackson
“Hunger with Dignity” in Italy (cartoon), by Gray
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Pioneer Paragraphs
10 Years Ago in The Militant
[Editorials]
Workers’ Forum
Supreme Court Juggles Words on Child Labor
Capitalist Judge Shows “Impartiality” – Almost
International Notes
The Revealing Leaflet American Legion Withdrew
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Ward “seizure” by government ruled illegal
Released Trotskyists on Minneapolis arrival (photo)
UAW demands withdrawal from WLB – auto workers’ board calls on CIO to initiate break – wage-freezing agency which union chiefs bolstered now termed “useless instrument,” by Art Preis
Army suspends WLB orders in Ward case
The homecoming of the twelve, by Larissa Reed
Albert Goldman greeted at CRDC Chicago meeting
Roosevelt puts on pressure for forced labor measures, by Joseph Keller
Extra! WLB bucks big corporation
British Trotskyist runs for parliament, Special to the Militant
Auto militants broadcast strong appeal for revocation of the no-strike pledge, by J. Kirk and R. Weston
Trade Union Notes – textile wage case conspiracy, by Joseph Keller
Socialist Workers Party fund drive tops $15,000 mark on release of comrades, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard
Uruguay Trotskyists hounded by reaction
British Trotskyist enters election for parliament (continued from Page 1)
“Militant” Army
Meetings of SWP branches commemorate Lenin’s work
Pioneer Notes
Youth group holds forum
Allies censor news on Greece, by Joseph Hansen
We carry on Lenin’s fight today, by M. Stein
Servant of Big Business (photo)
What Wallace-Jones dispute really means, by Paul Abbott
Economic chaos intensifies woes of Italian people
Twin cities hold banquet in honor of 12, by Barbara Bruce
Back home with their comrades (photo)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Homecoming of Twelve released Trotskyists is joyous occasion (continued from Page 1)
The life and work of Lenin commemorated in January FI
10 Years ago in the Militant
The Negro Struggle – Another Brownskin bites the dust, by Charles Jackson
Roosevelt speeds forces labor offensive; tries to rush passage of May-Bailey bill (continued from page 1)
Taking a leaf of out of Hitler’s book (cartoon)
UAW heads urge withdrawal from War Labor Board (continued from Page 1)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Auto militants broadcast call to rescind no-strike pledge (continued from Page 1)
Pioneer Paragraphs: How Marxists approach all organizational questions
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Lessons of Greece
The price of murder
Big Steal formula
Workers’ Forum – Tresca meeting – flag-waver – ideas and reality – technocrats and labor conscription
General Electric accused of ties with Nazi cartel
International Notes
War or peace – corporation patent “rights” respected
Why the RFC is called “relief for capitalists”
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
12 released Trotskyists honored at meeting – fighters for labor’s rights given ovation at mass rally, by Art Preis
Cleveland auto militants fight no-strike pledge
“Big Three” conference (cartoon)
Slave labor bill adopted by House – Roosevelt and brass hats spur union-smashing drive – administration steamroller forces through bill conscripting labor for private profit
The “Big Three” conference: secret diplomacy in action, by Harry Martell
“Freedom from want”
Stalinist union traitors urge forced labor, by Joseph Keller
Los Angeles SWP runs candidate for mayor, by J. Simons
Writer exposes deliberate provocation in brutal massacre of Greek workers, by Larissa Reed
Trade Union Notes – telephone workers – UAW and WLB – Westinghouse – Secretary Addes, by Joseph Keller
More branches top their quotas in SWP $18,000 fund campaign, by Rose Karsner, campaign director
Scoreboard
Stalinist traitors urge forced labor (continued from Page 1)
Pertinent questions
Pioneer Notes
“Militant” Army
Writer exposes brutal massacre of Greek workers (continued from Page 1)
Colonial policy is forum topic
12 released Trotskyist fighters for workers’ rights honored at welcome home mass meeting in New York City (continued from Page 1)
James P. Cannon’s message
Speech of Albert Goldman
Speech of Farrell Dobbs
Speech of Felix Morrow
Resolution
The Moyne case and its meaning, by Norman Daniels
“Us bankers” (cartoon)
Separatists are British catspaws in ruined Sicily,by Ruth Johnson
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
GI housing bill is benefit mainly to realty sharks
Sidney Hillman boasts “I am a banker also,” by Louis Jordan
The “Big Three” Conference (continued from Page 1)
10 Years Ago in the Militant
The Negro Struggle – the Chicago Defender’s “New Course,” by Charles Jackson
Union-smashing slave labor bill is adopted by House under Roosevelt, brass-hat pressure (continued from Page 1)
Scene at CRDC mass meeting (photo)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Party greetings to 12
Labor greetings to released 12
Pioneer Paragraphs: What a labor party means to the oppressed Negroes
Join us in fighting for:
Time for action
Welcome for the 12
12 years of Nazism
Workers’ Forum – Stalinism – Negro nurses – labor lobby found – where rascals are
War! It’s wonderful – for American bankers
International Notes
What most people think about capitalist politics
“Shortage” is smokescreen for tire price-steal
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
AFL interviews SWP candidate in Los Angeles
One more scrap of paper (cartoon)
Secret Allied conference at Yalta designs plans to dominate Europe – conceal reactionary aims behind deceitful promises – Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin scheme to crush popular revolutions against capitalist rule, by William F. Warde
Soldier receives life sentence for socialist views
Brass Hats raise fake “morale” issue in drive to put over slave labor law, by C. Thomas
Allied leaders fear European revolution
Released Trotskyists send thanks to CRDC for aid
Celler exposes Stalinist lobby for forced labor
Strikes, mass actions topple Pierlot rule, by Frank Lawrence
Angry packing house workers strike, protest wage stall
Trade Union Notes – wage “rollback” – paid holidays – forced work transfers – miners’ demands – for workers fund, by Joseph Keller SWP $18,000 expansion fund campaign near goal with 92 p.c. of quota fulfilled, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard
Genaro Gomez, by Oscar Fisher
“Labor draft bill” and “socialism” are topics at New York forums
“Militant” Army
Pioneer Notes
Few gains in steel wage “victory,” by Ed Conti
Who was it that won the elections?
How it all adds up (cartoon)
Textile barons laud OPA heads
U.S. Steel salts away huge hidden profits
Brass Hats raise fake “morale” issue in slave labor bill drive (continued from Page 1)
What forced labor means for the Negro people
Steelworkers hold caucus in Dist. 26 to support Beck
Grace Carlson gives talk on crisis in Europe
SWP candidate gives platform (continued from Page 1)
Released Trotskyists send thanks to CRDC for aid (continued from Page 1)
Flint unionists urge creation of Labor Party, by Jeff Thorne
“Let them eat cake”
Masses demonstrate against Pierlot (photo)
Pierlot cabinet falls as strikes in Belgium spread (continued from Page 1)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Soldier receives life sentence for socialist views (continued from Page 1)
Citrine slanders ELAS, whitewashes Churchill
The Negro Struggle – Jackson meeting in Buffalo, by Charles Jackson
Allied rulers in secret conference at Yalta design plans for joint domination of Europe (continued from Page 1)
Secret diplomacy (cartoon)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
“What’s to become of me?”
Rep. Celler exposes Stalinist secret lobby for forced labor (continued from Page 1)
Pioneer Paragraphs: Fascist movements develop out of monopoly capitalism
10 Years Ago in the Militant
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CIO-PAC policy
World labor parley
U.S. Constitution
Workers’ Forum – “blame the CIO” – wants exposures in “The Militant” – a socialist fighter for over 40 years – WLB runaround
How to get Congress – according to an authority
International Notes Company – store prices boosted by OPA order
Senate hearing reveal war surplus speculation
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Allies impose harsh “peace” on Greek ELAS, by Larissa Reed
Trying to hold down the iron lid (cartoon)
Union heads back forced labor plan – support vicious substitute for May-Bailey slave bill – join employers to urge Kilgore-Wagner bill freezing workers to jobs at frozen wages, by C. Thomas
UAW referendum on strike policy nears conclusion
Real aims united the Allies at secret Crimea conference, by William F. Warde
Helen Judd
Campaign begins fro 10,000 “Militant” readers
SWP candidate files nominating petitions, by wire to the Militant
Beating the gun on forced labor
WLB chairman Davis gives whitewash excuse for board’s stalling policies, by Art Preis
Trade Union Notes – gang up on miners – UMW and AFL – NLRB strike polls – employment decline
$18,000 party expansion fund campaign total goes over top ahead of deadline, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard
Workers laid off despite “shortage”
“Militant” Army
New York forum to hear address on Yalta parley
Pioneer Notes
New York local welcomes return of Grace Carlson
New SWP hall in San Pedro
A report from France on what workers want
UAW referendum on strike policy nears conclusion (continued from Page 1)
French Trotskyist call to revolutionary action
Why we supported “EAM-ELAS” struggles, by M. Morrison
Trotskyists candidate issues full program (continued from Page 1)
“Might is right,” by Covington Hall
Leon Sedov: Brave revolutionary fighter, by Leon Trotsky
Bosses launch attack on Briggs UAW local, by Jeanette Lane
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Allies foist harsh “peace” terms on Greek EAM-ELAS (continued from Page 1)
Vicious lies spread about Greek ELAS
Protests compel reduction of court-martial sentence
The Negro Struggle – the Army comes through, by Charles Jackson
Union leaders combine with employers to push vicious substitute for May-Bailey slavery bill (continued from Page 1)
Graveyard of grievances (cartoon)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Real aims that united Allies at Yalta parley
Unrest mounting inside Germany
Pioneer Paragraphs: Trotskyism offers fighting program for youth, women
What the real score was in Greece
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Join us in fighting for:
Stalinists in Greece
End of isolationism
Betrayal technique
Workers’ Forum – the Weber case – fascist activities – there is more than one Hitler – for the poor
The Militant’s Question-Box
International Notes
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Vigilante terror aimed at Japanese-Americans, by Ralph Graham
It’s beginning to break!
Textile union ends no-strike pledge – TWU-CIO resigns from membership on WLB – textile workers’ actions strike heavy blow at prestige of Roosevelt’s anti-labor board, by Art Preis
Forced labor plan advanced by Senate military committee, by C. Thomas
Little Steel formula upheld by “impartial” WLB members
A rough argument
Terror fails to halt strikes in Germany, by Harry Martell
Trotskyist candidate hits vigilante raids
Fund campaign sets high record
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
SWP branches obtain 1526 new readers in first day of “Militant” sub campaign, by Reba Aubrey
Sub scoreboard
Akron workers hear talk on situation in Europe
“War is hell!”
“Militant” Army
Geldman extends thanks to CRDC
Greet released 12 at San Francisco CRDC meeting
Pioneer Notes
Dollar patriots get fat Nazi dividend
N.Y. forum on Jewish question
Fighting record of Trotskyists inside France
Trotskyist European underground papers (photo-montage)
Reign of terror renewed in Greece following “peace”
The reparations issue and a socialist Europe, by M. Morrison
Churchill armed fascist forces to massacre the Greek workers, by Larissa Reed
Low wages, bloated profits in textile – pay is lowest in all industry
Low wages, bloated profits in textile – war profiteers multiply wealth
Pattern in textiles – 1945 (cartoon)
CIO textile union leaders withdraw no-strike pledge (continued from Page 1)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Steelworkers election reveals militant trend, by Jack Wilson
Inside the textile mills (picture)
Forced labor plan pushed by Senatorial committe [sic]
The Negro Struggle – Big Business leader speaks, by Charles Jackson
Vigilante gangs organize campaign of terrorism against Japanese-American citizens in California (continued from Page 1)
Vigilantes burn Japanese-American home (photo)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Plan to pillage Germany means ruin for Europe, by John G. Wright
Stalin will fight German revolution
Pioneer Paragraphs: What Russian Revolution taught world proletariat
10 Years Ago in the Militant
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Vote Trotskyist!
Capitalist program
Menace of Stalinism
Workers’ Forum – seeks information about Trotskyism – small business-man and the unions – Italian aristocrats play both sides – our millionaires – question - box
Private working capital greatest in all history
FHA bars Negro workers from Texas housing units
International Notes
“Millionaires Amendment” to limit taxes on rich
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Workers oppose WMC draft plan in New Bedford, by C. Thomas
Negro Seabees protest Jim-Crow by hunger strike, by Henry Jordan
Roosevelt’s trained seals
Detroit CIO auto workers strike against anti-union provocations – Chrysler, Briggs militants resist corporation attacks – 35,000 give fighting answer to conspiracy of auto barons to destroy UAW-CIO locals, by John Saunders
Bulletin
“Tyrants War”
SWP candidate speaks at enthusiastic rally, Special to the Militant
Vinson tightens wage freeze in ruling on “fringe” demands
WLB denies UAW CIO wage raise
Election platform of Trotskyist candidate for Los Angeles mayor
Mine union opens negotiation for substantial pay increases
Trade Union Notes – Murray “fights” back
Branches obtain over 2000 subscriptions in first two weeks of “Militant” campaign, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
Employers plan drive to bust labor unions, by R. Bell
“Militant” Army
Pioneer Notes
Akron contender challenges all new members
Roosevelt and the Middle-East kings, by Frank Lawrence
Three kings bearing gifts (cartoon)
Report gives real opinion of German people on Nazism
Canadians fight draft roundup, by E. Johnson
Nazi officials retained in conquered territory, by John G. Wright
Talk of Newark on Yalta parley
International Notes
Tribute to Helen Judd – revolutionary fighter, by Art Preis
The glorious traditions and history of International Women’s Day, March 8, by Ruth Johnson
What “Liberation” meant to Antwerp, by M. Warren
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Report discloses intent to limit Jewish dentists, by Don Shelton
Three articles on Greece featured in February F. I.
Forum to hear Ruth Johnson
The Negro Struggle – another minority attacked, by Charles Jackson
Detroit auto workers strike against company provocations (continued from Page 1)
Stalinist finks aid Detroit auto barons
“Transfusion? – Free!” (cartoon)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Pioneer Paragraphs: the crimes of Big Business profiteers during war-time
“Get off the War Labor Board,” demands Flint council
10 Years Ago in the Militant
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U.S. role in Greece
Duping UAW ranks
Wage-freeze fight
Wall Street’s “relief” for Europe (cartoon)
OPA chief admits profits are highest in history
Workers’ Forum – the rich and poor in “liberated” Europe – relies on “prayer” – make your choice – “Militant” goes into the Deep South – transit strike
What Little Steel formula has done to real wages
Question Box
Price ceiling violations boost cost-of-living
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Race on terrorism on West Coast goes unchecked, by Ralph Graham
Insurgent masses fight Hitlerism inside Germany, by Harry Martell
Graduation day at wage-freeze institute (cartoon)
Wage-freeze chiefs gain promotions – Roosevelt rewards three for service to employers – president ignores opposition of unionists by naming Davis and Taylor to key posts, by R. Bell
“Escape” of fascist general rocks Bonomi regime in Italy, by John G. Wright
In the News
Los Angeles SWP election rallies feature campaign, Special to the Militant
UAW-CIO international board meets as auto crisis grows, by Art Preis
Briggs workers vote to end 10-day strike, by Jeanette Lane
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Branches maintain over 1000-per-week pace in “Militant” subscription campaign, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
Senate bill embodies forced labor scheme, by C. Thomas
“Militant” Army
Paris Commune is forum topic
Pioneer Notes
N.Y. local plans masquerade ball
Program published by the Italian Trotskyist Party
Italian Trotskyist papers (photo-montage)
Anglo-American masters grant a “concession,” by M. Morrison
“Escape” of fascist rocks Bonomi regime (continued from Page 1)
Letter from an Italian peasant
International Notes
Rome workers demonstrate against Bonomi regime (photo)
The 62nd anniversary of Karl Marx’s death, by Friedrich Engels
Behind the Stalinist campaign of slander, by Joseph Keller
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey "Learn to relax by cultivating hobby” is radio advice to overworked mothers, by Grace Carlson
Reading unionists urge Labor Party
Briggs local votes to end militant 10-day walkout (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – when black and white look alike
UAW international board meets in attempt to curb auto upsurge (continued from Page 1)
Costs: One trillion dollars (cartoon)
Race terrorists continue outrages on West Coast
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Pioneer Paragraphs: What defense of the USSR signifies for Trotskyists
Los Angeles SWP drive features election rallies (continued from Page 1)
10 Years Ago in the Militant
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Kremlin and Greece
Nationalize mines
Navy Jim-Crow
Slave labor – before Yalta and after (cartoon)
Workers’ Forum – answers Churchill’s attack on Greeks – Negro workers – more comment on the Question Box
What leading capitalists think of job prospects
Radio networks spread anti-labor propaganda
Question Box
Press blackout hides profiteers’ war crimes
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
War profiteers seek to smash price controls, by Henry Jordan
Detroit strikers fight mass firing of union leaders, by Jerry Kirk
The open-shopper’s lament (cartoon)
Mass resistance to Hitler regime reported growing inside Germany – strikes, demonstrations flare up in large cities – revolutionary moods spread as the German, foreign workers united in common struggle, by Harry Martell
Powerful minority vote cast against UAW no-strike policy, by Art Preis
In the News
CIO leaders vote to continue their policy of retreat, by C. Thomas
Trotskyist candidate begins radio campaign
Packinghouse units call for “holiday,” by Barbara Bruce
Major demands of coal miners rejected by greedy operators, by Joseph Keller
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Branches near half-way mark in campaign for 10,000 new “Militant” subscribers, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
“Militant” conference plans 8-page weekly
“Militant” Army
New York forum to hear lecture on German events
Pioneer Notes
N.Y. local to hold masquerade ball
Socialist youth forum is held
Youngstown accepts challenge of Akron contender
British accused of assisting fascist Roatta’s escape; masses indignant at close of collaborationists’ trial, by Larissa Reed
The road to freedom for people op [sic] Poland, by M. Morisson
Demonstration in Rome (photo)
Opposition to Nazi rule spreading in Germany (continued from Page 1)
“Militants” trailblazers send first report on work
International Notes
Reaction of soldiers to hate-propaganda
Trotskyist candidate begins radio talks (continued from Page 1)
Marx hailed Paris Commune (cartoon)
Paris Commune: first workers government, by Ruth Johnson
Shop talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Bulletin
Billionaires Club membership up with war profits
Best medical care given Fala’s pups while infants of poor suffer neglect, by Grace Carlson
Strong minority in UAW opposes no-strike policy (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – Browder shows his colors, by Charles Jackson
What miners are fighting to win, by Evelyn Atwood
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
CIO leaders vote to continue their policy of retreat (continued from Page 1)
Pioneer Paragraphs: Fate of the Soviet Union linked to world revolution
10 Years Ago in the Militant
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German workers
Smith-Connally Act
The main task
Guardian of reaction (cartoon)
OPA gives profiteers another helping hand
Workers’ Forum – Polish readers – Milwaukee socialists – more “spicy” articles – Negro blood – system denies right to trial by jury
NAM advice on how to win friends inside Congress
Question Box
Grain speculators coin millions from “leaks”
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Documents show British bribe Greek royalists
Wacs [sic] protesting Jim-Crow given hard labor terms
“Equity of sacrifice” (cartoon)
Administration aids meat profiteers – yields to “famine” threat by granting price subsidy – Roosevelt tells people to “tighten belts” while packers divert meat to black market, by Art Preis
British deport 15,000 Greeks to N. Africa
Anti-Stalinist militants gain strength in Ford Local 600, by Roy Weston
In the News
$5,000 reward in Tresca murder posted by police
Why Roosevelt promises “study” of annual wage, by C. Thomas
Myra Weiss issues election statement
West Coast Stalinists seek to suppress SWP
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Over 5,600 new subscriptions obtained in first month of “Militant” campaign, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
Notice to subscribers
“Trailblazers” visit miners, steel workers
“Militant” Army
Heritage of Marx is forum topic at N.Y. school
Pioneer Notes
Newark forum hears C. Thomas
Toledo entry challenges Akron and Youngstown
Belgian Trotskyists call for workers government
Belgian Trotskyist paper (photo)
British Trotskyists enter election race
March F. I. analyzes role of Stalinism
Kremlin upholds capitalist rule inside Rumania
International Notes
“Vote for Socialism!” says SWP candidate
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Poorly-housed workers long for “Dream Home,” by Grace Carlson
Meat profiteers get price subsidy from government (continued from Page 1)
Flint Chevrolet paper publishes reply of SWP organizer to Clayton fountain
Imperialists compete in cynical phrases
Ford local anti-Stalinist militants gain in strength (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – Powell, the political contortionist, by Charles Jackson
Why miners should get a “royalty,” by Larissa Reed
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Bosses’ reconversion plans are cutbacks, unemployment, by R. Bell
Pioneers Paragraphs: Food shortage made worse by ruthless profiteering
10 Years Ago in the Militant
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Role of Stalinism
Forced labor drive
Churchill’s speech
The same old racket (cartoon)
Latest report on social season at Palm Beach
Workers’ Forum – “sick of lies” – his toughest fights with union haters – in the fight for 45 years – tells the story of her husband – security council and League of Nations
Nazis protected profits of Harvester Corporation
Question Box
Manufacturers association blasts at price controls
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Miners display fighting spirit in strike vote
Changing the leopard’s spots (cartoon)
BIg Business hails “peace charter” signed by CIO and AFL leaders – Wall Street plans union-busting drive under cover of its “truce” with labor, by C. Thomas
In the News
Fight censorship! an Editorial
Los Angeles SWP local backs Negro candidate
Bulletin
Indian Trotskyist leader dying in colonial prison
Flint AC plant auto workers strike against provocations, by Jeff Thorne
Struggles of Belgian miners supported by Trotskyist Party
Trade Union Notes
1800 new “Militant” readers in one week sets record for subscription campaign, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
“Trailblazers” obtain 301 new subscriptions
“Militant” Army
Jackson speaks at Toledo meeting on Negro struggle
Pioneer Notes
Hold “Militant” sub drive party
N.Y. forum hears speech on Marx
Spanish Trotskyist group issues ringing call to action
First issue of Spanish Trotskyist paper (photo)
Social-Democrats back imperialist in Greece, by M. Morrison
Flint AC plant strike answers provocations (continued from Page 1)
International Notes
SWP candidate exposes American fascists
Hoodlums assault Jewish children in Minneapolis
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
NAACP demands Youngstown chief of police removed
Children suffer from “hidden hunger” because workers can’t buy decent food, by Grace Carlson
Wartime graft
Los Angeles SWP for independent Negro candidate (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – “Black Boy” packs a wallop, by Charles Jackson
Wall Street hails “peace charter” (continued from Page 1)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Gompers’ “Peace Pact” – its lessons for labor
Pioneer Paragraphs: Profiteering food trusts cause food price inflation
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Join us in fighting for:
Freedom from want
Exposing a fraud
Food profiteers
Laying it on the table! (cartoon)
Why Allied bombs “miss” some plants in Germany
Workers” Forum – steel workers send Congressman wire – a real “Mac” – anti-Semitic poison – cost-plus contract – IVES-Quinn bill, a small concession
War boosts profiteering to new record heights
Question Box
War food administration blamed for shortages
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
SWP election campaign closes in Los Angeles, Special to the Militant
Fattening the hog (cartoon)
Bosses press for anti-strike laws – consider “peace charter” merely a scrap of paper – auto barons and manufacturers association advance 5-point program to destroy unions, by Art Preis
Roosevelt report demands extension of wage freeze, by C. Thomas
Widespread coal strikes show miners really mean business, by Joseph Keller
A generous proposal
Meat profiteers line pockets with government funds
In the News
18 thank 600 unions for help in defense
Greek reaction ousts Plastiras in new shift, by Harry Martell
Trotskyists arrested in Belgian dock strike
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Branches maintain 1200 weekly average in campaign for new “Militant” readers, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
“Trailblazers” report on latest successes
“Militant” Army
Pioneer Notes
Lecture series on World War II
Marc Dauber, by Felix Morrow
My life in a mining town – a first-hand account of the struggles of those who toil in the pits
Miners casting strike vote
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
How to get needed rest puzzles ulcer patients, by Grace Carlson
Foremen in Akron rubber plant go on first strike
Los Angeles SWP fights radio censorship
What is holding back the German Revolution? by M. Morrison
Nurses arrested for acts of kindliness
Wartime growth of organized labour (graphic)
Urge labor inquiry of Stalinist slanders
Union-busting drive continues at Briggs, by Jeanette Lane
International Notes
SWP concludes election campaign in Los Angeles (continued from Page 1)
Meat profiteers line pockets with government funds (continued from Page 1)
Notice to subscribers
Hits the jackpot
The Negro Struggle – significance of the Gibson Report, by Charles Jackson
Wage-freeze extension is planned (continued from Page 1)
“Mrs. Roosevelt is right – it certainly pays to buy good clothes.” (cartoon)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
The real price policy of the A and P stores
Bosses advance 5-point program to smash unions (continued from Page 1)
Pioneer Paragraphs: Useless capitalist class prevents social progress
Mickey Rooney’s war performance, a note from V. Grey
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Join us in fighting for:
Austria’s future
Prepare for battle
Blows at Jim-Crow
One Mickey Finn – Coming Up! (cartoon)
“Good Neighbor” policy of United Fruit Company
Wormers’ Forum – praise articles by Grace Carlson – labor shortage? – what one student learned in college – Lockheed workers take strike vote – some results of mass protest
Officer court-martialed for defending Mexican
Question Box
Veterans discover jokers in promises about loans
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Mine operators forced to yield wage increases
Government censorship conceals widespread productions cutbacks – new blackout hides rise in unemployment – industrial “demobilization” plans ignore thousands of discharged war workers, by C. Thomas
“Big wages” a myth veterans discover
Trotskyist leader reported released from Ceylon jail
Camouflaging the big gun (cartoon)
Bosses push open-shop drive despite CIO-AFL “peace pact,” by Art Preis
Goodyear workers strike against speed-up program, by Joseph Andrews
In the News
Propose higher prices to “fight” black market
“Militant” expands to 8 pages beginning with May Day issue
What can labor expect of Truman? by Joseph Keller
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
10,000 quota exceeded in seventh week of campaign for new “Militant” readers, by Reba Aubrey, campaign director
Scoreboard
“Trailblazers” record highest weekly total
“Militant” Army
Pioneer Notes
Chicago forced labor plan used to lower wages, by L. Ray
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
N.Y. phone strike voted 25 to 1
What can American labor expect from President Harry S. Truman? (Continued from Page 1)
SWP candidate gives analysis of election
Steel corporation fosters race hate weaken union, by Mary Steele
Government hides growing cutbacks by news blackout (continued from page 1)
Egyptian socialist front enters election
The Allied conference at San Francisco, by M. Morrison
“Penny an hour” for Indian women
Stalinist betrayal of Belgian masses shown by record
Bosses push open-shop despite “peace pact” (continued from Page 1)
International Notes
Belgian miners blast imperialists
The Negro Struggle – answering a Powell supporter, by Charles Jackson
Why fraternization is prohibited, by Henry Martell
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Anarchist leaders face persecution in Great Britain
Poverty robs many women of right to health and beauty, by Grace Carlson
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Pioneer Paragraphs: Capitalist manipulations cause rise in food prices
Join us in fighting for:
Argentina
Two methods
CIO and “peace pact”
Growth of unionism in the U.S. (cartoon)
Profiteers scuttle OPA plan for cheaper clothing
Workers’ Forum – greeting from young Scottish socialist – wants program for veterans – Stalinists sanction capital-labor pact
Westinghouse electric linked to Nazi cartels
Question Box
How government aids the aluminum monopoly
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
German, French workers battle class enemies
May Day 1945 (cartoon)
Big Willow Run plant to shut down – Ford bomber unit cutback to result in mass layoff – union spokesman asks why government plant is not used to produce civilian goods, by C. Thomas
Meat profiteers handed gift of larger subsidies
Socialist Workers Party manifesto: a May Day call to American Labor
Our martyrs
16,000 Goodrich rubber workers strike in Akron
Lockheed workers ask strike poll, by Buddy Lens
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
They showed the way (photo)
NMU heads offer “unity” scheme to offset bonus cut, by Art Sharon
Telephone union leader gives operators’ story, by Evelyn Atwood
Company provokes second walkout at Kelsey-Hayes, by Jerry Kirk
Bulletin
Thomas De Lorenzo tells how Brass Hats use Army draft in attempt to “get” him, by Larissa Reed
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Stalinists defeated in Ford 600 election, by Roy Weston
Negro officers protest Jim Crow, 101 under arrest
Los Angeles SWP calls on unions to support two Negro candidates
Ford bomber unit cutback to result in mass layoffs (continued from Page 1)
Socialist Workers Party May Day call to labor (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – Big Business anti-Negroism unmasked, by Charles Jackson
Press weeps over “hungry” heiress; suppresses news of ill-fed workers, by Grace Carlson
Pioneer Paragraphs: New social system is goal of Fourth International
Lenin on May Day
What was Roosevelt’s real role? – A Marxist evaluation, by Felix Morrow
Stalin’s denunciation of Soviet-Japan Pact, by M. Morrison
Famous 1886 Haymarket demonstration (illustration)
European crisis analyzed in April issue of the F. I.
May Day had its origin in 8-hour day struggle, by Larissa Reed
Tobin is haunted by case of the 18 he helped frame
May Days during the First World War, by Ruth Johnson
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Pre-war May Day issues of “the Militant” (photo montage)
How May Days were celebrated under Lenin – and under Stalin, by Grace Carlson
International Notes
10 Years in the Militant
Lessons for labor in Detroit election, by John Saunders
“Militant” gains 11,860 new subscribers as campaign hits 116 per cent of quota, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
“Trailblazers” report success in Rochester
“Militant” Army
Columnist V. Grey speaks in Toledo
Pioneer Notes
Voice of the future
No idle factories!
The new “Militant”
“But with the housing shortage this is the best I could do!” (cartoon)
Briggs union answers boss lies to soldiers
Workers’ Forum – “the clink of golden dollars” – anti-labor interests spread anti-Semitism – the workers want to read the truth – “still time to die”
Question Box
Wartime advertising pays in lower corporate taxes
Dump government plants in ocean, say monopolists
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
More cutbacks layoffs speeded by government
Italian masses settle accounts with Mussolini (photo)
Huge uprising sweeps North Italy – partisans drive out Nazis, execute dictator Mussolini – committees of national liberation hand power to Allied puppet government in Rome, by Harry Martell
Company retreats after two strikes at Kelsey-Hayes
Strong protest wins release of Negro officers
In the News
Conference at San Francisco will not ensure future for the people, by Li Fu-jen
Big aircraft layoffs hit Buffalo workers, by Bill Gray
Real aim of campaign around atrocities
Result of elections in UAW-CIO locals reveal [sic] sharp discontent of auto workers, by E. Kennedy
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
New NAACP pamphlet (photo)
Pamphlet bares Navy frame-up of Negroes, by Grace Carlson
Army Brass Hats burn Wright’s book
Auto profiteers’ spokesman calls union “vultures”
Negro workers give evidence on Jim Crow in boilermakers
Government speeds cutbacks in nation’s war production industries (continued from Page 1)
Big layoffs hit Buffalo workers (continued from Page 1)
A review of the UAW referendum
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Preparing “post-war plan” for seamen (cartoon)
Shipowners plan post-war military control of seamen, by Art Sharon
Chicago Buick Local 6 votes for strike poll, by Mike Bartell
It pay to advertise
Workers answer provocations by five strikes in Allentown
Cleveland diesel Local 207 turns down GM contract, by B. Kingsley
Did Roosevelt curb monopolists? by Felix Morrow
The Negro Struggle – what about the colonial workers? by Charles Jackson
Big bankroll provides best immunity to the dread scourge of tuberculosis, by Grace Carlson
Hawaiian trade unions win important victory, by Nadine Collins
Any different from Nazi atrocities?
10 Years Ago in the Militant
3 anti-fascists railroaded to prison in London
Pioneers Paragraphs: The workers’ next job is to build the Labor Party
British documents, long withheld from the public, show German people first victims of atrocities, by Joseph Hansen
Putting on the show (cartoon)
S.F. conference will not ensure world peace (continued from Page 1)
On Italian slogan: “For the republic,” by M. Morrison
Revealing sidelights on Golden Gate parley
International Notes
Allied censorship is world-wide, by Ralph Graham
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Italian partisan action (photo)
Huge uprising sweeps North Italy; Mussolini executed (continued from Page 1)
Allies’ real aim is their campaign around atrocities (continued from Page 1)
The difference between blue blood and red, by Bill Morgan
Labor-management committees aid bosses
13,497 new subscribers to “Militant” as campaign reaches 132 per cent mark, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
“Trailblazers” report on visit to mine town
“Militant” Army
Pioneer Notes
Two new trailblazer teams report inspiring success
Mussolini’s end
Program for jobs
Miners show way
Workers’ Forum – Indian woman like “Militant” – masters, or slaves – new inventions under capitalism – Italian prisoners hear of Trotskyism – London conference
The most tragic victims of the imperialist war
Industrial accidents take huge wartime toll
Lawyers, bankers, editors predominate in Congress
Question Box
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Mass lay-offs speeded as war ends in Europe
Allied powers prepared to impose harsh “peace” upon ruined Europe – Germany to be dismembered and occupied indefinitely – victims of imperialist slaughter estimated at 40,000,000; double World War I dead, by Ralph Graham
All is “expendable” – except profits!
Hard coal miners remain on strike despite “seizure”
The approaching tornado (cartoon)
Book by Cannon to be serialized in “the Militant”
Walter held, seized by GPU, disappears in Soviet Union
In the News
Meat profiteers claim prices not high enough
How workers celebrated May Day at Buchenwald
Back-stage deals at San Francisco parley, by Li Fu-jen
Auto union paper tells how corporations scorn “peace charter” signed by the CIO, by Art Preis
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Increase in profits (cartoon)
Employment prospects are slim in Buffalo, by Bill Gray
Maritime War Board order slash in seamen’s bonuses, by Art Sharon
Seattle Negroes organize to gain rights in union
Hard coal miners remain on strike despite “seizure” (continued from Page 1)
Cramp shipyard workers resist wage-cut ruling
Group established to fight Jim Crow in armed forces
Rubber locals repel boss attacks
Allies prepare harsh “peace” for Europe
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Youngstown CIO adopts program to aid veterans
Poor mothers advised to patch, darn and sew, by Grace Carlson
Back-stage deals at Golden Gate parley expose the imperialist aims of Allies (continued from Page 1)
Lay-offs spread in Ohio cities
Small gain in new contract for CIO steel union ranks, by Jack Wilson
Nazis hounded the Trotskyists as mortal foe
The Negro Struggle – from the frying pan into the fire, by Charles Jackson
Walter held, leader in anti-Nazi fight, disappears in USSR after GPU arrest (continued from Page 1)
Held’s defense of Soviet Union
The role of Roosevelt: Did Roosevelt solve the agricultural crisis in America? by Felix Morrow
How Hitler regime came to power, by Joseph Hansen
Trotsky was first to warn of Nazism
Soviet Union
Birds of a feather at Munich (photo)
Armed partisans finish fascists in North Italy
Friends and admirers of fascist dictators
American Big Business aided ruling class in Nazi Germany
International Notes
“The Militant” fought Nazism from the start (photo)
Capitalist system is responsible for atrocities, declares Albert Goldman in address on May Day, by Albert Goldman
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
New York SWP holds large May Day rally, by Larissa Reed
May Day inspires European workers
SWP celebrates May Day in many cities
Trailblazers report on Pittsburgh work
15,169 new readers of “the Militant” as campaign soars to 149 per cent mark, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
Vincent R. Dunne addresses Chicago SWP May Day rally
“Militant” Army
Pioneer Notes
10 Years ago in the Militant
Militant Pace-Setters
The fall of Nazism
We told the truth
Our slogan
Truman’s message
The same old stew (cartoon)
U.S. monopolies protect their German interests
Workers’ Forum – how to feed starving Europe – railroad workers get a forum – Wall Street loans to the fascists – Haymarket affair – Young Trotskyist gets subscriptions
Question Box
Both capitalist parties join against FEPC bill
War department abandons Canadian oil project
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Veterans bitter over fraudulent “bill of rights,” by Larissa Reed
Hard coal miners continue strike into third week
A sign of the times (cartoon)
Mass lay-offs, pay cuts announced – wage freeze to continue while prices are boosted – government officials disclose hunger plans for workers, huge hand-outs for profiteers, by Art Preis
Greek dictatorship continues brutal terror against people, by Joseph Hansen
Negro battalion herded onto ship by armed guards
In the News
Nazis saves Morgan interests in France
Ford Local 600 rally calls for end of no-strike policy, by Roy Weston
Government assures price tax “relief” to profiteers
CIO newsmen’s guild is target of attack by labor-hating publishers association, by Dave Jeffries
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Reports forecast unemployment and wage slashes (continued from Page 1)
Empire State scrubwomen vote strike! (Photo)
Seamen’s pay cut while operators rake in profits, by Art Sharon
Reports forecast unemployment and wage slashes (continued from Page 1)
“Peace pact” is smokescreen for anti-union drive
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
It pays to monopolize!
St. Paul ward workers need militant program, by Jack Pearson
Newark Carmen’s demands turned down by the WLB
Ford Local 600 demands end of no-strike pledge (continued from Page 1)
Negro plasma segregation traced to Army Jim Crow
Mistreatment of sick veterans charged, by Grace Carlson
The Negro Struggle – Hitler’s race hatred is not dead! by Charles Jackson
Labor spy confesses boss plot to smash Ohio union
A tribute to Theodore Debs, sincere socialist
What did Roosevelt do for labor? by Felix Morrow
Returning veterans bitter over GI bill (continued from Page 1)
Exploding lies of the Jew-baiter, by Don Shelton
Scotch that snake! (cartoon)
Why the duke left his post in the Bahamas
Trotsky’s warning about World War II
U.S. Brass Hats teach a lesson in etiquette, by Bill Morgan
International Notes
Big Business domination over the American Press, by Paul Abbott
Child labor (graphic)
Elections show French people want socialism, by Albert Goldman
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
British puppet government slaughters Greek workers (continued from Page 1)
Reader angrily protests anti-Japanese atrocities
Pioneer Paragraphs: How industrialists organize anti-labor fascist gangs
Morgan holdings in France saved by Nazi friends (continued from Page 1)
Trailblazers visit steelworker area
16,283 subscriptions pour into “Militant” office as campaign enters last 2 weeks, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
Stalinist banks aid French Trotskyists
“Militant” Army
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Militant Pace-Setters
Pioneer Notes
Walter Held’s fate
Pacific war
Program for jobs
Withdraw the troops!
That old familiar feeling (cartoon)
The bigger the war – the greater the profits
Workers’ Forum – must Newark be a slum city? – fascist poison – “liberated” Italians – for slave labor
Government takes good care of big corporations
German workers were main victim of atrocities
Question Box
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Mine strikers win $1.37 daily wage increase
Capitalism in war and peace (cartoon)
Labor leaders denounce Vinson’s fraudulent “reconversion” report – disprove his false figures on coming layoffs, pay cuts – unionists seeks shorter work, week, higher wages to hold jobs and “take home” pay, by Art Preis
Veterans discover jobs hard to get, wages too low, by Larissa Reed
Army discharge plan discriminates against Negroes
International rivalries grow following defeat of Germany, by Li Fu-jen
In the News
Propose fatter profits to “end” food shortage
Trotskyist candidate sues radio station
Strike wave sweeps over Western Europe, by Henry Martell
Bethlehem steel workers at Lackawanna, N. Y., strike against threat of layoffs, Special to the Militant
What the future holds (cartoon)
Postwar job prospect in railroad industry, by John Russo
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Exploited cleaning women strike for five-cent raise, by Evelyn Atwood
War-profits and layoffs
Veterans discover jobs hard to get (continued from Page 1)
Hard coal miners win pay increase by 3-week strike (continued from Page 1)
NMU leaders squawk at exposure, by Art Sharon
Brewster “sit-in” – June, 1944
Vinson’s report assailed as false by union leaders (continued from Page 1)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Stalinist slander campaign in Chicago CIO council rebuffed
A picture – and its lessons, an Editorial
Discussions on Soviet Union in May “Fourth International”
Victors renew rivalries after Germany’s fall (continued from Page 1)
Just a dream (cartoon)
“No meat – no work!” say miners in West Virginia, by Grace Carlson
Wave of strikes sweeps through Western Europe (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – Jewish officer’s stand against Jim Crow, by Charles Jackson
Outcome of Roosevelt’s New Deal, by Felix Morrow
Wall Street agents to govern Germany
Allies impose barbarous rule on German people, by Joseph Hansen
Murdered by Stalin’s GPU
Stalin’s machine-gun assault on Trotsky, by Paul Abbott
Stalinists repression of masses in Poland, by Albert Goldman
Stalinists attempt frameup against French Trotskyists
What is the fate of Walter Held?
International Notes
James P. Cannon’s History of American Trotskyism – I
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Rankin seeks whitewash in vets’ hospital probe, by Grace Carlson
Two ways to handle fascists – cases of Goering and Mussolini, by Bill Morgan
Pioneer Paragraphs: Conditions for the victory of proletarian revolution
“Trailblazers” make their final report
17,855 new “Militant” subscribers gained as campaign enters in wind-up period, by Reba Aubrey
Scoreboard
Midwest vacation school open July 1
Trailblazer team from Youngstown visits Newcastle
“Militant"Army
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Pioneer Notes
Colonial freedom
Double standard
Trieste – a warning
Biddle conspiracy
Dumping them on the scrapheap (cartoon)
How monopolies profit from the sick and dying
Workers’ Forum – hotel workers – benefits to woman of nursery schools – “virtual slaves” – Britisher on India – contributes poem
No freezing of salaries for corporation big-shots
Question Box
Defective planes cause death to thousands
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Stalinists paving way for new shift in line, by Felix Morrow
“That for you – and THIS for me!” (cartoon)
450,000 face lay-offs in aircraft – government has no plan to provide employment – administration schemes to give Big Business control over production, jobs and prices, by Art Preis
New factor in relations between Allies and Kremlin, by Li Fu-jen
Bell Aircraft workers protest lay-offs with plant “sit-in,” Special to the Militant
In the News
American troops fire on German anti-Nazi rally
To the unknown soldier on Memorial Day – 1945, by Theodore Kovalesky
Rankin blocks investigation on care of wounded veterans, by Grace Carlson
Syrian people fight troops of French colonial rulers
Negro boilermakers in Los Angeles fight against Jim-Crow policy of union heads, by C. Thomas
War mother (illustration)
A four-star mother speaks for her sons, by Evelyn Atwood
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Lockheed aircraft local vote two to one for strike, by B. Lens
Ford 600 unit commends miners for their fight, by Roy Weston
Poll-tax Bourbons block FEPC bill
To the unknown soldier on Memorial Day – 1945 (continued from Page 1)
Shipping trust plans to scrap war-time merchant fleet, by Frank Laurence
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Fruehauf trailer strike of 1500 enters 4th week, by Jerry Kirk
Atrocity in American – Memorial Day 1937 (photo)
450,000 aircraft workers facing mass lay-offs (continued from Page 1)
Wage freeze? Depends on what job you hold, by Bill Morgan
How attorney General Biddle violated civil liberties during World War II, by Joseph Hansen
Fables for our time
Study in contrasts – how a millionaire and a tenement dweller lived and died, by Grace Carlson
The Negro Struggle – the San Francisco fraud, by Charles Jackson
The relations between Allies and Kremlin (continued from Page 1)
An exchange of opinion on problems of Latin America
“Why, daddy? – 3-year-old tosses some tough question,[sic] by Robert Kendall
Pioneer Paragraphs: Soviet Union endangered by Stalinist bureaucracy
Stalinists prepare for a new shift (continued from Page 1)
Cut loose from Churchill’s apron-strings (cartoon)
British workers break coalition with Churchill, by Ralph Graham
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Indo-China CP majority join 4th International
Buffalo Aircraft workers in “sit-in” demonstration (continued from Page 1)
Why does FBI refuse to aid in Tresca case?
Historic film “Czar to Lenin” shown in Toledo
How German prisoners are treated
International Notes
Minimum wage (graphic)
Women workers suffer double exploitation, by Antoinette Konikow
German miners struggled unceasingly against Nazism
Syrians fighting colonial rulers (continued from Page 1)
The history of American Trotskyism – Part 2 – leaders and policies of the pioneer communist movement in United States, by James P. Cannon
22,437 subscriptions rolled up in smashing climax to “Militant’s” 3-month campaign for new readers, by Reba Aubrey
Militant Pace-setters
Scoreboard
Leading pace-setter relates experiences, by Mike Warren
Branch pace-setters
Militant Army
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Pioneer Notes
Fight for this program:
To our new readers
Nenni’s arrest
Seeking scapegoat
The Japanese people
“I can’t understand why there’s so much criticism of the San Francisco Conference – all the best people were there.” (cartoon)
Capitalist postwar plan includes “riot” drills
Workers’ Forum – plain people pay – slip of the pen – how the rich live in France – “pay – or perish in your garbage”
Most women workers need jobs to maintain families
Question Box
Steel price rise means $80 million more profits
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Stalinists make official change in their policy, by Felix Morrow
Coal miner railroaded to jail under Smith-Connally slave law – William Patterson is the first militant unionist victimized by anti-labor act, by Art Preis
Imperialist shysters
The pay-off is the lay-off (cartoon)
Imprisoned miner has long record of union struggle, by Art Preis
Grim future for unemployed revealed in Truman program
In the News
Arab masses repulse De Gaullist enslavers, by Alfredo Martinez
“Women in Prison” subject of Carlson national tour
Trotskyists in France jailed; La Verite banned, Bulletin
Los Angeles U.A.W. Council hits Jim Crow job policies
Grim future for the unemployed revealed in program of Truman (continued from Page 1)
Youngstown Steel workers protest changes schedule
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Akron rubber workers vote strike 3 to 1
Detroit auto men back housing plan
Willow Run workers picket WMC office, by Roy Weston
Rankin whitewash blocked in Veteran car inquiry, by Grace Carlson
Veil of silence in Tresca case
Black market prices “hold very firm”
Fables for our time
Militant union man jailed under anti-labor law (continued from Page 1)
Miners casting strike vote (photo)
Imprisoned miner has long record of union struggle (continued from Page 1)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Union brothers solidly behind Wm. Patterson, by Art Preis
Coal miners blaze trail for entire labor movement
Rise in mine deaths due to owners’ greed
Stalinists officially adopt new policy (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – Einstein confounds race-haters, by Charles Jackson
Why millions of women workers don’t have “that American look,” by Grace Carlson
Hunger paralyzes Greece as Allies hold down relief
Hoover used food as weapon to subdue European peoples, by Bill Morgan
Pioneer Paragraphs: Trotskyists support fight for liberation of colonies
A correction in railroad figures
Arabs beat back French colonial despots (continued from Page 1) Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
French bombs hit 10,000 victims in Algiers revolt
French “democracy’ in Syria (cartoon)
Workers in Milan disarmed; called thugs, “fascists,” by Paul Abbott
U.S. Big Business chiefs take charge of Germany, by Harry Martell
Market scene in British India
Typhus strikes in “liberated” France
“Sit-in” wins concessions for Bell Aircraft workers
10 Years Ago in the Militant
A correction
Tokyo bombings kill millions of civilians, by Joseph Hanson
Angry veterans raid Paris clothing stores
Blame an inhuman system not the “inhuman rats"!
The history of American Trotskyism – the deadly virus of ultra-leftism in American Communism’s early days, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – wage cuts – Army “democracy” – Militant readers – protests slaughter – appreciation – union lesson – US labor needs its own party – the Internationale – “Is crew behaving?”
Carlson to speak on women in prison (continued from Page 1)
Grace Carlson one of the 18 in Minneapolis labor case
Twin Cities mark successful end of “Militant” drive
Militant Army
Boston SWP opens new headquarters
Pioneer Notes
Strikebreaker Tobin
French “democracy" Peacetime censorship
Stalinist cynicism
“Poor Fifi . . . .” (cartoon)
Surpluses in peace and war under capitalism
International Notes
How bigger and better scarcities are made
Question Box
Agricultural barons work to undermine Wagner Act
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Real meaning of latest shift in tactical line of American Stalinist – statement of the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party
Union leaders fail to fight for effective jobs program – Thomas pleads with bosses while unemployment mounts – UAW-CIO head ignores union’s program for government operation of Big Industry, by Joseph Keller
From words – to deeds! (Cartoon) Why the “turn” was proclaimed
Union war vets protest terrorism against Nisei
First anti-strike law victim appeals to labor from prison, by Art Preis
Farrell Dobbs, “Militant” editor, runs for mayor of New York City
In the News
New York meeting to launch tour of Grace Carlson
Packinghouse workers fight no-strike policy, by Barbara Bruce
Union leaders offer no program for real fight to maintain jobs (continued from Page 1)
Truman’s double standard (photo montage)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Buffalo workers face increasing lay-offs
Stalinists lose in elections at Ford Local 600, by Roy Weston
Smith-Connally Act victim issues appeal from prison (continued from Page 1)
Jobless Buffalo workers (photo)
Fables for Today
Negro boilermakers gain legal victory in San Pedro, Special to the Militant
Oregon CIO council assails race terror
Carlson exposes San Francisco parley as fraud
Grace Carlson begins tour as New York rally (continued from Page 1)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Encouraged by farcical trial, by J. Blake
Pioneer Notes
How war perils end race hatred
Stalinism in France
Hines fired as vets’ head in hospital investigation
The fearful cost of World War II
Allied power divide Germany in 4 spheres, by Felix Morrow
An inside story – conditions of women in American jails, by Grace Carlson
The Negro Struggle – Henry Ford and the Ecorse Project
Churchill attacks socialism in battle for re-election
Pioneer Paragraphs: The workers must prepare for a great social crisis
Farrell Dobbs runs for mayor of New York City (continued from Page 1)
The new Stalinist tactical shift (continued from Page 1)
Shop talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Arrested Puerto Rican nationalist leader opposed Wall St. imperialism, by Evelyn Atwood
Big Business militarists push for peace-time conscription, by Joseph Hansen
Out of their own mouths
The history of American Trotskyism – the great positive contributions of the pioneer communist movement, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – white prejudice – Einstein’s views – food shortage – war’s aftermath – the veterans – entering the Army – attack on Negroes – the best paper – the Japanese people
Stalinist shift analyzed in June issue of the F.I.
Ex-premiers voice “protest” against Greek reign of terror
Chile workers denounce film
Vacation school to open July 1 in Michigan camp
Boss drive car into picket line
Militant Army
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Syrian independence
Truth will out
Another demagogue
“Servants are so . . .” (Cartoon)
What Big Corporations have made out of the war
International Notes
OPA opposes black market with leaflet campaign
Question Box
How Standard Oil trust protected Nazi partners
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
FIrst-Hand Report: Class conflict in Italy today
European peoples ready for socialism
Wall Street’s “peace” plan (cartoon)
Auto conference urges strike vote – Detroit local leaders demand action program – 400 heads of UAW locals call for militant policy to fight wage cuts, unemployment, by John Saunders
Reaction hounds the Trotskyists thruout [sic] Europe
20,000 Goodyear rubber workers strike in Akron, by Joseph Andrews
Brass hats push legislation to militarize American youth, by Joseph Hansen
In the News
New York SWP issues statement on election
Chicago drivers walk out, defy Army strikebreaking
Housing project bars Negro vets
Text of Detroit UAW conference resolution
Akron Goodyear workers strike rubber plants as grievances pile up
Pleads with plutocrat (photo)
Bell Aircraft fires unionists for sit-in protest
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Detroit auto parley demands strike vote (continued from Page 1)
Steelworkers hit double standard
Goodrich men show militant attitude
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Trotsky’s prediction on Stalinist shifts
It’s still the same answer (cartoon)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
New York SWP statement on elections outlines fundamental campaign issues (continued from Page 1)
Unions united to elect new Minneapolis mayor, by Barbara Bruce
Shift foreseen in sage policy of NMU leaders
Brass Hats pushing peacetime draft (continued from Page 1)
Will a “baby bonus” safeguard child victims of profit system? by Grace Carlson
The Negro Struggle – the bitter and the sweet, by Charles Jackson
Rising living costs rob railroad workers of meager wage gains while owners reap enormous war profits, by Jack Pearson
Use race slander in hospital probe, by Grace Carlson
Rail worker submits union program for discussion
Pioneer Paragraphs: The imperialist struggle for mastery of Far East
Grace Carlson’s tour schedule
Two points of view on deliberate mass slaughter of civilian worker and peasant millions in Japan
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Trotskyists in Europe persecuted by reaction (continued from Page 1)
Suppressed Belgian Trotskyist paper (photo)
Stalinist birds of a feather
Italian political crisis grows as workers advance closer to revolutionary struggle (continued from Page 1)
German C. P. leader admits false policy toward Nazis, by Paul Abbott
Mass demonstration in Rome (photo)
The history of American Trotskyism – how a new militant leadership arose in the pioneer communist movement, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – advertisements in socialist papers – Germany today – living in style – an achievement – Stalinist switch – a tragic story – seen in India – somewhere in Germany – disclaimer – fill a need – Chinese arithmetic – urges brevity – bombing of Japan
Lumber workers take strike vote, by Charles Hughes
Militant Army
Pioneer Notes
Fight for this program
Reaction in Belgium
Poll tax
Patterson case
A class difference
“I don’t know why . . . “ (cartoon)
How maritime commission aided ship-owner profits
International Notes
Weirton Steel indicted in war materials fraud
Question Box
Florida union-busters use race-hate technique
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
RCP candidate in Wales wins wide support
Trotskyist party in France resists repressive acts
Wall Street interests push Senate bill to smash unions – new measure would outlaw strikes, impose open shop, by Art Preis
Sharpening the axe for labor (cartoon)
England’s workers protest layoffs
Soldiers forced to drive trucks in Chicago strike, by Tod Wilkinson
Goodyear strikers defy WLB ultimatum to return to work, by Joseph Andrews
Bulletin
Large mass meeting in New York launches Carlson national tour, by Larissa Reed
In the News
Resolution in support of William Patterson
Hoodlum gang assaults Briggs local militants
Allies foist new cabinet on Italy, by Paul Abbott
Army runs trucks lines in Chicago strike (continued from Page 1)
Protesting Willow Run shut-down (photo)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Truman’s answer
Seamen’s bonus cut by Maritime Board
Marvelous!
New union-busting bill pushed in U.S. Senate (continued from Page 1)
10 Years in the Militant
Big New York meeting hears Carlson talk (continued from Page 1)
Rubber workers too busy to read (cartoon)
Simpson bids youth enter into politics
Dairy of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Dobbs blasts boss parties in election
Goodyear strikers defy WLB ultimatum to return to work
Mexican workers exploited, herded like bondslaves, by Bill Morgan
Summer school opens July First in Michigan
SWP branch activities
Soldiers protest anti-Nisei terror
Vacation school planned on coast
Professor wants barracks for college youth in U.S., by Dave Jeffries
Negro newspapers united to combat Jim Crow policies, by Jean Simon
Negro soldiers expose Rankin’s racial lies, by Joseph Hansen
The Negro Struggle – FEPC, a political football, by Charles Jackson
L.A. Trotskyists call for united anti-fascist action
Furriers in Newark learn from strike, by Harry Robinson
More facts revealed by Press reporter
4,000 UAW members conduct 11-day breeze corp. Strike
Pioneer Notes
Pioneer paragraphs: Trotskyism is based upon workers’ internationalism
200,000 burned alive in Hamburg
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Hamburg horror confirmed
British renew fraudulent offer rejected by India three years ago, by Felix Morrow
Nailing the lie of German “guilt”
English Trotskyists make gain in election (continued from Page 1)
Capitalist ruin of British coal industry
Canadian CCF party shows voting power
Allied conquerors foist new puppet cabinet on the Italian people (continued from Page 1)
Hunting down fascists in Italy (photo)
Stalinists, socialists conduct sham fight against monarchy, by Albert Goldman
The history of American Trotskyism – how Stalinist degeneration affected the faction fight in the American C. P., by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – keep on reading! – from a seaman – on cosmetics – a hard task – insult to injury – technocracy – changing ways – freedom from want! – again on Japan – the veterans – like an axe
Sailor’s family out on the street (photo)
Militant Army
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Scrapped in action
Stalin’s scapegoat
Bridges case
“They simply can’t . . . “ (cartoon)
Surplus property board favors big monopolies
International Notes
Why the cartel interests sneer at anti-trust laws
Question Box
How a soldier who died would answer Gen. Patton
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Stalinist party opposes Soviets for Germany, by Paul Abbott
Great upsurge of labor militancy shown in nation-wide strike wave – workers resist pay cuts, layoffs with picket lines
C. P. heads admit treacherous role in Greek struggle
“Peace” by force! (cartoon)
32,000 on strike in Akron rubber plants; Firestone shut down tight, by Joseph Andrews
Bulletin
48,000 workers strike in Detroit for equal wages, by Albert Cummings
In the News
How United Nations charter covers up imperialist deals, by Joseph Hansen
NAACP protests naming of Byrnes
No salary freeze for Big Business
The real solution for Willow Run, An Editorial
UAW victor over Budd open ship
Western Electric workers cast big vote for strike
Akron rubber walkout spreads; 32,000 involved as Firestone workers join Goodyear strikers (continued from Page 1)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Goodrich local raises demand for 30-hour week
Tear-gassing peaceful pickets (photo)
Scrap of paper
NMU officials evade fight on bonus slash
Buffalo UAW supports Detroit strike motion, by Bill Grey
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Northwest Ohio auto local ask 30-hour week, by Maggie McGowan
Willow Run – symbol of American capitalism (photo)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Fords still happy
48,000 Detroit workers strike for pay equality (continued from Page 1)
The only solution for Willow Run (continued from Page 1)
Judge gags union’s paper to muzzle attack on Avery
Buffalo UAW-CIO resolution supporting William Patterson
Ohio auto parley backs Patterson
Southern Bourbons filibuster in Senate against FEPC bill, by Larissa Reed
Negro boys in chains (photo)
The Negro Struggle – why Trotskyists fight for Negro rights, by Charles Jackson
Workers’ Bookshelf
A correction
Fellow Countrymen
Reading outdoor meeting hears address by Dunne, by jack Miller
SWP branch activities
Milwaukee CRDC holds gay outing
Pioneer Notes
Pioneer Paragraphs: Revolutionary character of the epoch we live in
United Nations charter designed to hide undercover robber deals of imperialists (continued from Page 1)
Tailing in cotton fields (illustration)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
CPA leader admits party anti-democratic: but proposed cure won’t change anything High level fraternization
Millions receive less than subsistence pay
Stalinist treachery in Greek struggle (continued from Page 1)
Stalinists in Germany advocate capitalism (continued from Page 1)
N. Y. Trotskyist candidates unmask Stalinist switch on O’Dwyer, termed a “fascist” by CP in 1941
Carlson reports on success in Rochester during her tour, by Grace Carlson
Boston gathering greets Carlson
Grace Carlson’s tour schedule
Summer school opened July 1 in Michigan
The history of American Trotskyism – why the Stalinists hid the documents of the Trotskyist left opposition, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – ranting Rankin – guilty of what?
Hurting the people – frame-up defined – 60 million jobs – not impressed – Grace Carlson – rare information – seeking understanding – Republic Steel
Patterson expresses appreciation
Militant Army
A word to our correspondents
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Britain’s lackeys
Words and deeds
Socialism nowhere
“Why – farm work . . . “ (cartoon)
International Notes
Public utility hijacks New York City consumers
Question Box
NAM expends big dough in anti-labor campaign
Hitlerite ideas taught in U .S. Army study course
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
What Akron strike means for labor, An Editorial
American tanks threaten workers in Milan strike against hunger
Akron rubber strikers fight drive to crush their union – Goodyear plants “seized"; Firestone local menaced, by Joseph Andrews
Allied “democracy” in Milan (cartoon)
NMU forces “unanimous” convention vote for “pledge,” by M. Stevenson
In the News
Printing trades strike continues against Donnelley
Where is Boyer?
Negro machinists resist Jim Crow
Greek reaction plots to restore monarchy, by Paul Abbott
Youngstown Steel locals elect militant officers
Briggs union backs Akron rubber strike
Berlin black market thrives under Allies
Rubber workers fight magnificent battle against great odds to safeguard unions
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Goodyear’s operator
On the picket line in Akron (photo)
Local auto union heads demand UAW convention
URW heads betray rubber unionists
NMU officials evade read struggle against seamen’s bonus slash
Trampled in the dust! (cartoon)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
No-strike pledge rammed through NMU convention (continued from Page 1)
Reconversion – I: Government aids profiteers; ignores workers’ vital needs, by Art Preis
Printing trades strike continues against Donnelley (continued from Page 1)
Layoffs spread in Los Angeles
NMU convention sidelights
Stalinists attack Trotskyists at Milwaukee picnic
Huge small-arms plant shutdown in St. Louis
10 Years Ago in the Militant
4,250 signatures gathered on petition to put Trotskyists on ballot in N. Y.
Worker praises vacation school in opening week, by Joe Morgan
The Negro Struggle – Negroes and the Stalinist movement, by Charles Jackson
But he’ll “get along”
N. Y. Trotskyist candidates
Grace Carlson tells about visit in Akron, by Grace Carlson
Grace Carlson’s tour schedule
Grace Carlson’s tour greeted with enthusiasm in 3 cities
Buffalo audience hears Grace Carlson
Pioneer Notes
SWP branch activities
Carlson addresses Rochester meeting
American tanks threaten workers in Milan strike (continued from Page 1)
Pioneer Paragraphs: Without correct leadership the revolution can be lost
Worker on strike describes vile conditions provoking newspaper delivery stoppage in New York City, by Evelyn Atwood
Los Angeles Trotskyists call for struggle against fascists
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Klement, 1938 victim of Stalinist killer
Negro-hating congressmen wave flag in campaign to kill FEPC
8,000 auto workers strike at Mack plants, by Paul Mason
How the masses destroyed the Bastille in Great French Revolution of 1789-93, by Joseph Hansen
Allied powers looting machinery in Germany
Plot to restore Greek monarchy (continued from Page 1)
Trotskyists active in Ireland
The history of American Trotskyism – how Trotsky’s criticism of Stalinism reached the American C. P. leaders, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – forbidden to speak – Stalinist traitors pilloried in letter – a word with our correspondents – what kind of party? – lies about Germans – models degraded – vet’s problems – contrast in Mexico – Allentown layoffs – the baldheads – a rebuke
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Youngstown CIO supports Akron rubber strikers
Militant Army
Negro machinists resist Jim Crow (continued from Page 1)
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True to form
Withdraw the troops!
Truth about Germany
“But why can’t I . . . “ (cartoon)
Tax “relief” bill gives billions to corporations
International Notes
Soldiers shipped to coast in vermin-ridden coaches
Question Box
Auto industry reserves provides [sic] 15 years’ profits
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
British despots in Nigeria ban native papers, Special to the Militant
Trotskyist runs for parliament in Chile election, by Henriques
New York news delivery strikers check union-busting assault – compel WLB to issue order on publishers to arbitrate, by John Locke
Bulletin
Congressional lynchers at work (cartoon)
Persecuted Nigerian editor appeals to U. S. labor and Negro organizations for support
In the News
Southern Bourbon spokesmen success in lynching F.E.P.C., by Joseph Hansen
Bilbo incites race riots in Detroit
Dobbs blasts role of LaGuardia in newspaper strike
SWP starts fund for Trotskyists in Europe, by Farrell Dobbs
GPU in Italy spreads vile frame-up slander
Simpson hits FEPC foes
Los Angeles CIO combats fascists
News deliverers in New York end 17-day strike (continued from Page 1)
N. Y. news strikers welcome “Militant” on picket lines, by Ruth Johnson
Publishers fight newspaper unions all over country
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Chevrolet unit calls for strike vote
Dobbs blasts role of mayor in strike (continued from Page 1)
Sinister Wall Street forces in attack on the newspaper unions
Breeze CIO auto locals win gains in new contract
Goodrich layoffs violate contract with local union
SWP branch activities
St. Paul union demands pardon for Patterson
Stalinists tighten stranglehold on NMU; force delegates to O.K. policy of betrayal
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Shipping commission offices picketed by maritime unions
Rubber strike ended to avoid “seizure,” by Joseph Andrews
Reconversion – II: Monopoly profit interests sabotage full production, by Art Preis
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Southern Bourbon poll-tax congressmen lynch fair employment practices committee (continued from Page 1)
Trotskyists predicted the fate of the FEPC
The Negro Struggle – an open letter to Negro Communists, by Charles Jackson
Midwest vacation school students learn Marxism, enjoy happy time
Modern welding and the welder
Pioneer Notes
Open-air lakeside class at vacation school (photo)
Plan “Militant” picnic in eastern Pennsylvania
Pioneer Paragraphs: Fascism used middle class to establish its mass base
Socialist Workers Party’s fighting platform for the election campaign in New York City – preamble
N. Y. Trotskyist candidates (photo)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Ten-point platform of the Trotskyist candidates
Socialist Workers Party opens fund campaign to help persecuted Trotskyists in Europe (continued from Page 1)
Grace Carlson on tour (photo)
Ohio-Michigan audiences hear Carlson prison talk
International Solidarity Fund: Scoreboard
Carlson notes SWP growth at her meeting in Detroit, by Grace Carlson
Hungry prisoners
Successful meeting held in Cleveland
Carlson talks to audience in Toledo
Youngstown workers hear Grace Carlson
Grace Carlson’s tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – how the pioneer Trotskyists fought expulsion from the Communist Party, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – Hayek’s book – vet flays Riesel – a word to our correspondents – race hatred – Japanese imperialism – treatment of vets – vacation school – German Stalinists
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Arbitrator backs anti union firings at Bell Aircraft
Militant Army
Trotskyist runs for parliament in Chile election (continued from Page 1)
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A warning to labor
Liar Eastland
Big Three meeting
A good beginning
“The cook threatened to strike . . . “ (cartoon)
Congress shows no hurry to assist unemployed
International Notes
DuPont, national lead in cartel conspiracy
Question Box
OPA admits black markets steal billions annually
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Crisis in Italy sharpens under Parri cabinet
Workers in Argentina denounce Wall St.
14,000 jam protest rally against California fascists – labor takes lead in fight to stop Gerald L. K. Smith
Premier demands return of fascist empire’s colonies
Peace scare hits stock market (cartoon)
CIO takes lead in united front against fascists, by Lois Sanders
Trotskyists speed aid to European comrades, by Farrell Dobbs
Wall St. Peace-lovers horrified
In the News
Wright workers take protest action as grievances pile up
S. W. P. protests British role in Nigerian strike
Irish aircraft workers want jobs
CPA-Tammany deal scored by Simpson
John Potts, fired shop steward, tells how Wright Aero mistreats union men, by Evelyn Atwood
N. Y. newspaper delivers’ union thanks SWP for aiding in strike
Trade Union Notes, by V. Grey
Wright workers in protest action over grievances (continued from Page 1)
Homes of farm workers menaced by government
Ration-starved workers strike for decent meals
Textile union boost wages in 20 plants
AFL blacksmiths ask full pardon for Patterson
Rankin insults veteran; then orders his arrest
SWP branch activities
Shipowners drive wedge in union hiring system of San Francisco longshoremen – Bridges concedes drastic revision of 1934 gains, by Robert Chester
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Five maritime unions insist on wage rise for seamen
Old time stevedores score Harry Bridges, by E. Harris
Reconversion – III: UAW leaders and the program they “forgot,” by Art Preis
10 Years Ago in the Militant
Huge Los Angeles meeting protests provocation of Smith’s fascist gangs (continued from Page 1)
Nailing another anti-German lie
The Negro Struggle – unemployment benefits denied to women, by Charles Jackson
Trotskyist youth in L.A. by Gene Jimenez
CIO leads fight against fascists (continued from Page 1)
SWP protests British role in Nigerian strike (continued from Page 1)
Why the Stalinist officialdom permits ranks to “discuss,” by Albert Goldman
L.A. police break up anti-fascist meeting
Pioneer Paragraphs: The party is the decisive instrument of the struggle
Economic crisis brings misery to Austrian workers
Bethlehem workers are invited to Penn. picnic, by H. Newell
Pioneer Notes
Reign of terror of Greece continues unabated; thousands of workers deported to Ethiopia, by Paul Abbott
The Big Three meet again (cartoon)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
250 Trotskyists were killed by Greek Stalinists
Navy Brass hats encourage vicious Jim Crow practices
Queues unpopular in Great Britain
Crisis in Italy continued under the reshuffled Cabinet
Trieste and Venice paralyzed by strike
Barbadians duped, robbed by Phillips Packing Corp.
Parri demands return of colonial possessions (continued from Page 1)
SWP branches speed solidarity fund to aid the Trotskyists in Europe (continued from Page 1)
Scene at vacation school (photo)
Mid-west workers hear Grace Carlson, by Jack O’Connell
Scoreboard
6,400 names needed to put Dobbs on ballot
Michigan summer school appreciated by workers, by William F. Warde
British want West Indian Federation to block U.S.
Grace Carlson’s tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – how genuine Marxism was re-born and took root throughout the world, by James. P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – from England – war’s vile fruit – reconversion – a word to our correspondents – likes summer school – success story – world charter – spellbound – prisoner in Germany – Lausche of Ohio
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Selective Service is agency for breaking strikes
Militant Army
Fruehauf trailer company incites Detroit workers
Poems of revolt
Flint Spark Plug union casts vote for strike action, by Jeff Thorne
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“Peace” pact pay-off
Browder and Foster
Capitalist generosity
Seeds of war
“If you can’t send hamburger . . .” (cartoon)
Shoddy goods conceal skyrocketing price rise
International Notes
Republic Steel grabs sixty percent more!
Question Box
“Raise workers’ taxes,” Wall Street’s battle-cry
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
SWP demands job guarantees
Giving him the boot (cartoon)
British workers vote labor to power – Tory reactionaries stunned by defeat; masses elated over landslide victory – Liberal Party melts away as middle class swings to labor; arena is clearing for showdown fight, by Ralph Graham
Negroes prefer death to Camp Dix brutality
General MacArthur represses Filipino guerrilla fighters, by Li Fu-jen
Wright Aero local decides to end seven-day strike
Bulletin
In the News
Negro writer relates facts in Nigeria strike, by George Padmore
PM solves unemployment – gives vets free want-ads
European misery saddens troops
Tammany-Stalinist deal unshaken, says Simpson
5,000 signatures still needed for Dobbs
“Go back to sweatshop and home” bosses, WMC tell women workers, by V. Grey
End to shortage of feed sought by boilermakers
Trade Union Notes, by V. Grey
Detroit auto militants reject Lewis as possible head of UAW, by H. Mason
Cramp shipyard workers protest arbitrary lay-offs in Philadelphia
Wright workers decide to end seven-day strike (continued from Page 1)
White and Negro workers protest Toledo Jim Crow
SWP branch activities
Newcastle Steel union local forces rehiring of Negro, by Fred Rayburn
Congressmen at work, by Joseph Hansen
Reconversion – IV: Trotskyists offer a fighting program, by Art Preis
LaGuardia orders police force to suppress beggars
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Detroit unionist hold protest rally on unemployment, by Phillip North
Maritime commission to give ships away
Degeneration of Comintern is analyzed in July F. I.
British workers vote Labor Party to power (continued from Page 1)
World-wide reactions to British election
The Negro Struggle – Negro publishers close ranks, by Charles Jackson
10th anniversary of call for F. I.
Maj. Dove wants Jim Crow set-up in Purple Hearts
General MacArthur represses Filipino guerrillas who battled the Japanese imperialist invaders (continued from Page 1)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Overthrow of Winston Churchill shakes fascist regime in Spain, by Felix Morrow
Revealing pictures of horrors under imperialist rule
Negro writer relates facts in Nigeria strike (continued from Page 1)
Buffalo fills its quota in solidarity fund drive, by Farrell Dobbs
Detroit SWP supports Frankensteen for mayor, by Jerry Kirk
Scoreboards
Veteran Trotskyist describes school, by George Collins
Colonial workers jailed by France
Eastern Penn. workers invited to join picnic
Chicago trade unionists hear lecture on women in prison, by Grace Carlson
Grace Carlson’s tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – tough, bitter struggles were fought to get a hearing for the truth, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – Trotskyist fighter – working mothers – vacation school – bombing civilians – the Stalinists – march on Washington – Steel sell-out – phony argument – recommends book – sectarianism
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Union-hating cop made police chief in Minneapolis, by Barbara Bruce
Military Army
Andrews analyzes strike struggle in Akron Rubber
Pioneer Notes
An inspiring victory
The Wright strike
“Discussion” ends
A dangerous proposal
“But you don’t need . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems facing war veterans – re-employment and seniority rights of ex-servicemen, by Charles Carsten
International Notes
Story of Jeeps reveals waste of capitalist war
Question Box
Ickes plots use of coal to stem revolt in Europe
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
New imperialist weapon razes an entire city – Wall Street militarists unleash explosive reaching ultimate depth of frightfulness, by Li Fu-Jen
City of 344,000 obliterated by fiendish bomb
Dividing up the booty (cartoon)
Allies dismember Germany – conquerors inflict reign of ruin on all of Europe, by Ralph Graham
Miners strike against filth in company town
British Labor victory spurs Senate hearing on job bill, by Art Preis
In the News
Cudahy workers gain victory in four-day strike
Over 400 hear Cannon analyze C. P. “turn”
New York SWP nears petition drive goal
Bell militants push fight for genuine Labor Party
Wall Street knows
Tuberculosis is bred in the soil of poverty, by Bill Gray
Disease hovers here (photo)
War plant graft illustrates waste of capitalist war, by Jack Pearson
Trade Union Notes, by V. Grey
Company town’s filth provokes mine strike (continued from Page 1)
Ships and seamen due for junk-pile
$15 billions [sic] invested in government shipping
Small-business group aids anti-labor forces
Devers spikes lie of the kept press
SWP branch activities
Fables for today
Nazi big-shots robbed treasury
Congress debates $2-per-annum relief for millions of children doomed to suffer, by Ruth Johnson
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Bonus march of 1932 is grim warning to World War II vets, by Felix Morrow
Remember this atrocity! (photo)
British Labor victory spurs Senate hearing on jobs bill (continued from Page 1)
No equal opportunities under profit system, by Frank Brown
Atomic bombs imperil the whole of mankind (continued from Page 1)
Unionist gives views on Legion, by Evelyn Atwood
Sailor gets glimpse of colonial slavery, by a Seaman
Miners thank SWP for support to Wm. Patterson
The Negro Struggle – Negroes need a Labor Party, by Charles Jackson
Briggs local aids railroaded miner
FEPC folds up in Deep South
Workers’ Bookshelf
Conquerors slice Germany into bits (continued from Page 1)
Dobbs hails victory of British Labor
New York mass meeting hears Cannon analysis of C. P. “turn” (continued from Page 1)
It’s still the same answer (cartoon)
Boss parties run “circus,” says Simpson
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Native fascism – I: Reynolds – rich candidate for America’s “Fuehrer,” by Joseph Hansen
Congressmen at Work, by Joseph Hansen
SWP international solidarity fund campaign forging ahead, by Farrell Dobbs
Carlson tells workers: “Organize Labor Party" Scoreboard
First-hand report on victory of British Labor in elections, Special to the Military
West Coast vacation school enrolls “Militant” readers
Unionists hear Grace Carlson in San Pedro
Grace Carlson’s tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – how the Communist left opposition was organized in the United States, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – letter from England – a word to our correspondents – what liberalism is – Negro soldiers – likes accuracy – veterans and fascism – vacation school – prices and wages
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Pioneer Notes
Militant Army
Trotskyist youth hold lively forum
Paper seeks to turn vets against unions
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Army strikebreaking
British elections
Just a mouthpiece
An awful warning
“I’d just like to try it on . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
International Notes
Question Box
Ford spouts some more crack-pot predictions
OPA admits profiteers laugh at “price-control”
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
There is no peace! Only world socialism can save mankind from atomic destruction in another imperialist war – workers of America! You must take power into your own hands! Manifesto of the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party
The only victor (cartoon)
Wall Street imperialists cynically describe atomic bombings as “humanitarian” acts
“Freedom from want” – France, 1945 (photo)
World-wide commentaries on the use of atomic bomb
Atomic energy: its nature and properties, by V. Grey
Atomic energy won’t serve man under capitalism
There is no peace! (continued from Page 1)
9,000 East Chicago inland steel workers strike against firing of union militants, Special to the Militant
Bulletin
Trotskyist candidates in N. Y. elections (photo)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodor Kovalesky
Youngstown CIO mobilizes support for steel strike
N. Y. Trotskyists reach election petition goal
In the News
Frankensteen is victor in Detroit city primaries
French imperialists fear for Indo-China colony
Wright aircraft workers laid off on V-J Day eve, by Dinah Sanders
Fifth anniversary of Trotsky’s death
The Negro Struggle, by Charles Jackson
Trotsky memorial meetings
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
End of Pacific War looses an avalanche of layoffs, by Art Preis
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Class consciousness
Native fascism – II: American Big Business finances fascist scum, by Joseph Hansen
Atomic bomb wipes out defenseless civilians in the city of Nagasaki
Made in U.S.A.
SWP branch activities
International fund drive passes half-way mark, by Farrell Dobbs
Food – a world problem (graphic)
Carlson describes progress of Trotskyism on West Coast, by Grace Carlson
Scoreboard
Conquerors wine and dine at Potsdam like barbaric despoilers of antiquity
The history of American Trotskyism – how the pioneer Trotskyists solved key question of “what to do next?” by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – De Leon and the SLP – Ball-Burton-Hatch anti-labor bill – on discrimination – coal for Europe – war criminals – two presidents – the rationing system – “wartime tragedy”
Win an original Laura Gray cartoon!
News deliverers gain concessions in WLB decision
Militant Army
Lie of German guilt
Urges Negroes to cast votes for Trotskyists
Patterson’s wife expresses thanks
Pioneer Notes
Race hate flares in New Zealand
Japan’s defeat
Voice of capitalism
Detroit points way
Still against strikes
“But don’t you think . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems facing war veterans, by Charles Carsten
International Notes
Question Box
Big war profiteer poses as a “philanthropist”
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Significance of Chiang’s fight with Stalinists, by the Editors
Jobs bill is big fraud – Truman backs totally worthless legislation, by Art Preis
The layoff is the payoff (photo)
Inland Steel strike forces corporation to reinstate fired union committeemen, by J. Lyons
Truman orders retention of curbs on labor
In the News
U. S. aids Kuomintang in Chinese civil war
Tammany challenges election petitions of S. W. P. candidate
The union’s duty, an Editorial
The significance of the conflict between Chiang and the Stalinists (continued in Page 1)
Soldiers of the Chinese 8th Route Army (photo)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Brewers in Milwaukee strike for contract
Reconversion head sees 8 million jobless soon
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Truman retains curbs on labor (continued from Page 1)
Truman’s wage policy
Report on layoffs
Truman supports fake jobs bill (continued from Page 1)
End of no-strike pledge announced by auto union
Price gougers receive presidential “go” sign
Inland steel union militants are reinstated by strike (continued from Page 1)
Laid-off wright workers stand hours for payoff; women faint, by Jerry Baker
The Negro Struggle, by Charles Jackson
Toledo CIO denounces strikebreaking bill
Union control over government-owned merchant marine is answer to layoffs
British election stirs Labor Party move in Houston
Victimized Italian longshoreman tells his story to “Militant” staff reporter, by Evelyn Atwood
Postwar Notes for Seamen
Native fascism – III: American fascist organizations collaborate in spreading poison, by Joseph Hansen
Illinois bosses boast of killing all labor bills, by Leigh Roy
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Scientific study shows Europe on starvation diet, by Mary Kane
Children’t aid – for the poor and the rich
Women in war industry quickly learn unionism
Cleveland auto union supports Smith Act victim
Who really gains from the myth of race superiority?
SWP receives urgent appeal for aid from impoverished comrades in Italy, by Farrell Dobbs
French Trotskyists defy DeGaulle
Scoreboard
Grace Carlson notes SWP growth in Seattle area, by Grace Carlson
Carlson speaks to Tacoma audience
Portland meeting on “V-J Day”
Good turn-out at Seattle meeting
The history of American Trotskyism – main task of Communist left opposition was propaganda rather than agitation, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – detects fear in Hoover’s speech – excess profits “tax” – Truman’s appointees – atomic bomb – Los Angeles after V-J Day Peace, by K. F. Ziska
Win an original Laura Gray cartoon!
Pioneer Notes
Militant Army
Carlson meeting in San Francisco
Embracing Hitler’s backers
SWP branch activities
Question Box
Beware of them!
Stalin and Japan
Tammany trickery
“But won’t the . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems facing war veterans, by Charles Carsten
The only road
Two million New Yorkers in run-down tenements
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Kremlin betrays Chinese masses by Chiang deal
Murray tells Senate demand rises for government to operate plants – workers losing faith in “free enterprise” – CIO head admits increasing mass pressure to force government to run idle factories, by Art Preis
Soldiers petition Congress to halt Pacific transfers
Truman prepares new machinery to curb labor
The fruits of “free enterprise” (photo)
7,000 demonstrate in Chicago loop as layoffs sweep gigantic war plants, by Mike Bartell
In the News
Wall St. cracks whip by ending Lend-Lease, by Felix Morrow
Detroit labor seethes; layoffs hit 350,000
SWP wins legal fight to get on N. Y. ballot, by C. Thomas
CIO president admits increasing demands for government operation of idle plants (continued from Page 1)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Boston USES office swamped (photo)
Youngstown Steel at half capacity
10,000 laid off daily in Massachusetts area
Truman plans conference to draft new labor curbs (continued from Page 1)
50 per cent unemployed seen for General Motors in Flint, by Jerry Kirk
Unemployed in Chicago parade (continued from Page 1)
5,000 jobs in Buffalo for 50,000 jobless
Kill and be blessed
Philadelphia jobless reach 70,000 total
Fired workers protest to WLB (photo)
On-the-spot reports of the nation-wide layoffs – Detroit is seething as 350,000 are laid off (continued on Page 1)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Plant shutdowns affect 175,000 in North Jersey
52,000 due to lose jobs in Twin Cities, by Barbara Bruce
Fired workers in N. Y. midtown demonstration, by Dinah Sanders
Seattle layoffs strike women, Negroes hardest
200,000 seen fired in Los Angeles
Kaiser disregards seniority in heavy Portland layoffs, by C.M. Hesser
Layoff plague hits Toledo with coming of “peace”
Shipyard local for Labor Party
Stalin betrays Chinese masses by Chiang deal (continued from Page 1)
Soldier exposes anti-German lies, by V. Grey
Wall Street snaps whip by canceling Lend-Lease system (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – advice from a veteran, by Charles Jackson
Hard-hearted Germans?
Soldiers protest Pacific transfer (continued from Page 1)
Los Angeles Tribune reprints column
Maritime board moves to cut Pacific bonus
Postwar Notes for Seamen
Toledo unionists battle Chevrolet Jim-Crow policy
Toledo SWP holds open forum on job program
August FI dedicated to memory of Trotsky
A new Versailles
No cause to complain
Native fascism – IV: Hearst join Smith-Reynolds in peddling fascist poison to the youth of America, by Joseph Hansen
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Dobbs denounces Tammany plot
New York Trotskyist candidates (photo)
Simpson talks at Leon Trotsky memorial rally
SWP wins legal fight to get Dobbs on ballot (continued from Page 1)
International fund drive tops three-quarter mark, by Farrell Dobbs
Japanese still dying by tens of thousands from radio-activity effects of atom bomb
Priceless gem of liberal thought
London students open fund to help Nigerian strikers
Scoreboard
Speech by Grace Carlson stirs Montana audience
The history of American Trotskyism – pioneer Trotskyists persevered despite attacks and isolation, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – a letter to Negro children – Gray cartoon contest closes – chaos as workers seek Detroit jobs forcing women out of industry – the outcast veteran – Navy point system – independent in Akron elections – thoughts on V-J Day
Gray cartoon contest closes
The Dangerous Three
Pioneer Notes
Militant Army
SWP branch activities
Fight for this program
Time for action
Plant “seizures”
Hong Kong
“Why don’t they . . .” (cartoon)
Problems facing war veterans, by Charles Carsten
International Notes
Question Box
High cost of living irks Wall Street men in Paris
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Trotskyist gains reported from all over Europe
25,000 workers in Camden rally protest layoffs, by George Clement
Huge job demonstration in Manhattan (photo)
Congress faces growing jobs crisis – Big Business tools scheme to scuttle unemployed aid - national labor Congress advocated to meet simultaneously with capitalist law-makers, by Art Preis
Leon LeSoil
Detroit CIO marchers raise call for labor’s own party, Special to the Militant
In the News
John G. Wright starts national lecture tour
Nigerian strikers win demands
Wall Street the real victor in 2nd world-wide slaughter
50,000 demonstrate in New York for jobs, by Bill Morgan
Dobbs and Simpson demand jobs for New York workers
How I pounded the pavements of New York City looking for one of those “sixty million jobs,” by Dinah Sanders
Demonstrating in Chicago Loop for jobs (photo)
50,000 rally in New York City in layoff protest (continued from Page 1)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Seamen’s wages fixed way below war level
Detroit CIO marchers seeks fighting program (continued from Page 1)
Don’t need the boss press
United strike ties up three St. Louis dailies, Special to the Militant
Socialist Workers Party holds nation-wide meeting to honor memory of Leon Trotsky
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
N. Y. Trotsky memorial meeting message to Natalia Trotsky
4th International forges ahead in Europe despite bitter blows (continued from Page 1)
Comrade Marcel HIC
Belgian Trotskyists redouble activity
Dobbs and Simpson demand jobs for New York workers (continued from Page 1)
“The downfall of Browder,” by James P. Cannon
The Negro Struggle – Nigerian workers set the tune, by Charles Jackson
Native Fascism – V: How fascist demagogues hope to ensnare war veterans for assault upon labor, by Joseph Hansen
Billings applies for civil rights
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Maertz “investigated” Socialist Workers Party
Eyewitness calls shattered Tokyo monument of ruin
Stalinist “success” in cultural work
Capitalists are only victors in world war (continued from Page 1)
Protest mount against layoffs as reactionary Congress meets (continued from Page 1)
Ruined Germany faces spread of epidemics
International solidarity fund near $5,000 goal, by Farrell Dobbs
Los Angeles SWP branches hold city conference
Red Sunday drive scheduled for Jackson pamphlet
Carlson gets warm welcome from audience in St. Paul, by Grace Carlson
John G. Wright starts national lecture tour (continued from Page 1)
John G. Wright tour schedule
SWP’s Nigeria protest receives brazen reply
Scoreboard
The history of American Trotskyism – communist left opposition sounded the alarm against rise of Hitler, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – a reply to Victor Howell – capitalist press distorts news – cast-off of capitalism – likes “the Militant” for telling truth – letter from Britain
The Tory is my shepherd
Pioneer to issue new edition of book by Trotsky
Militant Army
Goodrich Local 5 enforces contract for 36-hour wk.
SWP Branch Activities
Pioneer Notes
Fight for this program:
An immediate task
Lend-lease
Discrimination
Foster’s line
“No, I don’t practice discrimination . . .” (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
International Notes
Question Box
Washington deaf to plea for aid against polio
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Managing Editor: George Breitman
Mass picketing halts Cleveland police terror, by George Grant
New York police enforce Jim Crow in Harlem area, by Bill Morgan
“We can cut it to fit, Harry” (cartoon)
Truman’s Congressional message hailed by agents of Big Business – gives no real answer to unemployed crisis, by Art Preis
11 Trotskyists freed in Ceylon
Organizer calls for Labor Party, Special to the Militant
William Patterson faces loss of eighteen years seniority
In the News
John G. Wright to give lectures in Pennsylvania
Filipinos fight return of despotic U.S. rule
Dobbs denied separate line of ballot in N. Y. election, by C. Thomas
Congress scuttles bill for $25 jobless relief
Truman fails to offer effective solution to unemployed crisis in Congress message (continued from Page 1)
Flint Chevrolet local votes for strike action
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Capitalist press distorts figures on jobs crisis, by M. A. Arder
The real score on layoffs vs. Jobs
Congress scuttles bill to increase aid to jobless (continued from Page 1)
CIO pickets help AFL strike in Hollywood, by Lois Saunders
Monroe workers print daily strike bulletin, by Joe White
Goodrich workers respect foremen’s picket line, byJoseph Andrews
Cleveland labor unity in action (photo)
Mass picketing halts terrorism (continued from Page 1)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
30,000 San Francisco marchers demand jobs
Postwar Notes for Seamen
Signs on trains voice protests of Army troops, by Mary Kane
Jim Crow policy endangers S.I.U.
Reading unionists send program to “Militant”
Imported Jamaican workers suffer shocking conditions
4,753 pamphlets sold in one day
The Negro Struggle – an open letter to white fellow workers, by Charles Jackson
Dobbs deprived of separate line on N. Y. ballot (continued from Page 1)
Negro artist tells how she fought Jim Crow in battle for success, by Evelyn Atwood
New York police enforce Jim Crow in Harlem area (continued from Page 1)
Government cuts appropriations for child care, by Irene James
Congressmen at work
Youngstown women suffer in layoffs, by Mary Steele
Shipyard strike won by workers in Australia
What Congressmen didn’t see in France (photo)
Filipinos fight return of U. S. despotic rule (continued from Page 1)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Congress tour studies gay spots of Europe
Raging inflation heightens misery in Shanghai
De Gaulle promised big loans from Wall Street imperialists, by Felix Morrow
Fourth International founded 7 years ago, by George Collins
11 Trotskyists freed in Ceylon (continued from Page 1)
SWP branches top $5,000 quota for international solidarity fund, by Farrell Dobbs
Woman party leader tells impressive gains of SWP, by Grace Carlson
Only labor can defeat fascism, meeting told
Scoreboards
John G. Wright will speak at Pennsylvania meetings (continued from Page 1)
John G. Wright tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – Hitler’s 1933 victory demonstrated hopeless bankruptcy of Comintern, by James P. Cannon
Workers’ Forum – what “termination” really means – cancer kills a worker’s mother – workers angry, officials jittery – expelled from YPSL – world socialism or nothing! – “like 1918” – Army persecution of Negro prisoners – enjoys lecture on “women in prison” – American capitalists admit war guilt
“The four freedoms” (cartoon)
Militant Army
Weiss lectures on British Labor Party victory
SWP Branch Activities
Pioneer Notes
Fight for this program:
Congress of labor
Native fascism
Italy’s colonies
Labor in Canada
“I’ve always said a woman’s place . . . “
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
International Notes
Question Box
Children fleeing torture hunted with shotguns
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Managing Editor: George Breitman
Chilean workers win great strike victory, by Diego Henriquez
Detroit UAW heads demand convention
Auto workers prepare for show-down battle – Ford lockout opens “Big 3” counter-drive – strike vote impends; demand 30% raise, Special to the Militant
Pamphlet against Jim Crow warmly received in Harlem
First union head sees vital need for Labor Party, by Jerry Kirk
Wall Street theme song (cartoon)
John G. Wright speaks at Boston on British Labor
In the News
UAW national GM conference calls for Congress of labor, by Howard Smith
Indo-Chinese revolt against French rule, by Joseph Hansen
Goodrich lockout attempts to break foremen’s strike, by Joseph Andrews
Simpson bares rule of police in Harlem, by Louise Simpson
GM national conference calls for Congress of labor (continued from Page 1)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Jobs demonstration in Camden (photo)
Akron unionist open 30-hour week campaign
Auto workers prepare for show-down battle (continued from Page 1)
GM conference resolution for a Congress of labor
5,000,000 launch wage offensive
MacArthur retains Japanese despotism in Korea as independence movement voices angry protest
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Workers in Chile win great strike (continued from Page 1)
Chile section prints SWP manifesto
Indo-Chinese revolt against French rule (continued from Page 1)
Great Northern foists blame for wreck on crew members, by C. Gustafson
Truman secretly knifes measure for jobless aid
Algerian Trotskyists fight imperialist rule
Simpson bares role of police in Harlem (continued from Page 1)
Time for show-down
Withdraw the troops!
Women and industry
“Isn’t it dangerous for us to drive all the Japanese . . . “
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
International Notes
Question Box
Why the big corporations can afford higher wages
Workers’ Forum – a soldier’s report on “divide and rule” – his family lived in Hiroshima – what have workers gained? – “Let labor be boss” – the power of thought – “heads off South America!” – rotten system and a veteran’s tragedy – atomic bomb and “laws of war” – religion supports capitalist system – union bureaucrat aids the boss
Winner announced in Gray cartoon contest
Militant Army
SWP Branch Activities
Pioneer Notes
Fight for this program:
All SWP branches meet full quota in inspiring finish to campaign for $5,000 international solidarity fund, by Farrell Dobbs
Grace Carlson addresses meeting in Kansas City
Jackson pamphlet against Jim Crow completely sold out in three weeks
Hungary decrees death penalty as inflation spreads
Wright talks in Boston on British Labor Party (continued from Page 1)
John G. Wright tour schedule
Scoreboard
200 hear Carlson in Twin Cities
The history of American Trotskyism – how pioneer Trotskyist movement completed preparations for mass work, by James P. Cannon
The heritage of Leon Trotsky and the tasks of his disciples, by James P. Cannon
The Negro Struggle – fruits of “victory,” by Charles Jackson
Congressmen at Work
Unemployment is all in the head, says capitalist, by Jack O’Connell
Protesting UAW board’s strikebreaking (photo)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Union militants picket UAW officials meeting
Billings’ petition for civil rights upheld by judge
Race discrimination scored by St. Paul trade unions, by Dorothy Schultz
Flint union head sees need for Labor Party (continued from Page 1)
Nursery closures hit Minneapolis mothers, by Mary Kane
Postwar Notes for Seamen
“Wall Street Journal” gloats over decline in railway jobs, by Henry Adams
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Managing Editor: George Breitman
Huge peacetime Army planned by Congress, by Joseph Hansen
How Foster fights U. S. Imperialism
UAW ranks force strike vote in auto industry – workers show fighting mood in walkouts – resist union leaders’ moves to stall action, by Kay O’Brien
Fascist vermin renew activities in New York City, by Farrell Dobbs and Louise Simpson
In the dawn’s early light (photo)
Bring him back home! (cartoon)
Angry letter protesting delay in discharges flood congressmen
In the News
Striking CIO oil workers demand “52-40 or fight,” by Mike Bartoli
Packed hall hears Wright lecture, by M. Garber
Stalinists slander “Militant” with lies invented by bosses
Veterans’ wives fight closure of Phil. nurseries, by John Haas
Senate action leaves unemployed to starve, by Art Preis
Auto workers press demand for strike action (continued from Page 1)
Bills aim to give government ships to private owners, by F. J. Lang
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Striking Ford workers in Canada (photo)
Stalinists betray strike of New York painters, by Bill Morgan
Flint Buick Local 599 proposes Labor Party
Our Martyrs
25,000 workers in Ceylon strike for better conditions
International Notes
C. C. F. spokesman fights in parliament for labor
British officials order deportation of Pierre Frank
United labor action
Spoils of war
Witch-hunt
“I really don’t see how . . .” (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work
How billionaire Ford did business with Nazis
Workers’ Forum – elated over West Coast vocation school – a letter to Victor Howell – seeing through “jaybird Bilbo” – no “Militants” on Wall Street – du Pont rights to atom bomb – Navy discharges, for officers and men
Worker in Italy writes of frightful conditions
Pioneer Notes
Militant Army
Question Box
Fight for this program:
Fascist vermin renew their drive to win foothold in New York City (continued from Page 1)
Workers jam Phila. Hall to hear Wright lecture (continued from Page 1)
West Coast vacation school opens with large enrollment, by J. Blake
Reading unionist hear J. G. Wright
The history of American Trotskyism – how the Trotskyists started mass work, by James P. Cannon
How ruthless Allied imperialist deliberately planned the fire-bombing of working-class homes in Japan
Protests against discharge delay swamp Congress (continued from Page 1)
Welcome home Joe (cartoon)
Trotskyists defy police attempt to wall off Harlem, by Bill Morgan
The Negro Struggle – origin and significance of “race,” by Charles Jackson
Huge peacetime Army planned by Congress (continued from Page 1)
Sydney workers aid Indonesians
SWP Branch Activities
Senate action leaves jobless to starvation (continued from Page 1)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
CIO oil strikers in Toledo back fight for 30% raise, by Ted Reading
“52-40 or fight” is slogan of CIO oil workers (continued from Page 1)
Texas oil strikers (photo)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Boston mothers urge nurseries, by J. Kitting
Figures reveal need for nurseries
Vets’ wives demonstrate against nursery closures (continued from Page 1)
“We need depressions” says capitalist writer
16,000 stage sitdown in shipyard at Camden, by Susan Hill
Postwar Notes for Seamen
Red Sunday called by SWP to sell jobs pamphlet
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Managing Editor: George Breitman
Indo-Chinese battle imperialist despots, by Joseph Hansen
1,000 Detroit workers picket fascist meeting – police use clubs in brutal attack on anti-fascists, by Kay O’Brien
Hands off Indo-China (cartoon)
Zionist protest mass rally held in New York City, by Ben Joseph
New York labor shows power in backing elevator strike, by Bill Morgan
Bulletin
In the News
Socialists Workers Party protests use of U. S. troops in Indo-China
250 hear Wright speak in New York
Louise Simpson answers a Republican slanderer
House buries jobless bills in vicious attack on labor, by Art Preis
Harlem ghetto arrest protested by SWP
Westinghouse “White Collar” workers demonstrate militant methods of labor struggle in strike, by Eloise Black
Fighting the oil barons for 30% raise (photo)
N. Y. Zionist rally protests British Palestine policy (continued from Page 1)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Extension of oil walkout authorized by union board
UMW Local 2399 takes action on Patterson Case
New York labor shows gigantic power in elevator strike (continued from Page 1)
Urge N.Y. police to solve murder of Carlo Tresca
Mine workers unpaid for atomic bomb ore
Flint auto local votes 30-day strike deadline, by Jerry Kirk
Australian dock strike supports Indonesian battle for freedom, by Robert L. Birchman
Allied rule tightens over German people
Foraging for coal (photo)
International Notes
Annamese battle troops of Allies
SWP protest cabled to Attlee
Guerilla [sic] bands fight Franco rule
Trotskyists in Chile forge steadily ahead
Nigerian strike supported by Caribbean workers
Policy for labor
Anti-Semitism
For colonial freedom
Sir Bernard Pares
“They’re so selfish . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work
Standard Oil’s battle to seal the pipelines
Workers’ Forum – British member of Y.C.L. sends correction on French martyrs – editor’s reply – railroad locals call for 36 hour week – Harvester company “explains” job loss to a seller – Calvinist cant – capitalist press changes a line – a “great” world
Red Sunday mobilization
Militant Army
Pioneer Notes
Question Box
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
“Militant” opens drive for 10,000 new subs
Wright lectures in 3 cities on the British Labor victory
Louise Simpson answers bicious [sic] fake “interview”
High award for heroism to comrade Dauber
John G. Wright tour schedule
Allentown hears John J. [sic] Wright, by John Fitch
Newark meeting well attended
The history of American Trotskyism – our experiences in the N. Y. hotel strike, by James P. Cannon
1,000 Detroit workers picket fascist meeting; police use clubs in attack on anti-fascists (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – the true role of religion, by Charles Jackson
The fight in Los Angeles against race segregation, by Jean SImon
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
14,000 workers in militant sitdown strike “hold the fort” at New Jersey shipyard
Shop Talks on Socialism
Bulletin
Sitdowners massed in Camden shipyard (photo)
Lumber workers walk out in fight for general wage raise, Special to the Militant
Montgomery Ward is heaven according to its job ads, by Jack Pearson
Postwar Notes for Seamen
Vets criticize mechanical limbs
Theaters picketed in studio strike, by Lois Saunders
Urgent heed for child care centers
Chicago social to feature skit
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Managing Editor: George Breitman
Allies prepare slaughter in Java and Indo-China, by Joseph Hansen
S.W.P. issues call to black fascists
Labor strike upsurge reaches new heights – workers face government strikebreaking
“Let’s negotiate, gentlemen” (cartoon)
The SWP’s stand on Benjamin Davis
Buffalo CIO votes action against Smith
Detroit police attack anti-fascists (photo)
New York longshoremen fight for safe loads, by F. J. Lang
In the News
60,000 AFL lumber men out on strike, Special to the Militant
Strikers resist union-busting of SKF trust, by M. Garber
Stalinists whitewash Detroit police terror, Special to the Militant
Kelsey-Hayes unit conducts courageous 6-week battle, by Kay O’Brien
Detroit SWP opens campaign for Frankensteen, by John Saunders and Art Preis
Kelsey-Hayes strikers silence Thomas (photo)
Strikers resist union-busting of SKF trust (continued from Page 1)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Texas CIO oil strikers wage militant fight for 30% raise
Kelsey-Hayes union conducts brave battle (continued from Page 1)
Massed pickets halt huge standard plant, by John A. McClure
60,000 lumber strikers fight for wage-increases (continued from Page 1)
Buffalo CIO votes action against Smith (continued from Page 1)
International Notes
Vanquished . . . “Victors” (photos)
Indonesian nationalists fight Dutch imperialism, by Ratna Soemanti
Our Martyrs
Squabble over booty of war ends Big Five London parley, by Felix Morrow
Allied rulers prepare slaughter in Far East (continued from Page 1)
Smash the fascists!
Anti-Jewish slander
Full employment
“I can’t understand . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work
Trial reveals thievery by huge food monopoly
Workers’ Forum – false leaders hit in letter to Jackson – it’s the rich who injure all – seaman exposes Standard Oil’s sales to Hitler – one job with a postwar prospect – “the bosses will lose . . . “ – “Militant” makeup affects sales of newsstands – regulate war? – or end capitalism
American soldier in Naples sees picture of Leon Trotsky
Militant Army
Question Box
Pioneer Notes
Our Program:
SWP set for action in “Militant” drive, by Justine Lang
Even tents in park denied homeless vets
Workers in three Ohio cities to hear J. G. Wright this week
Guerin article on fascism featured in September F. I.
Preis pamphlet sale totals 2,689 in day
John G. Wright tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – Trotskyist role in Minneapolis strikes, by James P. Cannon
N. Y. Trotskyists back Ben Davis as second choice for City Council (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – as a man thinketh . . ., by Charles Jackson
Capitalist legislation fosters race ghettos, by Jean Simons
Simpson scores anti-Negro role of Big Business
CIO Red Caps raise demands for higher pay
How sub campaigns mirror SWP growth, by Larissa Reed
Trotskyist runs for office in British election
Midwest vacation school inspires stirring report, by William F. Warde
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Militia strikebreaking practice held in Chicago stockyards
Giving a good tip to scabs (photo)
Shop talks on Socialism
G.I. writers of protest letters may face Brass Hat reprisals
Revealing figures on demobilization
Militant strikes sweeping Jersey, by Harry Robinson
New heights reached in labor’s upsurge
Buffalo unions ask conference
Postwar Notes for Seamen
New York SWP continued sales in Negro areas
Longshoremen in N.Y. fights for safe loads (continued from Page 1)
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Greek Stalinists slay Trotskyists, by Paul G. Stevens
Stalinist editor Budenz deserts to the church, by Art Preis
Planning the Third World War (cartoon)
Militarists plan new war – possibility of peace era discounted by Marshall – total destruction of mankind threatened by frightful new atomic-powered weapons, by Joseph Hansen
SWP protests French arrest of Indo-Chinese
Rank and file dock strikers demand own negotiating body, by F. J. Lang
Bulletin
Lockheed union aids picketers in movie strike, by Lois Saunders
Bulletin
In the News
SWP’s statement on Ben Davis exposes Stalinist trickery
“Relief for the rich” tax bill passed
Smith denied San Diego hall
Minneapolis union picket Gerald L. K. Smith meeting
Texas CIO oil militants determined to renew wage fight; denounce Truman’s strikebreaking, Special to the Militant
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
N.Y. longshore strike rally (photo)
Ranks demand own committee in dock strike (continued from Page 1)
SKF strikers fight international trust, by M. Gerber
Generals blueprint a Third World War (continued from Page 1)
Unions picket Smith meeting in Minneapolis
Los Angeles union vote to picket fascist rally
House adopts tax bill to aid rich parasites (continued from Page 1)
International Notes
Biggest dock strike since 1926 sweeps harbors of Great Britain
Seamen picket Dutch consulate in San Francisco
Picketing the Dutch consulate (photo)
The struggle against the Belgian monarchy, by Felix Morrow
Allies tightening grip on Far East
Belgian miners solidarize with German workers
Indonesia movement for independence has long tradition of Militant struggle, by Ratna Soemanti
Trotskyists in Greece killed by Stalinist murder gangs (continued from Page 1)
Pierre Frank
Labor solidarity
Bring them back home!
Digging up a corpse
“It certainly is a revolutionary idea . . .”
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Workers Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work
Government rehearses new “anti-trust” farce
Workers’ Forum – Irish comrades report progress – Welsh comrades read “Militant” – movie boasts the “good” collaborators! – “Hero Fund” hides neglect of veterans – capitalist schools breed prejudice – Henry Ford still making tanks
A discussion on public opinion, by Andrew Michelson
Militant Army
Pioneer Notes
Editor’s Comment
Question Box
Our Program:
First day of “Militant” drive gains 1,064 new subscribers, by Justine Lang
John G. Wright talks in Buffalo on the British Labor victory
Imperialist use food as weapon against revolt
Militant Pace-setters
Scoreboard
West Coast vacation school inspires all
Youngstown workers appreciate lecture
John G. Wright tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – how Trotskyists led Minneapolis strikes, by James P. Cannon
No “secrets” in atomic bomb, say scientists; predict “world suicide” under present set up
The Negro Struggle – storm warning – prepare now, by Charles Jackson
Louise Simpson fights for socialist society, by Grace Carlson
Native fascist propaganda (photo)
New York fascists hold queens rally
SWP statement on Davis bares Stalinist deals (continued from Page 1)
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Foster continued Browder line of supporting “good” capitalists, by Felix Morrow
Shop talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Police violence in Hollywood strike (photo)
Lockheed workers halt police terror against studio strike (continued from Page 1)
Postwar Notes for Seamen
“Daily Worker” editor desert to the Church (continued from
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Soekarno govt. protests role of U.S. in Java, by Ratna Soemanti
Hoodlum attacks arouse Detroit labor movement, Special to the Militant
Picketing against the fascists (photo)
20,000 workers in Los Angeles picket fascist Smith’s meeting – giant labor demonstration biggest in city’s history, by Mac Patrick and J. Blake
Foster’s deal with Tammany Hall disappoints ranks of Stalinists, by C. Thomas
In the News
GM head wants destruction of 40-hour week
Why Detroit Trotskyists back labor candidates
SWP supports Buffalo labor candidates, Special to the Militant
Dock strike undermined by Stalinist disruption, by F. J. Lang
Northwest lumber strike holds firm in 4th week, Special to the Militant
20,000 massed labor pickets warn G. L. K. Smith there’s “no room for fascists” in Los Angeles (continued from Page 1)
Leaflet of Los Angeles SWP (photo)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
How the SWP helped mobilize anti-fascist picket in L. A., by James Dell
International Notes
British dock strike remains solid; 50,000 stevedores reported out
Voting to stay on strike (photo)
The role of imperialism in the Argentine events, by Joseph Hansen
Trotskyists run candidates in French general election, Special to the Militant
Soekarno govt. Protests role of U.S. in Java (continued from Page 1)
Trotskyist calls on radio audience to back Detroit’s labor candidates (continued from Page 1)
Congress and the atom
Where does he stand?
Free Puerto Rico!
A liar confesses
Radio censorship
Tax the rich!
“But why must I . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work
Big Business authored “industrial peace” bill
Workers’ Forum – grateful for finding socialism – Stalinists aid murder of Greek workers – union militant evaluates the Socialist Worker Party – for better headlines – railroad workers begin struggle for 36-hour week
From a young soldier’s mother
Militant Army
Pioneer Notes
Question Box
Our Program:
1,207 new readers chalked up in “the Militant” sub campaign, by Justine Lang
Wright speaks on British labor before responsive Toledo Group, by Ted Reading
Scoreboard
Militant Pace-Setters
Dutch rulers fight to hold their wealth in East Indies
Akron workers hear lecture
John G. Wright tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – lessons for labor in 1934 Minneapolis strikes – by James P. Cannon
N.Y. labor leaders’ support of boss candidates is real cause of workers’ “apathy” to election
The Negro Struggle – hellish homecoming, by Charles Jackson
Beaten by anti-union thugs (photo)
Trotskyist candidates fight vicious Jim Crow system, by Louise Simpson
Hoodlum attacks stir Detroit labor unions (continued from Page 1)
Buffalo labor candidates supported by Trotskyists (continued from Page 1)
Mass meeting protests Chicago Jim Crow acts
Stalinist ranks resent foster-Tammany deal (continued from Page 1)
Social Workers Party Branch Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
Stalinist Party heads support capitalist candidates; find it difficult to explain to grumbling members, by Felix Morrow
Congress to the rescue! (Cartoon)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Stalinists disrupt dock strike by provoking jurisdiction war (continued from Page 1)
GM head issues arrogant big for longer work week (continued from Page 1)
Postwar Notes for Seamen
Philadelphia labor supports militant SKF strikers, by M. Goldman
Lumber strike holds firm in fourth week (continued from Page 1)
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Vote Trotskyist, Dobbs urges in radio address
Profiteering auto and steel barons arrogantly reject wage demands – GM, Chrysler workers vote overwhelmingly for strike, by Art Preis
Allies increase armed pressure on Indonesians, by Joseph Hansen
A graduation gift from Truman (cartoon)
Simpson on radio attacks Jim Crow
SKF strikers resist brutal police terror, by Max Goldman
Union woman, beaten by thugs, blames attack on corporations, by Kay O’Brien
In the News
Toledo SWP urges voters to elect Simmons
“Vote Labor,” SWP says in Detroit
New York Longshoremen force more concessions, by F. J. Lang
San Francisco machinists prepare for major battle, by Bob Chester
4,000 glass workers go out on strike in Toledo after two years of fruitless palaver with bosses, by Ted Reading
Women strikers on the march (photo)
Union woman slugged, blames corporations (continued from Page 1)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
N. Y. dock workers force concessions (continued from Page 1)
San Francisco machinist union face big battle (continued from Page 1)
Profiteering corporations reject wage raise demands (continued from Page 1)
SKF strikers hold firm against police assaults (continued from Page 1)
International Notes
Indo-China head calls on Truman to end warfare
May face firing squad (photo)
Landslide vote of French workers shows they want socialist society
Deeds speak eloquently for French Trotskyists
Strike of British dockers spreads to all harbors
Javanese strike ships of Dutch in N.Y. port, by Robert Birchman
Allied troops shoot down supporter of free Java (continued from Page 1)
Our program
Wall St. militarism
“Have you heard those awful Trotskyist . . .” (Cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work
Big electrical trusts in cartel conspiracy
Workers’ Forum – misery increases for Italian people – exposing line of Brass Hats – reply to Hansen by Victor Howell – soldier in India reports on officers and men – common people will build a new world – a major looks to next war – new horrors facing world
October “Fourth International” exposes war guilt in Pacific
Militant Army
The scarcity plan
Pioneer Notes
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
Question Box
Our Programs:
Score of 2,162 new readers reached in 2nd week of “Militant” sub campaign, by Justine Lang
Timken bearing strikers battle to defend their union conditions
Scoreboard
Militant Pace-setters
125 Detroit workers hear Wright on British labor, by Frank Brown
John G. Wright tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – how Trotskyists worked for left-wing unity, by James P. Cannon
1917 Russian Bolshevik revolution pointed the way for all workers, by Larissa Reed
The Negro Struggle – hear ye, Harlem, by Charles Jackson
Louise Simpson interviewed (photo)
SWP candidate Dobbs has militant record, by Grace Carlson
Farrell Dobbs urges “vote Trotskyist!”
Louise Simpson attacks Jim Crow in radio talk (continued from Page 1)
Diary of a Steel Worker, by Theodore Kovalesky
How American Stalinists support capitalist reaction under foster, by Felix Morrow
Labor solidarity in movie strike (photo)
Shop Talks on Socialism, by V. Grey
“Vote for labor’s candidates,” Burch urges workers in Detroit (continued from Page 1)
Toledo SWP asks labor to vote for J. Simmons (continued from Page 1)
Auto workers in Baltimore resist union-busting move, by Dorothy Lessing
Postwar Notes for Seamen
SWP answers radio attack by Detroit mayor
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
3,000 picket meeting of fascist in Oakland, by Robert Chester and Della Rossa
Forging new chains (cartoon)
Auto barons smear labor – use race-hate, red-baiting against Detroit workers
Civil war flares in Northern China
Veterans lead picket line in Timken walkout, by Special to the Militant
Truman says labor must accept reduction of take-home wages
In the News
William Patterson ends prison term, by Eloise Gordon
Huge picket line against fascist meeting in L. A., by Lois Saunders
Machinists strike in San Francisco, Special to the Militant
British dock strikers agree to month truce
Enemies of labor incite Gary student race-hate, by Robert I. Birchman
SKF strikers in Philadelphia continue militant battle against policy terror, injunction threat, by Max Geldman
Patterson released from Uniontown jail (continued from Page 1)
Mack truck workers block to strike poll (photo)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
AFL and CIO machinists unite in big San Francisco strike (continued from Page 1)
Slashes in take-home pay upheld byTruman speech (continued from Page 1)
Police invade anti-Jim Crow church service
International Notes Misery in Germany (photo)
Indonesian people fight heroically against brutal imperialist assault, by Joseph Hansen
How Allies betrayed the Jewish refugees, by Dan Shelton
Allied rule savage in ruined Germany, by Eugene Varlin
Trotskyist gains impressive in French election, Special to the Militant
Trotskyists lead fight against French fascists
Detroit election
Two sliding scales
Ship “bottleneck”
“Ready for self-rule”
“Isn’t it wonderful . . . “
Problem Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Movie Review
Congressmen at Work
Navy officers accused of huge meat theft
Workers’ Forum – letter to SKF . . . refused publication by boss press – as answer to “Christian Front” – woman’s interest inspires comrades – new subscriber scores Rankin – three Stalinists buy the Militant – workers defend Trotskyist speakers
“There is no peace,” says Allentown worker
Militant Army
Pioneer Notes
Question Box
Our Program:
3,666 new readers gained as “Militant” subscription drive gathers momentum, by Justine Lang
Gary labor-haters incite student anti-Negro action (continued from Page 1)
Scoreboard
Militant Pace-Setters
Flint workers appreciate lecture by J. G. Wright, by John Quinn
The history of American Trotskyism – how Trotskyists negotiated unity with A.W.P. – by James P. Cannon
What is behind the official silence in unsolved murder of Carlo Tresca?
The Negro Struggle – no Negro struggle? by Charles Jackson
SWP pickets at Oakland meeting
Fascist Smith rally in Oakland picketed (continued from Page 1)
Labor, students, sailors make it hot for Smith
Auto barons launch “smear-labor” drive (continued from Page 1)
Civil war flares in North China (continued from Page 1)
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
Workers gird for showdown with packers
Diary of a Steelworker, by T. Kovalesky
Criminal election policy of N. Y. Stalinists blocks step toward national Labor Party, by Felix Morrow
Veterans leading picket line (photo)
Shoptalks on Socialism, by V. Grey
War veterans lead the picket line in walkout at Canton Timken plant (continued from Page 1)
Student groups hear Trotskyist youth speakers
Postwar Notes for Seamen, by F. J. Lang
Stalinists forget murder of Panto in wild effort to cover up O’Dwyer, by Mill Morgan
Huge picket line against fascist meeting in L. A. (continued from Page 1)
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Trotskyist mayoralty candidates wins 4,267 in New York
Huge labor struggle looms as bosses scorn wage plea – Washington parley called to curb militant actions, by Art Preis
Hand of U. S. deep in China civil war
Open the books! (cartoon)
British dockers set up placards to mark “truce”
Trend to socialism shown to French workers’ votes, by Paul G. Stevens
Withdraw troops from the Orient! by the Editors
In the News
Huge auto barricade halts police move to smash Ford picket lines in Windsor, by Kay O’Brien
SKF seeks court aid against union, by Max Goldman
Comparison table of vote trend of minority parties in New York
Dobbs gets 4,267 votes as Trotskyist electoral strength shows 400 per cent gain in New York (continued from Page 1)
Trade Union Notes, by Joseph Keller
Marshall Field strikers force wage concession
Voting for GM strike (photo)
Withdraw troops from the Orient! (continued from Page 1)
Huge struggle looms over wage raise issue (continued from Page 1)
British dockers set up placards to mark “truce” (continued from Page 1)
U.S. role in China exposed by “Fourth International”
International Notes
Mass slaughter launched in Java as Allies begin bombing civilians, by Joseph Hansen
How Allies betrayed the Jewish refugees, by Dan Shelton
Victims in war-torn Germany (photo)
Famine and death stalk people in German ruins
Guerin article on Indo-China in next issue
Trend to socialism shown in French workers’ votes (continued from Page 1)
Indonesians will fight to the death against Dutch despots, says seaman, by Evelyn Atwood
Open their books!
“Victors”
Free enterprise
The Italian armistice
“But why do they permit labor candidates . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans – plight of Negro veterans, by Charles Carsten
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work
Nazi document reveals aid from Standard Oil
Workers’ Forum – compares programs of SWP and SLP – high school youth tells meaning of conscription – wants book on socialist future – a request for more explanation about Stalin
Two letters on the recent New York longshore strike
Pioneer Notes
Militant Army
Question Box
Editor’s Note:
Our program:
5,457 new readers gained as “Militant” subscription drive hits halfway mark, by Justine Lang
Minneapolis workers appreciate speech on British Labor victory, by Barbara Bruce
Scoreboard
Militant Pace-Setters
Milwaukee gathering hears lecture by John G. Wright, by K. Zellon
John G. Wright tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – Trotskyists and American Workers Party fuse – by James P. Cannon
Russian revolution – our appraisal – Cannon’s address at 28th anniversary celebration, by James P. Cannon
The Negro Struggle – reply to Comrade Thomas, by Charles Jackson
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
Diary of a Steelworker, by T. Kovalesky
Decline in American Labor Party’ vote due to its support of boss candidates, by Felix Morrow
Workers’ barricade – 1945 model (photo)
Auto blockade protects pickets in Windsor from police assault (continued from Page 1)
Bulletin
Shoptalks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Boss press lies about “gay” Harlem, by Jerry Baker
Postwar Notes for Seamen, by F. J. Lang
Stalinist goons rip up “militants,” by Laura Falk
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Manhattan Trotskyist receives 1,324 votes in council elections
Indonesian people fight heroically for freedom from Allied despots – U. S. Army weapons used in slaughter of Javanese, by Joseph Hansen
San Francisco machinists solid in strike, by Robert Chester
Bringing “four freedoms” to Indonesia (cartoon)
Jackson to address protest rally on colonial slaughter
Yale and Towne strikers resist open shop drive, Special to the Militant
Militants gain in Akron rubber union elections, Special to the Militant
Giant auto union faces greatest strike battle, Special to the Militant
In the News
Withdraw troops from the Far East! by the Editors
U. S. troops fire in China civil war, by Charles Carsten
Mine local foils attempt to victimize Patterson, Special to the Militant
Big vote for Detroit labor’s mayoralty candidate spurs movement for an independent labor party, by Arthur Burch
Striking West Coast machinists (photo)
Trade Union Notes, by Bill Morgan
Gian CIO auto union faces biggest battle (continued from Page 1)
Comrade John Travis
Simpson gets 1,324 votes in Manhattan for council
15,000 Jersey shipyard men stage walkout, by A. Williams
Detroit SWP opens new hall
International Notes
Indo-Chinese battle for freedom against imperialist rule of France, by Daniel Guerin
Hands off Indo-China (cartoon)
American ships cary French to Indo-China
Belgian reaction arms its bands for civil war, by E. Germain
Karl Marx’s indictment of Dutch colonial rule
American troops bolster Chiang Kai-shek regime (continued from Page 1)
Support the UAW!
“Business secrets”
Stalin and Indonesia
Bandits’ agreement
“I’ve been thinking how much . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Movie Review
Congressmen at Work
Steel union exposes bosses’ “poverty” plea
Workers’ Forum – scores betrayers of working class – reconversion hits Negroes hardest – pray and lose – mother proud of Trotskyist daughter – cites weakness of craft unions – why workers seeks refuge in religion – on the Stalinist support of O’Dwyer – exposes conditions in Philadelphia hospital
Pray and lose
U.S. aims to use Japan against Soviet Union, says latest F. I.
Militant Army
Pioneer Notes
Veteran of World War II. writes on Armistice Day
Question Box
Our Program:
6,845 new readers of “Militant” gained; sub campaign hits 68 per cent of quota, by Justine Lang
J. P. Cannon speaks in Chicago on 1917 revolution anniversary
Scoreboard
Militant Pace-Setters
Comrade Konikow speaks in Boston, by J. Killing
Philadelphia hears William F. Warde, John Haas
Mary Clark gives speech in Akron
John G. Wright addresses group in St. Paul
John G. Wright tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – our approach to left-wing developments in ‘35 – by James P. Cannon
Europeans Trotskyists call for aid to the embattled colonial peoples
The Negro Struggle – a worker’s fortune, by Charles Jackson
Indonesian slogans in Soerabaja (photo)
Hunger plagues Indonesians under Dutch rule, by Susan Adams
Javanese battle heroically against imperialist despots (continued from Page 1)
Why Indonesians fight for freedom, by “a Sailor”
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
Diary of a Steelworker, by T. Kovalesky
Dutch Stalinists oppose Indonesian freedom offer full support to brutal imperialist rule, by Felix Morrow
Labor solidarity in Stamford
Shoptalks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Yale and Towne strikers fight low wages, return of open shop (continued from Page 1)
Greyhound bus strikers fight big wage slash, Special to the Militant
San Francisco machinists hold firm in joint strike (continued from Page 1)
Progressives gain in rubber locals (continued from Page 1)
Postwar Notes for Seamen, by F. I. Lang
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
The only road to victory in the GM strike, by the Editors
Workers show grim determination as Titanic strike paralyzes G.M. – 225,000 unitedly answer UAW call for a showdown – Detroit ranks prepare for bitter struggle to defend union and win 30 per cent raise, by Kay O’Brien
A new point on the agenda (cartoon)
Anglo-American despots praise Japanese Allies
Trotskyist fighter in forefront of struggle to free Indo-China, by Robert Birchman
Strike upsurge may soon sweep to 1,250,000
Spirit of 1937 displayed in Flint GM strike, by John Darnell
Dictator Chiang Kai-shek aided by U.S. imperialism
U.S. arms mow down people of Indonesia
“Dynasty of Death” rules GM’s empire, by Dinah Sanders
ON the spot GM strike news – coast to coast – auto strikers determined (continued from Page 1)
The open-shopper’s lament (cartoon)
Road to victory in the GM strike (continued from Page 1)
Cleveland auto strikers get AFL, brotherhoods support, Special to the Militant
Toledo Chevrolet pickets march in spirit of ‘35, by Charles Reading, Special to the Militant
Buffalo’s striking workers brave cold and blinding snow, by Bill Gray
Electromotive pickets display high spirits
AFL construction workers join G. M. strikers in L. A., by Jean Blake
UAW Local 25 shuts down GM in St. Louis, Special to the Militant
Baltimore GM down as 1,000 close two plants, by Dorothy Lessing
The fearful plight of Jewish victims, by Joseph Hansen
First Belgian Trotskyist Congress since “liberation” notes big gains, by E. Germain
Indian people rack colonial freedom cause
Chinese eighth route soldiers march (photo)
French Stalinists betray labor for Cabinet posts, by Paul G. Stevens
Trotskyists in the forefront of the Indo-Chinese struggle (continued from Page 1)
U.S. arms mow down people of Indonesia (continued from Page 1)
All support for the embattled UAW!
The same struggle
Operate idle plants
“Now are you sure . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work
Operators net millions in ships “sale” steals
Workers’ Forum – mill gives to city police – recommends class in socialism – censors hold up letter exposing discrimination – disgusted soldiers’ letter to Congress
New York Trotskyists’ election sound-truck (photo)
Militant Army
A caustic commentary on Hull, winner of Nobel “peace” prize
Pioneer Notes
Belgian Trotskyist gives facts on Walter Dauge
Our Program:
“Militant” sub drive hits 77 per cent; gains 7,663 new readers in 6 weeks, by Justine Lang
Workers at Stalinist meeting defend “Militant” distributors, by Milton Genecin
Scoreboard
Militant Pace-Setters
Seattle workers hear J. G. Wright
Buffalo SWP celebrates 1917 revolution anniversary
The history of American Trotskyism – how Trotskyists appraised the Socialist Party – by James P. Cannon
“Sit-Down” – Epic of Flint, 1937, by Bill Morgan
The Negro Struggle – solidarity in the UAW struggle! by Charles Jackson
UAW sitdown scene in ‘37 (photo)
Women’s brigade in ‘37 strikes (photo)
“Dynasty of Death” rules GM’s empire
Los Angeles paper reprints pamphlet by Jackson
Public funds finance GM’s union busting
Wilson opposes wage raises – but
Three GM plants closed right in Cincinnati area
Spirit of 1937 displayed in Flint GM strike
Socialist Workers Party Branches Activities
Diary of a Steelworker, by T. Kovalesky
Stalinists silent on French and Dutch imperialist butchery in Asia colonies, by Felix Morrow
Full of fight and ready for the showdown! (photo)
Shoptalks on Socialism, by V. Grey
$6 wage boost won by Illinois telephone workers through Militant six-day strike, Special to the Militant
Typos close boss press in Seattle, Special to the Militant
Postwar Notes for Seamen, by F. J. Lang
Bristol workers out solidly in first strike, Special to the Militant
URWDSE strikes labor-hating Avery again, Special to the Militant
Workers solid as SKF strike enters 3rd month, by Max Goldman
Strike upsurge may soon sweep to 1,250,000 (continued from Page 1)
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Rally protests Allied butchery in the Colonies, by Charles Carsten
Lumber strike nears victory in 9th week, Special to the Militant
Auto ranks spike move by GM to split strike – black scheme to produce GM parts for other firms, Special to the Militant
Howling at the gates (cartoon)
Javanese fiercely resist imperialists
American imperialism supports dictator Chiang in Chinese war
UAW veterans organize aid for GM strike by Evelyn Atwood
The GM strategy – how to defeat it, by the Editors
Indo-Chinese seek solidarity of all colonies
Resolution denouncing slaughter in colonies
GM seeks to incite vets against strikers in Flint, by Jerry Kirk
General Motors violates local agreements in maneuvers to weaken strike solidarity
Detroit UAW veterans fight GM union-busting (continued from Page 1)
“No compromise” say these GM strikers (photo)
GM attempts to incite veterans against solid strike in Flint (continued from Page 1)
Many returned vets march in Buffalo GM picket line, by Bill Gray
Indo-Chinese seek solidarity (continued from Page 1)
General Motors’ strategy – how to defeat it (continued from Page 1)
Reaction in Italy boots out Parri, by Joseph Hansen
Austrian general election reveals mass hatred of Stalinist policies
Soldiers object to appointment of Marshall
Decorating butchers of colonial peoples (photo)
Strikes in India protest rule of imperialism, by Robert L. Birchman
Nazi terror survivors vow end to capitalism, by Edward Stern
German workers aided by Belgians, by S. Rochal
Activities of Fourth International
Chicago forum protests troop use in Far East
Soldier resents shipping French to Indo-China
An answer to Ford
International solidarity
Hurley’s resignation
The Uruguayan “plan”
“No wonder those puppet governments . . .” (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work
Penicillin scarcity created by profiteers, by Frank Brown
Workers’ Forum – Indonesian freedom letter withheld – letter from a GM worker – boss press ignores industrial accidents – soldier writes of Trotskyists abroad – open letter to “free lance” radicals – on the make-up of the Militant
A Negro veteran seeks solution to rate-hate and discrimination
Militant Army
Pioneer Notes
Camden housing shortage causes misery and illness
Rank & file candidates win local 16 shipyard elections, Special to the Militant
Our Program:
“Militant” subscription campaign hits 86 per cent of quota in seventh week, by Justine Lang
“Fourth International” exposes imperialist role in Middle East
Scoreboard
Militant Pace-Setters
Portland workers hear lecture by John G. Wright
Seattle SWP branch enlarges headquarters
Portland workers hear lecture by John G. Wright
John G. Wright tour schedule
The history of American Trotskyism – the 1935 discussion on entry in the S.P, by James P. Cannon
Huge vote cast for steel strike – Pittsburgh area workers record urge for action, Special to the Militant
The Negro Struggle --Java? . . . or Georgia? by Charles Jackson
Youngstown steel workers vote strike overwhelmingly, Special to the Militant
What “free enterprise” offers labor (photo)
Militant Buffalo Steel workers roll up landslide strike vote, Special to the Militant
Midwest steel labor votes 6 to 1 in favor of strike
The truth about GM stockholders, by Jeff Thorne
A correction
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
Butchery in colonies denounced by NY rally (continued from Page 1)
Rally in Chicago to protest colonial slaughter
Diary of a Steelworker, by T. Kovalesky
Clash between CIO maritime union leaders reflects conflict within Stalinist Party, by F. J. Lang
All-vet picket line in bus strike (photo)
Shoptalks on Socialism, by V. Grey
Demonstration strike wrings pay boost from labor-hating Avery, by Robert L. Birchman
Washington intervenes to support dictator Chiang (continued from Page 1)
Baltimore police attempt to harass GM picket lines
Postwar Notes for Seamen, by F. J. Lang
Compliant judge aids in bitter three-month strike, Special to the Militant
Barbarism, Inc.
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
The answer to Truman attack on GM strike, by the Editors
Canada Ford strikers vote finish fight Windsor local rejects gov’t arbitration, by Kay O’Brien
The right kind of answer (cartoon)
GM strikers spurn Truman’s demand – strikebreaking “request” to end walkout rejected – delegates call on CIO to convene immediate national emergency conference in Capitol, by Kay O’Brien
Truman drops “friend of labor” mask; forces break with union, by Art Preis
Flint strikers urge emergency CIO conference, by Jerry Kirk
SWP cables demand to legalize “La Verite”
GM veterans picket, demand compensation
Packinghouse workers favor strike action, by Leigh Ray SWP hits “fact-finding” act; demands hearing
GM resolution on CIO conference
Jim Crow rules slow return of war veterans
The Truman attack on GM strike (continued from Page 1)
GM ranks spurn strikebreaking order from Truman to end their just battle (continued from Page 1)
Telling off labor-hating Avery
Walkout stages at Westinghouse
Canada Ford strikers vote fight to finish; spurn trap of phony government arbitration (continued from Page 1)
Wheeler attacks the Soviet Union, by Joseph Hansen
U. S. imperialism tried to crush movement for Philippine freedom, by Charles Carsten
British R. C. P. defends colonial freedom fighters
Fighters for freedom of Indonesia (photo)
Far East colonial prize sought by Wall Street
Trotskyists fight Spanish fascism
Cuban Trotskyists demand expropriation of nation’s railroads
Paris Trotskyists back Indo-Chinese, Special to the Chronicle
Build Labor Party!
What price glory?
Withdraw the troops
“My husband says we must be prepared . . .” (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work
Workers have bought GM at least 50 times, by Jeff Thorne
Workers’ Forum – soldiers cheer striking workers – only one solution for the world – Tacoma workers face unemployment – Flint striker get the Militant – Marxism and the Negro: a letter to Charles Jackson – poet inspired by labor unity
Labor
Militant Army
Pioneer Notes
Bitter Negro sailor asks “what did we fight for?”
Our Program:
“Militant” subscription campaign nears goal with 9,324 new readers gained
San Francisco Bay Area hears John G. Wright on Labor Party, by Della Rossa and R. Marshall
Scoreboard
Militant Pace-Setters
Fifth anniversary celebrated by Buffalo SWP
The history of American Trotskyism – how we entered the Socialist Party in 1936, by James P. cannon
1,000 workers in San Francisco picket fascist Smith’s meeting, Special to the Militant
The Negro Struggle – another angle on G. M. strike, by Charles Jackson
Workers picket fascists meeting (photo)
Record meeting answers slander against SWP, by Al Lynn
Flint GM committee initiates call for CIO emergency conference (continued from Page 1)
Rubber workers back GM strike, Special to the Militant
Truman drops mask in attack against labor (continued from Page 1)
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
Diary of a Steelworker, by T. Kovalesky
Detroit veterans denied even slum housing; no relief in sight as mayor double-talks, by Grace Carlson
Spirited GM picket line in Cleveland (photo)
How a typical idle auto baron socked millions from workers, by Larissa Reed
Postwar Notes for Seamen, by F. I. Lang
Bristol strikers oppose GM parts production move
Striking vets picket MUCC
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Fighting policy needed to win the GM strike, by the Editors
“Reinforcements now appearing . . . “ (cartoon)
GM strikers assail Ford scheme – Flint city wide committee hits plan to fine strikers – demand UAW officials repudiate proposal offered to Ford; want Leonard reprimanded
Huge picket line demonstrates before GM building in Detroit, by Kay O’Brien
Rubber union delegates back GM strikers, by Milton Genecia
In the News
Cleveland judge limits pickets on Fisher line, by wire to the Militant
Packinghouse workers fix strike deadline, by Leigh Ray
Steel men ready for giant strike, Special to the Militant
Canadian Ford strikers fight new attempt to impose phony government arbitration, by Kay O’Brien
Veterans on Detroit GM picket line (photo)
“Fleetwood organizer” blasts ford “fines” plan
Huge Detroit picket line marches at GM building (continued from Page 1)
Rubber union delegates back GM strikers (continued from Page 1)
Flint UAW veterans spike plot by GM to break their strike, by John Donnell
Youngstown Steel locals get ready for big strike
Steel men ready for giant strike (continued from Page 1)
Flint strikers hit Ford scheme to victimize militant unionists (continued from Page 1)
Brooklyn SWP moves to new larger quarters
Strikers greet Michigan edition of “the Militant”
UE-CIO votes six-to-one for strike
Fighting policy needed to win the GM strike (continued from Page 1)
How auto workers’ historic battles stopped the threat of injunctions, by Art Preis
Picketing Cudahy’s in Kansas City (photo)
Cleveland GM strikers battle on picket line, by David Lands
SWP in Detroit celebrates opening new headquarters
Labor solidarity
Scandalous fraud robs GM workers, by Jeff Thorne
Ford “fines” plan
Stalinists in China
Free the CO’s
A stab in the back
“Surely you’re not going . . . “ (cartoon)
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Movie Review
Congressmen at Work
Vast Army supplies wantonly destroyed
Workers’ Forum – GM strikers eager to read “Militant” – white collar workers need unions, too – war guilt trials are a farce – the foreman’s union – U. S. Imperialism’s gift to Philippines – Ford ignores letter, keeps worker’s stamp – asks UAW pressure for unemployment compensation funds –
Two war veterans demand an end to capitalist misery
Militant Army
Pioneer Notes
Our Program:
“Militant” subscription drive tops goal with final score 10,681 new readers, by Justine Lang
Paul Kujac, national champion sub-getter, tells how he did it, by Clara Kaye
Scoreboard
Militant Pace-Setters
Wright gives radio talk in L.A. on British labor
The history of American Trotskyism – entry into S. P. was political task – by James P. Cannon
The Trotskyists call for solidarity with the heroic German workers
Displaced families in Germany
The Negro Struggle – the colonial struggle is our struggle, by Charles Jackson
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
Cuban Trotskyists hit Grau’s regime
Activities of Italian Trotskyists
Diary of a Steelworker, by T. Kovalesky
Fighters for freedom of colonies continue their heroic defense against Allied assault, by Charles Carsten
“Bring back Daddy,” demand wives and children of war veterans, by Winifred Nelson
Allied “Lidices” in the Far East, by the Editors
Notes of a Seaman, by Art Sharon
Foster continues Earl Browder sell-out line; ousted chief adopts policy of watchful waiting, by Felix Morrow
Incident on a Bus, by Grace Carlson
Carlo Tresca mass meeting
EDITOR:
Farrell Dobbs
Mother, 2 children dead in blaze of suspicious origin, by Jean Simon
All Cleveland labor rallies to GM strike
Ford union group flays scheme to fine strikers – press steel unit meeting denounced vicious proposals, by Roy Weston Big game hunter (cartoon)
CIO rubber workers convention witnesses fight for leadership, by Milton Genecia
In the News
Flint pickets halt attempt to break AG line, by Jerry Kirk
Wall Street plunges deeper into Far East colonial war, by Charles Carsten
Steel workers aid GM pickets in Harrison, by Richard Kirk
3,000 New York workers picket at GM building, by Bill Morgan
Next stage in the GM strike, by the Editors
Next stage in GM strike (continued from Page 1)
Trade Union Notes, by Bill Morgan
Flint pickets halt move to break AC line (continued from Page 1)
No one crashed this line! (photo)
All Cleveland labor rallies to GM strike (continued from Page 1)
Eyewitness tells of life in Maylaya, Special to the Militant
Manifesto of the Fifth Congress of the Trotskyist Party in Belgium
Belgian workers demonstrate (photo)
French Trotskyist fight for legalization of paper
British Trotskyists defend oppressed colonial peoples
Only 9 dead – no starvations, says Brass Hat
Battle veteran hits Brass Hat luxury living
The Minneapolis case
Stalinist scabs
Crocodile tears
Stalinists and FEPC
“Dear, don’t you think . . .” (cartoon)
Workers’ Bookshelf
Problems Facing War Veterans, by Charles Carsten
Congressmen at Work
Some revealing facts on wages and profits, by Jeff Thorne
Workers’ Forum – writes [part of word is obscured] about dire poverty in Japan – G. M. executive’s “living wage” – how to fight boss stooges – a socialist answer to Negro nationalists – wants column on women and socialism – the lies of Stalin’s Moscow Trial . . . and the Nuremberg Trials
Stalinist slanders refuted in Flint
Pioneer Notes
Militant Army
GM strikers publish special local papers
Our Program:
January “Fourth International” exposes role of imperialism in the Middle East
Stalinists peddle slander sheet at St. Louis Trotskyist meeting, Special to the Militant
Mass meeting protest imperialist butchery
German workers protest Allied support of Nazis
Detroit SWP hears Charles Jackson on Indonesian Struggle
Los Angeles SWP announces forum
Cincinnati workers hear J. G. Wright
Two join S. W. P. At Kansas City meeting
Philadelphia SWP hails success of sub campaign
The history of American Trotskyism – how we fought Stalinism inside the S. P. , by James P. Cannon
Negro mother, 2 children burned to death following threats of vigilante violence (continued from Page 1)
Wall Street pushes drive in Far East (continued from Page 1)
The Negro Struggle – roundabout roundup, by Charles Jackson
Scene and victims of Fontana tragedy (photos)
CIO rubber workers convention marked by fight for leadership (continued from Page 1)
French workers [word obscured] meetings of Trotskyists
Socialist Workers Party Branch Activities
Diary of a Steelworker, by T. Kovalesky
Regional leaders force weak compromise in Fafnir strike to aid Ford “strategy,” Special to the Militant
This UAW family knows the cost of living (photo)
Notes of a Seaman, by Art Sharon
Question Hogan on Silence in Tresca murder
Philadelphia SKF workers end their heroic three-month strike, by Max Geldman
Wall Street’s Gestapo, by Jules Kramer
Ford union group flays scheme to fine strikers (continued from Page 1)
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