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Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Real estate profiteers get 2 rent boosts, by Ruth Benson
Poll shows labor firm in demand for pay rise – workers are not impressed by Wall Street propaganda
30% pay rise feasible, CIO figures show – committee cites increasing productivity
Open the books! (cartoon)
’46 price rise highest since First World War
French drive aims at crushing Indo-China’s fight for freedom
Capitalists press for law against portal back pay
Military Jim Crow challenged in court
Meeting will protest eviction of 2,234 families in Harlem, by Milton Richardson
SWP scored Paris police raid on Indo-China protest meeting
Labor Party campaign gains more support in Flint area
Opposition hits CP anti-socialism
Trade Union Notes
Curran brands Stalinist CMU as bar to unity, by C. Thomas
Solidarity won for St. Paul teachers (photo)
Most employers are opposed to escalator clause
11 boilermakers face expulsion; led fight for union democracy, by Dan Roberts
Our Program:
Teachers win St. Paul strike
Unification announced by Trotskyist groups in Ceylon
Indo-China massacre backed by Stalinists and socialists
The lessons of the Nov. 10 elections in France and Italy – resolution of the International Secretariat of the Fourth International
RWP runs candidate for mayor of Toronto
German workers in U.S. zone display militancy in strikes
International Notes
The new Congress
Hands off Puerto Rico
”Labor Monopoly”
Revealing contrast
”If only the workers would . . . “ (cartoon)
President Truman in the role of historian, by George Breitman
Workers’ Bookshelf
Unravelling the secret of your electric bill, by Joseph Hansen
Whitewashing “military justice”
Workers’ Forum – veteran wants his bond cashed – letter to Truman on amnesty for COs – likes series on wages, prices, profits – the government and the mine strike – baby’s death indicts capitalism – blaming labor for capitalist Depressions – wants “Militant” given to more workers now
$2,430 chalked up in SWP fund drive; local hit 12 per cent of $20,000 goal, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – Toledo branch elated as sub-drive scores rise
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Newspaper guild striker speaks at forum in Phila.
Branches confident as FI sub campaign get underway [sic]
Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – Winter Descends on the World, by Theodore Kovalesky
Generals spur drive to militarize youth – War Department’s pamphlet envisages a new slaughter
Honor Tresca at two rallies on January 11
The Negro Struggle – The Republican Promises, by William E. Bohannon
Mourn Justus Ebert – devoted labor fighter
Police maul pickets
A Scientific Blow at Jim Crow, by Grace Carlson
Capitalist liberals set up new political organization
Threat of bribery exposure slackens drive to oust Bilbo
Notes of a Seaman – The Committee for Maritime Unity, by C. Thomas
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Chinese protest against U.S. Role – demand end of intervention and withdrawal of troops
Congress renews war on labor – union-crippling bills placed at top of agenda
Bills against lynch, polltax [sic] reintroduced
Housing relief – for congressmen
The state of the union (cartoon)
Trotskyist paper reported banned in Indo-China
Compromise check Bilbo but he still gets full pay, by William E. Bohannon
Plot to swindle workers out of back portal pay
Detroit SWP wins victory in fight to keep headquarters
Bill promises tax “relief” to rich
Labor-haters praise president’s message
Lynch witness beaten in Georgia
Joseph Curran hits Stalinists in maritime, by C. Thomas
Trade Union Notes
Flint SWP refutes Red-baiting slanders, by Jeanette Lane
Dave Beck’s strikebreaking edict rejected by Los Angeles clerks, by Harry Thompson
Woodard hits Red-baiters in Buick local
Evictions hit peak in New York City
61% raise won by teachers in St. Paul strike, by Grace Carlson
Our Program:
Crisis in Communist Party – Answering a Crude Slander
How revolutionary party should act in waging election campaigns
French rules act to drown Indo-Chinese revolt in blood
Indo-Chinese in France protest massacres
Japanese workers protest (photo)
The electoral policy of the French PCI
Revolt spreads in ranks of British Labor Party
International Notes
Trotskyist Fines, scores English policy on POWs
4th International plans world congress
Time to fight
Open the books
Truth about Greece
Warning on rents
”But don’t you have any striped or dotted mink? . . . “
Haymarket martyr’s last letter to union
Workers’ Bookshelf
Two signs of the U.S. policy on Germany
Congressmen at Work – Republican Leaders in Spotlight
” – Mexican government’s striker
Workers’ Forum – asks sliding scale for federal workers – language no barrier to “the Militant” – Mexican government’s strikebreaking role – eyewitness account of postwar Manila – 40-cent dollars – “to be or not to be” in world question
Buffalo branch is first to complete quota in $20,000 national SWP fund campaign, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – five SWP branches top “Militant” goals
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Milwaukee ACEWR bazaar nets $150 for relief, by Carol Andrews
Youth Activities
Chicago youth guard organized, by Bill Stone
Diary of a Steel Worker – Letter From Lackawanna, by Theodore Kovalesky
Evictions in Harlem fought by tenants, by Evelyn Atwood
New York tenants lead housing fight (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Wolves in Sheeps’ [sic] Clothing, by William E. Bohannon
Housing shortage goes back to pre-war years, by John Fredericks
Indo-China and Stalinism, by George Breitman
SWP convention featured in January Fourth International
Dunne analyzes labor’s tasks at Twin City Forum
Health and Welfare
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Marshall choice reflects growth of officer caste – Brass Hat placed in charge of State Dept. to emphasize military basis of foreign policy, by Joseph Hansen
Truman asks billions for war preparations – human needs ignored in budget proposals, by Art Preis
Wall Street’s diplomacy (cartoon)
80th Congress begins assault against labor – aims bill to break backbone of unions
Some contrasts in the budget
Marshall’s attitude to labor movement
Chicago SWP nominates two for city elections, by Robert L. Birchman
Green of AFL intervenes against strike in L. A., by Harry Thomspon [sic]
Strike halts run of all but two French papers
UAW local names 3 to run for City Council in Chicago
Senators draft bill to demolish rent ceilings
Toronto Trotskyist gets 3,201 votes for mayor
Conflict with Stalinist clique rocks NMU council; Curran threatens to carry fight to union ranks, by C. Thomas
Trade Union Notes
NMU aids guild strikers (photo)
Harlem tenants insist city provide housing
Out-of-work new dealers start 2 rival political organizations
Sliding scale works in Sweden
SWP launches new branch in Brooklyn, by Frank Marcazzo
Our Program:
Goodrich local says tax rich, not the poor
CIO veterans of New Jersey hit rent rises
Slogans and perspectives of the revolutionary vanguard in Spain – resolution of the international executive committee of the Fourth International, adopted October 1946
Japanese women win strike (photo)
Troops used against London drivers strike
Belgian labor shows militancy at convention
A letter of resignation from the C.P.
Correction
Brockway quits ILP in England
International Notes
Crook’s agreement
Marshall appointment
Blow to democracy
Victory in Detroit
For labor unity
”I’m sure if YOU were named . . . “ (cartoon)
”Economic report of the president,” by Art Preis
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work – Wall Street’s Washington Lobby
The payments due you under Social Security, by Joseph Hansen
Workers’ Forum – asks for pledges against rent rises – shows the gimmick in tax proposals – why laundry workers need minimum wage – augments police, cuts fire protection
One-quarter of quota contributed to date in $20,000 national SWP fund campaign, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – Seattle SWP tops list for week’s sub-getting
Youth Activities
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Buffalo raises $170 for relief, by Marie Crandall
134 subs in first 3 weeks of “Fourth International” drive
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Man of God, by Theodore Kovalesky
Leninism means: break with Communist Party! – an appeal to the members of the Communist Party, by the Editors
The Negro Struggle – the Purpose of Red-baiting, by William E. Bohannon
Lenin, Liebknecht and Luxemburg (illustration)
A Dangerous Weapon, by Grace Carlson
Notes From the News
”Private industry” and the housing crisis, by John Fredericks
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
A call to action! No retreat! Defend labor’s rights! by M. Stein
Wake up! (cartoon)
100 anti-labor bills in Congress – union-smashing laws rushed into hearings, by Joseph Hansen
Chicago SWP candidate files nominating petitions, by Robert L. Birchman
Sentiment grows for pay raises, poll reveals
Flint labor party movement develops despite obstacles
Oakland unions call for united political action, by Ed Davis
Stalinists block vote by NMU rank-and-file
How your union is threatened
Trotskyists elected in Bolivia and Ceylon
Proposal for mass march on the state capitol made to delegates at Michigan EPC conference
Trade Union Notes
Birds of a feather (photo)
Robert A. Taft – kingpin of GOP Senate machine
L.A. food clerks win strike despite Tobin-Green perfidy
Flint movement for labor party shows progress (continued from Page 1)
Crisis in Communist Party – dissidents hit election policy
Our Program:
Union activities bring jail term for CIO leader
What Zionist groups are doing in Palestine, by T. Cliff
British strikers jeer at troops (photo)
”Socialists” offer deal to Spanish generals
Bulletin
London strikers return as government pledges action
Slogans and perspectives of the revolutionary vanguard in Spain – resolution of the International Executive Committee of the Fourth International, adopted October 1946
German worker sends thanks to ACEWR
14,000 Antwerp dockers on strike
Cold intensifies misery, halts plants in Germany
International Notes
End secret diplomacy
The ranks must act
Warning in Georgia
”Sanctity” of courts
”Oh dear – if the workers . . . “ (cartoon)
Food company heads gloomy about future, by John G. Wright
Workers’ Bookshelf
Some doubts on the Army-Navy “merger,” by George Breitman
Congressmen at Work – lobbyists on union pay rolls
Workers’ Forum – “safety-conscious” after death! – scarce jobs a sign of coming Depression – scores imperialism in Indo-China – for government aid to worthy causes – Gen. Marshall and Army Jim Crow
St. Louis joins Buffalo by reaching 100% in $20,000 national SWP fund campaign, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – persistent sub-getters boost score for Phila.
Youth Activities
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Pioneer Notes
Philadelphia union leaders address militant labor forum, by George Clement
Diary of a Steel Worker – “Man the Whole World Envies” – by Theodore Kovalesky
Harlem’s firetrap tenements of death – fear haunts every household as eight more die in flames, by George Clarke
Homeless veterans camp in park (photo)
The Negro Struggle – A Letter to Truman’s Committee, by William E. Bohannon
Veterans’ Problems – Caught Short on the Campus, by Alvin Berman
Notes From the News
Government does little in housing crisis, by John Fredericks
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Bolivians elect 4 Trotskyists to parliament – “proletarian united front” makes impressive showing in first contest for public office, by Juan Valverde
Senate speeds hearing on anti-labor measures – House Republicans prepare omnibus union-busting bill, by Joseph Hansen
Chicago labor united against Congress attack, by Robert L. Birchman
Anti-labor laws (cartoon)
SWP asks to speak at Senate hearing
Why Stalinists refused to picket French consulate
”Get out of Indo-China!” cry pickets at consulate
New rent order chops huge holes in ceilings; CIO issues warning
Labor must fight! an Editorial
SWP names 2 candidates in Los Angeles elections, by Dave Dreiser
Philadelphia SWP issues emergency call to labor to fight city’s proposed transit fare increases, by Max Goldman
Hands off Indo-China! (photo)
Ball – “good right arm” of Senate labor-haters
Trade Union Notes
Meat trust’s profits anger packing workers, by M. Limton
Oakland SWP urges labor candidates
California SWP recorded gains in elections, by Al Lynn
Auto locals push campaign to build Flint labor party
Our Program:
Labor candidates discussed by Los Angeles CIO unions, by Al Lynn
How Stalinism tramples on Lenin’s work, by M. Stein
Belgium’s biggest postwar strike won by 14,000 dock workers, by H. Vallin
Four Bolivian Trotskyists win election to parliament (continued from Page 1)
What ACEWR means for gaunt European workers, by Margaret Worth
International Notes
Strikes in Spain are spreading
Aid the SWP fund
Class government
The war crooks
Student of Hitler
”I don’t care what it costs . . . “ (cartoon)
When a Negro was Mississippi’s senator
Democratic procedure and the Bilbo fight, by George Breitman
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work – Streamlining Didn’t Last Long
Workers’ Forum – rat hordes menace Akron families – first SWP meeting in Bedford-Stuyvesant – Belgian reader wants U.S. correspondent –
New York and Boston lead banner week of $20,000 national SWP fund campaign, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – Flint SWP branch plan two-month campaign
Crimes against youth discussed at Philadelphia Militant forum
Film shown at Lenin meeting in Youngstown
Scoreboard
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Five SWP branches reach half-way mark in “Fourth International” sub campaign
Diary of a Steel Worker – Dagwood and His Boss, by Theodore Kovalesky
Fire deaths rouse tenants in Chicago, by Robert L. Birchman
Where 4 children died (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Political Solutions Required, by Henry Robinson
12,000,000 workers in dire need of homes, by John Fredericks
”The Golden Door,” by Grace Carlson
Meet the Chicago SWP candidates
Notes From the News
150 Detroit project residents protest threatened evictions
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Protests assault on PCI
Pleading instead of fighting (cartoon)
Union chiefs push “appeasement” – bow to Big Business demands; fail to fight anti-labor laws
SWP rally opens Chicago campaign, by Robert L. Birchman
Rent gougers push drive for 15 per cent increase
Paper monopoly endangers free labor press
N. Y. SWP asks to be heard on election laws
Chicago CIO supports 3 labor candidates, by Eugene Varlin
Rubber workers to press demand for 26-cent raise, by Joseph Andrews
Anti-labor law timetable stepped up by Senator Taft, by Joseph Hansen
Sen. Ball hurls new anti-labor knife
Briggs auto local militants fight against inclusion of Reutherite Red-baiting plank in caucus program
”Daily Worker” slanders steel union militants
New York teachers picket
Smith – Prudential life’s congressional watchdog
Rubber workers to press demand for 26-cent raise (continued from Page 1)
Crisis in Communist Party – Line of CP Dissidents on War
Our Program:
Events driving U.S. toward revolution
Lenin’s method, party, program important for workers of U.S., by M. Stein
First general strike in Japan broken by MacArthur’s order
Italian strikers march (photo)
Poll reveals most Japanese are opposed to Yoshida government
Drivers’ strike heralds upsurge of British labor, by J. Deane
Paris printers end strike aided by Trotskyists
International Notes
Marxist attitude to civil war in Poland
AFL unity proposal
”Withdrawal” in China
Tax “relief”
Encouraging signs
”Why the fuss about . . . “ (cartoon)
Hand-picked committee on youth consciption
Workers’ Bookshelf
Capitalist propaganda in AFL monthly organ
Congressmen at Work – Cash Payment on Terminal Bonds
Workers’ Forum – likes articles exposing Congress – exposes capitalist press on fascism – wake up in a hurry
”Hand in glove” (cartoon)
Youngstown joins 100 per centers; total hits 45% SWP $20,000 fund campaign, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – socialist competition steps up sub-getting
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St. Paul SWP exposes bosses’ man, labor-baiter
Youth Activities
Akron tenants demand war on rats in federal housing, by Milton Genecia
When Housewives Dream, by Grace Carlson
Bosses invent new lies against wage increases, by Art Preis
New York tenants picket mayor
The Negro Struggle – The Kind of Action We Need, by William E. Bohannon
Stalinists try to sow division in NMU tanks, by C. Thomas
On the Railroads – Can You Spare a Billion? by Henry Adams
A program to meet the crisis in housing, by John Fredericks
Notes From the News
Arne Swabeck analyses housing shortage
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Judge reverses original ruling on portal claim – Supreme Court provided legal technicality for dismissing back-pay suits as “trifles”
Sliding scale protects oil workers’ real wage – Sinclair men get automatic cost-of-living boost in pay, by Art Preis
New York SWP hits move for 10-cent fare
Robber yelling “thief” (cartoon)
Stalinists forced to dissolve fake maritime “unity” body, by C. Thomas
Monopolists hurl venom at labor in hearing on anti-union bills
Oil workers vote on Western strike
SWP candidates speak in Chicago broadcast, by Robert L. Birchman
Truman and Congress cooking up deal to put through rent boost
Rubber workers urge Labor Party in Akron
Trotskyist candidate on Chicago ballot
Senator Ball admits aim of his anti-labor bills is to give bosses “the right to beak a strike”
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Chicago joint labor committee (photo)
Oakland strikers enter 4th month
Briggs Local 12 calls for united action to win FEPC in Michigan
Railroad clippings, by Henry Adams
Our Program:
Crisis in Communist Party – Aims of Dissident Leaders
Leon Sedov 1906-1938
Burmese hit deal in London, want full independence now, by Robert L. Birchman
Protest Yoshida rule (photo)
Crisis in the Spanish government-in-exile, by Pedro
French authorities violate pledge to hold Cochin China referendum
After Poland’s elections, by N. Henri
International Notes
Viet Namese have “remarkable army”
Words vs. Actions
What price capitalism
Negro history week
Not Trotskyists
”Just think . . . “
More local unions join in united labor action
Workers’ Bookshelf
Paper monopoly threat to the free press
Congressmen at Work – Congressional Brain Service
Wiley emergency plan for third world war
Workers’ Forum – greetings from Trieste – likes Militant and trial pamphlets – Minneapolis worker tells off Senator Ball, “The Bosses’ Man” – student of Marx asks questions
Half-way mark passed by branches in $20,000 national SWP campaign, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – nine SWP branches top “Militant” goals
Scoreboard
Bronx SWP backs protest against Jim Crow movie
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Pioneer Notes
Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – Letter to a MILITANT Reader, by Theodore Kovalesky
N.Y. bankers push subway fare steal, by Joseph Hansen
New pamphlet by Cannon out in march
Picket for rent control (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Jim Crow in the Capital, by Joe Morgan
San Pedro police brutally beat, jail innocent Negro, by Louis Kisner
Cold Water Flat Available, by Joseph Hansen
Local 212 hits new witch hunt in Michigan
Detroit cops force way into home, beat Negro, by R. Young
Notes From the News
Bartell’s speech at rally
Homer Lewis talk on housing
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Harsh weather hastens British economic crisis – worn-out industrial plant shut down as government tries to patch up capitalism, by John Saunders
White, Negro unionists in Southern mass march – united labor demonstration at Tennessee state capital, by Art Preis
A “minor” operation (cartoon)
Rubber union rejects “Big 4” contract stall – URW policy committee calls for strike vote
Minneapolis union secures escalator clause
Chicago SWP candidate demands housing action from government
Oil walkout postponed after 22-cent offer
National conference seeks consolidation of enginemen
South Carolin Negro murdered by lynch gang
U.S. Steel pact on inequities stirs criticism, by Harry Braverman
Landlords handed “hardship relief”
”Caution” talk screens deadly anti-labor drive
N. Y. subway riders win round in battle to save 5-cent fare from assault of real estate interest, by Joseph Hansen
Trade Union Notes
Winter eviction (photo)
Vandenberg – anti-labor Senate Gavel-wielder
Rubber union rejects “Big 4” contract stall (continued from Page 1)
A Philadelphia story – the career of J. David Stern: from liberal to Red-baiter
Our Progress:
National conference demands consolidation of enginemen (continued from Page 1)
Slanderous attack on L. Trotsky printed in Trygve lie biography
10,000 workers attend rally called by Ceylon Trotskyists, by Robert Gunawardena
Left wingers quit CP in Germany
Demonstration in Athens (photo)
Harsh weather hastens British economic crisis (continued from Page 1)
Marxist literature in German wanted
French cabinet shaken by new wage struggles – workers tart action to secure raises to offset price jumps
International Notes
CP prints scab paper to fight union on strike
Police raid offices of India Stalinists
Correction
In “critical condition”
Sliding scale pays off
A bubble bursts
Stop the lynchers!
”Of course we’re a hardship case. . . . “(cartoon)
Signs of saturation in retail market, by John G. Wright
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work – the Score Up to Now
Few who own American want to hang on, by Jeff Thorne
Workers’ Forum
New York sets pace for rest of country in $20,000 SWP national fund campaign, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – Flint and Connecticut tie for week’s subs
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Youth Activities
Paper monopoly hits free press, CIO says
F. I. sub drive speeded for remaining month
Diary of a Steel Worker – What Can a Man Do? by Theodore Kovalesky
School crisis imperils free public education, by Art Preis
Joint AFL, CIO picket line (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Nothing Wrong They Can Fix, by William E. Bohannon
N. Y. anti-labor election bills attacked by Clarke
Chicago labor candidates wage strong campaign
”Feminine Delinquency,” by Grace Carlson
SWP candidate defends Negro beaten by cops
SWP and CP picket meeting of Senator Ball, by Milton Genecin
Cleveland union forces hearing in gas breakdown, industry tieup, byBill Foley
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
British workers set up councils to meet crisis, by J. Kelly
Biggest school strike begins in Buffalo – hard-pressed teachers unite on picket lines
Loading up the hopper (cartoon)
AFL, CIO protest anti-labor bills – congressmen bait politically-weak labor spokesmen
Wall Street pushes drive to Prussianize the youth
Portal-to-portal bills knife Fair Labor Act
British offer postpones Indian self-government, by Joseph Hansen
Oil workers win 20-cent increase
SWP candidate on the ballot in Los Angeles
OPA speeds up rent boosts before its final breakdown
Speculators, profiteers force prices skyward
A program for labor unity, by Art Preis
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
New York Governor Dewey bars housing marchers (photo)
Dewey order troopers to bar delegation on rent and housing, by Eugene Shays
Our Program:
Reactionary role of the ACTU
Both imperialists and Stalinists oppose united socialist Europe
Defenseless unionists brutally shot down by Trinidad police
”Europe’s economic unification is a life-and-death question”
Effects of British coal crisis (photo)
Calcutta general strike against repressive law
Growing danger of deal with Spanish militarists
International Notes
Workers council organized in Britain to defend labor (continued from Page 1)
Who was right about the war?
”Oh, goodness! Look at all those rats . . . “ (cartoon)
Lilienthal case shows witch hunters at work
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work – Butler of Butler-Welch Grain
How “Mr. John Rich” chisels on his taxes
Two new bills in Senate to halt deportation of Indonesians
Workers’ Forum – an appeal for aid to Trinidad strikers – a telling letter on Ohio gas shortage – UAW-CIO Local 776 holds out for victory – replies to letter by “P.M. of Vermont”
San Diego is first West Coast branch to hit 100% in national fund campaign, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – new Lynn SWP branch sets record in renewals
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Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – Not for Us! by Theodore Kovalesky
White terrorist fire bullets at Negro home, by Robert L. Birchman
Detroit teachers vote strike (photo)
”The Vitamin Craze,” by Grace Carlson
Socialist Workers Party backs seven labor candidates in L.A.
GM Fleetwood workers victimized by company
Veterans’ Problems – Make Wall Street Pay for Bonus, by Alvin Royce
SWP in Detroit pays tribute to Negro leader, by Mary Baker
Mahoning Valley vets demand low-rent homes, by Harry Braverman
Notes From the News
Detroit east side delegates plan drive for state FEPC
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Stalin’s guilt in Trotsky murder bared by ex-Daily Worker editor – Budenz discloses details of how 1940 assassination was prepared – implicated leaders of Communist Party in GPU conspiracy, by John G. Wright
Why Stalinism uses terror in labor’s ranks, an Editorial
Guilty! (cartoon)
How Stalin’s GPU gang organized slaying of Trotsky in Mexico, by Joseph Hansen
Collapse of Stalin’s frame-up structure
AFL leaders use issue of organic unity to block immediate joint action with CIO on anti-labor bills
Twin Cities net $250 for relief in Europe
States push anti-labor laws (graphic)
Detroit FEPC parley urges demonstration
$270 netted in Tri-City Pennsylvania bazaar
Why union bureaucrats weaken labor’s defense of its rights
V.R. Dunne hits ball as tool of capitalists
Seattle boilermakers local fights for union democracy
Our Program:
SWP supports Negro candidate in Santa Monica
San Francisco to hold dinner
Budenz exposes Stalin’s guilt in Trotsky murder (continued from Page 1)
GPU hand in “great conspiracy” shown by its version of slaying
Louis Budenz – the career of a Trotskyist, by Art Preis
How GPU gangsters organized killing of Trotsky in Mexico (continued from Page 1)
Stalinist terror (continued from Page 1)
End of conscription?
”Wait and See”
Teacher strikes
”I love to work with my hands . . . “
What “Big Four” will discuss in Moscow
Workers’ Bookshelf
U.S. grab in Pacific OK’d by Stalinists
Congressmen at Work – Cancer Can Wait
Workers’ Forum – wants campaign to force taxes down – build a new world, says Detroit reader – hits lack of letters in “Workers Forum” – gives up medicine for Marxist politics – Flint sub-getter hells how she does it – points out lesson of last election – Pittsburgh landlords anticipate rent boost – Red-baiting spreading into the schools
SWP national fund campaign reaches 71%; drive must be speeded up in next 2 weeks, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – Militant dinner social held in San Francisco
Scoreboard
Better housing conditions demanded by Bronx tenants
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SWP branches prepare for final stage of drive to get “Fourth International” subs
Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – Story of Margaret McNett, by Theodore Kovalesky
Washington agrees to save Greek king
Buffalo teachers strike wins salary increases, by Libby Jones
The Negro Struggle – the South is Catching Up, by William E. Bohannon
Labor political weakness shown in Chicago municipal elections
First Chicago SWP candidate gets 113 votes, by Robert L. Birchman
”Advice” on making ends meet, by Grace Carlson
Tenants organize for action to halt evictions in Detroit
Newark CIO stewards map action program
All-white Louisiana jury acquits 5 identified lynch mob killers
Notes From the Notes
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
”Daily Worker” silent about GPU exposure – Communist Party mum following disclosure by Budenz of how Stalin murdered Trotsky
Supreme Court upholds judicial strikebreaking – mine rulings give courts deadly new anti-strike weapon, by Art Preis
Soaring prices hit 27-year record high – escalator contracts offer best protection
Wall Street’s verdict (cartoon)
Millions of low-income tenants threatened with 15% rent boost
Monarchists in Greece hail Wall Street’s aid
Lewis support of court helped disarm miners
How to answer court’s ruling, an Editorial
Planned economy vs. capitalist chaos, by Joseph Hansen
Judicial strikebreaking upheld by Supreme Court in mine case (continued from Page 1)
AFL seafarers join CIO pickets
GM demands drafted at Detroit UAW parley
Our Program:
Chicago jury scores owners of firetraps
What the Nathan report reveals
Why the GPU ordered Budenz to keep silent in Reiss murder
Upsurge in Asia poses big threat to world imperialism
Effects of martial law in Palestine (photo)
Zionism analyzed
French workers continued struggle for higher wages, by N. Henri
International Notes
What I saw in Korea under American rule, by Bill Morgan
Three articles on Latin America in March “Fourth International”
Black-robe tactics
By-passing the UN
UMT gains steam
Bittner’s testimony
”Of course the food here is abominable . . . “
American policy in occupied countries, by A. Codin
Workers’ Bookshelf
Union paper warns of danger in witch hunts
Unloading frozen garbage, by Joseph Hansen
Workers’ Forum – school lunch prices raised in Detroit – congratulates Philadelphia S.W.P. – appreciates address in Lenin’s memory – no confidence in capitalist future – Stalinists frantic at Budenz’s exposure – asks for exposure of drug trust profits – Stalinists decide to read “Militant”
SWP national fund drive reaches $15,895 with one week to go before the deadline, by William F. Warde
The Militant Army – three SWP branches top “Militant” goals
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59% of quota achieved in “Fourth International” drive
Youth Activities
Boston ACEWR chapter nets $225 in successful dinner
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Man Who Has Some Land, by Theodore Kovalesky
Upsets mark elections in Flint auto unions, by Jerry Kirk
Illustrations from “The Vanishing Paycheck” (illustrations)
The Negro Struggle – Ready to Storm New Heights, by William E. Bohannon
Florence Ward Dec. 24, 1915 - - Mar. 6, 1947
Veterans’ Problems – the Essence of the “Problem,” by Alvin Royce
Campaign for Kisner rolls ahead in L.A.
Supreme Court edict denounced by Flint union
Industrial explosion kills 15 in L.A. residential district
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Ask grand jury to investigate Trotsky murder – delegation demands probe of Stalin’s agents who plotted assassination in New York City
Wall Street’s helping hand (cartoon)
Truman’s foreign policy speeds war moves against Soviet Union – wants to bolster rule of dictators in Greece, Turkey
Congress is cautious on Truman plan
A program of action to halt the war drive, an Editorial
New anti-Red bills imperil civil rights
Anti-labor offensive linked to war drive
Joint statement on unification of the SWP and WP
UAW Briggs Local 212 urges mass rally to start defense against anti-labor drive
Veteran protest in Washington (photo)
Seattle boilermakers win restraining order
Ohio Trotskyists set up state-wide organization
Maritime unions agree on joint defense action
SWP forum in Flint hears NAACP leader
Three labor candidates to run in Flint election, by Douglas Snyder
Our Program:
Ask grand jury probe in murder of Trotsky (continued from Page 1)
The truth about Turkey and Greece, by George Lavan
Which side are you on? (cartoon)
Truman foreign policy speeds moves to war (continued from Page 1)
Stalinists find “bitter taste” in Truman’s sabre-rattling, by Joseph Hansen
U.S. imperialism climaxes series of Greek moves
Defend labor month
The “Truman Doctrine”
A real success!
Anti-”Red” laws
”I never COULD see why . . . “ (cartoon)
Dictatorships hail Truman’s new Axis
Workers’ Bookshelf
Mass of state laws menace labor unions
Congressmen at Work – “A Declaration of War”
Workers’ Forum – wishes Negroes could win rights – suggests song on Labor Party – send financial aid to Trinidad strikers – praises “Militant” for exposing Stalin – reports success in Conn. sub drive – lauds Robeson as great artist – urges action to lick the anti-Labor drive
SWP national fund reaches 97% of total in final week of campaign for $20,000, by William F. Warde
Youth Activities
Scoreboard
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Campaign forces bread co. to hire Negroes in Chicago, by Robert L. Birchman
An Item Truman Left Out, by Joseph Hansen
Detroit tenants demand city freeze all rents
CIO pickets defy arrests (photo)
Trotskyists commemorate revolt of Royal India Navy
Rubber union sets deadline for strike against “Big 4,” by Milton Genecin
The Negro Struggle – Greece and the Negroes, by William E. Bohannon
The Drive Toward War, by George Breitman
Chicago SWP plans wind-up election rally
Meet the SWP candidate
Notes From the News
Urge Mass. CIO to set up joint action committee
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Stalinist press still silent on Trotsky murder – “Worker” article suppresses all mention of Budenz’s evidence that Stalin is guilty, by Evelyn Atwood
New war moves bring blows at civil rights – Truman edict means new witch-hunts, by Art Preis
Piling on the load (cartoon)
Congress worried by lack of support for Truman Plan, by George Breitman
Still going where “they damn please”
Senate and House vote to knife wage-hour law
Red-baiting disrupts maritime joint action
Korea – the next step
Hits Michigan ballot restriction bill
Stalinist press leads reactionary attack against sliding scale contract of CIO oil workers union
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Police against picket (photo)
J. A. Sullivan deserts Stalinists in Canada
Truman’s war moves bring attacks on civil liberties (continued from Page 1)
Park Drop Forge men continue brave fight, by Bob Kingsley
Our Program:
Three main obstacles to Wall Street’s war plans, by George Breitman
Hearings in Congress open on Truman’s plan
Truman doctrine testimony (photo)
Withdraw the occupation troops! Manifesto of the Austrian Trotskyists
French Stalinists back war against Indo-China
Wallace sees another war in Truman’s foreign policy, by Joseph Hansen
International Notes
Truman on “non-intervention”
Ruth Fischer and the Stalinists, by James P. Cannon
Help the German workers
”Of course you’ll have to take . . .” (Cartoon)
Chiang massacres Formosan people
Movie Review
Stalin’s policies aid Soviet Union’s enemies
Congressmen at Work – Truman Doctrine Means War
Workers’ Forum – wants Mexican gov’t to extradite Budenz – stopped by sentence in Budenz review – explanation by Art Preis – raw deal for vets in garment industry – pickets press fight against Jim Crow
U.S. capitalism heading toward new crisis which cannot be averted, says economist, by Paul Schapiro
The Militant Army – Connecticut winds up with banners flying
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790 new readers gained at close of FI sub drive
Late contributors augment total of SWP fund campaign
Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – Speaking of Operations, by Theodore Kovalesky
Flint progressives win in Chevrolet elections, by Sol Dellinger
Unionization firm in Panama Canal (photo)
Local 659’s new president issues statement on policy
The Negro Struggle – Marshall Defines Democracy, by William E. Bohannon
Bartell hits war plans in address over radio
Number One Killer, by Grace Carlson
New Jersey SWP runs candidates for convention
Merger of relief committees will aid needy Europeans
Notes From the News
SWP calls for labor unity against Red-baiting in L.A.
Santa Monica City Council vote shows Carter, Mireles strength, by J. Hawkins
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Brewster links Middle East oil with war move, by Joseph Hansen
The Truman Doctrine (cartoon)
End the mine murders! an Editorial
Mine stoppage mourns 111 dead – government failed to enforce safety code at Centralia
Greek monarchy continued terror against workers, by Jean Paul Martin
Liberals back Pepper-Taylor bill as “alternative” to Truman Plan
Survey shows people oppose Truman Plan
120,000 German workers protest hunger under Allies
Waiting for the rescue squads to bring up the miners’ bodies, by George Lavan
Centralia miners worked under sentence of death for more than one year, appeals for action show, by George Lavan
Briggs meeting scores cliquism
Body of one of the 111 dead miners (photo)
Mine operators paid Republicans to “forget” code
Bay Area SWP hits Red drive
Mine stoppage mourns 111 dead at Centralia (continued from Page 1)
Our Program:
Cavalcade of California vets demands state build homes
Strength of minority shown in Los Angeles area voting
The correct way to fight Stalinism – full text of statement sent by Ruth Fischer, by James P. Cannon
Liberals back Pepper-Taylor bill as “alternative” to Truman Plan (continued from Page 1)
The “loyalty” decree
Defend civil liberties
Two more crimes
Truman and the UN
”Don’t you just love this . . . “ (cartoon)
MacArthur prepares more anti-labor edicts
Workers’ Bookshelf
Full freedom not won in Dutch-Indonesia Pact
Congressmen at Work – Righting a Great Injustice
10,000 slain for asking self-rule in Formosa
Workers’ Forum – holds gov’t violates Clayton anti-trust act – holds over-population is cause of misery – thinks Lenin would like “Militant” edit – rain fails to stop Phila. distribution – considers heckling with frozen peas – campus Red-baiting impression corrected – salutes “Militant” for courage, honesty
Diplomatic haggling at Moscow conference forces more secret Allied deals into open, by Joseph Hansen
The Militant Army – Pittsburgh’s success in six-week sub drive
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ACEWR asks for donations of food, clothing, cigarettes
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Dream They Gave Us, by Theodore Kovalesky
Weak FEPC legislation introduced in Congress, by William E. Bohannon
Grief-stricken widow of miner (photo)
The Threat of Germ Warfare, by Grace Carlson
Rubber workers union gets wage settlement, by Milton Genecia
Apprehension in Wall Street, by John G. Wright
Minnesota legislature forced to retreat on anti-Red bill
Issue in the New Jersey constitutional convention, by Alan Kohlman
Notes From the News
”Surprises” listed for World War III
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Telephone system shut down in first nation-wide strike, by Alan Kohlman
Murder for profit! (cartoon)
Miners and phone workers fight in defense of labor’s standards – memorial for dead extends into battle for safer mines
N. J. telephone workers defy state seizure
Steel union strike possible in May
Dollars for Greece part of “oil grab”
Senate foreign committee backs first step of Truman war policy
Shutdown of 518 mines confirms Krug’s guilt, by George Lavan
Accepting the challenge of the AT & T empire
Indo-Chinese send thanks for help in their struggle
Why the Truman “doctrine” will come to grief
Three demands raised on mine safety issue, by George Lavan
Accuses mine owners and state (photo)
Mine owners know “little or nothing”
Closing of 518 mines confirms Krug’s guilt (continued from Page 1)
Our Program:
First nation-wide telephone strike ties up switchboards (continued from Page 1)
The potentiality of physical harm
Franco makes open bid for deal with monarchy
British atrocities in Palestine
American Stalinism and anti-Stalinism – 2. Communist Party and the Red-baiters, by James P. Cannon
Greek monarchy a “difficult client” declares Krock
Washington “explains” United Nations by-pass, by Joseph Hansen
International Notes
Senate committee backs Truman war moves
Build a Labor Party!
The real power
Stalinists and Rome
Get out of China!
”But of course you’ll . . . “ (cartoon)
Bigger army sought to enforce Truman Plan
Workers’ Bookshelf
Easter sales flop alarms retail trade
Congressmen at Work – A Congresswoman Buys Groceries
Workers’ Forum – opposes cutting down population – how the workers in my shop reacted to recruiting blurb – why I decided to join the SWP – explains why Robeson supports Stalinism
Government to blame for mine dangers, Lawrence miners tell “Militant” reporters, by Eloise Gordon and Justine Lang
The rising cost of living (graphic)
The Militant Army – March sub total highest since September
How miners turn out for John Mitchell Day, by Eloise Gordon
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Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – A Great Many Centralias, by Theodore Kovalesky
SWP candidate in L.A. gets 4 percent of vote
Monopolists fear victory of labor in Flint election
Telephone girls vote strike! (Photo)
The Negro Struggle – the Aim of the Red-Baiters, by William E. Bohannon
NMU verdict on stack deals blow to Stalinism, by C. Thomas
The new Clare Luce, by Grace Carlson
Oakland workers rally against anti-labor bills, by Ed Davis
Labor’s rights involved in N. J. Constitution revision, by Alan Kohlman
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
9 more miners die in explosion at Exeter, Penn. – failure of owners to provide oxygen masks delays rescue crews in gas-filled workings, by George Lavan
Phone strikers battle slave labor law in N. J. – force federal court order halting state enforcement
(Cartoon – untitled)
NFTW rejects Schwellenbach’s arbitration plan
Dunne to file for mayor of Minneapolis
Their strike too
Expropriate the telephone trust, an Editorial
Sidelights on the anti-labor plot
What they say about N. J. law
Value of escalator contract proved by union experience
An unholy conspiracy against the phone strike, by Alan Kohlman
Heroic women teach lesson to all of labor, by George Breitman
Why President Mary Hanscom is not afraid to go to jail
Phone strikers tell off scab
Click heels tap out “Solidarity” on phone operators’ picket line, by Mary Steele
Monopoly and plunder: the Story of AT& T, by Dorothy Lessing
Our Program:
”Until our entire membership has been locked up”
American Stalinism and anti-Stalinism – 3. Why and how the Communist Party degenerated – James P. Cannon
Survivors of mine explosion tell story to “The Militant,” by George Lavan
Picket signs demand living wage (photo)
Flint Labor Party committee scores success in election, by Sol Dollinger
Mine explosion kills 9 more in year’s 2nd big disaster (continued from Page 1)
U. S. mines most dangerous
Meaning of the Truman Doctrine
”Criminals”
The Workers’ Mood
The price spiral
A sample poll
American Gestapo
”Imagine! I had to fly all this way . . . “ (cartoon)
War Dept. considering factory military units
Workers’ Bookshelf
Truman plan sets off all-out war in Greece
Congressmen at Work – Blueprint for World War III
Workers’ Forum – public opinion and the telephone strike – Louis Kisner’s vote in Los Angeles – Trinidad prisoners send thanks for aid – describes conditions in Pennsylvania mines – favors compulsory military training – the real power
SWP candidate for mayor of Chicago hits vote fraud against minor political parties, by Hayden Perry
The Militant Army – “Icebreakers” leading in Milwaukee campaign
Gains recorded in New York SWP city-wide convention
Youth Activities
Tragedy of Jews part of world crisis
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New York unionists sponsor FEPC dance
Notebook of an Agitator – A Letter to Elizabeth
Strike of 100,000 protests jailing of Trotskyist in India, by V. Karalasingham
Violence against Negro people flares in Flint, by Henry Robinson
New Jersey cops aid strikebreakers (photo)
The Negro Struggle – the Negro Worker’s New Status, by Larry Carter
Five labor candidates elected in So. St. Paul
Detroit union to hold rally against anti-labor drive
6,000 Akron workers lead new strike wave, by Milton Genecia
State ownership of utilities urged for N.J. Constitution, by Alan Kohlman
A Case of Political Escapism, by George Breitman
Aid Indo-Chinese through boycott of French ships
”A little too radical”
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Workers’ world – or none! (cartoon)
Big rallies hit anti-labor bills – roar of protest over passage of Hartley measure
Phone strikers standing firm in third week, by Alan Kohlman
Picket AT & T meeting (photo)
For a nation-wide 24-hour stoppage, an Editorial
May Day manifesto of the Socialist Workers Party
Detroit workers respond to call for mass rally
15 cents an hour granted in new wage agreements
Socialist Workers Party May Day manifesto (continued from Page 1)
Our Program:
American Stalinism and anti-Stalinism – 4. The crimes and betrayals of American Stalinism, by James P. Cannon
Survivor of concentration camp kidnapped by GPU in Austria
Search for dead in Texas (photo)
How Hartley bill puts knife at American labor’s throat
Phone workers firm in third week of strike (continued from Page 1)
”Peacemongering”
Distorting a poll
”Neutrality” revision
Red-baiter in action
Murder in Palestine
”With this omnibus labor bill . . . “ (cartoon)
May Day’s origin here in America, by Joseph Hansen
Workers’ Bookshelf
Notebook of an Agitator – what do they know about Jesus?
Workers’ Forum – Laura Gray cartoons saved for scrapbook – disagrees with views expressed by “Militant” – protest may save two from Franco’s noose – defends criticism of Robeson’s politics
Public utilities extortions can be ended by nationalization under workers’ control, by Arthur Burch
The Militant Army – Cleveland, Minneapolis launch sub campaigns
Letters to ACEWR portray dire need of Europeans
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Diary of a Steel Worker – May Day, 1947, by Theodore Kovalesky
Capitalist greed blamed in Texas city disaster, by Evelyn Atwood
Digging for bodies in Texas disaster (photo)
The Negro Struggle – From the Cradle to the Grave, by Larry Carter
Dunne files as candidate for mayor of Minneapolis
May Day and the Children, by Grace Carlson
Chicago tenants rally support in eviction fight
Proportional representation and New Jersey convention
Notes From the News
SWP candidates are on ballot
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Stalin’s guilt – Budenz book supplies link to GPU murder of Trotsky, by Natalia Sedov Trotsky
24-hour protest strike advocated by Flint CIO – united action needed to combat slave bills, by Farrell Dobbs
Urges calling nation-wide work haltage
How to put them on the run! (cartoon)
500,000 join in Detroit protest against Congress
Greek-Turkish despots continue repressive acts
Origin of Detroit rally
Release of jailed Indian Trotskyists demanded by SWP
Telephone strike in fourth week, by Alan Kohlman
Notebook of an Agitator – think it over, Mr. Dubinsky
After the 15c settlement, by George Clarke
Detroit workers rally against labor-haters (photo)
Anti-labor bills arouse giant protest in Detroit (continued from Page 1)
Demonstration in Newark protests slave-labor law, by Ruth Franklin
Our Program:
Camden CIO and AFL rally behind telephone strikers, by Max Geldman
The Stalinist bureaucrats and the other bureaucrats, by James P. Cannon
100,000 workers protest arrest of Trotskyist leader in Madras, by Manickam
The guilt of Stalin (continued from Page 1)
Detroit appeal
Failure at Moscow
Grooming Truman
Palestine and the UN
”Six cents! Don’t you know . . . “ (cartoon)
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work – the Senate Votes on Greece
Workers’ Forum – a gruesome crime in Mississippi – differ with M.E.C. on support of war – sidelights of rally in Cadillac Square – praises “Militant” for telling truth
Failure at Moscow conference underlines imperialist drive for another world war, by Jean Paul Martin
If I should die
The Militant Army – report brisk sales on single copies
Why the Wallace program cannot bring lasting peace
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New SWP branch in Lynn built on firm foundations, by S. Brooks
Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Secret of the Cities, by Theodore Kovalesky
Voters show left trend in ex-Axis countries, by George Breitman
Detroit strikebreaking cops slug phone workers (photo)
The Negro Struggle – NAACP aims at a million, by WIlliam E. Bohannon
Police in San Francisco beat telephone strikers, by E. Chester
The Fountain of Youth, by Grace Carlson
New Jersey Constitution and the one-house legislature, by Alan Kohlman
Notes From the News
Dunne stresses Labor Party as American workers’ need
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Militarists draft secret blueprint for a new war, by William F. Warde
Senate speeds union-busting bill – Republicans and Democrats put knife at labor’s throat
Detroit’s gigantic rally against labor-haters (photo)
One-day strike urged by UAW foundry council
AFL-CIO unity discussed at Washington conference
Mid-West camp opens season on June 29
Ask CIO to call 24-hour strike to protest anti-labor bills
Telephone strikers stand firm despite AT&T’s split tactics, by Alan Kohlman
34,000 auto workers strike in France
Notebook of an Agitator – the lynching of “Monsieur Verdoux”
The crucial issues at stake in AFL-CIO unity proposals, by George Breitman
New York rally to defend labor (photo)
Our Program:
Militant picket line greets fascist Smith in Philadelphia, by John Haas
Angered by deal in Chicago phone strike
Is the Communist Party a workers’ organization? by James P. Cannon
Oust Stalinist ministers in France as Ramadier bids for Truman aid, by Joseph Hansen
British troops search refugee (photo)
British terror in Palestine recalls scenes under Hitler, by H. Vallin
Rising fear of war
They are all guilty
Vote – for whom?
Centralia whitewash
”To make good, Montgomery . . . “ (cartoon)
May Day celebrations throughout the world, by George Lavan
Workers’ Bookshelf
34,000 auto workers out on strike in France (continued from Page 1)
Greek workers honor martyrs on May Day
Militarists prepare secret blueprint for a new war
Workers’ Forum – telephone striker writes from Chicago – an answer to M.E.C. – wants information about the South – complaint from a small landlord
Postwar prosperity begins to fade away as first grim signs of Depression appear, by John G. Wright
Retail prices hit all-time high
The Militant Army – “Be the champ and go to camp”
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First public hearing successful in Lynn, by S. Gordon
Phila. ACEWR nets $250 at benefit dinner
Dunne praises phone strikers, scores mayor
Detroit gives banquet to celebrate May Day
Diary of a Steel Worker – Career of a Clerk, by Theodore Kovalesky
General Motors fires 14 in reprisal for rally
(Cartoon – no title)
Meeting protests arrests in India
The Negro Struggle – Two Sides of the Same Coin, by William E. Bohannon
Political arrests of labor leaders continue in India
Oakland labor organizes to win in city election, by R. Chester
Notes From the News
The fight against Jim Crow at New Jersey convention, by Alan Kohlman
Akron CIO rally protests against anti-labor bills
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Fighting policy adopted by CIO packing union, by Ted Selander
More union bodies join call for 24-hour strike – demand action against anti-labor legislation
Supreme Court ruling dooms Negro to chair, by William Charles
Build a tank trap! (cartoon)
Mahoning County CIO council urges stoppage, by Harry Frankel
Demand release of jailed trade unionist in India
Socialist Party leader arrested in Madras
Local settlements pave way for end of telephone strike, by Alan Kohlman
Bilbao strike disturbs Franco’s fascist rule
Hunger demonstrations sweep Germany
Minneapolis vote
ACEWR plans to cable packages
Notebook of an Agitator – the mad dog of the labor movement
UPWA call for a new party represents a big step forward, by George Breitman
Fighting program adopted by CIO packing workers (continued from Page 1)
Our Program:
Meaning of attack on Henry Wallace
The prospects of American Stalinism, by James P. Cannon
Premier Ramadier’s new cabinet wins swift aid from Wall Street, by Joseph Hansen
Evicted into the rain (photo)
The Arab league vs. Arab masses in Middle East, by H Vallin
International Notes
The nature of Stalinism
A vote for war
Act now!
Blow at civil rights
Look at China
”Don’t use so much polish . . . “ (cartoon)
Soviet co-ops become capitalist enterprises, by John G. Wright
Workers’ Bookshelf
Diplomatic war goes on as Moscow conference fails, by Jean Paul Martin
Communist Party outlawed in Brazil, by Charles Cornell
French Trotskyists may face prosecution
Workers’ Forum – why we ballot as Trotskyists – Stalinist goons attack “Militant” distributor – public funds used to extend Jim Crow – criticizes editorial on British murders – dump surplus spuds while prices soar
Seven-day strike forces Inland Steel Corp. to withdraw union-busting contract clauses, by J. Lyons
The Militant Army – special bulletin sparks Chicago sub campaign
Local settlements pave way to end of telephone strikes (continued from Page 1)
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Militant readers invited to the Mid-West camp
Gala floor show to be featured at ACEWR ball
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Unknown Child, by Theodore Kovalesky
Building workers feel impact of Depression, by Joseph Hansen
The big steal (graphic)
The Negro Struggle – Against the Anti-Labor Bills, by William E. Bohannon
GM rehires 15 men but UAW suffers bad blow
Beating a Rent Gouger
Delegates urge Labor party at Pa. AFL parley
Dunne winds up campaign for mayor of Minneapolis, by Grace Carlson
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Oakland labor scores victory in city election, by R. Chester
Strike it out! (cartoon)
Slave labor bill veto demanded – Truman holds silence despite union appeals
South Carolina lynch trial goes to jury
More unions join call for one-day protest strike
CIO Marine cooks raise demand for a new party
Arab-Jewish union in general strike
CIO council in Newark urges 24-hour strike
Action they will heed, an editorial
Threaten death penalty for German food demonstrators
Truman scorns plea to veto measure knifing portal pay
10 years after the memorial day massacre
Scene of the 1937 mass acre [sic] (photo)
Notebook of an Agitator – the treason of the intellectuals
Our Program:
The working class fight against Stalinism, by James P. Cannon
Germany 1947: Four flags over a ruin, by Ernest Germain
Murdered by Stalin’s GPU (photo)
The Arab revolution and the Zionist labor movement, by H. Vallin
Correction
An emergency appeal
Oakland lessons
Class legislation
”Freedom from fear”
”I’ve got my belly full . . . “ (cartoon)
Fear grips Wall St. as stocks nosedive, by John G. Wright
Workers’ Bookshelf
Fate of Europe now hinges on French working class, by Arthur Burch
Abortions this year will kill 15,000 women, by Leigh Ray
Workers’ Forum – white-Negro unity in telephone strike – finds storekeeping is no easy life – San Diego cops beat Negro war veteran – mayor of Havana sets worthy example – union papers run ad for Ohio Bell tel.
Oakland labor movement deals stiff blow to long-entrenched Republican machine (continued from Page 1)
”Southern justice . . [sic]
The Militant Army – New York finds spot mobilization a success
Hilding Swan Olson
Strikers defy injunction in Columbiana
Mid-West camp opens June 29
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Film shown at largest meeting of Akron SWP
Pioneer Notes
Ball Point Frankenstein, by Joseph Hansen
Thousands out of work in Rhode Island slump
AFL and CIO leaders discu ss [sic] unity (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Plenty of Jobs – at Low Pay, by Larry Carter
Vote for Dunne shows rising interest in SWP, by Grace Carlson
Best of All Possible Worlds
Stalinists scored for failure to join anti-fascist action
The bi-partisan deal and N. J. constitutional convention
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Lynch mob of 28 set free by lily-white jury, by George Lavan
24-hour strike demand mounts through nation – AFL unions join CIO in call for nation-wide stoppage
Acquittal gives green light to more lynchings
Monster on the loose (cartoon)
Truman weighs putting okay on slave labor bill
Ramadier decrees military rule for 85,000 utilities workers
10,000 protest anti-labor bills in San Francisco
Landlords await rent hikes as Congress stalls
Call on labor of all lands to help the German workers
The ranks want action! an Editorial
CIO now organizing new phone workers international
Notebook of an Agitator – a blood transfusion
Lynchers set free (photo)
Detroit UAW-CIO unions hit state anti-labor bill
28 in lynch mob freed by white Southern jury (continued from Page 1)
Lynn AVC chapter pushes militant fight for housing
Our Program:
Chicago tenants union halts mass eviction of 6 families, by Robert L. BIrchman
Northwest metal workers win victory after 2-day strike
Workers’ revolution and bureaucratic degeneration, by James P. Cannon
The Four Germanies, by Ernest Germain
Truman Doctrine in action (photo)
Revolutionary solution to Palestine question, by H. Vallin
Accept no substitutes!
Stop the lynchers
Arms for dictators
In economy’s name
”But Senator, if we did away with . . . “ (cartoon)
Wall Street tycoons run U.S. government
Workers’ Bookshelf
Capitalists bewildered about the Depression, by John G. Wright
Congressmen at Work – Wall Street and Wool
Workers’ Forum – candy store reflects capitalist anarchy – everyone should see “Monsieur Verdoux” – adopt resolution for 24-hour strike – advocates joining Socialist Workers – proposes additions to program box
World labor experience new upsurge as resistance mounts against U.S. imperialism, by Arthur Burch
The Militant Army – Detroit sub campaign starts with good score
Fun at Little Pleasant Lake (photo)
How one vacationer viewed benefits of Mid-West camp
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Columbiana strikers’ morale high despite vicious attack by court, by Art O’Brien
Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – Murray and Memorial Day, by Theodore Kovalesky
Dump surplus potatoes as world goes hungry, by Joseph Hansen
Unemployment rises to half million in New York
Strikers against Camels (photo)
The Negro Struggle – the case of Jackie Robinson, by Larry Carter
Dunne calls on unions to build a Labor Party
”Brothers Under the Skin,” by Grace Carlson
SWP candidates wind up campaign for N.J. Constitution convention election, by Alan Kohlman
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Greek Trotskyists face death as terror reigns
Put the squeeze on! (cartoon)
Anti-labor law sure, says Taft – time to organize powerful protest strike grows short
Socialist Workers Party calls for picket line at consulate
Partial list of unions wanting 1-day strike
Cabinet shifts in Italy, Hungary are Truman “doctrine” product, by Joseph Hansen
Favor Labor Party and 24-hour strike
New Jersey layoffs sound warning signal to unions, by A. Stevens
Michigan State CIO to meet at height of labor crisis
Senate votes passage of bill granting rent boosts of 15%
Supreme Court ruling hit by CIO
Notebook of an Agitator – farewell to a socialist pioneer
Joint labor victory in Oakland election points road for workers in other cities, by Ed Davis
I wouldn’t budge an inch for a camel (cartoon)
Stalinist grip on Buffalo UE shaken by militant caucus
Chicago packing unions decide to cooperate
Our Program:
10,000 aircraft workers threaten strike in Seattle, by C. Kaye
Tri-State fabricators resist fringe demands in contract, by Art O’Brien
How German people are being “re-educated for democracy,” by Ernest Germain
Heroic record of Chinese Trotskyists during the war
Chen Chi-Chang (illustration)
The position of Stalinism after the Renault strike, by Pierre Frank
International Notes
Italy, Hungary cabinet shifts Truman “Doctrine” product (continued from Page 1)
Growing unemployment
Make it a crime
Why veterans join
”Unanimous” report
”They really ought to be glad . . . “ (cartoon)
Stalin’s fake concession on Russian death penalty, by Alan Kohlman
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work – Terminal Leave Pay
45 state legislatures legalize price gouging, by George Lavan
Workers’ Forum – wants more articles on basic questions – takes lambasting but renews sub – wants material on Socialist Party – agrees with article on CIO-AFL unity – Stalinists “aid” victim of police brutality – a worker’s answer to Depression
ACEWR begins cabling relief packages to hunger stricken workers in Germany
The Militant Army – week at camp is Akron award for most subs
Chicago groups join fight against job discrimination
Mid-West vacation camp opens season on June 29
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Diary of a Steel Worker – the Truth Will Out, by Theodore Kovalesky
Seven out on bail after lynch attempt in N.C.
Capitalist monopoly grows bigger (illustration)
The Negro Struggle – Anger Is Not Enough, by William E. Bohannon
Secretary of war reveals real aim of UMT program, by Joseph Hansen
The Not-So-Happy Barefoot Boy, by Grace Carlson
Buffalo SWP steps up drive against pending sales tax, by Libby Jones
Pendergast machine scored in Kansas City vote fraud
Notes From the News
Mass meeting in L.A. protests freeing of 28 lynch murderers
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Budenz reveals Trotsky murder facts to jury – tells Grand Jury that Stalin’s GPU made assassination preparations in New York City
Mine strikers protest Taft-Hartley slave bill – rank-and-file miners lead fight on union-busting law
Favor people’s referendum on war or peace – Flint Chevrolet local hits Truman Doctrine
Wall Street’s rubber stamps (cartoon)
Bulletin
SWP chalks up 5% of vote in Essex County
Political expediency to decide Truman stand on anti-labor bill, by Joseph Hansen
24-hour protest strike urged by union groups
Pickets protest Greek regime’s reign of terror
Attacks on India Trotskyists spread as strike continues
Nationwide strike paralyzes railway system in France
Notebook of an Agitator – a rift in the Iron Curtain
N.Y. protest rally against slave-labor bill (photo)
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Political expediency guides Truman on anti-labor bill (continued from Page 1)
Our Program:
2 political wings of Wall St. Vulture
Germany, 1947 – From Potsdam to Moscow, by Ernest Germain
Tense conflict over Hungary mirrors trend toward war, by William F. Warde
Picketing Greek consulate in New York (photo)
Mood of British workers shows rise in militancy, by T. J. Peters
Mass demonstrations rock bloody Kuomintang regime, by George Lavan
International Notes
An appeal for aid
Green’s politics
Pentagon conspiracy
Double standard
”Oh yes! Don’t forget to invite our dear friends . . . “ (cartoon)
Making the world safe from atom bombs, by Art Preis
Workers’ Bookshelf
Unions must adopt policies to fight cutbacks, layoffs, by John G. Wright
Spanish POUM moves farther to the right
Workers’ Forum – voice of Trotskyism must reach workers – holds J.P.C. erred in “Notebook” article on suspended cutters – lumberjacks picket for sixteen months – ILGWU suspension wrong and dangerous, says J.P.C. in reply – criticizes “Militant” editorial on resisting lynch murder
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The Militant Army – boosters send pledges to keep “Militant” going
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Classes on important topics featured at Mid-West camp
Diary of a Steel Worker – A Leader of Men, by Theodore Kovalesky
British capitalists hail deal to chop up India, by Joseph Hansen
House censors publication on fascist activity
Proposed dismemberment of India (map)
The Negro Struggle – In Answer to Mr. Staton, by William E. Bohannon
Big rally in New York to protest Jim Crow
Oakland angered by brutal police, demand shakeup, by Ed Davis
Notes From the News
Warehousemen settle 3-day strike in San Francisco, by D. Rossa
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
No ships move as CIO seamen await contract
Aroused unionists swell caravan to Washington en route from West
Toss ‘em in the ash-can! (cartoon)
Labor Party seen as vital need – Taft-Hartley bill exposes Wall St. two-party system
Defy anti-labor law
Railway workers in France win smashing strike victory
New raid projected on treasury to finance reaction in Europe, by Joseph Hansen
SWP radio speaker flays anti-labor bill
Why Big Business wants the slave-labor bill, by Art Preis
How Stalinists “answer” Murray on Red-baiting
American Veterans committee holds national convention in Milwaukee
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Keep the home fires burning! (cartoon)
CIO president in Akron assails no-strike pledge
Mood of American workers analyzed
State of American economy surveyed in June magazine
Our Program:
Two-day picnic in Pennsylvania
N. Y. Negro freedom rally a fraudulent spectacle
The agony of life under the occupation, by Ernest Germain
Reports show existence of opposition in Soviet Union
Rail strike empties Paris station (photo)
How long will the new De Gasperi cabinet last?
Italian elections postponed 6 months
Heroic record of A. Leon, leader of Belgian Trotskyists
Differences in ruling class over the Truman Doctrine, by Arthur Burch
International Notes
Egyptian Trotskyists publish manifesto against British
Stab in the back
”Democrats” at home
Fight rent boosts
Veteran graduates
”After all, Baron, it’s only right . . . “ (cartoon)
Sliding scale of hours will prevent layoffs, by John G. Wright
Movie Review
Workers’ Bookshelf
Washington’s reasons for embracing Peron
Workers’ Forum – New Zealander tells how he became a “Militant” reader – demands real fight against slave bill – “Man of the Street” takes over the mike – sends $10 to help put out “Militant”
The Militant Army – Detroit sub campaign scores total of 233
Floods take heavy toll in land and lives as profiteers prevent storage dam control, by George Lavan
Raid projected on Treasury to back European reaction (continued from Page 1)
ACEWR requests donations for health clinic in Italy
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Mid-West school and camp opens season on June 29
Diary of a Steel Worker – Springtime Comes to Ames St., by Theodore Kovalesky
Crushing tax burden remains on workers
CIO rally against slave-labor bill (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Like Building on Quicksand, by William E. Bohannon
Tax bill seeks to smother political action by labor
Health for the Workers, by Grace Carlson
New York SWP hits O’Dwyer move to raise subway fare, by George Clarke
New Camel contract is being violated by Reynolds Co.
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Truman gesture is bid for votes – last-minute veto designed to hide anti-union record, by Joseph Hansen
Baked to order (cartoon)
Fight Wall Street’s slave law by building labor’s own party – workers have lost battle, but they can win the war, by the Editors
Congress vote shows reactionary character of Democratic Party
Appeasement policy paved way to labor defeat
Fast-spreading walkout of miners demonstrates workers’ determination to fight anti-union law
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Motorcade to Washington (photo)
How Trotskyists fought slave labor measure
Taft-Hartley provisions inspired by Wall Street
Our Program:
Union heads denounce law but offer no real program
Germany 1947 – What the People Are Thinking About, by Ernest Germain
Liberals are busy peddling disguised Truman Doctrine
Escaped lynch mob (photo)
French socialist youth fight dissolution order
International Notes
American veterans committee shows marked shift to right
Trotskyist rally commemorates Paris Commune
Factory committees in Paris organize for general strike
Labor rewarded
Dangerous illusion
Damning admission
Join the SWP!
”The next war will put us . . .” (cartoon)
Flint auto local prints Labor Party pamphlet
Workers’ Bookshelf
Notorious Nazis hold key posts under Allies
Congressmen at Work – “You Can Crack a Filibuster”
Workers Forum
Antoinette Konikow 1869 .àí 1946, by Evelyn Atwood
The Militant Army – $100 contribution sent to help “the Militant”
FE merger proposal causes heated dispute in UAW-CIO
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How capitalists treat any law they don’t like
Fine fishing in Pleasant Lake at Mid-West vacation camp
Diary of a Steel Worker – Letter to a New Subscriber, by Theodore Kovalesky
Michigan CIO delegates call for a new party, by Sol Dollinger
End of CIO shipping tie-up (photo)
Like Building on Quicksand, by George Breitman
NMU gains contract concessions through union-wide job action
”The American Meddlers’ Association,” by Grace Carlson
Tax Wall Street to save the five-cent fare, by George Clarke
Notes From the News
Labor in Canada fights layoffs
Georgia officials give Klansmen whitewash job
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Labor must build own party to combat Taft-Hartley Act – statement of national committee of the Socialist Workers Party
The way to do it (cartoon)
Strike spreads to 132,000 in shipyards – vicious law stiffens holdout of profiteers
Battle begins against slave law – union ranks want militant struggle and open defiance
Akron labor urges nation-wide strike
Hi-jacking rent measure gets Truman’s signature, by Art Preis
AFL PAINTERS IN New York OUST LOUIS WEINSTOCK [sic]
Miners hurl first challenge at new union-busting law
Rent hike, eviction drive on full blast
Fight slave law with Labor Party (continued from Page 1)
We the people, by Marvel Scholl
Our Program:
Germany 1947 – The Working-Class Parties in Germany, by Ernest Germain
Madras textile strike firm despite government attacks, by V. Karalasingham
Three of a kind in labor-haters (photo)
Sentiment for new party shown by Wallace tour, by Arthur Burch
International Notes
How “unification” of Europe is used to cloak reaction, by John G. Wright
Make it boomerang
Two years of the UN
The witch hunt
Death of our society
”Isn’t it grand to relax . . . “ (cartoon)
Production curtailed by textile mills
Workers’ Bookshelf
Rail moguls catch the gravy train
Congressmen at Work – Orchids to Green and Murray
Filipino veterans cheated by Congress
Workers’ Forum – an example of Nazi-like neutrality – no submission to war or slavery – wishes success for our work – praises good work of “labor challenge” – rotting tenements collapse in N.Y. – feel hard times approach in Montana – they act together against the workers – appreciates articles on Negro struggle
Socialist Workers Party Youngstown local goes on the air in call for Labor Party
The Transition
The Militant Army – excellent response from Southern strikers
Rent hi-jacking bill made law by Truman’s signature (continued from Page 1)
First week of season begins at Mid-West camp
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Diary of a Steel Worker – Another Letter to a New Subscriber, by Theodore Kovalesky
Rank and file sentiment felt at NAACP parley, by William Charles
CIO shipbuilders out on strike (photo)
Send Them Where They Belong, by Albert Parker
U.S. note to Indonesians backs Dutch colonial rule
”Made in Europe,” by Joseph Hansen
Uncover plot to establish French military dictatorship
Notes From the News
Philadelphia SWP urges unions to run labor slates in elections
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Paris conference on Marshall Plan promotes war aims – push for Western bloc breaks up secret parley, by Joseph Hansen
No hope offered ruined Europe in Kremlin line, by John G. Wright
Mine victory spurs fight on slave law – unions bar no-strike pacts, NLRB procedure, by Art Preis
”This is protection–see!” (cartoon)
What miners won by their militancy
Mass resistance grows against 15% rent gouge
Trotskyists in Bolivia face Hertzog terror
Clean the rascals out, an Editorial
Coal miners triumphant after four strikes in year
New publishing date and copy deadline
CP invents “plot” to swing NMU votes
It worked (photo)
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Miners victory spurs fight against slave law (continued from Page 1)
Coal Co. penalized $1000 for 11 dead
Mine agreement (photo)
Wallace program analyzed at Detroit meeting
Our Program:
Social Democrats whitewash Truman, oppose new party
Germany 1947 – First Steps on the Workers Road to Action, by Ernest Germain
Wall Street Western Bloc plan hailed by European capitalists, by Jean Paul Martin
Worse off than before (photo)
Stalin amends his criminal code
Secret Paris parley promotes war drive (continued from Page 1)
Kremlin offers no hope to devastated Europe (continued from Page 1)
Big wave of strikes sweeps through island of Ceylon, by Gamani Salgado
International Notes
Greek monarchy jails 2,800 in “Red” raids
UN by-passed again
”Forgive and forget”
An alarming health report
Prices coming down?
”Should I unload my oil shares . . . “(cartoon)
What happened to the building boom?
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work – Call It Anything But That
German paper charges deliberate starvation, by Eugene Shays
Workers’ Forum – Laura Gray recovering from serious illness – Vallin reply explains situation in Palestine – “shocked amazement” over Vallin article
Lives, land, food destroyed as profiteers block flood control, by Evelyn Atwood
The Militant Army – chalk up 344 subs in Chicago campaign
Three phases of the Stalinist attitude to French strikes
Eight years of Spanish fascism
First social of Lynn ACEWR is successful
Vacationers enjoy first week at Mid-West camp, Michigan, by William F. Warde
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Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – Steve’s Week End, by Theodore Kovalesky
Most of South for anti-lynch law
O’Dwyer responsible for 8-cent fare steal, by Charles Cornell
Speeches Are a Dime a Dozen, by William E. Bohannan
Robert Williams is SWP candidate for Senate
Horse-and-Buggy Medicine, by Grace Carlson
White hoodlums attack homes belonging to Chicago Negroes, by Robert Birchman
Horsetrade politics behind re-passage of tax bill
Bolivia deputy introduced bill on sliding scale
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
CIO defies political ban in slave law – union-financed papers back federal candidates
More unions ban NLRB procedure, no-strike clause
”Unifying” Europe (cartoon)
Profiteers renew price-gouging drive – living costs hit record despite high production
All incomes rise but wage-earners’
Shipyard strike holds firm in fourth week
Paris parley sharpens struggle over Europe, by Joseph Hansen
Witch hunt and anti-labor bills are signed into law in Michigan
CIO demands Michigan state rent controls
Rent-gougers open big eviction drive
Dutch despots press drive against Indonesian republic
”Cops-and-robbers” theory of politics, by Art Preis
We the people, by Marvel Scholl
No need for mass picketing (photo)
The Instinctive and Elemental Drive, by J. R. Johnson
Stalinist faction in NMU raises “unity” smokescreen, by C. Thomas
Our Program:
Threat of price slash frightens canned good manufacturers
Germany 1947 – Strategy of the Fourth International, by Ernest Germain
Fill Greek concentration camps as terror reaches new height
2nd convention of Trotskyists held in India
U.S. imperialist administrator (photo)
Paris parley sharpens struggle over Europe (continued from Page 1)
Three-power talks end in heightened tension, by Jean Paul Martin
Government goes easy on French military plot
International Notes
PAC’s registration drive
Year Three of the atom age
Open the doors of America
Chiang Kai-shek yells for help
”We absolutely must put down the communists . . . “
Most union bureaucrats opposed to Labor Party
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work – Millionaire Envoy to Argentina
Court-martial debate evades main issue
Workers’ Forum – hopes labor united for political action – thinks Truman speech at NAACP was good – gives source of quote ascribed to Lenin – recalls how Wallace killed little pigs – sends $5 to help circulate “Militant”
Marshall and Wallace deceive people about U.S. imperialism, by Art Preis
The Militant Army – Buffalo sub chart shows steady rise
Capitalist tycoon looks at labor bureaucrats, by Joseph Hansen
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What the Joke Is, by John G. Wright
Eight Negroes murdered in Georgia prison-camp
Killed in cold blood (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Politics and the NAACP, by Albert Parker
Seattle tenants organize action against bill to sell project homes
That’s what we like about the South
SWP candidate for City Council in Philadelphia
Railroad fare raises hit by SWP candidate Williams
ACEWR urges aid be rushed to European anti-fascists
First day nets 1,800 signatures in drive
Insurance for the Doctor, by Grace Carlson
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Price rises continue as profits soar – Truman’s report reveals fear of worse inflation
UPWA parley renews stand on political action – packing workers urge independent candidates
Applying the “Atlantic Charter” (cartoon)
U.S. arms used in war on Indonesians – Dutch imperialists launch blitzkrieg on young republic, by Joseph Hansen
Elect union men, says state AFL
Western bloc squabbles over prize Ruhr area
Chicago tenants resist profiteering landlords
Socialist Workers Party protests use of U.S. planes, guns, in Indonesia
Auto union calls for united labor conference
Goodrich strike vote backs national contract demand
Housing, evictions crisis intensifies
All-white Georgia jury OKs massacre of eight Negroes
Washington concedes rise in unemployment
The elemental urge to socialism, by J. R. Johnson
Strikebreaking attempt fails (photo)
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Union leaders now sing the blues about some old “friends of labor”
Warning to all labor – Tobin is on the loose
Prices and profits continue to climb
Our Program:
Germany 1947 – It Can Happen to You Too, by Ernest Germain
Heroic Greek Trotskyists listed among royalist terror victims, by Jean Paul Martin
Wall Street’s helping hand (cartoon)
U.S. arms used in war on Indonesian republic (continued from Page 1)
Athens dictators spread brazen lies as cover for their reign of terror
SWP pledges support of Indonesian republic
Call for unity of Jews and Arabs against British
International Notes
Labor must aid freedom fighters!
Dutch Trotskyists defend Indonesian people’s cause
German workers heckle and boo Stalinist minister
PCI conference backs Trotsky’s views on USSR
”There is no peace!”
A law against thinking
Lots of talk – but no action
Wall St’s aid to Greece
”It’s such a problem to find something to invest . . . “ (cartoon)
Who is right about the housing shortage?
Congressmen at Work – the Specter Haunting Congress
The sugar trust dips into your sugar bowl
The rich grow richer as the poor buy less
Workers’ Forum – predicts re-grouping of auto union ranks – Trotskyist in Germany reports on conditions – “moralist” Eastman and Lenin’s testament – words of Douglass still hold true – what a mother finds in “the Militant”
Wall Street dons rosy spectacles; economic outlook remains grim, by John G. Wright
The Militant Army – branches report plans on annual celebration
Auto union rejects FE-merger plan
Record attendance at Mid-West camp
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AFL union urges labor candidate for U.S. president, by O. George
Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – An Accordion and Life in General, by Theodore Kovalesky
Robert Williams scores O’Dwyer’s strike breaking
CIO bank clerks on picket line battle policy (photo)
Plague of rats menaces families Phila. slums, by Max Goldman
In Memoriam Homer Lewis 1910-1947
Flays Jim Crow at Rockaway beach
3,200 signatures for R. Williams top legal quota
The Negro Struggle – Jim Crow and “Melodrama,” by Albert Parker
Aspirin Won’t Cure “Bean Headache,” by Joseph Hansen
Notes From the News
CIO railroad union wins PRR election
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Wall Street backs Dutch in Java war – loan of $553,000,000 to help colonial depots, [sic] by Joseph Hansen
80th Congress record shows need for a Labor Party now – Republicans, Democrats both serve Wall Street, by the Editors
Keeping the nag moving (cartoon)
Taft Hartley Act gets major test in Murray strike – union seeks clauses to avoid reprisals
PCI issues call for revolutionary unity in France
Neglect of mines adds 27 more to death-toll
Washington big-wigs linked to war graft
Press silent about Marshall Plan while imperialists grab for Ruhr
Negro death-camp inmates send out desperate plea
Steel price hikes will boost high living costs still higher
Signs of the times
The elemental urge to socialism
FIghting Jim Crow on New York beach (photo)
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Narrow margin gives NMU post to Stalinists
Our Program:
”King” Ryan – a success story, by Art Preis
4,500 Jews get another lesson in “democracy,” by Evelyn Atwood
British seize refugee ship (photo)
Bloody suppression used against Ceylon strikers
Stalinist line shifts to right in Australia
Burma assassinations are aid to reaction
Wall Street backs Dutch in war on Indonesians (continued from Page 1)
Wall Street as a new program for the Ruhr, by Arthur Burch
Trotskyist editor latest victim of Bombay jailers
International Notes
PCI proposes fusion to French SP youth
Action needed on Labor Party
Indonesia appeals to 1776
Bureaucrats and cooperatives
Stalinists and the Labor Party
”The Taft-Hartley Act . . . “ (Cartoon)
”All is confusion,” wails leading Wall St. organ
Movie Review
Congressmen at Work – A Job Well Done for Wall Street
What colonial peoples can expect from U.S.
Workers’ Forum – help the Indonesians with their freedom – scores Stalinist betrayers in Ceylon – wants “the Militant” better distributed – Spanish Trotskyist enjoys “the Militant” – brisk pamphlet sales at Yorkville meeting – finds Coles wrong on Truman speech
Grief-stricken tenant shoots landlord for fire-death of 4, by Robert Birchman
Where Hickman’s 4 children died (photo)
The Militant Army – Los Angeles score for week is 49 subs
Pioneer Notes
Mid-West camp is host to contingent from N.J.
Youth Activities
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”Are polls fair to organized labor,” by Joseph Hansen
”A Health Pattern for Labor,” by Grace Carlson
Wall Street’s Epic Tuesday, by John G. Wright
Detroit CIO body debates key issue of Labor Party
It pays to organize (photo)
Powerful base for labor’s own party
Williams petition drive passes signature quota
Federal withholding tax a racket for the bosses
R. Williams flays Jim Crow ruling
NAACP and CIO council in Chicago fight rent hike
Hickman defense committee formed
Chicago comrades hold last rites for Homer Lewis
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Wall Street muscles into Indonesia – UN “intervenes” after Dutch seize objectives, by John G. Wright
Philadelphia SWP files petitions for its candidate
They’re both right! (cartoon)
Price increases wipe out wage gains – inflation slices real incomes to levels of 1939
”Whopping” 84% rise in profits reported
Strike against firing pro-Indonesia worker
Strike threat forces Ford to sign temporary “no penalty” agreement
State Senate petitions submitted in New York
Attlee tried to unload crisis burden on masses
BLF&E progressives fight Robertson’s machine-rule
U.S. Steel hikes prices despite $18-a-ton less production cost
The Elemental Urge to Socialism, by J.R. Johnson
Congressional debris (photo)
SUP to fight for union hiring hall
We the People, by Marvel Scholl
Painters union gains wage rise in New York
Fight the rent hogs
GIs and “prosperity”
Henry Wallace pulls a fast one, by Art Preis
Our Program:
Six months of Indo-China’s war
Berlin worker earns more by sleeping than by working
Pogroms sweep Palestine leap over to England
Wall Street sends arms for Chiang (photo)
De Gaulle propagandizes for dictatorial state
Wall Street muscles into Indonesia; UN acts after Dutch gain objectives
Latin American Notes
Greek tyrants arrest more Trotskyists
Dutch unionists advocate boycott on war material
Greek monarchy asks for U.S. troops
The crisis in England
A crime against labor
World-wide spy system
Puerto-Rican tragedy
”I know it’s safer, but I’m so accustomed . . . “ (cartoon)
June exports sag as production slides down
Workers’ Bookshelf
New labor czar, Denham: the man and his record
Job statistics show how liars can figure
Workers’ Forum – her eyes opened by Indonesia war – don’t cast your vote for the atomic bomb – jobless family kicked from pillar to post – questions analysis of economic trend – appreciated series by Ernest Germain – explanation offered by John G. Wright – pins all his hopes on Henry Wallace
That’s where my money goes, by Albert Parker
The Militant Army – Seattle nets 15 subs first week of campaign
Pioneer Notes – a vital book on the Jewish question
Gratitude shown for ACEWR relief items
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Minneapolis SWP holds successful outdoor festival
Youth Activities
The Gentlemen Aren’t Kidding, by Evelyn Atwood
The Negro Struggle – Political Uncle Tomfoolery, by Albert Parker
Telephone paper says labor must build own party, by S. Foster
Survivors of mine tragedy (photo)
Hickman case victims tell tragic story to “Militant,” by Robert L. Birchman
Angry tenants demand Philadelphia rent control
Unionists picket Dutch consulate in San Francisco
Little Thieves and Big Thieves, by Art Preis
New Jersey cops uphold Jim Crow
Anti-Jim Crow demonstrations have strong effect at Rockaway
Notes From the News
Fewer new homes in 157 key U.S. cities
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
SWP flays Truman Indonesian policy – State Dept. undertakes defense of U.S. aid to Dutch imperialists – Cannon hits evasions of state, Armour
Text of protest made by SWP
Detroit SWP runs Lerner for mayor
Labor Party can sweep country, Tobin admits – could rally 37 million to its fold
Truman Doctrine – Dutch model (cartoon)
Clark promises “probe” of price conspirators
Attention, Mr. Clark!
J. P. Cannon’s answer to Armour
Akron Rubber bows before strike threat
The Elemental Urge to Socialism, by J. R. Johnson
Return to death mine (photo)
Greed trails mine victims to graves
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Stalinists capture posts in NMU port elections, by Art Sharon
6 disappointed GIs kill selves
American labor after Taft-Hartley Act
What Hughes scandal revealed, by Art Preis
Our Program:
The labor movement in Japan today, by Robert L. Birchman
German Trotskyists hold first post-war national conference
Socialist party has major split in Southern India, by M. Usman
Brazil workers fight fare rise (photo)
F. I. analyzes crisis of British imperialism
Rio conference forges U.S. imperialist links
Indo-Chinese Trotskyists discuss tasks in France
Washington wants Ruhr coal for Wall Street
International Notes
Laborite “lefts” wilt; retain Cabinet posts
State Dept. indicts itself
Democracy and hypocrisy
Fight against rent sharks
Political bankruptcy
”They ought to be ashamed . . . “ (cartoon)
Ruark’s expose of Army life in Mediterranean
Workers’ Bookshelf
Bank boosts loan rates: credit structure shaky
Experts hide real views on coming Depression
Workers’ Forum – how much longer will we take it? – the State Department and Standard Oil – wants reviews of more movies – the rights of small nations – high prices shrink value of war bonds – like castor oil in childhood
Mine operators incite race hate in move to put over speed-up
The Militant Army – Tri-City Penn. picnic yields aid to Militant
Scene at West Coast camp (photo)
Purpose of Marshall Plan explained in Fourth International
West Coast camp-school opens 3d season Sept. 6
One week remains for fun at Mid-West camp
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New friends gained at Los Angeles picnic
Youth Activities
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Day the Spell Was Broken, by Theodore Kovalesky
Troops will aid dictators in Greece, U.S. threatens, by John G. WRight
How prices have kept on soaring (graphic)
The Negro Struggle – Admiration for the Indonesians, by Albert Parker
Labor and Negro groups in Chicago rally to defense of James Hickman
Plan protest at Dutch consulate in Philadelphia
Health for All, by Grace Carlson
Chicago NAACP plans mass action on housing crisis
Rockaway pickets score victory against Jim Crow at bath-house
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Atomic bomb threat hurled at USSR – tension over Greece mounts to new high
Youngstown unionist in council race – steel local endorses own labor candidate
”Investigating” the price conspiracy (cartoon)
”Probe” will not halt price-gougers – high living costs to stay, admits President Truman, by Art Preis
Profiteers grab a bigger slice
Marshall presses Wal [sic] Street’s war aims at conference in Brazil, by Joseph Hansen
Dutch continue slaughter of Java freedom-fighters
Teamster convention held after 7 years, by Della Rossa
NMU urges boycott of ships loading Dutch war cargo
Demand U.S. recall arms from Dutch! an Editorial
Demonstration in New York (photo)
We’ll never forget martyrdom of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927 – Editorial Note
Working class martyrs (photo)
The Elemental Urge to Socialism, by J. R. Johnson
Our Program:
Truman admits “probe” won’t halt price gouge
In memory of Leon Trotsky .Äì 1879 .àí 1940 – why GPU killed founder of Fourth International, by Pablo
In memory of Leon Trotsky .Äì 1879 .àí 1940 – heroic life of a fighter for socialist revolution, by Rose Karsner
Revolutionary leader’s great contributions to the world struggle for Negro emancipation, by J.R. Johnson
Trotsky appraised in “Fourth International”
Policy of the ostrich
Conference on the Ruhr
The struggle in Greece
$1,000,000,000 “gift”
”Why should they worry about being laid off? . . . “ (cartoon)
The inevitable decline of the British Empire, by Leon Trotsky [editorial note]
Workers’ Bookshelf
Why Truman atom-bombed Hiroshima
Workers’ Forum – finds evicted family but no apartment – Mid-West camp wins another fan – opposes cooperatives and sliding wages – they forget those who die in poverty – calls attention to error in editorial
A visit in jail with mother of 6, by Winifred Nelson
The Militant Army – Los Angeles scores 141 subs in July
Teamsters convention meets after 7 years (continued from Page 1)
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Milwaukee SWP enjoys annual holiday picnic, by C. Andrews
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Appeal That Must Be Made, by Theodore Kovalesky
Our Labor Day, 1947, message: Workers, build your own party! by the Editors
Seafarers strike ties up Isthmian shipping line – Taft-Hartley slave law threatens hiring hall, by R. Bell
”Hands off Indonesia” (photo)
I Hate to Pay the Light Bill, by Joseph Hansen
Wall Street’s “Internationalism,” by Art Preis
UAW mass pickets halt scabs at Clinton, Mich.
Wisconsin union urges Labor Party, by O. George
Howard Lerner scores Detroit park area lease
50 Negroes injured in Chicago as race haters incite violence, by Robert L. Birchman
Notes From the News
Denver unions elect 4 City Charter revisers
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
SWP to run presidential candidate – maps 1948 election drive in main states
SWP candidate is challenged by Democrats – would ban party from Philadelphia ballot
Wall Street at work (cartoon)
Political action is needed to battle price-profiteers – “build the Labor Party’ is slogan of the hour, by the Editors
Labor must develop own political power, AFL paper warns
AFL seafarers win demand in Isthmian strike
”Liberal” front sought for Greek puppet govt., by Joseph Hansen
Clear path of war
Begin the pay off on loan to Greece
Java asks aid of U.S. labor
Workers feel crushing squeeze between living costs, slave law
Be the payment high or low, by J.R. Johnson
Waterborne pickets (photo)
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
N. Y. longshoremen rebel against Ryan’s sellout, by Forbes Peters
The shocking case of the S.S. America (or the tale of luxury liner life rudely disrupted), by Art Sharon
Our Program:
We the people, by Marvel Scholl
Phila. election board plans anti-CP terror
A report from the Indo-China front
Wall Street delegation crushes opposition at Petropolis parley, by Joseph Hansen
Dutch Trotskyists urge Indonesia aid – call for world boycott against imperialist war
Fires and misses (photo)
Greetings sent to Natalia Trotsky
Crisis of British economy affects many countries
Latin American Notes
Manifesto outlines program for Spain
German Trotskyists publish new paper
Griffith’s call for war
A question for PAC leaders
”The Exodus 1947”
Italian oil and American GIs
”You heard me . . . “ (cartoon)
The Stalinist deceit about a “third party”
Workers’ Bookshelf
No tears for Bilbo, by Art Preis
”Per capita” incomes another boss lie, by Jeff Thorne
Workers’ Forum – what is your opinion on running serials in “the Militant”? – accuse white oil man of raping Negro girl – surprised to see home town, name in “Militant Army” – count it out in cents to show how much it costs the workers – tells about Budenz in Auto-Lite strike – comes to defense of Treasury Dept. – sorry pension slash prevents contribution
Why some mothers can’t stay home to take care of children
The Militant Army – Harry of Los Angeles got 10 subs in half hour
The magnificent fighter – a tribute to the memory of Leon Trotsky
Pioneer Notes
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Wall Street role in UN angers Egyptian relief
Flint unionists honor memory of Leon Trotsky
Youth Activities
San Francisco SWP opens new quarters
Diary of a Steel Worker – “That Agony Is Our Triumph,” by Theodore Kovalesky
Drive to free James Hickman gains wide support in Chicago
Mass picket line forces Michigan boss to sign up – author of Taft-Hartley Act asks “investigator”
Scabs on parade (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Something New Must Be Added, by Albert Parker
3,000 Chicago families face Jim Crow eviction
Union advocates real Labor Party not “third” party
Little Orphan Annie, by Mary Wood
Detroit hospital overcrowding hit by Howard Lerner
New price peak (graphic)
Notes From the News
Relief-for-landlords law opens flood of rent hikes
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Labor-Negro slate wins in Dayton – independent candidates nominated in primaries
Cite SWP nominee for “contempt”
Tipping the scales (cartoon)
People demand price relief but Washington talks war – Republicans, Democrats push militarist program, by Art Preis
N. Y. state CIO board rejects attack on American Labor Party
”Fortune” poll shows 35% find it harder to make a living
Popular anger mounts against big profiteers
Military pact signed at Petropolis ties Latin America to war machine
Non-operating rail workers get 15¬.-cent wage increase
Legion ignores veterans’ needs in rabid war-mongers confab
A mighty Labor Day rally in Chicago
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Workers in the revolutionary party, by J. R. Johnson
Corporate profits after taxes (graph)
CCE resolution passed at BLF&E convention
Our Program:
AFL organizer cites need for Labor Party
Wall Street presses drive for domination of Europe
Truman administration shuffles quislings in Greek government, by Joseph Hansen
Refugees in floating cages (photo)
UNSCOP plan sets trap for Jews, Arabs alike
English miners strike as mass unrest rises
International Notes
Dutch despots spurn second “cease fire” order in war on Java
Majority of veterans need cash now
Bill of rights imperiled
Wallace’s tricky formula
Prepare for the boom-bust
The Ruhr agreement
”But with the housing shortage . . . “ (cartoon)
Hemlines go down as dress prices go up, by Jeanne Morgan
Workers’ Bookshelf
War crime trial calls U.S. trusts innocent lambs, by George Lavan
Does boom-bust lie ahead? by John G. Wright
Home-builders victims of new lumber racket
Workers’ Forum – welcomes proposal to print book serially – recommends 3 books on Sacco-Vanzetti – what life is like in a mining camp – calls for action now on wages and prices – “another rat is dead and probably frying” – “free enterprise” and the housing crisis
A miner’s chanty, by Karl Miner
It was necessary to disregard the president’s solemn advice, by Albert Parker
The Militant Army – warm response pleases subgetters in St. Paul
Canadian Stalinists bow to “Red” ban on ships
Dunne appraises role of Trotsky in Milwaukee
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Ship workers strike enters eleventh week
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Long Hot Spell, by Theodore Kovalesky
Cops assault and jail pickets for protesting against Jim Crow
N. Y. test case scores victory over Jim Crow – result of picket lines at Park Inn bathhouse
After brutal assault (photo)
Labor Party need stressed in Labor Party rally, by O. George
The Negro Struggle – a Visit With Sister Jones, by Albert Parker
Police attack strikers at Detroit UAW plant
Tomatoes at 2c a pound, by Joseph Hansen
Detroit SWP backs Negro to City Council
Carlson scores realty interests on shortage
Canadian pickets aid Indonesian fight
Notes From the News
Labor Day speeches stress political action
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Democracy is key issue at UE parley – minority rights menaced by Stalinist bureaucrats, by C. Thomas
Needs of people by-passed in plan for special session – price squeeze ignored in agenda for Congress, by the Editors
Key to the situation (cartoon)
Food profiteers run wild in gouging the poor
Organized labor target of “Red” deportation cases
CIO leaders act to halt Jim Crow school strike
UN bankrupts to meet in 2nd General Assembly
Taft Slave Labor law upheld in court test
Plot to bar SWP from ballot brought to court in Philadelphia
Something New in the Mines, by J.R. Johnson
The fable of the fox and the bureaucrat, by Albert Parker
Cooking up new angles (photo)
Pope’s speech steps up reactionary intervention in Italian political life, by George Lavan
How to become a “friend” of labor, by Art Preis
Our Program:
Broker answers $64 questions
Laud Washington envoys for shift in Greek regime
Attlee government hit by strike of 60,000 coal mine workers
Marshall’s advice on shuffling puppets
Look over new domain (photo)
British Stalinists lead strikebreaking pack
New note in Kremlin propaganda designed to frighten Wall Street, by Joseph Hansen
See more gold where the last came from
International Notes
Peru decree ends civil liberties, by Tomas Robles
Democracy in the unions
Free James Hickman!
Let “exodus” victims come here
A Brass Hat for president?
”My husband says the unions . . . “ (cartoon)
The mysterious case of the displaced island, by Joseph Hansen
Workers’ Bookshelf
Will export sag puncture the boom? John G. Wright
Monopolies devour lion’s share of national income
Workers’ Forum – political action Labor Day keynote – controls – offers to submit short movie reviews – “I wept over Bilbo” – rising prices break up homes – opposes attempt to abolish parks – likes articles on women’s problems
A request for old songs and poems
Are you losing any benefits owed to you in Social Security? by Evelyn Atwood
The Militant Army – Los Angeles subgetters list gains of sub drive
Shipyard industry gripped by new post-war crisis, by R. Leonard
Youth Activities
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Meeting honors Trotsky memory in St. Paul, by Winifred Nelson
N. Y. weekend camp is highly successful
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Lucky Guy, by Theodore Kovalesky
Fact and figures prove how meat profiteers gouge people, by Norma Christensen
Just one year ago . . . (photo montage)
The Negro Struggle – Southern and European DPs, by Albert Parker
Robert Williams blasts conspiracy against PR
Defense committee asks state to free Hickman
Six Who Chose Death, by Mary Wood
SWP election drive stepped up in Detroit
Great majority now favor unions
Notes From the News
Labor’s independent campaign off to good start in Youngstown
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
$16,000 Militant fund drive opens, by Rose Karsner
Build a Labor Party NOW! (cartoon)
”Eat less” say capitalist politicians – fight Wall Street hunger program with weapon of labor political action, by Art Preis
SWP again demands US recall arms – Cannon answers Armour on Dutch war in Java
Packing workers advocate sliding scale of wages
NMU progressives fight for Democratic unionism, by C. Thomas
Lewis blocks surrender move by AFL council
SWP councilmanic candidate sentenced by Philadelphia judge
Kick out the profiteers! an Editorial
Which road for PAC – Dayton or Allentown? by Art Preis
Capitalist trusts, imperialist war – breeders of ravaging price inflation, by Arthur Burch
Another homeless family (photo)
Wallace’s tilt at trusts is just a demagogic pose, by Evelyn Atwood
Maritime convention to debate political action, foreign policy, by C. Thomas
Our Program:
NMU progressives fight for democratic unionism (continued from Page 1)
The rapid growth of the NAACP, by J.R. Johnson
U.S. delegates sharpen conflict with Moscow in UN Assembly
”We want to live” (photo)
Mass demonstrations sweep Italy as fascist danger alarms people, by Joseph Hansen
Flint unions asked to help covenant fight, by W. H. Yancey
International Notes
Resounding victory won by Grimethorpe miners
Socialists in Poland face frame-up death
The Spivs are in the City of London
Capitalism’s program: Eat less!
Recall U.S. arms from Dutch!
Santo and Obermeier cases
Freedom train off the track
”Like Senator Taft said, . . . “ (cartoon)
Speculative orgy in coops as Kremlin’s “plan” flops, by John G. Wright
Workers’ Bookshelf
State Department again dodges on Indonesia
How billionaire bankers pinch pennies nowadays, by Evelyn Atwood
Workers’ Forum – likes ideas of publishing serial – plugs “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” – reader asks for Marxist definitions – finds the paper more readable now – apprecipates [sic] article by Albert Parker
An open letter to our readers
The Militant Army – stalled car a blessing to Los Angeles subgetter
Keep on!
Railroad strike ends but rules violations continue
$16,000 Militant fund
Toledo labor and consumers plan fight on HCL
Youth Activities
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Take 11 children from disabled vet, wife, by Winifred Nelson
West Coast camp holds 9-day vacation school
Diary of a Steel Worker – We Cannot Flee to Freedom, by Theodore Kovalesky
Hickman needs you help, says novelist after interview in jail, by Willard Motley
Chicago Hickman defense rally slated Sept. 28
Before disaster struck (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Along the Freedom Train Route
Trainor enters campaign for Boston school body
Good vs. Bad microbes, by Grace Carlson
Street rallies liven Detroit SWP drive
Notes From the News
New York candidate calls for expropriation of food trusts
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
What a workers and farmers government would do about prices, an Editorial
Cost-of-living bonus demand is answer to rising prices – labor must begin
Drive to protect real wages, by Art Preis
The giant-killer (cartoon)
Profits, not wage costs, boost prices – federal reserve study backs labor’s charges
NLBR [sic] opens offensive to enforce slave law
Ball-bearing trust displays contempt for government suit
Rubber unionists to spurn NRLB [sic], by Joseph Andrews
Murray or Lewis for president in 1948, auto local urges
Ohio PAC groups run independent candidates
Lewis – his strength and his weakness
Trade Union Notes, by Art Preis
Lower wages sought by Senator (Eat Less) Taft, by Arthur Burch
”Freedom Train” document (photo)
L.A. unionists arrested for picketing Taft, by Al Lynn
Rubber union spurns submission to NLRB (continued from Page 1)
Our Program:
One hundred years of the Communist Manifesto, by J. R. Johnson
Wall Street drive for new war touches off bitter fight in UN, by Joseph Hansen
South African vets rap Franco (photo)
Coming – answers to your questions on England, by John G. Wright
Second anniversary of Viet Nam govt. hailed by SWP
International Notes
Ecuador palace revolt topples Ibarra regime, by J. Gomez
Unions in So. Africa face repressive law
Madras strike beaten after 100-day battle
Ferment in the Solomons
When the thieves fall out
Tilting Wall Street’s bottle
Join the SWP
Another Wallace novelty
”Don’t those Russians know . . .” (cartoon)
Wall St. expects a bust; so do all big profiteers, by John G. Wright
Workers’ Bookshelf
Profits – not wages – boost building costs
The truth about the LaGuardia record, by George Lavan
Workers’ Forum – this veteran held out longer – atomic bomb makes Labor Party urgent – Martin’s eulogy on Freedom Train – Dutch friend seeks correspondent – “Daily Mirror” tip arouses readers’ ire – isn’t it time for a change here too?
Quotas for the Militant fund
Militant fund drive begun by branches, by Rose Karsner
The Militant Army – St. Paul nets 15 subs in Sunday mobilization
Another letter to our readers
West Coast camp ends successful vacation school
Pioneer Notes
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Diary of a Steel Worker – the Furnaces and the Men, by Theodore Kovalesky
Flint UAW locals set up own grocery store to fight HCL, by Jerry Kirk
Detroit cops help scabs (photo)
Trainor opens Boston campaign on October 4
The Negro Struggle – Your Verdict on James Hickman, by William E. Bohannan
Lerner-for-mayor drive gains speed in Detroit
SWP labor secretary hits deportation drive as anti-union assault
Li’l Abner gagged, by George Lavan
Protest meeting held in Phila.
SWP wins right to use name on New York ballot
Notes From the News
Food prices at all-time high (cartoon)
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Hickman’s freedom sought in Chicago – mass meeting backs defense; trial postponed until Oct. 27
Look who’s talking (cartoon)
Price-gougers fear new wage drive – cost-of-living bonus needed to protect workers standards
AFL group demands labor party – Santa Cruz council asks immediate action
The man for the job
Harold Russell hits Hickman case causes
CP domination fought at CIO maritime convention
A gold-dusted omelet
Members of Johnson Group resign from WP and join SWP, by William F. Warde
Truman echoes Taft “eat less” program
Local groups map new road for PAC-CIO
Can Democratic Party be reformed? A look at the record from Cleveland to Roosevelt
Bethlehem Steel leads opposition to settling of shipyard strike, by Bob Lowell
Food price gamblers lay stakes on empty cupboard, by Arne Swaback
Railway Express walkout (photo)
N.Y. Express pickets defy intimidation
Our Program:
UE Stalinists seek to ban all opposition groups
Capitalist politics from the inside, by J. R. Johnson
Rome steel workers strike (photo)
Marshall Plan offers no hope to starving people of Europe
What the Marshall Plan proposes to meet Europe’s postwar crisis
Did British workers gain by voting Labor ticket? by John G. Wright
40,000 down tools to protest speed-up in Polish textile mills
Tito calls on Stalinists to form people’s fronts
Fruit of PAC’s false policy
Glaring omission
Defend the Polish socialists
UN spot commercials
”Wouldn’t help the food crisis . . . “ (cartoon)
Profiteers defended in Congress price “probe”
Workers’ Bookshelf
Senators slurp soup as school kids go without
SWP resolution on Johnson-Forest Group
Apply for membership in SWP
Workers’ Forum – we are hoping for Hickman’s acquittal – British fascists getting bolder – cloud of doubt about revolutionary victory – friends abroad read the Militant avidly
Branches report good response to Militant fund drive, by Rose Karsner
Quotas for the Militant fund
The Militant Army – Flint swings into action on fall sub campaign
A reader answers our open letter
Court hearing held on SWP, WP right to Philadelphia ballot
Cleveland HCL probe achieves nothing, by Almeda Kingsley
The European Jew
New York SWP urges workers to register
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Diary of a Steel Worker – Will You Sleep So Well? by Theodore Kovalesky
Detroit motorcade asks action on rent control and evictions
Two baskets tell story (photo)
Spirited Detroit mayor campaign moves to finish
The Negro Struggle – a Crucial Period Ahead, by Albert Parker
Williams-for-Senate appeal issued in N.Y.
SWP candidate in San Francisco race
We Want Meat! by Grace Carlson
Many lessons n [sic] Jackie Robinson’s story, by George Lavan
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
The fight inside the auto union, by the Editors
Wall St. beats war drums over Stalin’s new “bureau” – Kremlin move designed to increase pressure for Stalin-Truman Pact, by Joseph Hansen
UAW urged to call for Labor Party – Briggs local submits convention resolution
Made to measure by NAM (cartoon)
Labor candidates show strength in Cleveland
Impressive gains by Trotskyists in Ceylon
Packing local votes to open fight for living-cost bonus
Hunger for workers, more for profiteers
AFL and CIO face crucial issue in Taft Act, by Art Preis
Hirohito visit is barred by union
NMU upholds union democracy in “outside influence” debate, by C. Thomas
Union combats high prices
The fight inside the auto union
Priests’ control over the ACTU exposed by Detroit Labor Party
Our Program:
Can the Democratic Party be reformed Part 2, by Art Preis
The Roosevelt myth
How Stalin wrecked Comintern built by Lenin and Trotsky
Resurrection of “People’s Front” is not a move toward revolution, by Joseph Hansen
Pioneer pamphlet on end of Comintern timely reading now
Reich survivors honor comrades (photo)
What labor in Britain expected; what it got, by John G. Wright
The social ties in the factory, by J. R. Johnson
Inside a concentration camp in Greece
Resist slave labor law
Another tax steal planned
How about opening the books?
A question for CP members
”Quick, doctor . . . “ (cartoon)
Forrestal lies about cause of modern war, by Arthur Burch
Workers’ Bookshelf
Why NAACP membership drive lags, by J. Blake
Workers’ Forum – truth, love, honor bartered over radio – warehouse workers fight high prices – recalls tragic death of Sanders family – government siphons off old age fund – reading the Militant helps school lessons
Fifteen percent mark reached in drive to finance “Militant,” by Rose Karsner
Militant fund scoreboard
The Militant Army – “Going to keep plugging” say Newark subgetters
Conditions
Labor candidates show strength in Cleveland (continued from Page 1)
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Buffalo labor school opening fall sessions
N. Y. Marxist school opens
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Experiment, by Theodore Kovalesky
Philadelphia SWP fights against corrupt boss political machines
Discussing Hickman case (photo)
Irene LeCompte – a lifelong fighter for labor’s rights
The Negro Struggle – Destruction or Emancipation, by Albert Parker
Liberal labor figures come to aid of Hickman
Trainor speaks over the radio
How to vote for Irene LeCompte in 7th District
Two Generals Whitewash Another, by George Lavan
Philadelphia election program of Socialist Workers Party
Notes from the News
Sunday forum season opened in Twin Cities
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
CIO appeals for united labor action – urges joint battle in arena of politics, by Farrell Dobbs
Right down the alley (cartoon)
Youngstown PAC backs Ausnehmer – labor’s own candidate voted council support
AFL sets up own political league – convention acts under pressure of slave law
Don’t debase yourselves, Lewis tells AFL on “yellow-dog” oaths, by Art Preis
Administration opens new drive to boost rents
4th International exposes “Comintern revival” fraud
N. J. committee formed to aid Hickman defense
Arrested because he cut his prices
French Trotskyists in municipal voting
”Eat less” drive won’t lower prices
Practical steps in building the Labor Party, by the political committee of the Socialist Workers Party
NMU convention further loosens Stalinist machine’s paralyzing grip, by C. Thomas
Victim of shipyard scabs (photo)
Lewis says AFL chiefs “debase” themselves (continued from Page 1)
Our Program:
Who controls the Democratic Party?
CIO convention urges united political action (continued from Page 1)
The Social Thinking of the Workers, by J. R. Johnson
The real meaning of Belgrade “bureau” set up by the Kremlin, by the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party
Italian kids protest hunger (photo)
Why laborite ministers follow imperialist policy, by John G. Wright
Bolivian gov’t terror hits labor movement, by J. Gomez
Ceylon elections showed masses moving leftward, by K. Tilak
British fascists are active again
Lewis and the Taft Act fight
Democrats and Republicans beaten in Norwalk
Stalinists strikebreaking under the Belgrade bureau
We are against partition in Palestine
Meatless Tuesday (cartoon)
Railroad labor paper peddles prize absurdity, by Joseph Hansen
Begining [sic] next week – story of Mother Jones
Gallup Poll reveals war disillusionment growing
”Voice of Local 212” rips new labor board
Workers’ Bookshelf
Workers’ Forum – Labor Party action needed for housing – Bill of Rights doesn’t apply in 30 states – sorry she can’t help on the fund – Los Angeles mothers win school victory
Steady pace kept by branches in collection of Militant fund, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard for $15,000 Militant fund
The Militant Army – New York local sells 59 new subs in Harlem
Two rail unions on the road to merger, by James Montgomery
”Herald Tribune” gives readers the low down on “the Militant”
Trainor scores texts used in Boston schools
Dunne analyzes Truman’s “plan” at Twin City Sunday forum
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No Truman-Burgers for Me! by Grace Carlson
4,500 ballots cast for Lerner in Detroit mayoralty primaries
Three arrested for picketing fascist meeting
Fascist picketed (photo)
Chicago fire disaster spurs public drive to enforce safety laws
The Negro Struggle – Authorities Display Hatred, by Lois Saunders
Asks nation-wide aid for Hickman defense
Report From Never-Never Land, by Joseph Andrews
Barbaria is only labor man in mayoralty race
Notes From the News
Biography of Barbaria, Bay City SWP nominee
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Fight the yellow-dog oaths! by the Editors
CIO & AFL conventions show need for political action – fail to offer weapon of labor’s own candidates – AFL sets up own version of PAC, by Art Preis
Hey – you left out the motor! (cartoon)
CIO opens PAC drive for 1948, by Farrell Dobbs
AFL organizer says now is time for Labor Party
N. Y. building trades unions issue demands for escalator clause, by George Lavan
Truman pie – 1 crust for the price of 2, by Jeff Thorne
Factional heat grows fierce as convention of UAW nears
U.S. aids advance of French reaction
Internal conflicts at CIO convention
Sidelights from Boston conclave
Rank-and-file discontent breaks to surface at CIO convention
The gangster methods of Red-baiters
Murray greets militarist (photo)
CIO launches big PAC campaign in preparation for ‘48 elections (continued from Page 1)
Our Program:
What causes riots in India? by M. Naidu
Calls for Trotskyist Party in Japan
Byrnes’ new book part of Wall Street’s drive against Soviet Union
Strikers are arrested in Canada (photo)
Elections in Italy and France reveal rising danger of fascism in Europe, by Joseph Hansen
Chile government launches all-out anti-labor drive
Europe goes hungry as U.S. decides to scrap German plants
Was it wrong for British workers to elect Attlee? by John G. Wright
The class struggle in Argentine analyzed
I want a deal, admits Stalin
RCP leads the fight against the fascists
PCI co-operates with French socialist youth
Yes – it’s time for some serious thinking
The real criminals (cartoon)
The autobiography of Mother Jones Installment I
Lewis’s speech against the “yellow-dog” oath
Witch hunt in Latin America
Truman’s upside-down “police state”
Workers’ Bookshelf
”Mission to Moscow” – then and now
Urges Labor Party to win FEPC law
Workers’ Forum – holds that Stafford’s opinion on abilities of workers is false – tells Stafford about relation of “experts” to socialist movement – reader’s ire aroused over Stafford’s views – Stafford letter brings “old traps” to mind
Nineteen years of the Militant, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard for $15,000 Militant fund
The Militant Army – branch mobilizations boost subs and bundles
Internal weaknesses slow membership drive of NAACP, by J. Blake
French longshoremen help Indo-Chinese
Swabeck’s article in FI is a must for unionists
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Diary of a Steel Worker – What the Future Holds, by Theodore Kovalesky
4 more CIO councils support Hickman; trial begins Nov. 5
Sitdown strike in New York (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Jackie Robinson and Bob Williams, by George Clarke
New Yorkers urged by SWP candidate to keep PR voting, by Robert Williams
Hits brutality against Negroes by New York cops
Burch speaks in Newark on Stalin’s new “bureau”
Planned Ignorance, by Grace Carlson
Demand action on Tresca murder case
Chicago tenants fight rent-gouge practices
How to vote for SWP in New York
Trainor shows Boston youth are miseducated
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
A labor program for Congress, an Editorial
The chief client for “aid” (cartoon)
Congress special session won’t halt high prices or aid hungry Europeans – Truman, GOP speed up Wall Street’s program to bolster dictators, by Art Preis
”Fortune” poll shows wide fear of future
Vigilantes break up New Jersey meeting of Communist Party
Landlords dominate local rent boards
More wages a “must” states AFL’s survey
De Gaulle threat mounts in France, by Joseph Hansen
Hickman defense getting nation-wide support
”Dangerous thoughts” in Hollywood probed by Red-baiting witch-hunters, by George Lavan
Profits, after taxes, of 5 food chain stores (graphic)
UAW Bell local urges progressive program
Congress will not halt inflation or aid hungry
Truman issues storm warning on “boom-bust” in radio talk
Our Program:
Labor candidate
Second series of N. Y. school to open on Nov. 17
Trusts seek L.A. transit control
Chicago opens forum series Nov. 23; “labor’s march to power”
30 years after Russian Revolution – what remains for the great Bolshevik conquest under Lenin and Trotsky, by Joseph Hansen
Lenin had a “magic weapon,” by J. R. Johnson
Campaign NOW for labor candidates
Save the factories in Germany
What does Red-baiting lead to?
Value of Roosevelt’s promises
(Cartoon – no title)
The autobiography of Mother Jones Installment 2
Workers’ Bookshelf
Will Labor Party give same results here as in Britain? by John G. Wright
Workers’ Forum – no funds for relief but plenty for war – what the revolution will offer “experts” – another sellout by a “friend of labor” in Cleveland – what did we gain from imperialist war?
Militant readers urged to help celebrate 19th anniversary, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard for $15,000 Militant fund
The Militant Army – at 75, still gets around to sell plenty of subs
How NAACP can succeed in drive to make-it-a-million, by Jean Blake
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Princess Elizabeth’s Wedding, by Mary Wood
Organized against long skirts (photo)
UN is given NAACP petition protesting Negro oppression
Good vote seen for Barbaria in San Francisco
The Negro Struggle – Negroes and the Special Session, by George Clarke
Labor needs its own party, says Trainor
Toward Mental Health, by Grace Carlson
Notes From the News
Fight to save PR is vital in New York, by Robert Williams
How to vote for SWP in New York
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Big issues face UAW convention
Hickman’s trial opens in Chicago – defendant is victim of restricted covenants
Aid to the “hungry” (cartoon)
American’s financial rules unmasked in U.S. indictment – 17 Wall Street firms accused of conspiracy, by Art Preis
Ausnehmer polls 20% vote in 4-way contest, Special to the Militant
Hickman defense is backed by 750,000
The deGaulle threat, an Editorial
Auto delegates to debate Taft oath
How Youngstown CIO took its long step toward independent action in politics, Special to the Militant
Capitalism in War and Peace (cartoon)
Ausnehmer polls 20% vote in 4-way contest (continued from Page 1)
Stalinist machine loses control at Minnesota CIO convention, by V. R. Dunne
Our Program:
Torbovich to speak at Twin City forum
Happy birthday Comrade Soderberg!
Christmas shoppers invited to bazaar
(Photo montage – no title)
”The Militant” celebrates its 19 years of struggle, by James P. Cannon
WIth “the Militant” on the picket lines, by Art Preis
Landmarks in our fight for a better world, by Evelyn Atwood
Great obstacles “Militant” faced in 19 year fight, by Joseph Hansen
How “Militant” began battle for socialism, by George Lavan
Our proud record in the Negro struggle
(Photo – no title)
Labor cannot exist half slave and half free
Housing – Truman style (photo)
The autobiography of Mother Jones Installment 3
Evicted family of twelve move into vacant barn, by Winifred Nelson
Truman Committee Report on Civil Right [sic]
British Labor Party suffers setback
Stalinists keep stranglehold on Minnesota farmers union, by Joe Simpson
Open the books of the landlords
Overpaid politicians and minimum wage
Workers’ Forum – reactionary nature of technocracy, inc. – reader fed up with Truman Pie – don’t need managers, says Texas worker in chemical plant – another worker answers Stafford – Lerner votes “vanish” in Detroit election
Competition in SWP grows keener in fund drive, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard for $15,000 Militant fund
The Military Army – subgetter’s devotion stirs wide enthusiasm
New York coalition politics brings PR defeat
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Carlson speaks at St. Paul public forum
Diary of a Steel Worker – Homecoming of the War Dead, by Theodore Kovalesky
N. Y. building unions reaffirm escalator wage clause demand
Cops aid company (photo)
Those Who Did Not Die in Vain, by Evelyn Atwood
Philadelphia PCA rally disrupted by hoodlums, by C. Blake
Basic commodities (graph)
Elsa Maxwell and Karl Marx, by Ben Stone
Escalator clause pays off at Michigan tank
Roused Chicago tenants fight 15% rent gouge
Sample of labor’s “rights” under Taft-Hartley Act
Laxity in Tresca murder inquiry hit by committee
Notes From the News
Rocking the cradle – Jim Crow style
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Labor needs to check up on Congress, by Farrell Dobbs
Chicago Tribune attacks Carlson for Nov. 7 talk – target is free thought at University of Chicago
The machine that never pays off (cartoon)
Red-baiters sweep UAW convention – strong minority resists retreat on Taft-Hartley slave labor measure, by Art Preis
Bulletin
Trial of James Hickman nears climax in Chicago
Greek puppet gov’t outlaws free press
Reutherite faction gives up struggle on yellow-dog oath
FBI and hoodlums spur red hysteria
UAW opposition fights against Taft-Hartley Act
Truman in a quandary (photo)
Reutherites put over “yellow dog” compliance (continued from Page 1)
Our Program:
Jobless insurance millions returned to the employers
How can USA be converted into land of plenty? – Confidence in capitalism justified, Walter Dorwin Teague maintains
Only revolutionary socialism can open the road to better world, by Joseph Hansen
How long Latin American miners must toil to earn their clothing
French cops charge strikers (photo)
Fined for spreading Marxist literature
UAW convention swept by Red-baiters (continued from Page 1)
The need for a Congress of labor
Wall Street cracks the whip in Chile
Growing assault on civil liberties
Amnesty for the CO’s by Christmas
(Cartoon – no title)
The autobiography of Mother Jones Installment 4
Bankrupt policy continued in French CP’s new turn, by T. J. Peters
Harriman and the housing situation
Workers’ Forum – the real murderer isn’t James Hickman – calls swamp couple in $13 a week offer – advocates marriage for church hierarchs – worked for 45 years and still has no savings for old age – holds it is possible to capture machine of Democratic Party
Militant fund at halfway mark with less then [sic] a month to go, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard for $15,000 Militant fund
The Militant Army – sub drives gain ground and street sales rise
German workers resist dismantling of factories
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Twin City forum topic: “Menace of fascism”
Diary of a Steel Worker – Revolution Is a Natural Thing, by Theodore Kovalesky
Elections this year emphasize need for Labor Party in 1948
Condemned to eviction (photo)
Careful With Those Adjectives! by Albert Parker
4850 votes cast for Trainor in Boston elections
PR defeat followed by drive to raise 5c fare, by George Clarke
Reactions to an SWP campaign, by Frank Barbaria
Protest trend in New Haven vote, by F. Nelson
Encouraging vote for San Francisco SWP
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Reuther out to crush all opposition, by Art Preis
Mass upsurge rocks France, Italy on eve of “Big Four” conference
Thanksgiving dinner – 1947 style (cartoon)
Washington offers no price relief – Truman’s proposals fail to strike at sources of inflation
Hickman jury disagrees new trial set for Jan. 5
Vigilantes break up C. P. gathering in Bridgeport
Steel union, trainmen reject Taft Act oath
Vigilantes threaten Los Angeles meeting
U.S. officers to direct Greek troops
New UAW officers (photo)
Today’s social crisis will bring political explosion, by Farrell Dobbs
Reuther drives to crush all opposition in UAW (continued from Page 1)
Our Program:
War hysteria rises on eve of London conference, by Joseph Hansen
Labor movement in Japan on the rise, by Ria Stone
Strike wave forces collapse of Ramadier regime
Italy shaken by nation-wide demonstrations, by Joseph Hansen
Correction
Noblesse oblige
Preparing for the 1948 elections
(Cartoon – no title)
The autobiography of Mother Jones Installment 5
Thanksgiving Day
Some Photographs From Greece
Continue Hickman’s Defense
Workers’ Bookshelf
Victor Serge dies
Workers’ Forum – after 40 years holds it’s time for labor to build own party – three who taught me why we must fight for a socialist world – suggests cartoonist portray dummies on Wall Street’s knee – thinks rich men will rule under socialism
To the Russian workers
SWP branches confident of fulfilling Militant fund goal, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard for $15,000 Militant Fund
The Militant Army – Militant boosters tell how they obtains subs
Washington offers no relief from inflation (continued from Page 1)
Small vote for SWP in New York
19th anniversary of “the Militant” celebrated in Twin Cities SWP
Warm response to Militant affair of Newark SWP
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N. Y. Marxist school begins its fall series
Diary of a Steel Worker – A Kid Named Frankie, by Theodore Kovalesky
Brass Hat corruption is bared in Senate probe of Gen. Meyers, by George Lavan
Cost-of-living bonus sought by UAW militants
Steel workers in business (photo)
The Negro Struggle – How to Use the Truman Report, by Albert Parker
Hickman trial ends without jury verdict (continued from Page 1)
UAW Convention Sidelights, by Art Preis
Strike vote by 3 railroad unions
Congress geared for drive on building trades unions, by Raymond Rice
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Strikes show French workers’ might – aroused by growing menace of fascists, by Joseph Hansen
Real wages near 1939 low levels – but production almost doubles in eight years
The men on horseback (cartoon)
Special session won’t act on prices – Republicans, Democrats use issue of inflation as a political football
Longer hours, shorter pay urged by Eccles
Fake independence bill precipitates crisis in Ceylon – K. Mukerji
Striking Chicago printers spearhead Taft Act fight
Army brass covered up Meyers for years, now forced to act, by George Lavan
Labor political action – the bosses’ biggest fear, by Art Preis
Labor Party issue hotly debated by California CIO, by J. Blake
Meter’s mansion (photo)
Stalinophobia and UAW convention
Big Business press hails Reuther control of UAW
Vigilantes attack Democrat meeting in Los Angeles, by Dave Dreiser
Our Program:
Santa Monica Sears picketed by NAACP, by Al Lynn
C.O. amnesty petition signed by 480 citizens
Against the dismantling of the plants in Germany! by the International Secretariat of the Fourth International
German Trotskyists call for solidarity against dismantling 682 German plants
What Germany can expect from U.S. imperialists and the Kremlin, by Ernest Germain
London cops attack strike leader (photo)
”I saw the new French Stalinist line in action,” by Jack Daniels
International Notes
Chiang stuffs ballot boxes Tammany style
Left wing formed in French Socialist Party
French PCI Congress debates vital issues
Danish group asks to join 4th International
Thought control in Hollywood
Brass Hat “explanation” on Meyers
The “Freedom Train” down South
Stalinists are always “betrayed”
Republican big wigs map strategy (photo)
The autobiography of Mother Jones
Workers’ Bookshelf
Congressmen at Work – Tuning Up the War Drums
Workers’ Forum – birthday greetings from Greek comrades – cites EPIC failure to capture machine of Democratic Party – explains to Shapira why “Trojan Horse” theory won’t work – father of nine kills self when job ends – thinks 500 lb. cake is too extravagant for times like now
Branches step up collections to meet goal on Militant fund, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard for $15,000 Militant fund
Building trades unions sign pre-fabs contract, by Raymond Rice
The Militant Army – groundwork laid at co-op for large newsstand sales
New “Militant” office opened in Watts, L.A., by Ed Smith
New York SWP “Militant” affair features skit
Good program featured at Milwaukee affair
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San Francisco ACEWR to hold Xmas bazaar
Diary of a Steel Worker – a Royal Wedding, by Theodore Kovalesky
Arrest CIO pickets in Chicago (photo)
Hickman’s vindication at trial spurs broader defense drive
The Negro Struggle – the Supreme Court and Covenants, by Albert Parker
Chicago tenants fight against rent increases
Hickman committee set up in California
How they staged the first big Red scare, by George Lavan
Shock Treatment, by Grace Carlson
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
The new situation in the unions, by James P. Cannon
Fascist threat mounts as crisis grips France – Stalinists bar road to a workers government
Dairy strikers win cost-of-living bonus in Toledo
A fight to the finish (cartoon)
Stalinists bar road to a workers government
Cold War too good for Walter Lippman [sic]
Palestine partition incites Arabs against the Jews, by Irving Dale
NLRB tightens slave law noose around organized labor’s throat
Toronto Trotskyists run candidates
CIO will seek wage raises, leaders say
Sliding wage scale – fighting slogan of millions, by Art Preis
The present situation in the trade union movement (continued from Page 1)
Wall Street moves pawns on chessboard of Europe
Real issue in France and Italy is who shall run the country? by Joseph Hansen
No school in Paris (photo)
French Trotskyists call for workers government, by Ria Stone
International Notes
Trotsky’s book “whither France” gives key to situation of today, by Evelyn Atwood
Big Four spokesmen jockey for position in next war
Hint U.S. troops to stay in Italy
”Austerity” program faces American people
”So what if you did give . . .” (cartoon)
The autobiography of Mother Jones
The role of the Stalinists in the CIO auto workers, by Art Preis
Christmas spirit, capitalist style
Sealed train in Indonesia
Atomic scientists and the warmakers, by John G. Wright
Miners tell gov’t “hands off!”
Workers’ Forum – “good reading in the paper” – objects to printing Mother Jones serial – technocrat pamphlet lauding the fascists – dislikes review of Steinbeck book – the greedy must have fat profits
$15,000 Militant fund drive draws to a successful finish, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard for $15,000 Militant fund
The Militant Army – readers take extra copies for their fellow workers
Partition incites Arabs against Palestine Jews (continued from Page 1)
The Marshall Plan and the American seamen
Militant affair best ever held in San Francisco
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Diary of a Steel Worker – the Case of Marty Kernahan, by Theodore Kovalesky
Truman pardons another crooked boss politican [sic]
Increase in profits, after taxes, 50 companies, 1946-47 (chart)
Labor fakers boost capitalist politicians for election in 1948
The Negro Struggle – Here Lies the NNC, by Albert Parker
Conscription law will be pushed in January
Big bargains offered at N.Y. bazaar
Medical Fraud! by Grace Carlson
How 1919-21 Red scare smashed labor, by George Lavan
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Justice Dept. issues political blacklist – Truman regime whips up Red scare, by Art Preis
NLRB threatens rights of millions – Remington-Rand ruling invites employers to scrap union contracts
Strike struggle in France knifed by Stalinist leaders – capitulate to ultimatum of anti-labor premier, by Joseph Hansen
Decorating the Constitution (cartoon)
Lays down T-H law to NLRB employee
Protest throttling of press in Greece
Trotskyists arrested
”Death-to-strikers” law passed by Greek regime
NAM launches drive to end overtime pay
New upsurge of wage struggles is coming
What trade unions leaders are doing about the Taft Act, by Art Preis
Shape of things to come (photo)
CIO and AFL peddlers of Wall Street’s plans, by Arthur Burch
4,000 scramble for 1,000 jobs in New York
Who are the subversives?
Our Program:
Justice Dept. issues political blacklist (continued from Page 1)
Billionaire Ford pays a visit to Reuther
Nation-wide strike wave rocks capitalist France, Special to the Militant
Head of French capitalist gov’t (photo)
Bitter conflict flares over Palestine division, by I. Dale
Stalinists knife strike struggle in France (continued from Page 1)
International Notes
A page from Trotsky’s works, by Evelyn Atwood
The SWP is loyal to the working class
”For heaven’s sake . . .”(cartoon)
The autobiography of Mother Jones
Workers’ Bookshelf
Lovett gives the tip off
French workers demand sliding scale
Congressmen at Work – the “Aid-Europe” Debate
Cheers from Taft law supporters
Workers’ Forum – who are the real “subversives” in U.S. – the troubles of a government worker – criticizes UAW convention article – indignant about the nature of U.S. “relief”
Militant fund goes to $16,000, exceeds quota before deadline, by Rose Karsner
Scoreboard for $15,000 Militant fund
The Militant Army – direct subs and renewals supplement branch sales
Need for independent candidates debated at Connecticut CIO parley, by Alvin Royce
SWP denounces Tammany Hall’s move against CP
U.S. oil rationing and Marshall Plan, by John Fredericks
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Red-baiters run wild at CIO state convention in New Jersey
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Class, by Theodore Kovalesky
Unions with 15 millions members set up political action groups
CIO wage parley (photo)
The Negro Struggle – Politics and the ‘48 Elections, by Albert Parker
Hickman defense chairman outlines committee’s plans
Mass protest movement is only way to defeat fare rise in N. Y., by George Clarke
A Silk Hat for Santa, by Mary Wood
Red Scare couldn’t stop formation of CIO, by George Lavan
Notes From the News
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Hickman is saved; free on probation
”Big 4” end conference in blow-up – find no way to bridge Moscow-Wall St.
rift
Democrats, Republicans pass the buck on prices – Congress fails to act against raging inflation
Police violence against Rome strikers (photo)
Committee hails Hickman victory
Economic crisis forces Moscow to devalue ruble, by John G. Wright
Blood-thirst whetted by Taft-Hartley law
Detroit unions backed Hickman
Lewis silent about this program as miners withdraw from AFL
Pauley case lifts lid on govt. food speculators, by George Lavan
Wallace still angling for deal with the Democrats
Hits discrimination (photo)
140,000 sign petition for California I.P.P., by Al Lynn
Youngstown SWP honors “Militant” at celebration
Stalinists betray heroic Italian workers struggle, by Joseph Hansen
Moscow’s latest “trials” in Eastern Europe, by K. Manfred
ACEWR statement on Clark’s blacklist
Rattle U.S. arms over heads of Italian workers
Soviet crisis forces devaluation of ruble (continued from Page 1)
San Francisco to hold New Year’s celebration
Newark invites readers for New Year’s Eve
The Militant Army – “renew my sub,” writes former reader
One way to make a living
Note to our readers
Total figure raised is $17,000 as Militant fund campaign ends, by Rose Karsner
$15,000 Militant fund final scoreboard
Victory for Hickman hailed by Committee (continued from Page 1)
U.S. imperialism in Panama
Trotskyist youth expose militarism
Workers’ Forum – Hitler, Wallace and Foster – How Trotskyism came to Australia – no wonder SWP is on blacklist
Editor’s Note
Activities of “Militant” readers and the Socialist Workers Party
Negro Unemployment Rising
Reutherites push for local compliance with Taft Act
Diary of a Steel Worker – the Christmas Spirit, by Theodore Kovalesky
Murray pleads for joint action as Taft Act deals double blow
Prices up, wages up (chart)
The Negro Struggle – Let Us Subvert Jim Crow, by Albert Parker
CIO and liberal groups hit government blacklist
Tuberculosis: The Dread Killer, by Grace Carlson
Milwaukee SWP runs J. Boulton for mayor
Need for Labor Party debated in Cleveland, by George Tobin
Did you get your $3,458? By Art Preis
Hansen to tour Midwest on “Struggle for Europe”
Editor: Farrell Dobbs
1947 – year of setbacks for American labor, by Albert Parker
Truman accused of covering up food speculators – official list intended to confuse the public
Headlines in the news (photomontage)
17 billions demanded to chain Europe – ERP intended to save bankrupt capitalists and prepare for war, by George Breitman
What a court!
Five Flint GM locals initiate drive for 25c wage boost
4,000 attend mass rally of IPP in Los Angeles, by Al Lynn
Stop waste of funds, NMU leaders insist
Gravy train hitched onto Marshall Plan
Briggs local backs Flint wage program
NAM spends 3 millions for new union-busting campaign
Like asking hogs to give up swill
Great decisions in France still to come, by T. J. Peters
Publishers spearhead union-busting offensive, by Arthur Burch
1947 – year of setbacks for American labor (continued from Page 1)
Same old company tune (photo)
Joseph Hansen to begin tour on January 3
Santa Monica NAACP gains support in fight against Jim Crow hiring
New Britain New Year’s Eve to be gala event
The Militant Army – branches getting more sub renewals
Workers’ Forum – some Negro leaders benefit from Jim Crow – Chinese readers asks for help – how Stalinists slander the Arabs
Sowing the wind
Labor lieutenants of capitalism
Socialist U.S. of Europe
Colonial and civil wars shake capitalist world during 1947, by Joseph Hansen
Japanese labor on the march (photo)
Gov’t shields grain speculators (continued from Page 1)
Hansen to speak in Cleveland on Jan. 8
Akron SWP to hold New Year’s cabaret
Activities of “Militant” readers and the Socialist Workers Party
Diary of a Steel Worker – New Year’s Day, 1948, by Theodore Kovalesky
Flint UAW official offers wage plan to meet inflation
Pauley admits grain tradings (photo)
Buick local votes to comply to avoid Reuther “administrator,” by Emmett Moore
Truman demands 17 billions to chain Europe (continued from page 1)
The Negro Struggle – Little Progress Recorded This Year, by Albert Parker
All SWP locals meet fund quotas
Christmas Comes to the Mines, by Morgan West
Readers invited to hear Hansen in Youngstown
Good affair held by Lynn ACEWR chapter
Purge at River Rouge
AFL and CIO officials reject Wallace
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