Socialist Appeal
[Chicago]

CONTENTS BY ISSUE
(1935–1937)

 


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Vol. I No. 1, February 1935
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“THE SOCIALIST APPEAL

Editorial Notes:
1. Roosevelt’s Mask is Falling
2. Hitler Wins the Saar
3. Stalin Follows Hitler’s Method (But The Soviet Union is not Germany)

Articles:

1935 Chicago Election Campaign, Arthur G. McDowell

Two Resolutions, by Albert Goldman

Huey Long and the Working Class Movement, Richard Babb Whitten

Of What Importance an Election?, Ernest Erber

Father Coughlin—Peacock Oracle, T.E. Rodgers

 


Vol. I No. 2, March 1935
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NOTES OF THE MONTH
Decisive Action of the N.E.C in Indiana
Roosevelt and the A.F. OF L. Leadership
Welcome The Socialist Call
A National Socialist Weekly
The Workers’ Alliance of America
No More Expulsions Because of Membership in the R.P.C.
What Now?

In Memory of the Paris Commune, Jack Sher

A Socialist Election Campaign, Albert Goldman

Can the Road to Power Be a Legal One?, Ernest Erber

Discipline in a Working-Class Party, Lydia Beidel

 


Vol. I No. 3, May 1935
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EDITORIALS

1. Hitler

2. The Buffalo N.E.C Meeting

ARTICLES

1. Should Socialists Favor a Labor Party?, Albert Goldman

2. The Socialist Campaign in the 34th Ward, W.B. Waltmire

From the Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels

 


Vol. I No. 4, June–July 1935
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NOTES OF THE MONTH

1. Death of the N.R.A. — Neither to Mourn nor to Praise

2. No Exaggerations in the Socialist Call

3. Stalin “Understands and Approves”

ARTICLES

1. The New York Old Guard Answers the National Executive Committee, Max Delson

2. Convention of Socialist Party of Illinois Clarifies Issues, Rudolph C. Olson

3. The Significance of the Struggle Between the Yipsels and the Old Guards of New York, Ernest Erber

4. Harry Lang and Criticisms of the Soviet Union, Albert Goldman

 


Vol. I No. 5, August–September 1935
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NOTES OF THE MONTH:
The N.E.C. Has Shown Its Colors
William Green Breaks Labor Unity
A Communist “Victory”
Communists for Free Speech
Which Crisis Did You Say?

ARTICLES:

Notes on the “Peace”, Haim Kantorovich

Militancy Comes of Age in the YPSL, Melos Most

The YIPSEL Convention, Ernest Erber

The “Workers’ Amendment”, Albert Goldman

[Change from Mimeo to Print]

 


Vol. II No. 1, October 1935
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Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

FROM OUR VIEWPOINT
Right Wing Of New York Moves To Expel Militants
The Socialist Call Institute

Socialists and the Italian-Ethiopian Conflict

In New York Since the “Peace Pack”, Jack Altman and Harold Siegel

The Question of the YPSL, by Ben Fischer

The Franco-Soviet Alliance and the World Proletariat, Harold Draper

“Fascism” in Terre Haute, Lydia Beidel

 


Vol. II No. 2, November–December 1935
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Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

FROM OUR VIEWPOINT
• Old Guard Defies Decision of N.E.C.
• Atonement by the N.E.C.
• Progressives and the A.F. of L. Convention
• Socialists in the Teachers Union

Toward Socialist Clarity by Albert Goldman

Socialists and Attack of Italy upon Ethiopia, Albert Goldman

Deeper Into the Swamp by Herbert Zam

 


Vol. II No. 3, January–February 1936
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Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

FROM OUR VIEWPOINT
Old Guard Determined to Split Party on National Scale
A United Defense Organization

The Case Against Sanctions and “Neutrality Legislations”, Harold Draper

To Pay Dues Is Not Enough, Rudolph C. Olson

Mistake At Columbus, Georg Mann

A United Front Against War and Fascism, A. Morrison

Toward Socialist Clarity, Albert Goldman

 


Vol. II No. 4, April–May 1936
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Editorial Board: ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

FROM OUR VIEWPOINT
Before the Cleveland Convention
May Day United Front in Chicago
Hoan Prefers LaFollete to Communists
Socialist or Labor Party Campaign in Illinois
“Friends” (!??) of the Socialist Party
Stalinists and Sanctity of Treaties

Labor Party Confusion, Albert Goldman

What Shall Our War Program Be?, Samuel Adams

The General Strike “To Stop War”, Leon Trotsky

 


Vol. II No. 5 June 1936
Pre-Convention Issue
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Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

FROM OUR VIEWPOINT:
Exit Old Guard
Lovestone Goes Over to Sanctions
At the Convention
For an Independent Socialist Campaign

Proposals for a Socialist Party Election Platform for 1936

The French Elections — to Socialism or Fascism?, Albert Glotzer

The Case Against Sanctions and “Neutrality Legislation”, Harold Draper

Convention of Socialist Party of Illinois, Rudolph C. Olson

 


Vol. II No. 6, July 1936
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Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

The Cleveland Convention

Coalition Government in France, B.M.F.

Farmer-Laborites Continue Exploring, Albert Goldman

Socialists And The C.I.O, A.S.A.

An Open Letter to the Trotskyists Joining S.P., Roger A. Carson

Notes on the Party War Resolution, F.B.J

For A United National Left Wing, Ernest Erber

California Agricultural Strike, Striker

 


Volume II, Number 7, August, 1936
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SOCIALIST APPEAL
An Organ of Revolutionary Socialism

Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

Editorial: The elections in 1936

For a Labor Party, Gus Tyler

Communist Convention, Albert Goldman

American Youth Congress, John N. Thurber

YPSL and AYC, Ernest Erber

The Spanish Revolution, B.M.F

Showdown in France, Harold R. Isaacs

Two Defenses and an Analysis, Melos Most

 

 


Volume II, Number 8, September, 1936
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An Organ of Revolutionary Socialism

Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

The Lessons of Spain, Leon Trotsky

Revolution and Counter-Revolution, B.M.F.

For a Revolutionary Socialist Party, James Burnham

Stalinoid Charges Against Trotsky

Editorial on Charges by Tass, from Socialist Appeal

A Campaign For Socialism, Albert Goldman

The New Soviet Constitution, S.J. Weaver

Haim Kantorovitch, 1890–1936

Letters

Resolution Passed

 

 


Volume II, Number 9, October, 1936
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An Organ of Revolutionary Socialism

Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

The Moscow Trial, Max Shachtman

An Interview, Leon Trotsky

Executions in Moscow, Theodore Dan

How the Workers Can Win in Spain, Felix Morrow

From People’s Front to French Front, Maurice Spector

Caballero at the Helm, Ben Herman

Secession in Pennsylvania and Connecticut, Editorial

Should Socialists Work for a Labor Party?, John Stirling & R.L. Burke

 

 


Volume II, Number 10, November 1936
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An Organ of Revolutionary Socialism

Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

Nineteen Years of the Russian Revolution, Max Shachtman

France’s Man on Horseback, Edward J. Oakes

On the Labor Party, Carl Pemble & Gardner S. Wells

War and the Comintern, Jack Weber

A Letter from Spain, Max Stirling

After the A.F. of L. Split, Arne Swabeck

Spain and the Capampaign, Glen Trimble

 


Volume II, Number 11, December 1936
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SOCIALIST APPEAL
An Organ of Revolutionary Socialism

Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

Lessons of the Election, Editorial

P.O.U.M. and the Spanish Revoltion, Editorial

Arms for Spanish Workers, Felix Morrow

Reactionaries Triump – Only in Tampa, Arne Swabeck

C.I.O and the Steel Workers, B. Crane

Toward Socialist Clarity, Albert Goldman

 


Volume II, Number 12, December, 1936
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SOCIALIST APPEAL
An Organ of Revolutionary Socialism

INNER PARTY DISCUSSION ISSUE

Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

The Road Ahead, Editorial

The N.E.C Meeting, Editorial

The Left Wing Stands for Its Rights in New York, Editorial

Toward Socialist Clarity, Albert Goldman

 


Volume III, Number 1, January, 1937
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An Organ of Revolutionary Socialism

Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

Communist Party and Political Asylum, Editorial

His Excellency’s Loyal Opposition, James Burnham

Proposed Solutions to Spanish Crisis, Felix Morrow

The Strike Movement Begins, Arne Swabeck

Toward Socialist Clarity, Albert Goldman

 


Volume III, Number 2, February, 1937
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An Organ of Revolutionary Socialism

Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

“Appeal” and the Left Wing, Editorial

Prospects for a Labor Party, Max Shachtman

Should Socialists Build a Labor Party?, Glen Trimble

National Left Wing Conference, R.B. Whitten

Spanish Situation, Resolution

People’s Front, Resolution

Toward Socialist Clarity, Albert Goldman

Call for Appeal Institute

 


Volume III, Number 3, March, 1937
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APPEAL INSTITUTE ISSUE

Editorial Board:
ENEST ERBER
ALBERT GOLDMAN
RUDOLF C. OLSON

The Crisis in the Party, Editorial

The Appeal Institute, Albert Goldman

Statement, Ernest Erber

Internal Situtaiton, Appeal Institute Resolution

Trade Union, Appeal Institute Resolution

Labor Party, Appeal Institute Resolution

The Moscow Trials, Appeal Institute Resolution

Defense of the P.O.U.M., Appeal Institute Resolution

Amendments to Previous Resolutions

 


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