Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line

U.S. Anti-Revisionism

First Wave, 1946-1950 – Index Page


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During World War II, the alliance between the Soviet Union and the Western capitalist powers led the Communist Party, USA to promote a political line that was predicated upon continuing cooperation and good relations between the war-time allies into the post-war era. Earl Browder, General Secretary of the CPUSA, was the chief author of this line, as spelled out in his book: Tehran, Our Path in War and Peace (1944). For Browder, the collaboration of the USSR, Britain and the U.S. internationally in the war needed to be matched by the collaboration of American capitalists and communists in a “national unity front” to defeat fascism and insure international cooperation in the postwar world. As the Communist contribution to this “national unity front” Browder successfully promoted the dissolution of the Communist Party and its replacement by a “non-partisan” Communist Political Association in 1944.

The breakdown of the wartime alliance and the beginnings of the Cold War in 1945-46 resulted in a major shift in international communist strategy and tactics. Soviet intervention (via the French Communist Jacques Duclos) took aim at Browder and resulted in the reconstitution of the Communist Party, USA and the repudiation of the Browder line in 1946. Browder himself and a handful of his family and friends were expelled, but the leadership which reconstituted the Party in 1946 was by and large the same leadership that had approved Browder’s Tehran line in 1944.

Across the United States, a number of rank and file communists, veteran Party leaders and returning war vets were dissatisfied with the way the reconstitution of the Party was handled. They accused the leadership of continuing revisionism, the betrayal of Marxism-Leninism, and of practicing “Browderism without Browder.” Some of these dissidents voluntarily quit the Party; others were expelled for “ultra-leftism” and “sectarianism.” During the period 1946-1948, a variety of small groups and little publications were created around the country by these “anti-revisionists.” A few well-known leaders, including Harrison George and William F. Dunne, even published books spelling out their critique in detail. However, efforts to unify these disparate groups failed and most of these initiatives disappeared as the Cold War intensified. Only one publication Turning Point, continued appearing until 1962.

Index of topics covered in this section (by alphabetical order)
Background Materials on Post World War II Anti-Revisionism
The Communist Political Association (CPA): Background Primary Materials
Controversy over "Browderism on the Cultural Front" [the Maltz Affair]
Coverage of Anti-Revisionists in the Bourgeois Press
Coverage of Anti-Revisionists in the Trotskyist Press
The CPUSA Purge of the Post World War II Anti-Revisionists
The Duclos Letter and its aftermath as seen in the pages of the Daily Worker, Political Affairs, and Other CPUSA Publications
Primary Anti-Revisionist Documents
––––New Committee for Publications
––––PR Club/Spark/Turning Point
––––Burt Sutta

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General Background Analyses

On the Roots of Revisionism. A Political Analysis of the International Communist Movement and the CPUSA 1919-1945 by the Bay Area Study Group

The Communist Political Association: Background Primary Materials

National Committee, C.P.U.S.A. Plenary Meeting, January 7-9, 1944

Teheran and America. Perspectives and Tasks, [Main report and concluding remarks at the Plenary Meeting] by Earl Browder

Shall the Communist Party Change Its Name?, by Earl Browder, Eugene Dennis, Roy Hudson, John Williamson

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Communist Party Clubs Inspired by Discussion on Tehran Meaning, by Bill Lawrence, Daily Worker, January 28, 1944

Communists Have Grasped New Policy Quickly, Says Browder at Bronx Rally, Daily Worker, February 26, 1944

Questions and Answers on: The Proposed Change in the Communist Organization by Robert Minor, Part 1 [Daily Worker, February 7, 1944]; Part 2 [Daily Worker, February 8, 1944]; Part 3 [Daily Worker, February 9, 1944]; Part 4 [Daily Worker, February 10, 1944]; Part 5 [Daily Worker, February 11, 1944]; Part 6 [Daily Worker, February 12, 1944]; Part 7 [Daily Worker, February 14, 1944]; Part 8 [Daily Worker, February 15, 1944]; Part 9 [Daily Worker, February 16, 1944]; Part 10 [Daily Worker, February 17, 1944]; Part 11 [Daily Worker, February 18, 1944]; Part 12 [Daily Worker, February 19, 1944]; Part 13 [Daily Worker, February 21, 1944]; Part 14 [Daily Worker, February 23, 1944]; Part 15 [Daily Worker, February 24, 1944]; Part 16 [Daily Worker, February 25, 1944]; Part 17 [Daily Worker, February 26, 1944]; Part 18 [Daily Worker, February 29, 1944]; Part 19 [Daily Worker, March 1, 1944]; Part 20 [Daily Worker, March 3, 1944]; Part 21 [Daily Worker, March 6, 1944]; Part 22 [Daily Worker, March 8, 1944]; Part 23 [Daily Worker, March 13, 1944]; Part 24 [Daily Worker, March 15, 1944]; Part 25 [Daily Worker, March 18, 1944]; Part 26 [Daily Worker, March 22, 1944]; Part 27 [Daily Worker, March 27, 1944]

Communists and National Unity, An Interview of PM with Earl Browder, March 1944

What to Expect from Teheran. An Exchange of Views Between Eugene A. Cox and Earl Browder, [New Masses, May 23, 1944]

Teheran: Our Path in War and Peace, by Earl Browder, April 1944

Concerning a Charge of Betrayal, Hans Berger [The Communist, May 1944]

Browder Greeted on 53rd Birthday, Daily Worker, May 20, 1944

Constitutional Convention of the Communist Political Association, May 20-22, 1944

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CP Parley Delegates, Guests Total 1,500, Daily Worker, May 18, 1944

Communist Assn. Born; Constitition Adopted, by Louis F. Budenz, Daily Worker, May 22, 1944

Communists Unanimously Adopt Constition Preamble, Daily Worker, May 22, 1944

At the Historic Communist Convention Lila Mae Thomas, Negro Shipyard Worker, Shows the Way, by John Meldon, Daily Worker, May 22, 1944

Elect Browder CPA President; Committee of 60, by Louis F. Budenz, Daily Worker, May 23, 1944

Hemisphere Unity Inspires CPA Parley, Daily Worker, May 18, 1944

From a Convention Notebook [on the CPA founding convention] by Joseph North

Birth of the CPA

The Path to Peace, Progress and Prosperity. Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the Communist Political Association

The Road Ahead to Victory and Lasting Peace, Earl Browder's Speeches at the Constitutional Convention of the Communist Political Association

Jammed Garden Rally Greets New Communist Political Association, Daily Worker, May 24, 1944

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Appeal to Latin America, Earl Browder [New Masses, June 6, 1944]

We Can All See It Now, by Robert Minor, Daily Worker, June 20, 1944

Browder's New Book: A Daily Worker series, Part 1: Communist Leader's Latest A Volume for the Millions, by Joseph Starobin, Daily Worker, June 26, 1944; Part 2: A Good Neighbor Vs. a 'Specialist', by Joseph Starobin, Daily Worker, June 27, 1944; Part 3: A Bold Economic Program to Fit World role of U.S., by George Morris, Daily Worker, July 3, 1944; Part 4: The Key to Postwar National Unity, by George Morris, Daily Worker, July 4, 1944

The American Way Is the Best, by Robert Minor, Daily Worker, July 14, 1944

Daily Worker Special Election Supplement: The Decisve Three Months, by Eugene Dennis, Daily Worker, August 12, 1944

Economic Problems of the War and Peace, Earl Browder, October 1944

That 'Communist' Issue, by Robert Minor, Daily Worker, November 7, 1944

The Elections and the Outlook for National Unity, [Abridged text of report to the National Board, CPA, November 17, 1944] Eugene Dennis

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We Like Criticism, by Robert Minor, [response to a letter from J. Hart] Daily Worker, November 17, 1944

It Is Bigger Than You Think, by Robert Minor, [further response to a letter from J. Hart] Daily Worker, November 21, 1944

It Is Real and Rational, by Robert Minor, [further response to a letter from J. Hart] Daily Worker, November 24, 1944

They Voted for It, by Robert Minor, [further response to a letter from J. Hart] Daily Worker, November 28, 1944

More Faith, Gentlemen!, by Robert Minor, Daily Worker, December 1, 1944

America's Elections and the Teheran Concord, Earl Browder [The Communist, December 1944]

Agrippa Was a Liar, by Robert Minor, Daily Worker, December 15, 1944

Communists in the Struggle for Negro Rights, [Earl Browder, James W. Ford, Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., William L. Patterson]

November 7 and the Future, Earl Browder [New Masses, December 26, 1944]

November 7 and the Future: II, Earl Browder [New Masses, January 2, 1945]

America's Decisive Battle, Earl Browder

Defeatist Trends on the "Left", Earl Browder [New Masses, April 3, 1945]

Roosevelt Still Leads America, by Earl Browder, Daily Worker, April 15, 1945

FDR at San Francisco, by Earl Browder, [New Masses, May 1, 1945]

Is Vandenberg Now Making U.S. Foreign Policy?, by Earl Browder, Daily Worker, May 3, 1945

The San Francisco Blues, by Joseph Starobin, Daily Worker, May 5, 1945

FDR's Policies Being Abandoned – Browder, Daily Worker, May 25, 1945

The Case of W. Averell Harriman, by Joseph Starobin, Daily Worker, June 2, 1945

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The Duclos Letter and its Aftermath as Seen in the pages of the Daily Worker, Political Affairs, and Other CPUSA Publications

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On the Dissolution of the Communist Party of the United States. Jacques Duclos

A Foreword to the Article of Jacques Duclos, by Earl Browder [Daily Worker, May 24, 1945]

Meeting of the National Board, C.P.A., June 2, 1945

Browder's Position on the Resolution: Speech to the National Board Meeting, California State Committee CPA Discussion Bulletin, Number 1, June 1945

Foster on Revisionism in the CPA: Speech to the National Board Meeting, California State Committee CPA Discussion Bulletin, Number 1, June 1945

The Present Situation and the Next Tasks, Draft Resolution of the National Board, CPA, adopted June 2, 1945

CPA National Board also decides upon discussions on resolution

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Hudson Changes Vote; Backs CPA Resolution, Daily Worker, June 5, 1945

The Value of Criticism, by Robert Minor, Daily Worker, June 5, 1945

CPA Rally Hears Browder, Minor Daily Worker, June 5, 1945

Discussion Will Strengthen CPA, Browder Tells Rally Daily Worker, June 6, 1945

Communist Position on National Coalition, by Max Gordon, Daily Worker, June 6, 1945

CPA Board Answers 'N.Y. Times' Editorial, Daily Worker, June 7, 1945

'Worker' to Give Page Daily to CPA Discussion, Daily Worker, June 7, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 11, 1945

Think It Over, Mrs. Roosevelt, by Joseph Starobin, Daily Worker, June 13, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 13, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 14, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 15, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 16, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 18, 1945

The Plenary Meeting of the National Committee, C.P.A., June 18-20, 1945

Report of William Z. Foster: On the Question of Revisionism

Report of Eugene Dennis: Some Aspects of Our Policies and Tasks, California State Committee CPA Discussion Bulletin, Number 4, July 1945

Report of John Williamson: The Reestablishment of Our Marxist Vanguard Role, California State Committee CPA Discussion Bulletin, Number 4, July 1945

Speech by Earl Browder

Speech by Gilbert Green [Political Affairs, July, 1945]

Speech by Morris Childs [Political Affairs, July, 1945]

Speech by Roy Hudson [Political Affairs, July, 1945]

Speech by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn [Political Affairs, July, 1945]

Speech by Doxey A. Wilkerson [Political Affairs, July, 1945]

Speech by Samuel Donchin [Political Affairs, July, 1945]

Speech by Carl Winter [Political Affairs, July, 1945]

Speech by V.J. Jerome [Political Affairs, July, 1945]

Read Marxist Books with Blinders On: Excerpts of Remarks by Nemmy Sparks [Daily Worker, July 19, 1945]

The Present Situation and the Next Tasks, Draft Resolution of the National Board as amended and approved by the Pleanry Meeting, June 20, 1945 [Political Affairs, July 1945]

CPA National Committee Backs Resolution, Calls Convention, Daily Worker, June 22, 1945

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CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 19, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 20, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 21, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 22, 1945

Call CPA Convetion July 26, Daily Worker, June 23, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 23, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 25, 1945

Mrs. Roosevelt's Second Thoughts on CPA Discussion, Daily Worker, June 26, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 26, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 27, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 28, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, June 29, 1945

The California State Committee CPA's 1945 Pre-Convention Discussion Bulletin

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Discussion Bulletin, Number One, June 1945

Discussion Bulletin, Number Three, June 1945

Discussion Bulletin, Number Four, July 1945

Discussion Bulletin, Number Five, July 1945

Discussion Bulletin, Number Eight, July 1945

Discussion Bulletin, Number Nine, July 1945

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Communist Honesty, by Mike Gold, Daily Worker, July 2, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 3, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 4, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 5, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 6, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 7, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 9, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 10, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 11, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 12, 1945

The Heat Wave and Aaron Burr, by Mike Gold, Daily Worker, July 13, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 13, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 14, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 16, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 17, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 18, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 19, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 20, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 21, 1945

N.Y. Convention for Return to C.P., by Max Gordon, Daily Worker, July 23, 1945

CPA Discussion Page, Daily Worker, July 23, 1945

On the Question of Revisionism, by Earl Browder, Daily Worker, July 24, 1945

CPA Discussion Pages, Daily Worker, July 24, 1945

Conventions in All States Back Reconstitution of CP, by Joseph Starobin, Daily Worker, July 25, 1945

Browder on Revisionism, by William Z. Foster, Daily Worker, July 25, 1945

CPA Discussion Pages, Daily Worker, July 25, 1945

Pre-Convention Discussion Article by Claudia Jones, Political Affairs, August 1945

Pre-Convention Discussion Article by A.B. Magil, Political Affairs, August 1945

Pre-Convention Discussion Article by J. Mindel, Political Affairs, August 1945

The Duclos Letter and its Aftermath as Seen in the pages of New Masses

Between Ourselves

Letter to the Editor: We Are Tolerated

Duclos on the American Communists

The Editors: The Communists Take Stock

Letter to the Editor: Marx, Duclos and NM

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The Editors: The C.P.A. Evaluates Its Course

An Editorial: NM Evaluates Its Course

Letter to the Editor: The Marxist Road Today

An Editorial: More on the CPA

Letter to the Editor: Answering F.J. Meyers

The Editors: The C.P.A. Strengthens Its Policy

Letter to the Editor: Marxist Problems Today

The Editors: A Letter to Our Readers

Letter to the Editor: A Critic of NM

Letter to the Editor: “Devoutly Thankful”

The Editors: The Communists Clear the Decks

Letter to the Editor: How Could It Happen?

Letter to the Editor: Back to Fundamentals

Letter to the Editor: Background to Error

The Persistence of Error by Joel Bradford

The Editors: Report To Our Readers

Letter to the Editor: Neither Head Nor Tail [and Editors’ response]

Letter to the Editor: Browder vs. Browder

Letter to the Editor: National Wars [and Editors’ response]

Letter to the Editor: Psychology in the CP

Special Convention of the C.P.A., July 26-28, 1945, to Reconstitute the CPUSA

Daily Worker Editorial: The Communist Convention Daily Worker, July 26, 1945

Foster Calls for Return to Party Daily Worker, July 27, 1945

The Struggle Against Revisionism: Report by William Z. Foster

The Reconstitution of the Communist Party: Report by John Williamson, [Political Affairs, September 1945]

We Have Communists With a Great Working Class Base, by George Morris Daily Worker, July 26, 1945

CP Dissolution in South Highlight of State Convention, by Max Gordon Daily Worker, July 27, 1945

Communist Parley Votes to Reestablish Party Daily Worker, July 28, 1945

Foster Chosen to Head Party Daily Worker, July 30, 1945

CP Pledges to Crush Fascism, Build Durable Peace Daily Worker, July 30, 1945

The Present Situation and the Next Tasks, Resolution of the National Convention of the Communist Party, USA, adopted July 28, 1945 [Political Affairs, September 1945]

William Z. Foster's Introduction to the published edition of "The Present Situation and the Next Tasks"

'We Have Come Home!', by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Daily Worker, August 2, 1945

What the Communists Did by Joseph North

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Telegram to Comrade William Z. Foster, Mao Zedong

CP National Committee Meets, by George Morris, Daily Worker, November 19, 1945

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Opening remarks at the meeting of the National Committee of the Communist Party, November 16-18, 1945, by William Z. Foster [from the pamphlet America at the Crossroads]

America at the Crossroads. Postwar Problems and Communist Policy. Main report to the meeting of the National Committee of the Communist Party, November 16-18, 1945, by Eugene Dennis

For a Fighting Communist Party! Summary remarks at the meeting of the National Committee of the Communist Party, November 18, 1945, by William Z. Foster

Australian Communists Reject Browder's Revisionism, L.L. Sharkey [Political Affairs, November 1945]

Marxism-Leninism vs. Revisionism William Z. Foster, Jacques Duclos, Eugene Dennis and John Williamson

On the Struggle Against Revisionism, [Prepared by the National Veterans Committee of the Communist Party for free distribution to Communist ex-servicemen of World War II]

Open Letter from Earl Browder in Yonkers, NY, to the Yonkers Club, CPUSA 1946

Appeal of Earl Browder to the National Committee, CPUSA Against the Decision of the National Board for His Expulsion 1946

Browderism Condemned in Latin America, by William Z. Foster, from Daily Worker, February 11 1946

Communist Party Expels Browder as Deserter to Class Enemy, Daily Worker, February 14, 1946

The Path of a Rengade. Why Earl Browder Was Expelled from the Communist Party, Robert Thompson

Workers' Struggles Need Strong C.P., Foster Says, Daily Worker, February 14, 1946

Recruit and Educate, CP Board Calls, Daily Worker, February 15, 1946

Price Rises Auger New Struggle, CP Hears Daily Worker, February 15, 1946

Foster Terms Committee Session Finest Party-Building Parley Held, Daily Worker, February 18, 1946

Daily Worker Editorial: Browder and the N.Y. Times, Daily Worker, February 19, 1946

The Case of Earl Browder

Clubs Hail Browder Expulsion, Daily Worker, February 27, 1946

Browder's Propaganda for U.S. Imperialism, by Milton Howard, Daily Worker, March 5, 1946

Browder's Method of Trickery, by Alan Max, Daily Worker, March 14, 1946

Browder Finds New Channels, by Alan Max, Daily Worker, March 21, 1946

Browder: Renegade's Road, A.B. Magil

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Sectarian Danger in Youth Movement, by Max Weiss, Daily Worker, April 3, 1946

Browderism Resorts to 'Police' Propaganda, Daily Worker, April 22, 1946

The Voyage of Earl Browder, Daily Worker, April 29, 1946

CP Raps Press Hubbub on Browder, Daily Worker, April 30, 1946

PM's Wechsler on a Browder Jag, by Milton Howard, Daily Worker, April 30, 1946

Wall Street Falls in Love with Earl Browder, by Mike Gold, Daily Worker, May 2, 1946

Communists to Intensify Fight on Browderism, Daily Worker, May 24, 1946

Browder in the 'New Republic', by Milton Howard, Daily Worker, August 8, 1946

Foster Says: Fight Against Browderism Goes On, Daily Worker, August 12, 1946

The Evolution of Browderism, by Alexander Bittelman, Daily Worker, August 14, 1946

Browder Preaches Illusion, by Milton Howard, Daily Worker, August 20, 1946

Building the Communist Party, by William Z. Foster, Daily Worker, September 16, 1946

Browder's Theory of Permanent Capitalism, by Jack Stachel, Daily Worker, December 30, 1947

Browder's Distortion of the 9-Party Conference, by Jack Stachel, Daily Worker, December 31, 1947

Browder's 'Progressive' Imperialism, by Jack Stachel, Daily Worker, January 1, 1948

Roosevelt's Role in History, by Jack Stachel, Daily Worker, January 2, 1948

On Guard Against Browderism, Titoism, Trotskyism, John Gates

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Controversy over "Browderism on the Cultural Front" [the Maltz Affair]

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Probing Writers' Problems A Discussion Article by Isidor Schneider

What Shall We Ask of Writers?, by Albert Maltz

Which Way Left Wing Literature? A Series by Samuel Sillen, Part 1: Mischarting the Course [Daily Worker, February 11, 1946]; Part 2: Art and Politics [Daily Worker, February 12, 1946]; Part 3: Art as a Weapon [Daily Worker, February 13, 1946]; Part 4: Ideology [Daily Worker, February 14, 1946]; Part 5: The Path Before Us [Daily Worker, February 15, 1946]; Part 6: Spectators or Creators? [Daily Worker, February 16, 1946]

Background to Error, by Isidor Schneider

The Road to Retreat, by Michael Gold, Daily Worker, February 12, 1946

Daily Worker Editorial: Marxism and Culture, Daily Worker, February 18, 1946

Albert Maltz and Plaim Speaking, by Michael Gold, Daily Worker, February 23, 1946

Let's Discuss the Real Issues, by Samuel Sillen, Daily Worker, February 25, 1946

'Daily' Readers Discuss Literary Issues, [letters to the editor] Daily Worker, February 27, 1946

Art and Politics, by Howard Fast

No Retreat for the Writer, by Joseph North

Further Discussion of Literary Issues, Daily Worker, March 1, 1946

Marxism Demands a Full Left-wing Culture, by Michael Gold, Daily Worker, March 2, 1946

Storm Over the Literary Left: Readers Continue the Heated Discussion Over the Meaning of the Slogan "Art is a Weapon", Daily Worker, March 7, 1946

Further Discussion of Literary Issues, Daily Worker, March 9, 1946

Further Discussion of Literary Issues, Daily Worker, March 13, 1946

What is Freedom for Writers, by Alvah Bessie

Another Viewpoint, by Sanora Babb

Art is a Weapon, by John Howard Lawson

How Can They Forget the Record of Trotzkyist Betrayals?, by Mike Gold, Daily Worker, March 16, 1946

The Field of Progressive Writers, by George Morris, Daily Worker, March 19, 1946

Moving Forward, by Albert Maltz

Noted Writers at Hollywood Forum, by Sidney Burke, Daily Worker, April 15, 1946

Hollywood Writers Send Messages to Art Forum, by John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz and Alvah Bessie, Daily Worker, April 19, 1946

Elements of a People's Cultural Policy, by William Z. Foster

New Activity on Cultural Front, by Samuel Sillen, Daily Worker, April 23, 1946

Stalinist Literary Discussion: An Answer to Maltz and The New Masses, by James T. Farrell

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General Background Materials on Post World War II Anti-Revisionism

Anti-Revisionist Communism in the United States, 1945-1950 by Paul Costello

In Memorium – Ellwood Griest by Paul Costello

The CPUSA’s Liberal-Labor Approach to the Critique of Browder

What happened to the Anti-Revisionists in the CPUSA after World War II?

William F. Dunne and the Fight Against Revisionism in the CPUSA

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The CPUSA Purge of and Polemics Against the Post World War II Anti-Revisionists

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Communist Party Expells Minton and McKenney, Daily Worker, September 12, 1946

Vern Smith Expelled from Communist Party, Daily Worker, September 20, 1946

William Dunne Expelled from Communist Party, Daily Worker, September 27, 1946

The Minton-McKenney Flight by the Editors of the New Masses

Statement by the National Board of the Communist Party on the Recent Expulsions of Vern Smith, Ruth McKenney, Bruce Minton and William F. Dunne

Bronx CP Expells 11 for Anti-Party Activities, Daily Worker, November 11, 1946

The Struggle Against Deviations and Factionalism in San Francisco by Oleta O’Conner Yates

The Minton-McKenney 'Report': A series by Samuel Sillen, Part 1: The Path of Renegacy, Daily Worker, January 8, 1947; Part 2: 'Left' Phrases and 'Right' Deeds, Daily Worker, January 9, 1947; Part 3: The Tactic of Defeat, Daily Worker, January 10, 1947

'Left' Red-Baiter Left Behind in Poll, by George Morris, Daily Worker, January 30, 1947

How Do We Fight for Socialism?, by Alexander Bittelman, Daily Worker, February 20, 1947

Our Party and Leadership, by Alexander Bittelman, Daily Worker, February 21, 1947

Where is NMU Heading?, by George Morris, Daily Worker, April 14, 1947

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Coverage of the Post World War II Anti-Revisionists in the Bourgeois Press

Two Writers Ousted by Communist Party [from N.Y. Times, September 13, 1946]

Dunne, A Founder, Ousted by Communists on 4 Charges of Opposing Party Line [from N.Y. Times, September 28, 1946]

Communist Party Explains Ousters [from N.Y. Times, October 1, 1946]

11 Rank-and-File Communists Ousted by Party for Rebellion [from N.Y. Times, November 6, 1946]

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Coverage of Post World War II Anti-Revisionists in the Trotskyist Press

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CP Expels Two Editors Of “New Masses”

Labor Action Editorial: The Case of McKenney and Minton

Wm. Dunne Expelled By Stalinist Party by Carl Davis

Profound Crisis Inside the Communist Party Revealed In Wave Of Expulsions For “Leftist” Opposition

Labor Action Editorial: Rank and File Dissent in the CP

CP Leaders Expell 11 More

On the Group Recently Expelled from the Communist Party: Ex-CPers Indict Their Party as Anti-Socialist by Carl Davis

Ex-CPers Expose Stalinist Party Role as Strikebreaker by Carl Davis

New Opposition in Stalinist Party

Why McKenney-Minton Quit CP, Part 1 by Carl Davis

Why McKenney-Minton Quit CP, Part 2 by Carl Davis

Expulsions Fail To End CP Crisis

Opposition Hits CP Anti-Socialism

Internal Cracks in a Totalitarian Structure: Critical Opposition Rises in the Stalinist Party by Carl Davis

Crisis In Communist Party: Dissidents Hit CP Election Policy

Crisis In Communist Party: Line Of CP Dissidents On War

Crisis In Communist Party: Aims Of Dissident Leaders

An Analysis of the CP Oppositionists: The Fantastic Nature of the Fight in the American Stalinist Ranks by Carl Davis

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Primary Post World War II Anti-Revisionist Documents

The Anti-Revisionists in the Post-Duclos CPA Discussion Period

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Allies of Working Class in Post-War Period, by Frances Franklin, Daily Worker, June 27, 1945

Revisionism and American Democratic Traditions, by Homer Mulligan, Discussion Bulletin, Number Five, July 1945

Defeat of Fascist-Militarist Japan Our First Task, by Harold Allinger, Discussion Bulletin, Number Five, July 1945

We Were Guilty of "Trailing", by Vern Smith, Discussion Bulletin, Number Eight, July 1945

Revisionism Has a History, by Harrison George, Discussion Bulletin, Number Eight, July 1945

Primary Documents

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The Ruth McKenney-Bruce Minton Report by Ruth McKenney and Bruce Minton

The Struggle Against Opportunism in the Labor Movement – For a Socialist United States by William F. Dunne

The Crisis in the C.P.U.S.A. by Harrison George

Supplement to “The Crisis in the C.P.U.S.A.” by Harrison George

SFCC Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 10, July 1948

Statement from the Maritime Committee for a Communist Party

The Fight Against Opportunism in the C.P. of North Carolina

13 Years of CPUSA Misleadership on the Woman Question by Mary Inman

Toward Socialism, Vol. 1, No. 10, February 20, 1949

Toward Socialism, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 15, 1949

This Is The Truth about the San Diego Hearings of the Tenney Committee by the Frontier Club (Expelled)

New Committee for Publications

New Committee for Publications

The No. 1 Problem of the Labor Movement in the U.S.

The Struggle for Socialism in the U.S. and the Elections

Questions and Answers

Letter to Spark

Practical Suggestions... Planning Bolshevik Work

Problems of Pre-CP Groups... Mass-Action Campaigns

P.R. Club/Spark/Turning Point

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An SOS to All Communists from the P.R. Club, C.P.

Our S.O.S. Answered

Towards A Marxist Party – A Draft Transitional Program

Hari Kari on the Ninth Floor

Spark: Declaration of Intentions

Towards A Marxist Party – Spark’s Reaction to N.C.P.’s Letter and Dunne’s Pamphlet

Towards A Marxist Party – An Analysis of NCP’s Position

A Letter from Canada

Towards A Marxist Party – Magic Caps and Monsters

Towards A Marxist Party – Magic Caps and Monsters (II)

Three Letters on Opportunism

Declaration of Turning Point

Letter to Communist Information Bureau

An Open Letter to Comrade Stalin and the Central Committe of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – from The P.R. Club, CPUSA (Expelled)

Foster’s New Route To Socialism

Burt Sutta

The Fight Against Revisionism in the U.S. Communist Party

Correspondence with Homer Mulligan

Periodicals

Spark

Fore ’N Aft

Turning Point



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