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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
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Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Looking Back over 1952’s Headlines, by Gordon Haskell
Christmas Present – I
Christmas Present – II
Another Kutcher Case Comes Up
Stellato Gets a Vote of Confidence by Local, by Ben Hall
A New Turn for the SP: If Not Electoral Work, What? by Hal Draper
Thomas Calls on Reporter to Tell All on Tresca Case
London Letter
You and Science
A Note for Curious Readers
Youth and Student Corner
A Letter and a Reply:In Which We Are Given a Lesson in Cooperative Relations
Wire-Tapping – the Legal Crime: A Police-State Tool Grows Up, by Sam Adams
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Why the Vincent Case Gets Special Treatment, by Gordon Haskell
Ike’s Bureaucracy as a School for Unreconstructed Capitalists, by L.G. Smith
99 Years: Another Legal Lynching in Texas, by Rebecca Reed
Michigan Catholic Warns Reuther – but on What? by Ben Hall
Chicago Anti-Franco Committee Gets into Action, by Scott Aaron
Labor Action Packets
London Letter
Berkeley Board OKs School for Rosenberg Rally, by Jack Walker
This Is ‘Psychological Warfare’, by Bernard Cramer
Marxism for Today
Not in the Headlines
You and Science
World Politics
From the Stalinist Jungle
Reading from Left to Right
Discussion in the Ukrainian Forest, by E.P.
Books and Ideas
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
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Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Commute the Rosenberg Sentence
Government Yields to World Oil Cartel, by Hal Draper
Trust Busting Marches On
The Wonders of War Capitalism, by Gordon Haskell
UAW Sets a Deadline to Revise Contracts, by Walter Jason
Labor ’Scope
Asian Socialist Conference Unites Diverse Parties, by David Alexander
Report Says Gangster Ready to Sing Abont [sic!] Tresca Murder
Youth and Student Corner
Reading from Left to Right
Trotsky’s Book on Stalin Out in West Germany, by B.L.
Stalin’s Theory of ‘Capitalist Encirclement’, by W.H., from Vpered
In Defense of Franco’s Victims
Whitewash Job for the Spanish Stalinists, by Abe Stein
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Behind Russia’s New Anti-Semitism Are the Real Assassins, by Abe Stein
The Two Camps of Hypocrisy
Detroit Teachers Resist Witchhunt, by Walter Jason
London Letter
Philly NAACP Shows the Way Toward Effective Negro Struggle, by Joe Arnold
Those ‘Fighting’ Democratic Liberals in Congress ..., by Ben Hall
Newspaperman Reveals Chiang’s Repression of Labor in Formosa
Wilson Balks at Turning His Back on GM – or on 2½ Million Dollars, by Larry O’Connor
Five Theories on the Sources of the New Anti-Semitism in Russia, by Hal Draper
Youth and Student Corner
The ISL Program in Brief
Chicago Anti-Franco Committee Calls Rally Against Terror
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spanish Free Labor Unites
Eisenhower’s Forceful Policy Makes Allies Leery, by L.G. Smith
It’s the Curse of Midas, Mr. Wilson, That’s What It Is, by Ben Hall
Harry Truman and History, by Gordon Haskell
Labor ’Scope
Clear It with the Legion, Says Hollywood, by Victor Savage
ISL Launches 1953 Fund Drive, Pitch In! by Albert Gates
S.African Resistance Gets Aid from Whites, from The Bulletin of Americans for South African Resistance
You and Science
Youth and Student Corner
Books and Ideas
No Double Bookkeeping! by The Editors
Vpered: On Moscow’s Crises
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Wilson’s Ancestor
New Military Policy on Formosa Increases Danger of World War III, by Gordon Haskell
Reuther Gets XX from Ike on Reopening of 5-Year Contracts, by Walter Jason
‘I Will Study These Grave Problems ...’, by L.G. Smith
Bolivia: The Nationalist Coup Against the Nationalist Gov’t, by Juan Rey
London Letter
On the Tight-Rope, by Philip Coben
From the Stalinist Jungle
Know What Concentration Camps Are For? ... Fresh Air!
Reading from Left to Right
Poland: Bierut Emerges as Satellite Sub-Stalin, by A. Rudzienski
American Jewish Congress Speaks Up – That ‘Fantastic’ Loyalty Oath, from Congress Weekly
Marx and Engels on ‘The Russian Menace’, by Hal Draper
France: A New Effort by Left Socialists
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
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Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Better Late Than Never, by Ben Hall
New ‘Tough’ Line: Speak Loudly and Wave a Big Stick, by Gordon Haskell
‘No Aid to Franco, Defend His Labor Victims,’ Say Trade-Unionists, Thomas at Chicago Rally, by Dick Oliver
Russia’s Anti-Jewish Drive Tears Israeli Mapam in 3-Corner Fight, by Al Findley
London Letter
Marx and Engels and ‘The Russian Menace’, by Hal Draper
The Franco Way of Life
The ISL Program in Brief
McCarthy’s Shadow over the Schools, by Sam Feliks
The Know-Nothings of 1953, by Don Harris
The Columbia Spectator Takes a Poll, by Jack Stuart
Detroit: We Look into the Mechanics of a Case of ‘Anti-Red’ Hysteria in a City’s Public School System, by Walter Jason
U. of Chi. Groups Unite in Civil Liberties Fight, by Bill Hickok
SYL Fund Drive Gets Up Steam, by Don Harris
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
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Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Moscow Finds a Pretext for Foul Blow at Israel, by Al Findley
Let the People Know, Mr. Eisenhower, by Gordon Haskell
Agnes Meyer Blasts School Witchhunt
Wildcat Strikes in Detroit Spreading, by Walter Jason
Legless Veteran Appeals to Eisenhower for Reinstatement
Labor ’Scope
Gerald Smith Tries a Comeback in Los Angeles on UN Red-Herring, by Victor Savage
London Letter
France: FO Unionists Push to the Left, by Saul Berg
Germany: Nazi Revival Battens on U.S. Policy, Rightist Parties, by Gabriel Gersh
ISL Fund Drive
World Politics
You and Science
Youth and Student Corner
Reading from Left to Right
Marx, Engels and ‘The Russian Menace’, by Hal Draper
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
An Exchange on Our Open Letter to the American Committee for Cultural Freedom
‘The Emperor’s Clothes’: Parable for Heroes and Rats, by Ben Hall
The ISL Program in Brief
Editor: EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
It’s a Blind Alley, America, by Gordon Haskell
The General and the Senator: ‘No Solution’, by Walter Jason
What’s New? Militarism ...
Bevan’s Organ Says: ‘This Is Not Our War!’
ACTU Discovers Menace of ‘Deweyism’ in UAW, by Ben Hall
British Tories Recognize a Reality in Egypt, by David Alexander
London Letter
White Supremacy in South Africa Means Dictatorship over the Whites Too, by L.G. Smith
You and Science
A Discussion
Books Received
On the Roots of Stalin’s Anti-Semitism, by Al Findley
ISL Fund Drive
New Blows Against Jews in Stalinland, by Abe Stein
Bank Robber as Sociologist, from I, Willie Sutton, by Quentin Reynolds
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
What Is the Significance of Stalin’s New Interview, by Abe Stein
Washington Establishes Stoolpigeon System, by Gordon Haskell
Will They Whitewash the U.S.-N.Y. Cop Deal? by L.G. Smith
UAW Wins on Reopening of 5-Year Contract, but Battle Looms, by Walter Jason
London Letter
McCarthyism and the State Dep’t: Whom the Gods Would Destroy ...
Oil Cartel Sabotages War Machine to Blackmail Gov’t
A Trade-Unionist Stands Up in Stalinland: ‘I Represent the Thousands of Slaves ...’, by George Benda
ISL Fund Drive
Marxism for Today
Youth and Student Corner
Sidney Hook, Logic and Joe McCarthy, by Philip Coben
“Dear Comrade Assassins ...”, by Robert Magnus
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Russia Without Stalin – What’s Ahead as New Despots Unite Against ‘Panic’?
London Letter
ISL Fund Drive
The New ‘Directory’ in Power, by Abe Stein
Stalin’s Bloody Rise to Power: Story of a Counter-Revolution, by Albert Gates
You and Science
Crowded Out
The ISL Program in Brief
This Is Not 1924
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
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Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
The UAW Can Tell the World, by Ben Hall
Malenkov’s Demagogic Peace-Talk Sets Washington Guessing Again, by Gordon Haskell
Here’s Something New – Even for Joe McCarthy, by L.G. Smith
Let Freedom Ring
Other Issues Before UAW Convention: GM Negotiations – Annual Wage – Social Policy, by Walter Jason
Test for UAW Constitutional Proposals: Do They Strengthen or Weaken Democracy? by V.H. Caslon
You and Science, by Carl Darton
Youth and Student Corner
Sidney Hook, Logic and Joe McCarthy, by Philip Coben
Malenkov’s Speech at Bier Highlights Three Problems, by S. Horoshchenko
London Letter
The Dangers of Reading Marx in Russia, by B.D. Nadson
The Stalinoids on Stalin, by Bernard Cramer
ISL Fund Drive
Socialists Run Campaign for L.A. School Board
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
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Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
The Russian Peace Maneuvers: A Move to Split Western Bloc? by Gordon Haskell
Auto Workers: UAW Takes Up Foreign Policy, by Ben Hall
Now McCarthy’s Victims Need Clearance from Whittaker Chambers ..., by L.G. Smith
Los Angeles: Edison Co. Tries Big Scale Union-Busting, by V.S. Rivson
Books Received
Note for Curious Readers
Bolivia: Nationalists Launch Vicious Attack on Workers’ Left, by Juan Rey
ISL Fund Drive
Malenkov’s Structural Change: Reversal of a Trend, by S. Horoshchenko
Reading from Left to Right
Sidney Hook, Logic and Joe McCarthy, by Philip Coben
The Crisis in the French CP: The Marty-Tillon Affair, by Saul Berg
London Letter
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Schedule N.Y. Rallies Against Franco
‘Reutherism’ Marks Time over Main Issues at UAW Convention, by Ben Hall
Spotlight
Kremlin Presses on with Peace Drive, by Gordon Haskell
That ‘Victory’ over Joe McCarthy ..., by Walter Jason
University Heads’ Statement Bends Before the Purge Storm
London Letter
Labor ’Scope
S. African Labor Defies Malan Jim Crow Policy
ISL Fund Drive
You and Science
The Home Front
Reading from Left to Right
From the Stalinist Jungle
Forecasts Iron Grip on Labor in War
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Where Does U.S. Policy Go from Here, by Hal Draper
‘Reutherism’ and the UAW Convention – II, by Ben Hall
Ike Cracks the Whip – On McCarthy’s Critic, by L.G. Smith
Pro and Con: Discussion
Youth and Student Corner
The FBI and Your Rights, by Ernest Besig, from American Civil Liberties Union News
Who Rules in Czechoslovakia? by George Benda
London Letter
Un-Americaneers Feature ‘Foxy Grandma’ Stoolpigeon, by Victor Savage
AFL Calls ‘Union-Busting’ by Edison; CIO Strike Called, by V.S. Rivson
ISL Fund Drive
New Issue of NI Is Out on the Stands
Out to the Anti-Franco Rallies
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
‘Hard’ Line on Asia Peace Deal, Scrapping of Point 4 Program, by Gordon Haskell
Anti-Franco Rallies in N.Y.
News and Views from the Labor Front
ISL Fund Drive
The White House and Joe McCarthy, by Walter Barron
Brazil: Labor Shaking Off the Vargas Hypnosis, by Madeira
Youth and Student Corner
World Federalism’s “Russian Question”, by Bernard Cramer
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, by Al Findley
Pro and Con: Discussion
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
NATO’s ‘Peace Crisis’, by Bernard Cramer
Not Only Russia Has to Show ‘Good Faith’, by Gordon Haskell
YPSL Convention Reaffirms Its Anti-War Stand, by Jules Sorel & Arthur Hart
May Day 1953
Anti-Franco Committee Gains Support as Center of U.S. Fight Against Franco, by L.G. Smith
London Letter
ISL Fund Drive
Marxism for Today
Youth and Student Corner
You and Science
In Memory of Martin Abern
A Discussion Page
Pro and Con: Discussion
Fake Reform by Polish Regime Imposes New Burdens on Workers and Peasants, by A. Rudzienski
Books Received
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Democracy in Crisis
Labor’s Struggle Is Key, by Ben Hall
Capitalism’s Threat to Democracy, by Julius Falk
The “Mistakes” of the Bolsheviks, by Max Shachtman
What to Learn from Stalinism, by Hal Draper
For a Democratic Foreign Policy, by Max Shachtman
Democracy and Revolution, by Albert Gates
Democracy Under Socialism, by Philip Coben
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
Eisenhower Extends Truman’s Purge System, Pleases McCarthy, by Gordon Haskell
UAW Slaps Down Racist ‘Strike’, by Ken Hillyer
Sacramento’s McCarthy – Cooking Up Vicious State Laws, by Victor Savage
London Letter
ISL Fund Drive
BLP Exec Looks to Next Steps, by David Alexander
You and Science
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
Books and Ideas
Books Received
Linguistic Nationalism: More or Less Assorted Notes Suggested by Mexican Decree, by Philip Coben
Protest to Attorney General
Tunisia and the War in Laos, by Hal Draper
The Dispute Over ‘Objective Law’ in Russia, by B.D. Nadson
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
Truce Negotiations Reach Crisis Stage, by Gordon Haskell
The Neurotic Theory of Stalinism, by James M. Fenwick
Anti-Reuther Right-Wing Hails Stellato Victory In Local 600, by M.J. Hardwick
ISL Contests “Subversive” Listing
London Letter
ISL Fund Drive
Pro and Con Discussion
Youth and Student Corner
The Issue Is: What Is Stalinism? by Albert Gates
Books and Ideas
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
Stalinist “Peace Offensive” Strains U.S.-British Relations, by Gordon Haskell
Layoffs Loom in Detroit Auto Industry, by M.J. Hardwick
David Dubinsky OKs Aid to Witch-Hunt Committees, by Larry O’Connor
Labor ’Scope
The Couch as a Secret Weapon, by James M. Fenwick
South Africa: After the Victory of the Malan Racists, by Gabriel Gersh
London Letter
ACLU Denounces Government ‘Harrassment’ of Harry Bridges on Repeated Charges, from ACLU Feature Press Service
You and Science
Marxism for Today
Chicago Anti-Franco Rally, by Pat Gregory
Youth and Student Corner
Negro Wins in Atlanta Election
Is the Stalinist Revolution Progressive? by Albert Gates
Books and Ideas
The ISL Program in Brief
The CP and the Atom Bomb, by Jasper Ridley, from East Europe
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
British Decree Forced Labor in Kenya, Ban Labor Union, by Philip Coben
Big Three Go in Huddle on War Line, by Gordon Haskell
Campaign Promises Were a Lot Easier, by Ben Hall
Get New Contract at GM, by M.J. Hardwick
Eisenhower’s Man Crawford Did Whitewash Job for the Nazis, by Gabriel Gersh
London Letter
The Revelations of Jesus Hernandez
Marxism for Today
New Vpered Discusses Russian Change
Faction Fight in A Blind Alley of Politics, by Albert Gates
The Contradiction of Stalinist ‘Planned’ Economy: A Case Study, by Robert Loukota
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
London Letter
Who was Shocked by Taft’s Speech? by Gordon Haskell
Rhee’s Blackmail Underlines the Ironic Plight of Korea, by H.W. Benson
Reveal New Link in Trotsky Murder, by J.M.F.
Everest as a Coronation Gift, by Philip Coben
Political Kaleidoscope in New York City
Auto Workers: An Era of Happy Relations, by M.J. Hardwick
Youth and Student Corner
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
Books and Ideas
Roots of the Confusion in the SWP, by Albert Gates
The Revelations of Jesus Hernandez – II
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
The British Boot in Kenya Colony
Truce in Korea Will Intensify All of West’s Inner Conflicts, by Gordon Haskell
Spotlight
Big Step Forward in Civil Defense; Parks to Be Used for Mass Burials, by Jalk Walker [sic]
News and Views from the Labor Front
London Letter
Los Angeles: Hoffman Uses the Witchhunt to Defeat Mayor and Public Housing, by Jules Sorel
Political Kaleidosope in New York
Thomas Asks Inquiry into New Reports on the Tresca Case
You and Science
Books and Ideas
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
Marxism for Today
‘Human Intervention’ in the SWP, by Larry O’Connor
The Revelations of Jesus Hernandez III
New Israeli Law to Grab Arabs’ Lands; Jewish Liberals Denounce It as ‘Robbery’, by Hal Draper
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
The First Mass Workers’ Revolts in Satellites Shake the Russian Power, by Hal Draper
Spotlight
Eisenhower Makes a Speech but ‘Bookburning’ Goes On, by Gordon Haskell
ISL Wire to President on Rosenbergs, signed by Max Shachtman
News and Views from the Labor Front
Leads on Tresca Case Fizzle Out
Labor ’Scope
Two Consequences of the Great Russian Relaxation, by Hal Draper
France Flounders in Cabinet Crisis but Colonialism Stays, by Allan Vaughan
London Letter
Youth and Student Corner
You and Science
Marxism for Today
Books and Ideas
Books Received
Readers Take the Floor
The Revelations of Jesus Hernandez IV
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Mass-Resistance Revolt in Czechoslovakia Rivaled East German Workers’ Uprising!
Hysteria, Fear and Panic in the Rosenberg Execution, by H.W. Benson
Inside the Liberal Party: Ranks Want to Run Independent Candidate for Mayor, by Peter Whitney
What Accounts for Syngman Rhee? by Gordon Haskell
Washington Seeks to Wrap Up the UN in Its Loyalty Witchhunt, by Gabriel Gersh
Reveals That U.S. Was Planning to Use Biological-War Weapon in World War II, by Bernard Cramer
London Letter
Youth and Student Corner
Books and Ideas
How Mass Action Against Stalinist Rule Swept All over Czechoslovakia, by Hal Draper
Who Owns the Corporations? Business Week Tells All, by Ben Hall
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Labor and Socialist Pickets at Russian Consulate Support E. German Workers, by Sam Adams
N.Y Liberal Party to Run Independent Candidate for Mayor for the First Time, by Peter Whitney
Waterfront Cleanup Becomes Pretext to Hamstring the Union, by Ben Hall
Local Elections in Auto Union Show Upsets for the ‘Ins’, by M.J. Hardwick
London Letter
“We’re Just Burning a Few Books –”, by Gordon Haskell
Paris Politics-as-Usual Goes On with Its Game of Musical Chairs, by Saul Berg
Even Senators Can Be ‘Startled’
On Rebecca West and Other Dinosaurs, by James M. Fenwick
Bolivian ‘Left’ Goes Along with Regime, by Juan Rey
Youth and Student Corner
What Are the Social Roots of the ‘Relaxation’ Crisis in the Kremlin? by Hal Draper
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
How to Aid German Workers Revolt and Destroy Stalinism Without War
Korea: The Naked and the Dead, by H.W. Benson
Liberal Party Initiative Sends Democrats and GOP Scurrying, by Sam Feliks
Test Case, from WDL Bulletin
Italy: Dollars Didn’t Win, by Gabriel Gersh
Ellis Island: ‘Concentration Camp’
Oil for the Fire
London Letter
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
Books and Ideas
Youth and Student Corner
Who Were the Leaders of the East German Uprising Against Stalinism? by Max Shachtman
The ISL Program in Brief
The SWP Is Silent, by Albert Gates
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
Beria: One Man Down in the March Back to Russian One-Man Rule, by Hal Draper
Now: First Law Imposing Purge on Industry, by Ben Hall
Anything in the Treasury for Welfare? by Sara Klein
Running Mates for Halley: Who Are They? by Peter Whitney
London Letter
What Did Beria Want and Why Did He Fall? by Elizabeth Frank
You and Science
Books and Ideas
POUM Greetings to US Socialists
Brain-Washing the ‘Non-Firers’, by Bernard Cramer
American Troops Out of Germany, by Max Shachtman
Russia in Crisis
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
Negotiations with Russia? by Hal Draper
Why U.S. Can’t Capitalize on German Workers’ Fight
ACTU Convention Hears a ‘Program’, by Ben Hall
Labor ’Scope
Cabinet Member Tells Truth About Class Nature of Gov’t
From the Corruption Scandal to the Election of Halley, by Walter Barron
London Letter
Senate Outflanks the 5th Amendment, by Gordon Haskell
From the Stalinist Jungle
Books Received
In the Ukraine After the Death of Stalin
How Historic the ‘June Days’ Were Launched by East Berlin Workers, by Gustave Stern, from Révolution Prolétarienne
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Is the GPU Planning to Kill ‘Jacson,’ Before Release from Jail? by L.G. Smith
The Guns Are Silent – Politics Has the Floor, by Gordon Haskell
Spotlight
Portent in Detroit: Unemployment Rises, by M.J. Hardwick
Labor ’Scopes
London Letter
Trends in French Socialism, by A. Giacometti
World Politics
Marxism for Today
The Decline of the Old Party Machines: New Opportunity for the Liberal Party, by Walter Barron
Books and Ideas
McCarthyism Without McCarthy, by Hal Draper
Norman Thomas’ SP and Those “State Department Socialists”, by Philip Coben
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
The 83rd Congress
Robert Taft – Cover for Reaction, by Don Harris
German Trade Unions Return to Politics, by Eugene Keller
German SP Misses the Boat on East Berlin Workers’ Uprising, by Gordon Haskell
London Letter
A Socialist Comments from England on the Truce in Korea, by David Alexander
Books and Ideas
Jenner Committee Labors and Brings Forth a Zero, by L.G. Smith
Socialists Come to Power in Costa Rica
Youth and Student Corner
SYL-YPSL Has Program of Joint Summer Activities, by Jules Sorel
Workers’ Revolt or Kremlin ‘Democratization’, by Abe Stein
European SPs: ‘For Us of Against U.S.’, by Larry O’Connor
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
The POWs Come Home, by Gordon Haskell
Dulles Urges Japan to Rearm, Violate Her Own Constitution, by Larry O’Connor
Spotlight
$2 Billions to Plug “Capitalist Rationale”
Calif. Canners Settle Strike, by Stan Larssen
Prof. Who Defied Velde Comm. Reinstated at Connecticut U.
London Letter
Books Received
You and Science
World Politics
Cong. Committee to Map Korea’s Future, by L.G. Smith
Israeli Arabs Suffer from Land-Grab Law
Dept. of Justice Nabs “Super Monopoly”
Workers’ Revolt of Kremlin ‘Democratization’ – II, by Abe Stein
The German Generals Make their Move, by Gabriel Gersh
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
Washington Has No Peace Plan for the Korea Peace Conference, by Hal Draper
What Moscow Fishes For on German Unity, by Gordon Haskell
Mass French Strike May Oust Cabinet
A Red Views the White Man’s Society
After All That, the AFL ‘Calls’ for Democracy in the ILA ..., by Ben Hall
Britain Intensifies Its Terror in Kenya
France Uses Puppet to Enflame Morocco
Lewis Corey Victim of Gov’t Witchhunt, Up for Deportation
Egypt: Naguib Is Firm on Suez and Sovereignty, by David Alexander
Books and Ideas
Marxism for Today
Youth and Student Corner
Bolivia: Gov’t Plans Weak Land Reform, by Juan Rey
A Forgotten Novel: Ilya Ehrenburg’s Satire Against Stalinism, by Gabriel Gersh
Not in the Headlines
Social-Democrats vs. Adenauer: Two Kinds of Accusations
Anti-Franco Committee Issues Monthly Bulletin
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Spotlight
Moscow Makes a Play to Bag Germany – U.S. Stacks Chips on Adenauer Victory, by A. Stein
France Finds Its Quislings in Feudal Lords of Morocco
Titoists Launch a Party Purge, by Gordon Haskell
UAW Political Line at Low Ebb in Detroit, by M.J. Hardwick
Labor ’Scope
How the Mass Strikes Broke over France, by A. Giacometti
Labor Party Challenges Churchill on Korea, by David Alexander
Films and Ideas
You and Science
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
Israel: The Sheikh and the Zionists, by Al Findley
Now the Witchhunters Rewrite U.S. History, by Sam Feliks
Bolivia: Peasant Discontent with Land Reform Grows, by Juan Rey
The Spanish POUM Spells Out a Third-Camp Program on World Affairs
Disorders Follow Price Rises in Ceylon, by David Alexander
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Ben Hall
Gordon Haskell
BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
Dollars for Shahs
U.S. Wins a Smashing ‘Victory’ over Its Allies on India Issue, by Gordon Haskell
Beneath the Calm Surface on the Labor Front, by Ben Hall
The Justice Dep’t vs. the ISL
London Letter
Parable
YPSL Breaks Ties with Socialist Party, by Bogdan Denitch
Youth and Student Corner
World Politics
‘Out of the Past’
Disagreement
Brazil: The New Capitalism and the New Working-Class Struggle, by Joao Machado
ISL Program in Brief
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Spotlight
Adenauer Gains on the Neo-Nazi Vote, by Hal Draper
It Was Only the First Round in France, by Andre Giacometti
Let’s Not Talk About It – It’s ‘Depression-Mongering’, by M.J. Hardwick
Car-Men Strike in East Bay, by Jack Walker
Monument to American Culture
CIO to Launch New Radio News Program
Did the June Uprisings Hit Poland Too? by A. Rudzienski
Strike Insurance
London Letter
Fight Fare Raise in L.A.
Discussion
Books and Ideas
Doubletalk from the Attorney General on the Smith Act and the Subversive List, by Philip Coben
‘Thou Shalt Not Criticize Israel!” by Hal Draper
The ISL Program in Brief
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Spotlight
Does Stevenson Have a Foreign Policy? by Hal Draper
Durkin Slinks Out, by Ben Hall
The U.S. as Imperialist Arbiter, by Gordon Haskell
Tammany Wins City Primary with Wagner, by Sam Taylor
London Letter
Testimony to a Betrayal
You and Science
Reading from Left to Right
Youth and Student Corner
World Politics
‘Psychological Warfare’: The Dud Is Dumped, by Philip Coben
Books Received
Spotlight on Khrushchev, by A. Stein
That ‘Good’ Imperialism in the Congo, by Daniel Faber
The ISL Program in Brief
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Is Socialism ‘Subversive’?
Labyrinth of Justice: The Story of the ISL vs. the Subversive List, by Albert Gates
Text of the Justice Department’s Statement on the Case of the ISL, signed by Warren Olney III
Reply to the Attorney General: End the Persecution of Socialism, signed by Max Shachtman & Albert Gates
The ISL Program in Brief
A Challenge to the Attorney General
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What’s in the Secret Treaty That the U.S. Has Signed with Franco?
Durkin’s Heart-Rending Story of the Lambs and the Wolves, by Ben Hall
Liberal Party Chiefs Jittery as They find Fair Dealers Arrayed on Other Side, by Peter Whitney
G.L.K. Smith Says the Times Are Good for His Brand of Poison
U.S. Puts Out a Feeler for Deal to ‘Neutralize’ Korea, by Gordon Haskell
London Letter
Reuther’s Annual-Wage Demand Has Some Tough Sledding Ahead, by M.J. Hardwick
Adenauer’s Grab for Trade-Union Control, by Jack Walker
Reading from Left to Right
Who Will Answer Milo Radulovich’s Father? by M.J.H.
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
Youth and Student Corner
France’s New Candidate for Dictator, by André Giacometti
British Labor’s ‘Industrial’ Right Wing Still Rules the Trade-Union Apparatus, by David Alexander
New York Acquires a Witchhunt ‘List’ as Regents Implement Feinberg Law, by Philip Coben
Oatis Tells Why He Confessed – Without Any ‘Russian Soul’ or ‘Bolshevik Values’, by L.G. Smith
The ISL Program in Brief
Witches’s Sabbath and Witchunting Orgy
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Four Cross-Currents in Waterfront Strike, by Ben Hall
Non-Aggression Pact: The Empty Gesture, by Gordon Haskell
Vote for Halley and the Liberal Party!
Unity Was the Password at Margate, by Allan Vaughan
Histadrut Takes a Partial Step Forward in Opening its Locals to Arab Workers, by Al Findley
Congress of Peoples Against Imperialism Holds Influential Conference in London, by David Alexander
Bureaucrat and Peasant, by A. Stein
You and Science
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
Anthony Ramuglia (obituary)
The French Iron Heel in Morocco, by Le Mogrebin, from Révolution Prolétarienne
Marxism for Today
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The Suppression of British Guiana, by Hal Draper
The Children’s Hour
What’s the Truths About the H-Bomb? Why Won’t Washington Tell the People? by Gordon Haskell
Young Liberals Take Militant Stance on Civil Liberties at N.Y. Conference, by R. Hacker
London Letter
Books and Ideas
Marxism for Today
Prof. Barrows Dunham Fired by Temple U.
After Milo Radulovich – The Case of Sgt. Harvis, by M.J. Hardwick
SP Organ Demounces Gov’t Case Against ISL
Labor Journal Hits Sacrosanct FBI, by W.R. Jansen
East Germany Since the Uprising of June: The Struggle Goes On, by A. Stein
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Spotlight
Let the People of Trieste Vote! by Gordon Haskell
Behind the POW Riots in Korea, by L.G. Smith
T-H Hobbles CIO in Fight on ILA Gangsters, by Ben Hall
Unemployment and Layoffs Are Rising, by Pete Jarms
Labor ’Scope
New NI Features Analysis of Hook’s Apology for Purge
Kutcher Makes His 11th Appeal in Fight for Job Reinstatement
Books Received
‘Moral Rearmament’ Is Anti-Labor Group, by Bob Millar, from London Tribune
Appeal for Protests Against Mao Terror
World Politics
Marxism for Today
Press Agents of the Pentagon, by John M. Swomley Jr. (extract from pamphlet)
The U.S. and British Guiana, by Hal Draper
Pacifist Group Goes Over to a “Third-Camp’ Line on War
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State Department Denies Passport to Max Shachtman
U.S. and France Both Bogging Down in Indo-China Mess, by Gordon Haskell
Halley Campaign Weak on Differentiation from Dems, by Sam Taylor
Triangle of Gilt in Palestine, by Al Findley
Trade-Unionists and Liberals Condemn Radulovich Decision at Detroit Rally, by M.J. Hardwick
New Mass Struggles in France: Now Farmers are on the Move, by A. Giacometti
Marxism for Today
London Letter
From the Stalinist Jungle
Tangled Cloaks and Rusty Daggers, by John P. Leacacos, from Pittsburgh Press
When Trotsky’s Assassin Gets Out: The GPU Is Still Preparing Its Alibi
Press Agents of the Pentagon – Part 2, by John M. Swomley Jr.
The Crime of ‘Being Accused’ Is Made Official by NLRB, by Ben Hall
The ISL Program in Brief
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Over the Table – Sold
Two Party System or Two Boss Cliques? by L.G. Smith
Churchill Tells How the Big 3 Betrayed the Warsaw Uprising, by H.W. Benson
Democrats Sweep – Halley Defeated
Spotlight
Franco’s Fascists Milk Spanish Workers
London Letter
Polish People Were the Pawns
Marxism for Today
Readers Take the Floor
T-H Precedent Set in Pittsburgh Case
Books and Ideas
You and Science
Press Agents of the Pentagon – Part 3, by John M. Swomley Jr.
Trade-Union Problem on the Local Level, by W.J.
ISL Program in Brief
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The Halley Campaign: What Was Wrong? by Peter Whitney
The GOP Jitters and the Democratic Quandary, by Gordon Haskell
SWP Splits; Stalinoid Wing Takes One Third
The Tide Reaches Truman, by G.K.H.
Report ACLU Dispute on Civil Liberties
Shachtman Talk Postponed to Next Wednesday
New Program of Classes on Marxism and Socialist History Announced by SYL, YPSL
How the Liberal Party Ran the Campaign, by Walter Barron
The Liberals Hide Their Face, by Robert Hacker
Detroit Election Shows UAW Line at Ebb, by M.J. Hardwick
The ISL Program in Brief
‘Third Camp’ Conference on War Planned
Marxism for Today
Shachtman Passport Case Gets to First Base in Dep’t. Hearing, by Albert Gates
Press Agents of the Pentagon – Part 4, by John M. Swomley Jr.
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
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Spotlight
The Political Climate of the White Case – Then and Now, by Gordon Haskell
Strong Words Are Not Enough!
The Truman Hearing of 1960, by H.W. Benson
2 Civil Liberties Meetings in Bay Area: McWilliams Debate and ACLU Conference, by Jack Walker
Germany: Repulse Adenauer’s Trade-Union Grab, by Jack Walker
Reaction Marches On in So. Africa
Youth and Student Corner
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
Books Received
London Letter
A Labor MP Visits Franco Spain, by Morris Orbach, from the London Tribune
End of the Line for a Movement
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
Press Agents of the Pentagon – Part 5, by John M. Swomley Jr.
The ISL Program in Brief
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The Police-State Atmosphere Thickens
The Labor Temple Yields Up Its Tradition, by A.J. Muste
Labor ’Scope
London Letter
Books and Ideas
Jew-Hater Group Emboldened to Spread Vicious Call for Pogrom in New York City
Just Out – New Issue of NI on Stands
Press Agents of the Pentagon – Part 6, by John M. Swomley Jr.
Heritage of 25 Years: Marxism and Proletarian Socialism, by Max Shachtman
The ISL Program in Brief
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Spotlight
In the Midst of War Boom, Unemployed Workers Are Thrown on the Scrap Heap, by Gordon Haskell
Socialists and Pacifists Plan Cooperation at Third Camp Conference in New York
Beck Wants to Be ‘Respectable’ but ..., by M.J. Hardwick
Labor ’Scope
Another Hollow Pledge to Puerto Rico, by Hal Draper
London Letter
‘The Case of the Legless Veteran’, by Scott Arden
Reading from Left to Right
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
Marxism for Today
Books and Ideas
Court Refuses C.O. Status to Davidson
A Song of Sherwood (poem), by Sagittarius, from The New Statesman & Nation
Eisenhower’s Pact with Spanish Fascism Hasn’t Solved Dictator Franco’s Worries, by Philip Coben
The Man with the Bucket, by Jonah Williams
The ISL Program in Brief
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Fellowship of Reconciliation Backs ISL Fight on List
At Bermuda the Mountain Labored ..., by Hal Draper
What the N.Y. Newspaper Strike Was About, by A Striker
Reveal British Army Atrocities in Kenya and Other Strong-Arm Methods in Africa, by David Alexander
Brownell vs. Brownell, from Oil Worker
Third Camp Conference
Report on Proceedings and Resolutions, New York City, November 27–29
Greetings from U.S. and Abroad
Statement on the Third Camp: Conference Resolution on War
Summary of Speeches
You and Science
World Politics
New Cochran Group Puts Out Its Line
The ISL Program in Brief
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Spotlight
New U.S. Military Perspective: Go It Alone with A-Bombs, by Gordon Haskell
Police-State Bill Against Labor Is Presented to Congress, by B.H.
Detroit Press Falsifies Facts About Mounting Unemployment, by M.J. Hardwick
Socialist Teachers Witchhunted Out of California College
Imperialism and Its Quisling in Guiana
France: The Continuing Crisis, by A. Giacometti
New Report by ACLU on Policy Referendum
London Letter
You and Science
Youth and Student Corner
The 5th Amendment and the Stoolpigeons, by Philip Coben
The ‘New Look’ in Old-Line Labor Leaders: Dave Beck and McDonald
The ISL Program in Brief
EDITOR:
Hal Draper
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Spotlight
The Me-Too Boys and M’Carthy, by H.W. Benson
GPU to UP
Dulles’ Arm-Twisting Too Crude, Frnce Thinks, by L.G. Smith
How the Government Helped to Break No. Amer. Strike, by Ben Hall
Jim-Crow War Is Brewing in Chicago
The Velde Side-Show, by Jack Walker
London Letter
Smith and White on the Marshall Plan
World Politics
The Chauvinist Mind
Youth and Student Corner
Marxism for Today
Books and Ideas
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Index to Labor Action for 1953
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