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Vol. 18 No. 1, 4 January 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Looking back on 1953’s headlines, by Gordon Haskell

Rhee pledges war, while U.S. prepares to unleash A-bombs on China in case ..., by Philip Coben

Spotlight

The Longshore vote: NLRB decisions aided ILA but AFL came through strong, by Ben Hall

London Letter

The strange case against Beria, by A.S. Abramovich

Youth and Student Corner

Russian exploitation of E. German satellite will continue in spite of new arrangement, by A. Stein

British Trotskyist group in split too

Plan Tresca memorial meeting Jan. 9

Resolution on ISL case presented to AVC

‘Violence’ & Democracy: Discussion on the Pacifist vs. Marxist View

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 2, 11 January 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

The ‘orthodox recession’: How unorthodox can it get? by Gordon Haskell

Washington stands in the way of peace in Indo-China, as France gets Ho’s bid, by Philip Coben

Even the likes of Ike can’t straddle T-H issue, by Ben Hall

Luck Luciano enters Tresca case

ACLI gives Brownell too much credit for those non-existent hearings! by Albert Gates

London Letter

You and Science

Marxism for Today

Science knows all

Lily-white reformist mind at work

American socialism: Eyed from France, by Herbert Leroy, from Le Peuple Valaisan

Books and Ideas

Red Cross work

The ‘pragmatic’ side of non-violence, by Hal Draper

Youth and Student Corner

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 3, 18 January 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

The Eisenhower program: ‘Fair deal’ for Big Business, by Gordon Haskell

Going McCarthy one better: Ike’s de-citizenship plan, by H.W. Benson

Going Taft one better: Ike’s strikebreaking plan, by Philip Coben

What every city-dweller should know, by L.G. Smith

What’s behind the fantastic course the Reuther shooting case? by M.J. Hardwick

Youth and Student Corner

Readers of Labor Action take the floor

London Letter

From the Stalinist jungle

Vote for the 18-year-olds, by Bogdan Denitch

You and Science

Books received

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 4, 25 January 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Washington adopts ‘preventive war’ line, by Gordon Haskell

CIO union goes along with GE’s industrial McCarthyism, by Ben Hall

The socialist amendment to the Bricker Amendment, by Philip Coben

The auto industry reflects the economy, by Jack Wilson

ACLU backs three challenging witchhunt on ground of 1st Amendment, from ACLU

London Letter

Tunisian Labor Blasts France’s continuing exploitation of colonies, by A. Giacometti

You and Science

Books and Ideas

Youth and Student Corner

The views of the democratic opposition in Yugoslavia, by Milovan Djilas

The political struggle in Italy, by A. Giacometti

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 5, 1 February 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

State Dep’t acts to deny passport for Shachtman

Palaver in Berlin: The Big Four are going through the motions, by Gordon Haskell

Djilas and the crisis of Titoism, by Hal Draper

News and Views from the Labor Front

London Letter

Court decision on Steve Nelson case in Penn.

On democracy, bureaucratism, party discipline, by Milovan Djilas

Youth and Student Corner

You and Science


Vol. 18 No. 6, 8 February 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

A step toward labor unity: Oil unions to meet on fusion, by Ben Hall

Norwalk vigilantes arouse national outcry against organized stoolpigeonry, by Gordon Haskell

Morocco today: Demagogy by Franco, Terror by France, by A. Giacometti

It isn’t cricket

GOP attack on Reuther gives no alibi for unemployment, by Jack Wilson

ISL launches fund drive next week, by Albert Gates

London Letter

The ISL Program in Brief

Readers of Labor Action take the floor ...

Win stay and hearing on Skoglund case, from CDRC

The movement behind Djilas, by Hal Draper

SYL and YPSL greet unity


STUDENT SOCIALIST, 8 February 1954
Student-Youth Section of LABOR ACTION

Convention to launch new united Young Socialist League, by Bogdan Denitch

Convention schedule

Challenge

An appeal to militant pacifists, by Michael Harrington


Vol. 18 No. 7, 15 February 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Fair Deal senators fold up before McCarthy

Who’s winning the propaganda battle at the Big Four confab? by Gordon Haskell

The 5th power in Berlin: East Ger. Workers take the floor, by A. Stein

Leadership fight breaks out in NMU, Curran henchman pilloried by 2 officers, by Ben Hall

London Letter

ISL Fund Drive

YPSL debates SWP on socialist policy, by Max Martin

Youth and Student Corner

The ISL Program in Brief

Books and Ideas

How the Djilas crisis grew: A reconstruction, by Hal Draper

‘Fordizing’ the Cold War for intellectuals, by J.M. Fenwick

Readers of Labor Action take the floor ...


Vol. 18 No. 8, 22 February 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

Another Korea? US policy in Indo-China drifts to war, by Gordon Haskell

Big auto local denounces Velde red-hunt in Detroit, by Jack Wilson

For or against American history?

NMU opposition publishes some of the dirt, by Ben Hall

The way it’s done in Carolina

Congress Against Imperialism mobilizes aid to Kenya, Guiana, by David Alexander

The ISL Program in Brief

One gain

Sidelights on the Tito Crisis – 1

You and Science

A new magazine presents itself to the socialist public, by H.D.

Books and Ideas

Davidson appeals in C.O. Case

The sad case of the poor rich, by David Brownson

U.S. ‘counter-revolutionary’ role in Asia, by William Worthy, Jr., from Crisis, magazine of the NAACP


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 24 February 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Young Socialist League is founded

Youth International anti-colonial policy wins wider support, by Alex Newbold

Should racist frats be permitted on campus?


Vol. 18 No. 9, 1 March 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

The dirty mess around the Warren case, by H.W. Benson

Dulles happy over zero result in Berlin; He kept his shirt, by Gordon Haskell

Business booms at Detroit welfare office, by Jack Wilson

London Letter

Denounce new Franco terror

ISL Fund Drive


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 1 March 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

New Young Socialist Movement says: Against both war camps! by Bogdan Denitch

Agnes Meyer calls for students to defend academic freedom, by Michael Harrington

Midwest tour for YSL

Why we have to build the YSL, by Max Martin

Pacifists join YSL, by Edward Hill

Launch fund drives for YSL and Anvil

The YSL’s Aims

Strike at the social roots of war! by Ted Barry

Politics and the campus, by Henry Gale


Sidelights on the Titoist Crisis – II

The ISL Program in Brief

The ‘responsible’ GOP leadership gets to look more like McCarthy every day


Vol. 18 No. 10, 8 March 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

McCarthy’s struggle for power

Press uses terrorist attempt to falsify Puerto Rico issue, by H.D.

GOP administration proposes ‘soak-the-poor’ tax program, by L.G. Smith

Iran has one, too, from N.Y. Times dispatch

Auto unemployment raises problem for UAW strategy, by Jack Wilson

London Letter

ISL Fund Drive

Marxism for Today


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 8 March 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Confab defends academic freedom, by Michael Harrington

Young Socialists call for unity against campus witchhunt, by Bogdan Denitch

Forum on Youth & Politics hears Young Socialist view, by Edward Hill


America’s Cold-War economic policy, by Sam Taylor

You and Science

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

‘Separation of powers’ no real issue in Peress case, by Gordon Haskell


Vol. 18 No. 11, 15 March 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

Lesson in U.S. imperialism, by Gordon Haskell

New anti-semitic push quietly under way in Stalinist states, by Al Findley

His heart belongs to Wall Street

CIO electrical union will treat ‘security’ firings as trade-union grievance

Dave McDonald and the GAW, by Pete Jarms

Nose-Dive by steel upsets the forecasts, by Jack Wilson

Mockery from the bench

Largest Jim-Crow employer is gov’t, say Negro leaders

Labor ’Scope

Spider Schneider in Paris, by A. Giacometti

Mau Mau get proposal for Kenya truce, by David Alexander

London Letter


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 15 March 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

It happened at the Intercollegiate Academic Freedom Conference, by Ted Barry

Indian students vs. a ‘Gandhian’ regime, by A.T.

Help Anvil!

Big brain


ISL Fund Drive

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

You and Science


Vol. 18 No. 12, 22 March 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

If McCarthy goes, will that be the end of McCarthyism? by H.W. Benson

Dulles got his vote and Latin America got nothing, by Gordon Haskell

Don’t tell FBI, says senator

Well we’ve got one friend in Europe

London Letter

Former henchmen blast Chiang as worse than the Stalinists, by L.G. Smith

ISL Fund Drive

The squabble over Einstein’s birthday, by Bernard Cramer

Israel and its Arab minority – one step forward, one back, by Al Findley

On the witchhunt front

Books Received


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 22 March 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Rosen Defense Comm. appeals for support, from Victor Howard

A ‘liberal’ opposes the 18-year-old vote, by Priscilla Jacobs

Lively meetings launch YSL tour, by Ted Barry


The fight in the Civil Liberties Union, by Philip Coben

Bread and a stone at Caracas, by Sam Taylor

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 13, 29 March 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

ISL to start its first court case against the gov’t

Is U.S. moving to enter war in Indo-China? by Gordon Haskell

Spotlight

‘Big Brother’ and the step-children

Forgotten men

NMU opposition charges racism, racketeering and rough-riding, by Ben Hall

London Letter

A socialist policy on Puerto Rico, by Hal Draper

News and Views from the Labor Front

Peccadillo


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 29 March 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

NYU newspaper smears Young Socialists, by Michael Harrington


ISL case against the State Dep’t

ISL Fund Drive

Poetry corner


Vol. 18 No. 14, 5 April 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Scorpion Pass vs. Kibya, by Al Findley

Between two hell-bomb blasts, Dulles speech threatens war, by Bernard Cramer

Franco ups the price; U.S. asks open door for capital

Two issues before the UAW’s conference, by Jack Wilson

The NMU opposition: Where were they till now? by Ben Hall

ISL Fund Drive

‘One clear call’ on foreign policy, by Philip Coben

The wrong point

You and Science

London Letter

Symposium on Puerto Rico gives both sides of argument


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 5 April 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Fear on the Campus: Four Case Studies

YSL asks for major effort in fund drive, by Max Martin


You won’t read it in the papers but that rolling recession is hitting California, by B. Arnold

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 15, 12 April 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

That bang you heard in the Pacific was U.S. foreign policy blowing up, by Hal Draper

‘NATO obsolete: What’s left?’ by Jack Wilson

Revulsion against H-bomb unites BLP, jolts Tories, by Allan Vaughan

Who’s the biggest liar in the case? by Gordon Haskell

Books and Ideas

Brazil: Vargas apes Peron in bid for labor vote, by Joao Machado

You and Science

Djilas’s portrait of Titoist bureaucratic caste, by Hal Draper

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 12 April 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Young Socialists lead civil-liberties fight, by Al Price & Sandra Pestoff


The present danger of atomic radiation in the United States, by Philip Coben

The ISL Fund Drive


Vol. 18 No. 16, 19 April 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Oppenheimer case: So Eisenhower forestalled McCarthy ...

Are we being ‘softened up’ for intervention in Indo-China, by Gordon Haskell

CIO runs labor candidates in Newark city elections, by John Williams

London Letter

ISL Fund Drive

You and Science

A curious tale about cultural freedom, by Bernard Cramer

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

The ISL Program in Brief


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 19 April 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Fight for academic freedom for all! by Max Martin

Self-delusions of the liberal ‘realists’, by Michael Harrington

Young Socialist fund drive launched; Chicago in lead – let’s get over the top, by Scott Arden

The YSL’s Aim

Foreign policy: The American failure, by Owen Morse

Peace AND prosperity under capitalism? by Charles Marshall

U. of Chi. students battle administration, by Debbie Meier

Oberlin responds with enthusiasm, by Aaron Roth


Vol. 18 No. 17, 26 April 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

No U.S. troops to Indo-China!

Indo-China and the war crisis, by A. Stein

London Letter

The hero-general of Dienbienphu

ISL Fund Drive

Books Received


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 26 April 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Must our youth die in Indochina?

The YSL’s Aim


Vol. 18 No. 18, 3 May 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

May Day 1954

America’s Blind Alley in Geneva: No Policy, No Friends, No Hope, by Gordon Haskell

McCarthy Is Exposing McCarthyism, by Sam Taylor

Report on the UAW Conference: They Didn’t Plan to Discuss Indochina ..., by Ben Hall

Indochina and the War Crisis – II

New Anti-Colonial Movement Founded in England, by Alex Newbold

You & Science

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 3 May 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

This Is Our May Day, by Bogdan Denitch

New Student Political Group Formed at U. of Chicago, by Debbie Meyer

No U.S. Troops to Indochina!

YSL Fund Drive


Brazil: Vargas’ Army Vetoes the Peronist Trend, by Madeira

London Letter

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 19, 10 May 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

WHAT IS STALINISM?

Part I – The Positive Answer to Stalinism, by Gordon Haskell

Part II – The Russian Stalinist Social System, by Max Shachtman

Part III – The Nature of the Communist Parties, by H.W. Benson & Max Shachtman

Part IV – Stalinist Imperialism and the War Crisis, by Hal Draper

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 20, 17 May 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

>Un-Americaneers Flop in 2nd Detroit Invasion

The Rout at Geneva: ‘Our Line’s Been Changed Again’, by Philip Coben

Israel’s Arab Policy Shows Bitter Fruits, by Al Findley

Reuther Suspends Opposition Paper, by Jack Wilson

News & Views from the Labor Front

Indochina and the War Crisis – III

London Letter


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 17 May 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Are We MAD?

Resistance to Witchhunt Grows: Where Do We Go from Here? by Bogdan Denitch

Conscription (cartoon), by Carlo

Robin Hood vs. McCarthy, by George Rawlings

The Face of Stalinism

A Discussion: The Third-Camp Socialist as ‘Witness’, by Michael Harrington

Fear on the Campus or: Love vs. FBI, by Ted Barry

With the League

YSL Fund Drive

Student Parties at U. of Chi.


Guns AND Butter – Not for Us, by Charles Marshall

The YSL’s Aim


Vol. 18 No. 21, 24 May 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

McCarthy Show Evaded Issue of McCarthyism, by Sam Taylor

Court Bans Racist Education; Next Goal: Outlaw All Jim-Crow! by Hal Draper

U.S. Geneva ‘Policy’ Flops – Intervention Danger Grows, by Gordon Haskell

What on Earth Made Him Think of That? from N.Y. Times

Trusts Go Scot-Free but ‘Trust-Buster’ Out to Bust Union

France’s Other Indochinas

  1. In Morocco: French Imperialism vs. the Labor Movement and Living Standards, by A. Giacometti
     
  2. In Tunisia: Nationalists Reject Fake Reforms, by A. Giacometti

You & Science

London Letter

Reader of Labor Action Take the Floor


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 24 May 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

British Young Socialists Oppose Right-Wing Policies, by Alex Newbold

SDA Rally on Academic Freedom Hears Liberal and Socialist Views, by Ruth Karel

We Take Our Stand Against War

Readers Take the Floor


New Facts Prove H-Bomb Effects Not Under Control

ISL Fund Drive

Myths About American Superiority: The Other Side of the Picture, by Victor Howard

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 22, 31 May 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

The Case of Guatemala: How to Push a Country into the Arms of Stalinism, by Hal Draper

New Social Forces Against Jim Crow

NMU Voting in Test of Curran’s Power, by Ben Hall

Alien Deported for Past CP Membership

London Letter

Loyalty Purge System Blasted at ACLU Conference in Philly, by Carl Craig

An Appeal for Justice to Puerto Ricans, by the Committee for Justice to Puerto Ricans

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

Books Received


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 31 May 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

A-Bombs and Socialist Policy, by Michael Harrington

Zoot-Suit Youth in Russia: Stigmata of a Ruling Class, by Bogdan Denitch

YSL Fund Drive

YSL National Education Conference


The New Fellow Travelers: Apologists for Chiang’s Concentration Camps, by Debbie Meier

Heretic, Yes – Stoolpigeon, No, by Erwin N. Griswold, from Harvard Law Record

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 23, 7 June 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

The Fake Fight Against McCarthyism

The Beck-McDonald-Lewis Axis, by Ben Hall

One Happy Family, from N.Y. Times

London Letter

Behind the Diplomatic Facade at Gerneva, by Gordon Haskell

Stoolpigeon Paul Crouch Isn’t Feeling Well, by Carl Craig

Guatemala: Behind Stalinist Terror and American Imperialism, by H.W. Benson

Bolivia: Can the Nationalist Regime Resist Washington’s Pressure? by Juan Rey


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 7 June 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

British Young Socialists on European Unity and Germany

How an Ex-Radical Explains Repudiation of His Past, by Max Martin

Lively New Issue of Anti-War Magazine Anvil Is Out

The YSL’s Aim


Arab Socialism & Its Parties: A Spokesman Explains Its Ideas, by Clovis Maksoud

  1. The Socialists of the Arab World
  2. The Rise of Lebanon’s Socialist Party
  3. Arab Nationalism & the Israeli Problem


Vol. 18 No. 24, 14 June 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

Indo-China War: 90% Political, by Gordon Haskell

Alabama Farce

Liberal Party at the Crossroads, Leader Says

Good for GM

UAW Beats UE-FE Rival at Harvester

Labor ’Scope

Is McDonald’s Talk of Secession a Cover-Up? by Pat Harmon

London Letter

French Catholic Left Set Back by the Vatican, by Edward Hill

Not in the Headlines

Ballade for Ancestral Voices, from Peace News


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 14 June 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

YSL Fund Drive Needs Your Help Now – or Else, by Scott Arden

Why Is American Zoot-Suitism Spreading to Europe? by Max Martin

YSL Rally U. of C. Attacks U.S. Policy in Indochina War, by Jack Walker


Discussion: Brazilian Politics & Socialist Policy, by Brasileiro

  1. The Fight in the Socialist Party
  2. the Dangers of a Vargas Coup d’Etat; Quadros Party Splits over SP Allaince

Books & Ideas

Some Comments from the Left

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 25 June 21, 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Lupa Charges FBI Tried Threats to turn Him into a Stoolpigeon, by Jack Wilson

Only One Issue Was Taboo at the McCarthy Show ..., by Gordon Haskell

Spotlight

Democracy in Two CIO Trade Unions, by Ben Hall

Rumania: New Anti-Jewish Terror Trials Revealed

France: EDC Barely Won in SP; CP Still Heavily Declining, by A. Giacometti

London Letter

Discussion: British Labor and German Rearmament, by H.D.

You & Science

Witchhunting the Doctors, by John Troan, from Pittsburgh Press

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

Joint AFL-CIO Conference in N.Y. on Organization of Puerto Rican Workers


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 21 June 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

New McCarthyite ‘Youth’ Group Is Too Revolutionary for SFA, by Aaron Roth

One Year After the June Days in E. Germany

An Editorial

YSL Educational Conference

The YSL’s Aim


America’s Ally in Asia: Reactionary Thailand, by Richard Deverall

On the Home Front

Books & Ideas

The ISL Program in Brief

Definition


Vol. 18 No. 26 June 28, 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

The War-Crime Against Guatemala

The Trade-Union Press and the Indochina War, by Ben Hall

Labor ’Scope

Barry Miller Case Raises Issue of Army ‘McCarthyism’

CIO Candidates Wins [sic!] in Newark Election, by Carl Dirkson

Strikes Reported Behind Iron Curtain

In a ‘Backward’ Country, from N.Y. Times

Burma Inaugurates Big Land Distribution Program, by David Alexander

Behind Mau Mau Lies White Oppression in Kenya, by Sidney Lens, from Toward Freedom

Has British Terrorism Stopped the Stalinists in Malaya? by Ian Aitken, from Tribune

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

In Memory of Andres Nin, by Max Shachtman

From the Stalinist Jungle


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 28 June 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Univ. of Chicago Administration Turns Back the Clock, by Edward Hill

High School Strike

YSL Fund Drive

The YSL’s Aim


Who Can Save Democracy in Germany? by L.G. Smith

Harrison Baldwin on the ‘Menace’, from N.Y. Times

Panama Parallel: Revolt à la Carte

Spotlight on Guatemala


Vol. 18 No. 27, 5 July 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Army McCarthyism: The Barney Miller case story

At a dead end in Asia policy, by Gordon Haskell

U.S. overthrows Guatemala gov’t by force and violence

As McDonald cuddled with U.S. Steel that old debbil class struggle intruded, by Ben Hall

Shachtman passport case appealed to higher court

While the U.S. is saving democracy in Guatemala

You & Science

U.S. spies and operatives swarmed over Guatemala


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 5 July 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

National tour in summer planned to cover West Coast

First YSL education conference analyzes war, political issues, by Ruth Karel

New YSL summer camp: When, where & how much?

Thinking things through at the YSL conference


The truth about Guatemala

  1. The lie about communist domination, by Philip Coben
     
  2. The imperialist apologetics of Max Lerner, by Hal Draper
     
  3. World reaction to a crime – Brazil as a case in point

Ike is normal, thank you: Knows nothing about it, from I.F. Stone’s Weekly

The brass check chorus at work


Vol. 18 No. 28, 12 July 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Jobs for all

Knowland threat against UN typifies U.S.’s blind-alley policy, by Sam Taylor

It looks like economic stagnation ahead, by Gordon Haskell

The CIO and Guatemala, by Ben Hall

Letter by Norman Thomas on case of Barney Miller blasts at Army, by Norman Thomas, from Chicago Tribune

Labor ’Scope, by Ben Hall

SP left-wingers form new group, ‘shocked’ at trend in last convention

London Letter

Reading from Left to Right

Scientists (and few others) rap Oppenheimer verdict, by Sam Adams


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 12 July 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Discussion: Conditions for YSL growth, by Owen Morse

The YSL’s Aims


The Guatemala-U.S. Junta: Will it continue the reform program? by Hal Draper

The ISL Program in Brief

Brazil: Vargas fakery stirs general strike threat, by Barsileiro


Vol. 18 No. 29, 19 July 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Atomic workers fighting the government straitjacket, by Ben Hall

This ‘coexistence’ talk: What’s it all about, by Gordon Haskell

Spotlight

We can all breathe easier now, from Newark Evening Post

How the steel bosses support McDonald against Reuther, by Gerry McDermott

Merry-go-round

Labor ’Scope

There’s no pick-up in sight on the economic front, by Jack Wilson

London Letter

Marxism for Today

Precedent, from Lea, Spanish Inquisition, Vol. 1

But they don’t love us


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 19 July 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Sneak attack at U. of Michigan: Sequel to ‘FBI Spy’ case

‘Thought policeman’ on the Calif. Campus

YSL fund drive report: It was a good try but ...

Judgment


The shame of American liberalism, by Hal Draper

Books and Ideas

The ISL Program in Brief

Interventionism and Locarno: One reason the U.S. rejects a pact, by David Alter


Vol. 18 No. 30, 26 July 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Brownell’s anti-‘Red’ bill shotguns labor movement, by Sam Adams

U.S. policy in shambles at Geneva conference, by Sam Taylor

How “communist-infiltration” would be determined, from Senate Committee on the Judiciary Report No. 1709

Police state measures deluge Congress, by Gordon Haskell

Coal miners on the defensive, by Gerald McDermott

Army grants Miller general discharge

London Letter

Readers of Labor Action take the floor

Chiang buries opponents alive

Malaya – the next bastion of “democracy”, by L.G. Smith

Labor’s choice in California


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 26 July 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Young worker victim of no-work economy, by Michael Harrington

What future for U.S. youth?


Books and Ideas

Public subsidy, but no public control, by Larry O’Connor

Sport flash


Vol. 18 No. 31, 2 August 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Editorial

Senate gives away peoples’ [sic!] atomic power, by Sam Taylor

Indochina and the liberals, by Larry O’Connor

Labor ’Scope

Not in the Headlines

Miners’ wildcat wins, by Gerald McDermott

Witchhunt picks up momentum in Congress rush to adjourn, by Gordon Haskell

No surprises, PLEASE, by Ed.

A.J. Muste on Europe tour

Readers of Labor Action take the Floor
Israel, Zionism and the position of Arab socialists – A discussion

London Letter


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 2 August 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Bar Association proposes: Teach communism in schools, by Michael Harrington

The appeal of Stalinism among students abroad

A principled defense of civil liberties

The YSL’s Aim


Tunisian revolt enters new stage, by A. Giacometti


Vol. 18 No. 32, 9 August 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

This, for example is why Moscow is winning the war, by Philip Coben

Spotlight

It’s a bipartisan farce-comedy, by Gordon Haskell

The economy: The optimists are getting more cautious, by L.G. Smith

London Letter

The Zichroni Case: A victory against the growth of Israeli militarism

J.B. Matthews goes after the Catholics, by W.G. Russell

Muste to report on European tour


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 9 August 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

UMT is a new step to the garrison-state, by Michael Harrington


The position of Arab socialists on Israel, by Clovis Maksoud

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 33, 16 August 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

U.S. tells its allies: We won’t stand competition, by Bernard Cramer

A new kind of anti-labor drive is on, by Philip Coben

International whodunit: Who’s killing the UN?

Christians needed

Any business spokesmen around?

Spotlight

The futility of H-bomb politics

German labor’s strike wave is revolt against Adenauer, by Gordon Haskell

The next time you read of a plane crash ..., by Richard Stark

WDL award to courageous pro-labor priest who aided workers

French CP and SP betrayed North Africa, by A. Giacometti


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 16 August 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

The unique example of a trade-union youth group, by Leslie Walford, from Socialist Advance

Education gets the runaround treatment, by Edward Hill

Moscow captures the Girl Scouts

Chicago YSL hears analysis of Guatemala


The position fo the Arab socialists on Israel – Part II, by Clovis Maksoud

The economic picture in the U.S. – unemployment, profits, and monopoly, by L.G. Smith

132 million equals 7,000

Psychology, from Detroit Free Press

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 34, 23 August 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

“You could almost reach out and feel the atmosphere of fear in the Chamber”, by Philip Coben

Ike fakes economic report, by L.G. Smith

An indictment, by Brooks Atkinson, from the N.Y. Times

Super-McCarthyism

Discussion: The Studebaker wage-cut, by Ben Hall

Reston points to gov’t lies on spies

Eisenhower farm plan suits the big business farmers fine, by Sam Taylor

Who’s getting it?

London Letter

Spanish labor tells America: ‘We won’t defend any nation that allies itself with Franco’, by Rodolfo Llopis

Hoodlumism on both sides in N.Y.C.


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 23 August 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

AFL foreign policy statement illustrates labor’s dilemma, by Edward Hill

Army announces there’ll be ‘less democracy’ in it now, by Michael Harrington

You can still register for the YSL camp-and-school


The mistakes of the Arab socialists, by Hal Draper

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 35, 30 August 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

EDC is dead: Where to now? by Gordon Haskell

’Take it of leave it,’ say the bosses, by Ben Hall

Brazil: The generals openly take power, by Madeira

The Attlee-Bevan business trip to China, by Philip Coben

London Letter

Smith Act trial ends in Philly, by Karl Craig

Guatemalan reaction turns the clock back, by Bernard Cramer


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 30 August 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Stalinism’s economic crisis, by Michael Harrington

The YSL’s Aim


Can Mendes-France do it? by A. Stein

The mistakes of the Arab socialists – Conclusion, by Hal Draper


Vol. 18 No. 36, 6 September 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

EDC death ends era in Europe

Libs-Dems in New York deal, by Peter Whitney

Eisenhower and the poor fish, by H.W. Benson

Flash –! by Ed.

London Letter

Too many rights, from RWDSU Newsletter

Liberal reactions to liberal leaders, by L.G. Smith

Labor blows hot and cold on vicious anti-CP law

Books and Ideas


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE , 6 September 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Professor Hook performs “a ritual of silence”, by Edward Hill

School segregation battle has just got under way

Another breach of academic freedom


Mendes-France: Man on a tightrope, by A. Stein

Brazil: The economic crisis is decisive, by J.R.

Unemployment in white-collar field too, by Larry Foster

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 37, 13 September 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

U.S. and satellites are faking an ‘Asian’ pact without Asians, by Gordon Haskell

Time for a change (cartoon), by Latase [?], from the Nashville Tennessean

U.S. Steal

How to beat he A-bomb

The Square-D strike: Warning to Detroit

IUE-CIO victory means the finish of UE, by John Williams

The cowardice of the labor press, by Ben Hall

Chinese students in U.S. detained here against their will, protest

Full circle – The ‘Pabloite’ Trotskyites hold rump ‘world’ congress, by Bernard Cramer

Capitalist monkey, from Reading Labor-Advocate


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE , 12 September 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Cannon fodder

Playing and learning at the YSL camp, by Owen Morse

The YSL’s Aim


The renazification of Germany under Adenauer played a role in putting EDC to death

London Letter

Let Father Ike worry about politics

Thailand as ‘anti-communist bastion’, by Richard J. Coughlin, from Foreign Policy Bulletin

Asian socialists and the Third Camp, by U Kyaw Nyein & Rammanohar Lohia, from Janata


Vol. 18 No. 38, 20 September 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

Shooting-crisis over Quemoy is adventurism on both sides, by Gordon Haskell

Washington’s government in Guatemala intensifies union-smashing tyranny, by Bernard Cramer

UAW locals mobilize against Square-D, by Ben Hall

Labor ’Scope

American democracy at work, from Congress Record

London Letter

Notes on Britain

Renazification in East, by Hans Jaeger, from Soviet Orbit

Books and Ideas


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE , 20 September 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

SDA convention reaffirms stand on civil liberties

Readers Take the Floor

The Y.S.A.’s Aim


The desperate search: Statesmen scratch for successor to EDC, by A. Stein

Brazil: After Vargas – New tasks for labor, by Madeira

The ISL in Brief

Formosa: Police state, from N.Y. Herald-Tribune & The Observer


Vol. 18 No. 39, 27 September 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

SEATO Treaty cooked up a police pact over Asia, by H.W. Benson

UN show reopens: Is anybody listening? by Gordon Haskell

Internationalism marches on

How to stop Stalinism in Asia

UAW pickets turn the tide in Square-D strikebreaking, by Jack Wilson

Scientist hits falsification of A-radiation peril, by Carl Darton

Labor ’Scope

The choices before Brazil, by Brasileiro

... What the right hand is doing

London Letter

A Discussion

You & Science


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 26 September 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

U. of Calif. institutes loyalty oath for all studets! [sic!] by Edward Hill

An Editorial

What’s happened to American historians? by Michael Harrington


The left wing in the Algerian freedom movement, by A. Giacometti

Asian socialists call for International Anti-Colonial Day

Discussion: Socialist Party of Vietnam, by A. Giacometti

Books and Ideas

Portugal and Goa: A page from colonial history, by Yeshwantrao M. Mukne, from The People

Books Received

The ISL Program in Brief

The party line on Coca-Cola


Vol. 18 No. 40, 4 October 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Battle of the Square-D flares up with injunction and arrest of pickets, by Jack Wilson

The Russians don’t have to be clever ..., by Bernard Cramer

Liberal Party plays tail to the donkey, by Peter Whitney

Pogo on the subversive list? from Exposé

France: A report on the SP, by A. Giacometti

Bevan’s pro-Stalinist speech in Peiping

Literary GPU in Russia: That ‘New Look’ is wearing off, by John Clews

In Madagascar

The ISL Program in Brief


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 4 October 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Challenge to the campus

A program to defend democracy for all

Neutralism vs. Third Camp socialism, by Max Martin

The tradition of the Socialist Youth, by Max Martin

Students and politics, by Charles Marshall

The YSL’s Aim

At UCLA opposition to loyalty oath organizes student committee for action, by Bill Howard & Arlon Tussing

Martin tour a success for YSL


Vol. 18 No. 41, 11 October 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

A new German Army is born in London, by Bernard Cramer

Salisbury and Russian slave labor, by A. Stein

Racism in Detroit at sizzling point, by Jack Wilson

British colonial dictatorship still represses political life in Guiana, from African and Colonial World

Electrical Workers: Sitdown strike answers union-busting at ASR, by Al Davis

Discretion

Research

London Letter

Togoland moving toward independence, from Toward Freedom

Brazil: Two adventurers bid for Vargas’ Mantle, by Brasileiro


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 11 October 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Fight against student oath gains in Calif., by Pete Sklar & Max Martin

Reed College on the witchhunt wagon


The empire of United Fruit: Overlord of the Caribbean, from Facts & Figures

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 42, 18 October 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

Colonial Freedom Day rally set for October 29

Liberal Party swallows hard on a scandal, by Peter Whitney

The labor bureaucrat vs. the labor racketeer, by Ben Hall

Israel: Definite split on in Mapam, by Al Findley

A liberal comes out for Franco, by Debby Meier

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

ISL Convention acts on socialist issues, by Albert Gates


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 18 October 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Political life at the Uni. Of Chicago, by Debby Meier

NSA Convention: The liberals were ‘resigned’ – and in retreat, by Philip Wright

The YSL’s Aim


The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 43, 25 October 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Shachtman, Waldo Frank, Houser, Muste, Asians to speak at Anti-Colonial Day rally

Any choice between Dems and GOP on foreign policy? by Gordon Haskell

How the dog story exploded in Detroit, by Jack Wilson

London Letter

Labor ’Scope

Opportunity for Labor Action readers, by L.G. Smith

The trial of the Puerto Ricans, by Ruth Reynolds

An exchange of opinion on the Arabs, Israel and Zionism: Two views


YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 25 October 1954
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

‘Lily-white’ criminals fan race hatred in the fight against school desegregation, by Scott Arden

The Dangers of Democracy

The new ‘Year of the Oath’

Has there been an ‘income revolution’? by Jim Burnett

Modest proposal: How to recruit for West Point, by Bob Bone

Higher education

The YSL’s Aim


The state of socialism in Denmark, by C.H. Petersen

They spelled out Americanism

It’s a crime to be bombed if you’re a ‘subversive’ Negro

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 44, 1 November 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

The German rearmament pact: Big step onward to a dead end, by Gordon Haskell

London Letter

The case of the subversive corpse, by A.F.

Pittsburgh ad brings out a sight to gladden Wilson’s dog-loving heart, by Gerry McDermott

Thomas, Muste join Davison; arrest of other C.O.s is threatened

U.S. Air Force mag smears SPD in McCarthyite style, by D. Ehre

You & Science

Reading from Left to Right

Books received

Not in the Headlines


1 November 1954
YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Arab student conference adopts radical program planks

At UCLA – Civil-liberties campus group emerges from oath fight, by Ralph Hodges

The YSL’s Aims


Russian writers indict the regime, by S. Abrams

The certification of Harrison Salisbury, by Hal Draper

The ISL Program in Brief

Lucky Luciano, Gov. Dewey, and the Tresca murder case


Vol. 18 No. 45, 8 November 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Rally hails International Freedom Day

Near-deadlock us the result of issue-less, idea-less election

Labor needs shorter work week, by Jack Wilson

What will Reuther do about Curran? by Ben Hall

Lupa case: Now it’s guilt-by-innocence, by Jack Wilson

France: Mendes-France plays his hand, by A. Giacometti

War economy gets another infusion

Indo-China: Vietnam SP attacks Diem Gov’t in South, by A. Giacometti

Rhyme for children, by C.S., from Peace News

Sidney Hook vs. a British Tory

On the Home Front


8 November 1954
YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

CCNY: Open season on student witchhunt, by Mel Starkman

To debate Stalinists at CCNY


The U.S. failure in foreign policy, by Sam Taylor

The strange case of I.F. Stone, by Hal Draper

The Algerian tinderbox: Left-socialist victory sharpens the freedom struggle, by A. Giacometti

Not in the Headlines

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 46, 15 November 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

American voices speak out against imperialism of both war camp

Burma’s ‘declaration on colonialism’, by Thakin Chit Maung

Chairman A.J. Muste opens the rally: “Why International Freedom Day?”

Put your own shop in order! by Purshottam Trikamdas

The ISL Program in Brief

The United States and the imperialist-chauvinist mind, by Max Shachtman

Speaking of H-bomb texts, from N.Y. Post

Revolution looms in South Africa, by George Houser

The stupidity of the imperialists, by Waldo Frank

Closing remarks: The U.S. in Okinawa & Puerto Rico, by A.J. Muste

We call the people


Vol. 18 No. 47, 22 November 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Court gets appeal on Shachtman passport case

The McCarthy trial: Something’s wrong with the picture, by Philip Coben

Spotlight

Labor ’Scope, by Ben Hall

Left-wing group in Socialist Party puts out platform

Government purge victimizes a socialist

French guns against the Algerian people, by A. Giacometti

Bolivia: State Dep’t whipcracker got his man, by Juan Rey

London Letter

The DA wants a machine-gun


22 November 1954
YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Is there a witchhunt on the campus? by Michael Harrington


Dilemmas of the Democratic strategy, by Gordon Haskell

The emergence of Janio Quadros, by Brasileiro

California got a choice of reactionaries, by B. Arnold & S. Beilas

ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 48, 29 November 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

Peace, yes – but we need have no illusion about ‘coexistence’, by Gordon Haskell

‘Paralysis’? from N.Y. Post

They’ll obey the law – some day

UAW conference draws up a lone of battle for ‘55, by Ben Hall

Farm workers

Vishinsky, faithful servant

The twilight of empire, by J.F. Horrabin, from Plebs Magazine

Stoolpigeons or scholars, by Edgar Stillman Jr., from Rights

Was he joking? from Parliamentary Report of British House of Commons

Spare that jail, from Pittsburg Post-Gazette

Books & Ideas


29 November 1954
YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

You’re just too darn idealistic

At the University of Chicago: What happened in the student election? by Debbie Meier

Intimidation on the campus – The oath: a non-signer’s story, by a Non-Signer

The YSL’s Aim


The brief on the Shachtman case: against the U.S. passport curtain

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

The ISL Program in Brief

Expect Pan-Am confab to flop


Vol. 18 No. 49, 6 December 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Challenge to Army’s loyalty oath

Cry for blockade of China expresses the insane logic of U.S.’s untenable position, by Gordon Haskell

Liberal Party leaders spike reports of party dissolution, by Peter Whitney

The Racketeers’ Fifth Column in the AFL and CIO, by Ben Hall

UAW needs retooling for economic struggles ahead, by Jack Wilson

London Letter

Labor ’Scope

You & Science

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor


6 December 1954
YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

The secret-police chief as educator: J. Edgar Hoover lays down the line, by Sam Taylor

Academic freedom on the home front

The YSL’s Aims


The face of the crowd at the McCarthy rally, by Hal Draper

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 50, 13 December 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Spotlight

The Senate votes to censure but McCarthyism goes free, by Gordon Haskell

Ruth Reynolds wins case in Puerto Rico High Court, statement by Ruth Reynolds

More help needed in Davidson case testing rights of non-religious COs

London Letter

The Two-and-a-Half Camp, by Philip Coben

‘White man’s burden’ in Kenya requires union-busting too, by James Bury, from CIO News

Books & Ideas

You & Science

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

Correction


13 December 1954
YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

YSLer debates CCNY

DISCUSSION: Two views on the question –

Coming event


The British Labor Party crisis: Left, right and center, by Allan Vaughan

Pro & Con: Discussion – Third round

Books received

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 51, 20 December 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

A ‘general shift in policy’: Now the U.S. openly votes for colonialism in the UN

U.S.-Adenauer rearmament policy is losing out against socialists, by Gordon Haskell

The story behind the news

Reuther versus Quill at the CIO, by L.G. Smith

Our Partner in the ‘Free World’ – French Colonialism

Spain: Franco officially rejoins the ‘free’ world (U.S. says so), by Bart Allan, from Iberica


20 December 1954
YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE
Public by YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

CCNY and Antioch introduce new blows against student right to form club, by Max Martin

YSL educational conference in Chicago


Sacrilege and anathema: Two sociological notes on Christianity and Judaism today, by Hal Draper

The art police, from Rights

Pakistan socialists against SEATO alliance

The ISL Program in Brief


Vol. 18 No. 52, 27 December 1954
LABOR ACTION
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall
Mary Bell

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Fateful decision: U.S., NATO announce they will initiate use of atom bombs in a war, by Gordon Haskell

Military analyst shows enormities on NATO decision

The cloak-and-collar agency: What is the CIA doing? by I.F. Stone, from I.F. Stone’s Weekly

London Letter

Dynamics of the revolution in Peru, by Ramon Collar, from La Batalla

Righist émigré congress has a little plan to solve it all


27 December 1954
YOUNG SOCIALIST CHALLENGE
Published by the YOUNG SOCIALIST LEAGUE

Gov’t proposes disguised UMT program to push the militarization of youth, by Max Martin

Resolutions of the Socialist Youth International

The boys were Puerto Ricans, so six months in jail ..., by Priscilla Cady


Index to Labor Action for 1954

Come to YSL conference

The YSL’s Aim

The ISL Program in Brief


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