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The Militant Masthead

(1953)

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Vol. XVII No. 1, 5 January 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Anti-Trucks law fight supported by labor’s daily

Legless veteran hounded, faces eviction as a “subversive”, by George Breitman

Secret plan reported to intensify war, by Joseph Keller

128,000 U.S. casualties in Korea (cartoon)

Big drive set by reactionaries free opinion in schools

New Stalin bid meets same hostile reception, by Harry Frankel

1952 in Review – Year of Tremendous Events

Trenton victim dies

[Editorials]

Japanese miners wage heroic 61-day strike

The American Way of Life

Revolutionary Bolivian workers oppose further tribute on mines

The Militant Army

Kidnapping in Detroit

“Suffer little children”, by Art Price

Their “good time” (photo)

“It might incriminate me and I refuse to testify”, by George Lavan

Things will roll, by Thomas Raymond

Prospects for U.S. weighed by Cannon in 3rd L.A. Talk


Vol. XVII No. 2, 12 January 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

New congress swiftly blocks civil rights bills

Eisenhower arouses world’s fear of expanded Korea War, by Joseph Keller

Lead fight against police-state law (photo)

Bolivian gov’t averts attempted reactionary coup

Mich. citizens committee hailed for defense of of civil liberties

A correction

Feature Kutcher case on AFL radio hook-up

Plans announced for memorial to Carlo Tresca

Progressive Party faces “modification”, by Art Preis

World prospects of capitalism and socialism

[Editorials]

What’s behind Reston’s questions to Stalin? by Joseph Hansen

The American Way of Life

The Negro Struggle

Big business in war cabinet (photo)

Striking N.Y bus drivers put City Hall on griddle, by Harry Ring

Dock workers resist Ryan role in strike

“Dangerously anemic”

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 3, 19 January 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

SWP challenges boss candidates in Los Angeles, by Louise Manning

Millionaires’ club moves in as Eisenhower takes office, by Thomas Raymond

Fight delayed over Kutcher ‘loyalty’ oath

Foreign trade expert tells how to patch a hole

Truman’s war threat – an assist for Dulles, by Joseph Hansen

An Editorial

Can business hold up if war spending drops? by Harry Frankel

Bolivian government party faces future of internal strains

Fear of “Trotskyism” revealed in in purge cases of Marty, Tillon, by M. Stein

The American Way of Life

Questioned on shady deals (photo)

Casualties in Korea

[Editorials]

Truman ‘warns’ Stalin about Lenin’s views, by John G. Wright

Debate ‘loyalty’ housing oath in Newark

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle

Labor party due in U.S.A. says Cannon

The missing mayor (photo)

Ryan on griddle over ‘anti-red’ $182,000 fund, by Harry Ring

P.S. 19, by Joyce Cowley

Letters from Our Readers

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 4, 26 January 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Face “loyalty” oath eviction

New president keeps silent on way to end Korean War, by Joseph Keller

Einstein, Urey score Kremlin purge trials

Rosenberg children visit parents in prison (photos)

13 more CP leaders convicted under infamous Smith ‘Gag’ Act, by George Lavan

Largest local backs fight on Trucks law

UAW urged to push new party for labor

Stalin’s blood purge aimed at internal unrest, by John G. Wright

Capitalist and socialist prospects in America, by James P. Cannon

[Editorials]

Stalinists to emphasize “coalition” politics, by Art Preis

Their 13 co-defendents convicted (photo)

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Strike shuts Baltimore schools (photo)

Ryan-Hall port council in N.Y. rouses suspicion, by Harry Ring

Negro minister fights to keep his passport

Double-talk on child care, by Joyce Cowley

Casualties in Korea

Akron SWP hits Beacon stand on Rosenbergs

Cannon lecture pictures U.S under workers’ rule, by Ernest Rief

Notes from the News

Phila. transit workers bow to pressure, end strike


Vol. XVII No. 5, 2 February 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Jim-Crow in U.S capital upheld by federal court, by George Lavan

No peace in store for Korea, Dulles declaration indicates, by Joseph Keller

Jewish Congress weekly hits oaths supports Kutcher

What’s good for us is good for America – ain’t it? (cartoon), by Gray

Real reasons behind Stalin’s purge, by John G. Wright

Anti-Trucks law fight publicized in labor, civil rights newspapers

Planned that way

Labor party demand stirs Ill. CIO parley

Syngman Rhee – Washington’s bloody little puppet, by Art Preis

Auto local paper tells need for labor’s own party

Legless vet Kutcher addresses Newark housing oath hearing

The American Way of Life

Pittsburgh prison revolt (photos)

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Stalinists oppose nationalization in India, by S.C.C. Anthony Pillaian, from Samasamajist

Nazis arrested by British (photos)

All-Quebec strike threat withdrawn by CCCL leaders, by Peter Farnsworth

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Cannon foretells the socialist future of United States, by Ernest Rief

Income tax up 2,672% (diagram)

Gangster tells “my day” on the waterfront, by Harry Ring

NAACP official’s life threatened by Ku Klux

“Teen-age killers”, by Joyce Cowley

Minn. students ask clemency for Rosenbergs

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 6, 9 February 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

First court test of housing oaths starts in Newark

Wave of fear sweeps world at Eisenhower’s China move, by Art Preis

Kentucky miner’s home dynamited (photo)

SWP candidates file early, start campaign in L.A., by Louise Manning

ACLU condemns Trucks law; files high court brief

Eisenhower gives go ahead signal to big business, by Thomas Raymond

Prague confession exposed as fake by Canada writer

Economic inequalities underlie Soviet purge, by John G. Wright

Negro History Week celebration, by George Lavan

‘King’ Ryan – success story of union bureaucrat, by Joseph Keller

Men who fought for women’s rights in early days, by Joyce Cowley

The basis of the boom: What keeps business at high level? by Harry Frankel

The American Way of Life

Durkin-Reuther confab (photo)

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Black Reconstruction – a masterful book, reviewed by George Breitman

Terror in Africa (photo)

Bolivians seek means to break tin blockade

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Substandard compensation for jobless

Thirteen CP leaders sentenced to in N.Y witch-hunt trial, by George Lavan

Top-heavy with brass

Sloan and Marx, by Lewis Peterson

Notes from the News

Anti-red racket

Korea casualties


Vol. XVII No. 7, 16 February 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

An Editorial

Union heads call for drive to improve wage contracts, by Thomas Raymond

Victimized legless vet appeals to Eisenhower

Formosa – China (cartoon), by Gray

War weariness signs beginning to appear

Detroit CIO endorses citizens’ committee against Trucks law

Oakland SWP enters election

Chiang move threatens to extend war, by Joseph Keller

The coming struggle for power in America, by James P. Cannon

[Editorials]

Delayed crisis: Averted in 1946, it looms now, by Harry Frankel

Strike at Inland Steel (photo)

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The U.S has spent $138,700,000,000

New steps taken in Ohio witch hunt

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Longshoremen aid tug strike: Blast officials, by Harry Ring

Browder, former CP head, indicts Stalin regime for purges, by John G. Wright

New York housing scandal, by Joyce Cowley

U.S. battle casualties

N.J. court postpones Kutcher housing case

9 union militants jailed in Akron for strike activity, by L. Cooper

An ‘explosive year’ in prison history

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 8, 23 February 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Japanese unions ask world labor action on Korea

‘Bring GIs home from Korea’ letters deluge White House, by Joseph Keller

Negro people urged to seek labor party

The hand on the switch (cartoon), by Gray

‘Grave concern’ voiced by Nehru over Chiang move

Support widens in fight against Mich. Trucks law

SWP candidate in L.A. makes anti-war appeal

An Editorial

Berkeley Socialist Club announced

Unions face trap in T-H amendments, by C. Thomas

Why de-control? New policy begins, by Harry Frankel

Killing of Koje war prisoners – atrocities of ‘communist plot’? by Art Preis

The American Way of Life

The depression danger and the war danger, by Harry Frankel

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Wall Street’s NATO headaches in Europe, by Charles Hanley

Mao regime persecutes Chinese Trotskyists

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Hit expulsion attempt in N.Y. Painters

Dockers picket “King” Ryan (photo)

FBI deal abets police brutality to N.Y. Negroes, by George Lavan

Anti-semite lauds Stalin, by David Swenson

Kremlin “uncovers” Trotsky link in purge, by John G. Wright

Letters from Readers

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 9, 2 March 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Thousands join the fight to save the Rosenbergs, by Harry Frankel

City, federal officials protect killer cops on loose in N.Y., by Art Preis

Oakland SWP completes petition drive, by Paul Williams

How some go and how some come back (photos)

Even some conservatives voice fear McCarthy is pushing too fast, by R. Bell

Nat’l educators hail challenge to witch hunt

Subscription campaign announced by Militant, by Dorothy Johnson

Labor’s fight against T-H law, by C. Thomas

Needless operations, “ghost” surgeons and split fees, by Harry Ring

Stalin’s anti-Semitic frame-ups aid the enemies of socialism, by John G. Wright

The American Way of Life

Chiang troops prepare (photos)

[Editorials]

Will workers rule in Bolivia? from Lucha Obrera

Crucible a stirring play, by Tom Milton

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Trenton 6 victim tricked into “confession”, by George Lavan

Court-martialed for Korea book (photo)

Children have no lobby, by Joyce Cowley

Nash local resolution advocates Labor Party, by William Crane

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 10, 9 March 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Protest rallies in Harlem score police brutalities, by Harry Ring

Case of legless veteran reopens in Washington

Stalin’s heirs continue dictatorial Kremlin rule, by Joseph Hansen

Myra Weiss hits attacks on Negroes

Caught in the act (cartoon), by Gray

Million families face new rent gouge in N.Y.

Mossadegh’s retention of power disappoints U.S.-British rulers, by John G. Wright

5-year contracts under criticism in auto workers

Subscription campaign plans being readied, by Dorothy Johnson

Labor and the Rosenberg Case, by George Lavan

Soviet output grew ten times as fast as U.S. since 1929, by Harry Frankel

Negro “progress”: What facts show – a splendid study in F.I., by George Lavan

The America Way of Life

Anti-war rally broken up (photo)

Police victim (photo)

[Editorials]

Stalin – Betrayer of Revolution, by Art Preis

Creed for “free enterprise” (book review), by Charles Hanley

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The man of distinction, by Thomas Kovalesky

Push demand for FEP law in Michigan

Pushing blockade plans (photo)

Rhee’s “Drive to Yalu” slogan makes no hit, by Art Preis

Kutcher housing oath suit hearing again postponed

News from Canada

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 11, 16 March 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Uncover more New York police brutality cases, by Harry Ring

Malenkov pledges to follow in dictator Stalin’s footsteps, by Joseph Hansen

The judgment of history (cartoon), by Gray

Mobilization starts for subscription drive, by Dorothy Johnson

After Stalin – what? by Michel Pablo

Meeting on Bolivia revolution to be held in New York

Legless vet defends ideas in ‘loyalty’ quiz

Trotsky’s fight against Stalinism, by John G. Wright

Stalin as seen by Lenin, Trotsky

Workers caught in steel trap (photo)

Stalin’s policies face the verdict of history, by Harry Frankel

[Editorials]

Tito reveals some hidden Kremlin history, by John G. Wright

Out of Stalin’s own mouth, by Charles Hanley

Some 200,000 railroad workers

Correction

UMW battles no-union owners

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

New “red” scare aimed at Ohio labor, by L. Cooper

Farmer-Labor unity (photo)

Politicians push N.Y. rent gouge despite protests, by Harry Ring

A farmer’s reply, by Fred Hart

Lackawanna workers strike over speed-up, by Charles Seaman

Notes from the News

Rubber firms to get hand out


Vol. XVII No. 12, 23 March 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

UAW convention faced with many critical problems, by Charles Albert

U.S. Supreme Court upholds drastic strikebreaking law

Trucks law case set to state court

Newark court hears Kutcher’s challenge of public housing oath

Manager reports first results in sub campaign, by Dorothy Johnson

Myra Weiss talks to labor, civic groups, by Louise Manning

An Editorial

America’s future under the workers’ rule, by James P. Cannon

[Editorials]

Monthly Review whitewashes GPU trials, by Art Preis

Cleared of smear (photo)

Trotsky’s fight against Stalinism

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Destroyed in atomic test (photo

Victim of police brutality tells of sadistic torture, by George Lavan

Morgan gives socialist program for education, by Louise Manning

“Little men and women”, by Joyce Cowley

News from the News


Vol. XVII No. 13, 30 March 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Union democracy under attack Reuther in UAW, by C. Thomas

SWP candidates in Los Angeles score Korea War, by Louise Manning

Secret conference held on to new Korea offensive, by Art Preis

Stay eviction in Kutcher housing case

Bolivian Workers Party greets N.Y. solidarity meeting; asks aid

Chicago takes lead in Militant sub drive

Terror continues in fascist Spain

Guatemala: 8-year revolt moves left, by Harry Frankel

America’s future under workers’ rule, by James P. Cannon

[Editorial]

The real meaning of Stalin and Stalinism, by Michel Pablo

Militant Scoreboard

Trotsky’s Fight against Stalinism, by John G. Wright

The Negro Struggle, by George Lavan

Indicted for brutality (photo)

Grievances set off strike at Buffalo Westinghouse

His mother was a —, by Fred Hart

Notes from the News

Police censorship stirs indignation in Youngstown

Unjust firing stirs 10,000 UE men to act, by L. Morris


Vol. XVII No. 14, 6 April 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Packing workers challenge war drive, witch hunt

Socialist anti-war candidate speaks at Oakland unions

Peiping, Moscow offer concessions for truce, by Joseph Hansen

UAW convention hits Trucks Law

Rally in N.Y. hails Bolivian Revolution

SWP program reaches wide audience in L.A., by Louise Manning

Million N.Y. tenants hit by rent-hike law

Twin Cities take lead in subscription drive

How the auto union convention met key issues, by C. Thomas

Wire-tap snoopers seek legal O.K., by Harry Ring

Labor takes lead in Guatemala as revolution attains new stage, by Harry Frankel

News from Canada

French cops stage union raid (photo)

[Editorials]

Stalin and Stalinism – their real meaning, by Michel Pablo

Denies Soviet is war threat (photo)

Militant Scoreboard

The story of a Japanese-American girl, by George Lavan

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Public blocks ban on books in Cleveland

Harvester FE workers fight back against company’s union-busting

Leaders at UAW convention

Killing yourself to live, by Joyce Cowley

Ex-Spanish Stalinist leader bares details of GPU murder of Nin, by George Lavan

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 15, 13 April 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Columbia U. dean refuses to assist gov’t snoopers

GIs to stay “quite a while” in Korea, Eisenhower admits, by Art Price

Half million in L.A. hear SWP views

Rosenberg appeal to Supreme Court charges perjury

Burma deals blow to Wall Street aims in Far East

Proposed police-state legislation arouses protest movement in Ohio

Twin Cities hold national lead in sub campaign, by Dorothy Johnson

Moscow attempts to appease mass content, by John G. Wright

“A brother Trotskyite near Mount Ephraim”, by George Lavan

Peasant land seizures spark Guatemalan agrarian reform, by Harry Frankel

Militant Scoreboard

Stevenson meets dictator (photo)

[Editorials]

Boycott, strike threatened if Malan wins in election, by Charles Hanley

Beck captures large CIO local in Minneapolis

Trotsky’s Fight Against Stalinism, by John G. Wright

Clams up

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Never had it so good, brass hat confesses

Chief snooper (photo)

L.A. Stalinists aid Republican mayor Bowron

And the door-key kids? by Joyce Cowley

Peace moves stir hope, Youngstown speaker declares

Insurance companies cheat federal gov’t in vet cases

Letters from Readers

Notes from the News

AMA-Legion deal killed U.S. health plan


Vol. XVII No. 16, 20 April 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Socialist Worker candidates win good L.A. vote, by Della Ross

Eisenhower threatens atomic war if demands are not met, by Art Preis

Straws in the wind (cartoon), by Gray

Chicago FE-UE gains victory in bargaining poll

Kiezel tours Oakland campaign

New evidence in Rosenberg case shows “table” story was false

Twin Cities, Chicago set pace in sub drive, by Dorothy Johnson

What Kremlin reversal on MDs case reveals, by John G. Wright

The elephant and the man

The Guatemala Communist Party and prospects of the revolution, by Harry Frankel

Militant Scoreboard

Panmunjom truce tent (photo)

World Events, by Charles Hanley

Oregon veterans condemn loyalty oath for teachers

Loyalty oaths for theater-goers?

[Editorials]

Insider bares facts on Stalin purge trials, by Art Preis

British jail many in Kenya (photo)

Trotsky’s Fight Against Stalinism, by John G. Wright

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

N.Y. Housing Authority fosters race bias, by Dave Cutler

N.Y. Mothers fight threat to day care, by Miriam Carter

Win U.S. Rubber strike (photo)

A oily “refutation”, by Jack Bustelo

William McComiskey (obituary), by V.R. Dunne

District 65 votes to reaffiliate with CIO; no opposition to move, by C. Thomas

Notes from the News

Witch-hunters close U.S. to Chaplin

Gov’t give away


Vol. XVII No. 17, 27 April 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

An Editorial

Road to real peace blocked by demands of Eisenhower, by Art Preis

Order for CP ‘registration’ hits liberties

Beria’s counter-purge to appease unrest in the USSR, by John G. Wright

Militant campaign gains hundreds of subscriptions, by Dorothy Johnson

The economic consequences of world peace, by Harry Frankel

Wall St. sees truce as a defeat; still hopes to prevent it, by Harry Frankel

New progressive currents stir below Mason-Dixon Line, by Fred Perry

Militant Scoreboard

Franco and U.S. envoy (photo)

Ohio witch-hunters focus attention on Akron rubber

[Editorials]

Splashing the whitewash on Stalin’s tomb, by Art Preis

World Events, by Charles Hanley

Trotsky’s Fight Against Stalin, by John G. Wright

Casualties now total 133,787

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Generals give army lyric a trial run

Joseph Ryan arrested (photo)

Explosion, fire in Chicago plant kill 31, hurt 37, by C. Houston

Robber barons ride again

Police chief sued in Youngstown book ban

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 18, 4 May 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

End Taft-Hartley, Lewis demands; hits amendments

New purge order threatens Democrats and civil liberties

War preparations (cartoon), by Gray

Twin Cities keep lead; sub drive nears conclusion, by Dorothy Johnson

Reuther voices need for jobless program

Truce-stallers spread big atrocity lies, by Art Preis

Formation of labor party “merely a matter of time”, from Labor Daily

The modern world closes in on the Deep South, by Fred Perry

Letters from Readers

Firemen burned up (photo)

Militant Scoreboard

Deal of showdown – the big question, by Harry Frankel

Froelich dies

[Editorials]

Viet Minh freedom fight moves into Laos, by Charles Hanley

Victims of imperialism (photo)

Trotsky’s fight with Stalinism, by John G. Wright

Mechanization in the South

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Death strikes in Chicago (photo)

Oakland SWP anti-war campaign scores gains

Citizens committee head attacks Trucks Law at Mich. hearing

Our bulging hospitals, by Joyce Cowley

Notes from the News

Ask cut in movie violence scenes


Vol. XVII No. 19, 11 May 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Purge (cartoon), by Gray

Threat raised to plunge U.S into new Asia War

Legless vet make tenth job appeal

62 organizations added to political blacklist, by George Lavan

Bolivian miners appeal for aid in tin boycott

Subscription campaign winds up successfully, by Dorothy Johnson

No “Freedom Road” for returned GI prisoners, by Art Preis

Trade and aid – how the Wall Street game is played, by Harry Frankel

As a free American you don’t have to answer FBI interview, from American Civil Liberties Union News

Militant Scoreboard

How Twin Cities won national sub drive, by Helen Sherman

Two nuns report no bandits left in China mountains

[Editorials]

French Stalinist leaders face deep party crisis, by Charles Hanley

World Events, by Charles Hanley

Trotsky’s fight against Stalinism, by John G. Wright

The Negro Struggle, by George Lavan

N.Y. May Day meeting hears Farrell Dobbs

Deported (photo)

SWP in Ohio opposes proposed police-state bill

How to get a traffic light, by Joyce Cowley

West Coast longshoremen balk Isthmian Line’s attack

Notes from the News

Detroit forum hears Cochran speak on Bolivia

NYU student editor gets axe for stand against military


Vol. XVII No. 20, 18 May 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

2-year-old witch-hunt victim (photo)

Churchill “peace” maneuver designed to hide war plans, by Joseph Hansen

Ohio Solons move to raid jobless fund

The Tidelands oil steal, by Paul Abbot

Lattimore decision hits gov’t witch hunters, by George Lavan

Facts refute fake tale of “income revolution”, by Harry Frankel

Attorney General defies U.S. Supreme Court, by George Breitman

Why they picketed New York City Hall, by Lawrence Barnes

The American Way of Life

Atrocity survivors (photo)

The Militant Army

Mexican immigrants pour across border

Strike pays off

[Editorials]

McCarthy smears the Post, by Art Preis

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Foes of Ohio police-state bill muzzled

Don’t want U.S. troops (photo)

Civil liberties threatened by new Illinois bill

Stellato slate wins Ford 600 elections

I can’t relax, by Jack Bustelo

Notes from the News

Marcantonio, Stalinists argue ALP role, by Michael Bartell


Vol. XVII No. 21, 25 May 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Is U.S. labor McCarthy target after Attlee?

Congress war-mongers try to spread Far East conflict, by Art Preis

AFL, CIO urge Bolivia boycott end

No place for tourists (cartoon), by Gray

Congressmen plan to hike own pay $10,000 a year

Hostile demonstrations greet Dulles in tour of Middle East

Negro militancy wins public offices in the South, by George Breitman

Baltimore witch hunt hits United World Federalists, by David Stevens

Union leaders find it hard to “live with” GOP regime

Chinese CP changes May Day slogans

Witch-hunt laws create atmosphere for McCarthyism

The America Way of Life

Detroit educator in Denmark fights for passport return

[Editorials]

Kenya’s fight for freedom, by Charles Van Gelderen, from Socialist Outlook

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Barbaria hits ballot ban move in Calif., by Sue Bennett

Voting on Shapeup (photo)

Militant mass picketing marks Hearns Strike, by Harry Frankel

Akron worker called “red” gets prison in vehicle case, by L. Cooper

Can you detrain a cop? by Jack Bustelo

Anti-labor bill gets sent back

Six more join billion dollar club

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 22, 1 June 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

48 miners face murder frame-up in Widen Strike, by Art Preis

Witch hunters push doomed coupler toward death chair, by Murry Weiss

Gagged (photo)

Legless vet’s appeal to get new hearing

Signed, sealed and delivered (cartoon), by Gray

General Motors agrees to wage revision in pact

Secret diplomacy keeps people in dark on life-and-death moves, by Joseph Keller

Fairless declares strikes outmoded

Petrovski Case seen blow to Stalin myth, by John G. Wright

Eisenhower backer victim of witch hunt, by George Breitman

“Grass in the street of New York”, by Duncan Conway

A program to fight McCarthyism, by George Breitman

The American Way of Life

Favor huge war spending (photo)

Tito takes loyalty oath to imperialist Western powers

[Editorials]

Maryland civil liberties group fight Ober Law

Anti-imperialist public opinion plays big role in Egypt, by Charles Hanley

Preparing for A-bomb war (photo)

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle, by Fred Hart

Eight N.Y. police face trial for brutalities, by David Stevens

When you get old with your pockets empty

Steel wage talks open (photo)

Series on USSR opens at forum in Los Angeles, by Ernest Rief

TV and comic books? by Joyce Cowley

N.Y. dockers need a union hiring hall, by R. Bell

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 23, 8 June 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Eisenhower, Taft split over Korea cease-fire talks, by Joseph Hansen

Demand witch-burners halt legal murder of the Rosenbergs

An Editorial

SWP leadership plans program of activities

Woman leader, Methodist bishop decry red-baiting smear attacks

McCarthy linked to Catholic hierarchy, by Joseph Keller

U.S. casualties rise to 135, 362

White terror against Africans denounced by British socialists, from Socialist Outlook

The American Way of Life

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Book censorship grows as part of witch hunt, by Fred Arens

Another French premier out

World Events, by Charles Hanley

Capitalism’s dilemma

The Negro Dilemma, by Jean Blake

Subway fare steal put over in New York, by David Stevens

Beat Jim Crow (photo)

Raid on jobless fund approved by Ohio Senate, by L. Cooper

Students report on L.A. forum to college class, by Ernest Rief

Add ashes – one dash, by Thomas Raymond

UAW thaws GM contract (photo)

Notes from the News

Sales tax seen backed by Eisenhower regime

British Laborites map program


Vol. XVII No. 24, 15 June 1953, New York, NY
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Last ditch clemency plea in Rosenberg Case

“How soon can I go home?” every GI in Korea is asking

Race terrorists indicted in Florida

House opens way for impure foods

Legless veteran makes his tenth appeal in “disloyalty” firing

Swiss socialists hit ‘blood verdict’

Wall Street bewails nature’s “dirty trick”, by David Stevens

Who will lead struggle against McCarthyism? by Murry Weiss

Darling of liberals wined and dined by dictator Chiang, by Manuel Rodriguez

Evaluation of USSR is crucial for socialists as war nears, by Harry Frankel

The American Way of Life

Protests deportation (photo)

Kenya Africa Union banned by British

[Editorials]

The facts they hide about the Korean War

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle, by Florence Hayes

5,000 longshoremen picket Gov. Dewey, by R. Bell

Hearns Strike hit by phony AFL claims

Evicted from Met Life Project (photo)

Canadian steel union backs Jamaica fight, by Peter Farnsworth

Lyrics by Shirley Porter, by Joyce Cowley

True facts demanded in murder of Tresca

Indonesian workers hold 39 seats in parliament

Notes from the News


Vol. XVII No. 25, 22 June 1953, New York, NY
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Berlin workers rise up against Stalinist rulers, by Harry Frankel

Government demands blood, court dooms the Rosenbergs

GIs in Korea use “rough words” at Rhee’s moves to block truce, by Art Preis

Legless veteran’s appeal rejected by loyalty board

Trucks Act hit by convention of Michigan AFL

Einstein urges defiance of Congress inquisitors

Washington-backed bloc in Italy handed stiff set-back in election, by Fred Hart

Bolivians organize workers militia

U.S. Supreme Court stalls on school segregation issue, by David Stevens

Labor leaders own witch-hunt obstructs anti-McCarthy fight, by Murry Weiss

The American Way of Life

Catholic party vote declines (photo)

Letters from Readers

[Editorials]

Why the Soviet bureaucracy is in crisis, by George Breitman

Purge removes high officials in Ukraine, by John G. Wright

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Dockers boo Gov. Dewey (photo)

Steel companies yield to union on pay demand, by Thomas Raymond

Lieutenant Durkin, by Harry Ring

CIO Packinghouse Workers map plan for wage fight

Notes from the News

Murder of Tresca still unsolved

Joseph urges public aid to church schools


Vol. XVII No. 26, 29 June 1953, New York, NY
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Burnt offering (cartoon), by Gray

Must we die for Rhee? ask bitter GIs in Korea, by Joseph Keller

Anti-Stalinist German workers wage independent class Battle, by John F. Petrone

Revulsion sweeps the world art murder of Rosenbergs, by Art Preis

NMU seamen get new contract after 4-day strike

SWP candidate to run for mayor in Detroit

Ohio bill hits basic civil liberties, by Jean Simons

Methodist Church Conference hits Mich. Trucks Act

Hawaii labor fights frame-up of leaders

State Department’s book-burning aimed at all dissenters, by David Stevens

Speed-up – curse of GM workers, by Emmett Moore

Letters from Readers

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

How Stalinism will be ended, by George Breitman

Celebrate Bridges victory (photo)

Clerics here oppose Africans’ own schools, by Robert Vernon

World Events, by Charles Hanley

British commit atrocities against people of Kenya

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Kenya revolt described at Detroit forum

Gold Star strikers (photo)

Mine strikers at Widen fight legal terrorism

North Calif. laborers strike for 20-cent rise

The teen-age addicts, by Joyce Cowley

Notes from the News

Mt. Spring Camp plans big doings July 4th week-end


Vol. XVII No. 27, 6 July 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

German political revolution has begun, statement of International Secretariat, Fourth International

GIs suffer heavy casualties as U.S. ally holds up truce, by Joseph Keller

Librarians, educators denounce book-burning

Police murder three Negroes, go scot-free

Push new Senate bill to aid union-busters

Lessons for U.S. labor from East Germany, by George Breitman

The last word on the Rosenberg case has not yet been spoken, by Art Preis

China’s first five-year plan, by Harry Braverman

Letters from readers

Victims of the war (photo)

United action can stop speedup, by Emmett Moore

[Editorials]

Political revolution has already begun

Egypt abolishes monarchy (photo)

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Victimized by McCarthy (photo)

Chicago high-rent slums are paradise – for rats

Negro bus boycott wins concessions against Jim Crow

59 years at Hearns, by Joyce Cowley

Pass bill to regiment N-Y.-N.J. longshoremen, by Harry Ring

Notes from the news


Vol. XVII No. 28, 13 July 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

E. German rising vast in scope, reports disclose, by Art Preis

Congressional witch hunters smear Protestant clergymen, by Joseph Keller

Workers revolt (cartoon), by Gray

Hawaii Smith Act victims get fines, 5 years in prison

Detroit SWP candidate denounces attempt to smear CIO auto union

SWP launches drive for fund of $18,000, by Farrell Dobbs

German revolt – beginning of end for Stalinism, by Murry Weiss

Shame of Chicago arouses city-wide storm of protest, by Hilda Smith

Czech workers win concessions, by Charles Hanley

Attack Lysenko

[Editorials]

Five-year auto pacts are given face-lifting, by David Lands

Rhee critic under arrest (photo)

$18,000 Fund Scoreboard

World Events, by Charles Hanley

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Buffalo bus drivers win 3-day strike, by L. Jones

Anti-union charges smokescreen cancellation of Kaiser contracts, by Frank Lovell

CIO leaders off to Europe (photo)

Strike in the Catskills, by Ben Stanton

Strawberry fete a big success

Close-down victimizes Willow Run workers, by John Allen

Notes from the news

Kenya story told at Youngstown socialist forum


Vol. XVII No. 29, 20 July 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Spirit of revolt is still aflame in East Germany, by Art Preis

Beria purge reveals gravest Soviet crisis since the thirties, by John G. Wright

Overcome by emotion (photo)

Liberal clergy still face witch hunt

Milwaukee beer strikers display firm will to win, by James Boulton

NAACP adopts ten-year plan to end Jim Crow, by Jean Blake

Rhee-Robertson truce deal veiled in secrecy, by Joseh Keller

Branches collect $401 in campaign for funds, by Reba Aubrey

The basis for sound unity of the CIO and AFL

Next week

Letters to a Stalinist

Malenkov regime rocked by East German upsurge, by John G. Wright

$18,000 Fund Scoreboard

[Editorials]

Beria – victim of system he helped create, by Murry Weiss

The first achievement of China’s 5-year plan, by Harry Frankel

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Strike garb for a strike (photo)

Phila. garment workers seek union democracy, by Art Sharon

Tenant wins decision in housing oath case

Why penalize mothers? by Joyce Crowley

Notes from the news


Vol. XVII No. 30, 27 July 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Purge in USSR new charges hurled, by John G. Wright

Senate witch-hunters pass “talk-or-go-to-jail” measure, by Murry Weiss

Kenya high court rules Kenyatta trial was illegal

Workers in East Germany resist Stalinist repression, by Murry Weiss

Akron, Newark share lead in fund campaign, by Reba Aubrey

The narrowing differences between AFL-CIO, by C. Thomas

Ohio SWP urges governor to veto witch hunt bills

What America will look like under socialism, by James P. Cannon

[Editorials]

‘Disaster’ for Japan

$18,000 Fund Scoreboard

Last week’s U.S. casualties in Korea

Nickle [sic] bar goes

The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake

Liberals pick Halley to run for mayor, by Harry Ring

Hunting for jobs (photo)

Rank-and-file strike flares at Linden over GM plant grievances, by Ralph Rodney

A cop stops you, by Manuel Rodriguez

Mounting opposition in Ohio seeks veto of “dangerous” thought bills

Notes from the news

Dulles’ ‘blunder’


Vol. XVII No. 31, August 3, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 32, August 10, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 33, August 17, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 34, August 24, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 35, August 31, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 36, September 7, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 37, September 14, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 38, September 21, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 39, September 28, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 40, October 5, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 41, October 12, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 42, October 19, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 43, October 26, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 44, November 2, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 45, November 9, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 46, November 16, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 47, November 23, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 48, November 30, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 49, December 7, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 50, December 14, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen


Vol. XVII No. 51, December 21, 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Vol. XVII No. 52, December 28 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

 


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