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The Class Struggle (magazine)

The Class Struggle was a bi-monthly Marxist theoretical magazine published in New York City by the Socialist Publication Society. The SPS also published a series of pamphlets, mostly reprints from the magazine during the short period of its existence. Among the initial editors of the publication were Ludwig Lore, Marxist theoreticians Louis B. Boudin and Louis C. Fraina, the former of whom left the publication in 1918. In the third and final year of the periodical, The Class Struggle emerged as one of the primary English-language voices of the left wing factions within the American Socialist Party and its final issue was published in 1919[1] by the nascent Communist Labor Party of America.

The Class Struggle and most of the pamphlets associated with it bore distinctive brown cardstock covers.

History edit

The Left Wing movement edit

Even prior to the establishment of the Socialist Party of America (SPA) in the summer of 1901, there had been a more or less conscious left wing movement, which looked with disdain upon advocacy of a "minimum program" of ameliorative reform, instead arguing for the wholesale revolutionary transformation of politics and society. World War I intensified the feelings of alienation of the left wing from the moderate leadership of the SPA and their almost exclusive concentration upon electoral politics.[2] The Left saw the failure of the parliamentary Socialists of Europe to avert the catastrophe of war as indicative of what one historian has aptly characterized as the "fatal dilution of revolutionary principles by the party."[3] The radicals, in ever more strident terms, objected to the "parliamentary cretinism" and "sausage socialism" of the moderate wing of the socialist movement, gradually coming to view its existence as an impediment on the achievement of socialist change.

Further impetus to the Left Wing was provided by the victory of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers Party, headed by V.I. Lenin in November 1917. The Bolshevik triumph seemed to validate the perspective of the radicals that socialist change would come through revolutionary upheaval rather than through piecemeal parliamentary reform. Parallel revolutionary efforts in Germany, Finland, and Hungary seemed to signal a new historical moment to the often young and always enthusiastic Left Wing movement. This movement sought to organize itself and to give voice to its ideas via the printed word. The magazine The Class Struggle, established late in the spring of 1917, was a particularly important vehicle for this emerging Left Wing.

Earlier American left wing theoretical journals edit

The Class Struggle was by no means the first radical theoretical magazine in America. Two publications stood out as key influences during the first two decades of the 20th Century — Charles H. Kerr's International Socialist Review, published in Chicago from 1900 to 1918, and The New Review, a New York magazine published from 1913 to 1916 to which future Class Struggle editor Louis C. Fraina was a key contributor.

Historian Theodore Draper credits a successor to The New Review, called The New International, as the newspaper which played the "historic role as the first propaganda organ" of the proto-Communist Left Wing Section.[4] Ten issues of the four-page newspaper were produced in New York, also edited by Louis Fraina and financed in large part by radical Dutch engineer S.J. Rutgers.[5] No more than 1,000 copies were produced of each issue and the practical influence of the publication was ultimately limited.[4] While not properly a theoretical journal itself, The New International did clearly play a transitional role linking the earlier publications of the Left Wing with The Class Struggle.

Establishment of the publication edit

Early in 1917, leading Russian-Jewish revolutionary socialist Leon Trotsky arrived in New York. He was immediately drawn into a meeting on January 14, 1917 of about 20 Left Wing Socialists at the home of German-American radical Ludwig Lore.[6] Also attending the gathering were several other top émigrés from the Russian empire, including feminist Alexandra Kollontay, theoretician Nikolai Bukharin, and orator V. Volodarsky.[6] Joining them were Sen Katayama, an exile from Japan, engineer S.J. Rutgers, and leading American radicals Louis B. Boudin, Louis C. Fraina, and John D. Williams of the 1Socialist Propaganda Society1 of Boston.[6] This meeting, called to discuss "a program of action for Socialists of the Left," debated whether American radicals should separate themselves from the Socialist Party of America or stay within the organization.[7] While Bukharin called for a prompt split, Trotsky sought the Left Wing to remain in the party and won the debate on the question.[7]

The January 14 meeting formed a subcommittee to construct a definite proposal for the next session of the group. This committee came back with a proposal for the establishment of a bimonthly theoretical journal to further advance the views of the Zimmerwald Left in America.[7] The Class Struggle would ultimately emerge as the publication envisioned by this committee established by New York City radicals.

The Class Struggle was produced by a publishing holding company known as the Socialist Publication Society.[8] Physical production of the magazine took place at the 15 Spruce Street address of the New Yorker Volkszeitung, the German-language socialist daily newspaper then edited by Ludwig Lore.

Demise of the publication edit

At a special meeting of the Socialist Publication Society in October 1919, it was decided to transfer ownership of The Class Struggle, along with all pamphlets and books published during its existence to the Communist Labor Party, the organization which Ludwig Lore and a majority of the German Socialist Federation supported.[9] With co-editor Fraina gone to the rival Communist Party of America and nominal co-editor Eugene V. Debs in the penitentiary for his anti-war speech delivered at Canton, Ohio, a reshuffling of the editorial board was in order. Joining Lore were the two other members of the CLP's editorial committee — Jack Carney, editor of the Duluth, Minnesota CLP weekly, Truth, and Russian Federation member Gregory Weinstein, formerly the editor of the Russian-language weekly, Novyi Mir.

This shift of formal ownership proved to be ill-advised and fatal to the publication, however, as in November 1919 a series of raids began against the nascent American communist movement, culminating in the nationwide "Palmer Raids" of January 2/3, 1920. The Communist Labor Party was driven underground in the aftermath, its membership decimated, its sources of income disconnected, its legal expenses exponentially increased. The November 1919 issue of The Class Struggle, proved to be the magazine's last.

Throughout the course of its existence, a total of 13 issues of The Class Struggle were produced, along with approximately a dozen pamphlets reissuing selected articles from its pages. The Class Struggle was reissued in book form in three bound volumes by the Greenwood Reprint Company in 1968, assuring its availability to research libraries around the world. Every issue of "The Class Struggle", digitized by the Riazanov Library digital archive project, can also be viewed and downloaded as a pdf file from The Class Struggle page at the Marxists Internet Archive.

References edit

  1. ^ "Glossary. Periodicals". Marxists Internet Archive. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. ^ David E. Brown, "Class Struggle," in Joseph R. Conlin (ed.), The American Radical Press, 1880-1960. In two volumes. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1974; vol. 1, pp. 138-139.
  3. ^ Brown, "Class Struggle," pg. 139.
  4. ^ a b Theodore Draper, The Roots of American Communism. New York: Viking Press, 1957; pp. 87.
  5. ^ Draper, The Roots of American Communism, pg. 86.
  6. ^ a b c Draper, The Roots of American Communism, pg. 80.
  7. ^ a b c Draper, The Roots of American Communism, pg. 81.
  8. ^ Walter Goldwater, Radical Publications in America, 1890-1950. New Haven, CT: Yale University Library, 1964; pg. 7.
  9. ^ The Class Struggle, vol. 3, no. 4 (November 1919), pg. 438.

SPS pamphlets edit

  • The Class struggle and socialism: a statement of the problems confronting the Socialist movement to-day, and a call to action New York: Socialist Publication Society, 1917
  • Radek and Ransome on Russia: being Rathur Ransome's "Open letter to America" by Arthur Ransome and Karl Radek Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1918
  • A letter to American workingmen: from the Socialist Soviet Republic of Russia by Vladimir Lenin Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1918
  • An open letter to American liberals: with a note on recent documents by Santeri Nuorteva Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1918
  • J'Accuse: An Address in Court by Friedrich Adler Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1918
  • The socialist attitude on the war by Louis Fraina Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1918
  • The old order in Europe and the new order in Russia by Morgan Philips Price Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1918
  • The Soviet, the Terror and Intervention by Morgan Philips Price Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1918
  • One year of revolution: celebrating the first anniversary of the founding of the Russian Soviet Republic ... November 7, 1918 Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1918
  • Education and art in Soviet Russia: in the light of official decrees and documents Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1919
  • The crisis in the German social-democracy: (the "Junius" pamphlet) Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1919
  • A New Letter to the Workers of Europe and America by Vladimir Lenin Brooklyn: Socialist Publication Society, 1919

Chronological listing of content edit

Vol. 1, No. 1 (May–June 1917)

  • Editors, "The Task Before Us," pp. 1–14. — reprinted as a pamphlet, see above
  • N. Bukharin, "The Russian Revolution and Its Significance," pp. 14–21.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "The War and America," pp. 22–33.
  • Friedrich Adler, "Majority Limitations and Minority Rights," pp. 33–41.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Emergency National Convention of the Socialist Party," pp. 41–50.
  • William Bohn, "An Educational Experiment," pp. 50–56.
  • James Peter Warbasse, "The Red Cross and War," pp. 57–62.
  • Anton Pannekoek, "After the War Ends," pp. 62–69.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Reform in Germany?" pp. 69–80.
  • J. Koettgen, "On the Road to Reaction," pp. 80–87.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Conscription," pp. 88–90.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "America in the War — The Reason Why," pp. 90–94.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "America in the War — War Aims," pp. 94–96.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "The First Victims of War," pp. 96–98.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Autocrat in the White House," pp. 98–99.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The National Convention and Its War Resolutions," pp. 100–101.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "A Deserved Rebuke," pp. 101–103.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Kaiser Socialists," pp. 103–104.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Mission That Failed," pp. 104–106.
  • "Documents for Future Socialist History," pp. 106–112.

Vol. 1, No. 2 (July–August 1917)

  • Ludwig Lore, "To Make the World Safe for Democracy," pp. 1–8.
  • Austin Lewis, "War and Public Opinion," pp. 9–16.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Socialist Policy in Peace and War," pp. 16–35.
  • Joseph A. Whitehorn, "A War Legislature," pp. 36–46.
  • Eric Niel, "Political Majorities and Industrial Minorities," pp. 46–59.
  • Robert Rives LaMonte, "Socialists and War," pp. 59–75.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "Socialists and War," pp. 75–99. — Reprinted as a pamphlet, see above
  • W., "Philipp Scheidemann: A Pen Picture," pp. 100–101.
  • Friedrich Adler, "J'accuse! Friedrich Adler's Address in Court [part 1]," pp. 102–114. — Reprinted as a pamphlet, see above
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Peace with Victory," pp. 115–116.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Lost — A Peace Demand," pp. 117–118.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Automobile Patriots," pp. 118–119.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Mr. Wilson and Child Labor," pp. 119–120.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "The War and American Unionism," pp. 120–123.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Russian Revolution and the War," pp. 123–126.
  • Ludwig Lore, "On the Road to a New International," pp. 126–129.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Friedrich Adler," pp. 129–132.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The Socialist Party and Stockholm," pp. 132–135.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Spargo & Co.," pp. 135–138.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "The Attitude of Lenin," pp. 138–141.
  • "Documents for Future Socialist History," pp. 142–152.

Vol. 1, no. 3 (September–October 1917)

  • Austin Lewis, "The New Labor Movement of the West," pp. 1–10.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Socialist Terms of Peace," pp. 11–39.
  • Morris Kolchin, "The Russian Revolution and its Problems," pp. 40–56.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "Labor and Democracy," pp. 57–62.
  • Friedrich Adler, "J'accuse! Friedrich Adler's Address in Court [part 2]," pp. 102–114.
  • Sen Katayama, Recent Development of Capitalism in Japan," pp. 72-82.
  • C.D., "La Vie des Mots," pp. 83–84.
  • Franz Mehring, "Our Old Masters and Their Modern Substitutes," pp. 85–93.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Pope's Proposal and Wilson's Reply," pp. 94–97.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "People's Council and the National Alliance," pp. 97–99.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Meyer London," pp. 100–101.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Tom Mooney and Alexander Berkman," pp. 101–103.
  • Ludwig Lore, "A Savior of His Country," pp. 103–105.
  • Editors, "Germany Stands Pat," pp. 105–107.
  • S. J. Rutgers, "Boudin's Policy in Peace and War," pp. 108–111.

Vol. 1, no. 4 (November–December 1917)

  • Louis C. Fraina, "The IWW Trial," pp. 1–5.
  • Leon Trotsky, "Pacifism in the Service of Imperialism," pp. 6–14.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Passing of the Nation," pp. 15–34.
  • Karl Kautsky, "The Russian Revolution," pp. 35–39.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Our Obedient Congress," pp. 40–48.
  • N. Lenin, "Political Parties in Russia," pp. 49–63.
  • S.J. Rutgers, "Imperialism and the New Middle Class," pp. 64–71.
  • Edward Dryden, "The Case of Fraina," pp. 72–79.
  • Lionel Petersen, "Stockholm," pp. 80–84.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Tragedy of the Russian Revolution," pp. 85–90.
  • Marius, "The Task of the Constituent Assembly," pp. 91–99.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The New York Mayorality Campaign," pp. 100–106.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Act, Not Withdraw," pp. 106–109.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Italian Debacle," pp. 109–113.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Neue Zeit — An Obituary," pp. 113–116.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "Making Haste Slowly," pp. 116–120.

Vol. 2, no. 1 (January–February 1918)

  • Leon Trotsky, "A Letter from Leon Trotsky to Ex-Minister Jules Guesde," pp. 1–8.
  • Adolph Germer, "Samuel Gompers," pp. 9–15.
  • Rosa Luxemburg, "Peace and the International," pp. 16–28.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "The Proletarian Revolution in Russia," pp. 29–67.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Armistice on All Fronts," pp. 68–72.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Common Enemy," pp. 73–95.
  • Fabian, "Disarmament," pp. 96–100.
  • Louis Brandt, "Bolsheviki — The Masters of the Revolution," pp. 101–106.
  • V. Algassov, "Plekhanov and Breshkovskaya," pp. 107–109.
  • "Documents for Future Socialist History," pp. 110–112.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Peace Negotiations," pp. 113–117.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Eleventh Hour Conversions," pp. 117–120.
  • Editors, "Who Speaks?" pp. 120–123.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Our National Executive Committee," pp. 123–125.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "St. Louis and After," pp. 126–128.

Vol. 2, no. 2 (March–April 1918)

  • Florence Kelley, "Changing Labor Conditions in Wartime," pp. 129–142.
  • W.D., "The Land Question in the Russian Revolution," pp. 143–160.
  • John J. Kallen, "Forming a War Psychosis," pp. 161–170.
  • Santeri Nuorteva, "The Future of the Russian Revolution," pp. 171–185.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The Tragedy of the Russian Revolution: Second Act," pp. 186–192.
  • Karl Liebknecht, "Self-Determination of Nations and Self-Defense," pp. 193–203.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Germany, the Liberator," pp. 204–212.
  • Leon Trotsky, "The State in Russia — Old and New," pp. 213–221.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "The New Danger: Peace by Negotiation," pp. 222–228.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Recall Berger," pp. 229–232.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Strategy and Conscience," pp. 233–236.
  • Karl Kautsky, "The Bolsheviki Rising," pp. 237–241.
  • The Survey: "The British Miners and the War: An Interview with Robert Smillie," pp. 241–248.

Vol. 2, no. 3 (May–June 1918)

  • Karl Marx, "The Divine Right of the Hohenzollern," Introduction by Franz Mehring, pp. 249–259.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Karl Marx," pp. 260–270.
  • Herman Schlueter, "Karl Marx and the International," pp. 271–288.
  • James Oneal, "The New 'Americanism,'" pp. 289–295.
  • Hans Block, "Pontius Pilate Scheidemann," pp. 296–297.
  • Santeri Nuorteva, "The Rape of Finland's Labor Republic," pp. 298–304.
  • N. Lenin, "The 'Disarmament' Cry," pp. 305–316.
  • A.V. Lunacharsky, "Appeal by People's Commissary of Education," pp. 317–322.
  • John J. Kallen, "The Biology of Peace and War," pp. 323–333.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "A War Anniversary," pp. 334–338.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "St. Louis — One Year After," pp. 338–341.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Freedom of Thought and Speech," pp. 341–345.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "Foch and Siberia: A Contrast," pp. 345–351.
  • Louis B. Boudin, "War Maps and 'Liberalism,'" pp. 351–354.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Toward the Revolution," pp. 354–357.
  • "Documents for Future Socialist History," pp. 358–375.

Vol. 2, no. 4 (September–October 1918)

  • Ludwig Lore, "The IWW Trial," pp. 377–383.
  • Maxim Litvinov, "Soviet Russia Speaks to Britain," pp. 384–387.
  • Sen Katayama, "Armed Peace on the Pacific," pp. 388–404.
  • N. Lenin, "The Chief Task of Our Day," pp. 405–409.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "Laborism and Socialism," pp. 410–431.
  • Santeri Nuorteva, "An Open Letter to American Liberals," pp. 432–454. —Reprinted as a pamphlet
  • "Reconstruction in Russia," pp. 455–491.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "The Prospects of Peace," pp. 492–499.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Spargo, Simons and Private Kopelin," pp. 500–504.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "The AF of L Labor Mission," pp. 504–507.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Progress Backward," pp. 507–512.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "Imperialism in Action," pp. 512–520.
  • Special Publication: One Year of Revolution: Celebrating the First Anniversary of the Founding of the Russian Revolution.

Vol. 2, no. 5 (December 1918)

  • N. Lenin, "A Letter to American Workingmen," pp. 521–533. — reprinted as a pamphlet, see above
  • William J. Fielding, "Bridging the Gap of State Socialism," pp. 534–541.
  • Leon Trotsky, "In British Captivity," pp. 542–555.
  • Z. Höglund, "A Finnish Document," pp. 556–559.
  • Victor Adler, "The Awakening of Austria," pp. 560–572.
  • Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Paul Lafargue, F. Lessner, "A Letter to the Polish Socialists," pp. 573–575.
  • Ludwig Lore, "New Germany," pp. 576–591.
  • Maxim Gorki, "In the Torrent of the Revolution," pp. 592–599.
  • Sen Katayama, "A Japanese Interpretation of the Recent Food Riots," pp. 600–606.
  • Maurice Blumlein, "Economic and Menshevik Determinism," pp. 607–616.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The Bubble Has Burst," pp. 617–619.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The Elections," pp. 619–622.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Eugene V. Debs," pp. 622–624.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The Red Flag," pp. 625–627.
  • Ludwig Lore, "One Measure for All," pp. 628–630.
  • Ludwig Lore, "'Our' Peace Delegates," pp. 630–632.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Victor Adler," pp. 632–633.
  • "Documents," pp. 634–640.

Vol. 3, no. 1 (February 1919)

  • Eugene V. Debs, "The Day of the People," pp. 1–4.
  • Nikolai Lenin, "The State and Revolution," pp. 5–22.
  • Karl Island, Lenin versus Wilson," pp. 23-26.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "Problems of American Socialism," pp. 26–47.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg," pp. 47–64.
  • A. Dreifuss, "The Labor Party," pp. 64–67.
  • Franz Mehring, "Karl Marx," pp. 68–75.
  • Maurice Blumlein, "Economic and Menshevik Determinism," pp. 76–87.
  • Leon Trotsky, "The Principles of Democracy and Proletarian Dictatorship," pp. 88–91.
  • Karl Kautsky, "The National Constituent Assembly," pp. 91–94.
  • Ludwig Lore, "'A World Safe for Democracy,'" pp. 95–97.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "The Crime of Crimes," pp. 97–101.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "Mexico and American Imperialism," pp. 101–105.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Franz Mehring," pp. 106–109.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The Constitutional National Assembly," pp. 109–110.
  • Edward Lindgren, "What is the 'Left Wing' Movement and Its Purpose?" pp. 111–114.
  • "The Communist Propaganda League of Chicago," pp. 114–115.
  • "Documents," pp. 116–127.

Vol. 3, no. 2 (May 1919)

  • Ludwig Lore, "The First of May, 1919," pp. 129–131.
  • N. Bukharin, "Church and School in the Soviet Republic," pp. 131–139.
  • August Strindberg, "What the Under-Class Answers to the Most Impressive Phrases of the Upper Class," pp. 139–144.
  • M. Philips Price, "The Truth About the Allied Intervention in Russia," pp. 145–154.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Berne — A Post-Mortem Conference," pp. 155–162.
  • Maxim Gorky, "Russian Tale," pp. 162–165.
  • Sen Katayama, "Japan and China," pp. 165–172.
  • Nikolai Lenin, " Can the Exploited and Exploiter be Equals?" pp. 172–178.
  • Maurice Sugar, "Socialism and the League of Nations," pp. 178–187.
  • Charles Rappaport, "The Logic of Insanity," pp. 187–192.
  • Franz Mehring, "An Unusual Friendship," pp. 192–200.
  • André A. Courland, "Bankruptcy or Revolution — Which?" pp. 200–208.
  • "Manifesto and Program of the 'Left Wing' Section, Socialist Party, Local Greater New York," pp. 209–216.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Communism in Hungary," pp. 217–225.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "The Left Wing," pp. 225–229.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Eugene V. Debs, a Revolutionist," pp. 229–231.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The Representative of a Free Working Class," pp. 231–232.
  • Louis C. Fraina, "Mass Strikes," pp. 233–235.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Archangel, A Hopeful Sign," pp. 235–236.
  • "Documents," pp. 237–255.

Vol. 3, no. 4 (August 1919)

  • Ludwig Lore, "Left or Right?" pp. 257–264.
  • Rosa Luxemburg, "What is Bolshevism?" pp. 265–268.
  • Max Bedacht, "Radicalism in California," pp. 268–271.
  • Karl Radek, "The Development of Socialism from Science into Action," pp. 272–295.
  • S.J. Rutgers, "Greetings from Soviet Russia," pp. 295–300.
  • August Stringberg, "Autumn Slush," pp. 300–304.
  • Max Eastman, "The SLP," pp. 304–306.
  • A.S. Sachs, "Russia and Germany," pp. 306–318.
  • "Documents," pp. 319–333.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The Lusk Fishing Expedition," pp. 334–336.
  • S.D., "The Railroad Situation," pp. 336–339.
  • Editors: "The Negro Problem — A Labor Problem," pp. 339–341.
  • Editors: "Socialist Germany and the Peace," pp. 341–344.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The First Victim of the League of Nations," pp. 344–346.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The National Convention," pp. 346–348.
  • N. Lenin, "On the Unhappy Peace," pp. 348–352.

Vol. 3, no. 3 (November 1919) Published by the Communist Labor Party

  • Communist Labor Party: "Hands Off Russia! A Call to the American Working Class," pp. 354–355.
  • Ludwig Lore, "Two Years of Soviet Russia," pp. 355–365.
  • Leon Trotsky, "Work, Discipline, and Order to Save the Socialist Soviet Republic," pp. 366–382.
  • A.S. Sachs, "The Invincible Power of the Russian Revolution," pp. 382–386.
  • Rosa Luxemburg, "Oh! How German is this Revolution!" pp. 386–389.
  • William Bross Lloyd, "Convention Impressions," pp. 389–394.
  • Karl Marx, "Concerning the Jewish Question," pp. 395–406.
  • A. Bilan, "The Twilight of Leadership," pp. 406–408.
  • N. Lenin, "The Military Program of the Proletarian Revolution," pp. 409–413.
  • Clara Zetkin, "Rosa Luxemburg — Her Fight Against the German Betrayers of International Socialism," pp. 414–424.
  • "Documents," pp. 425–436.
  • Ludwig Lore, "The Communist Labor Party," pp. 438–443.
  • M.B., "The Dynamic Class Struggle," pp. 443–445.
  • Ludwig Lore, "One Year German Revolution," pp. 445–448.

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The Class Struggle was a bi monthly Marxist theoretical magazine published in New York City by the Socialist Publication Society The SPS also published a series of pamphlets mostly reprints from the magazine during the short period of its existence Among the initial editors of the publication were Ludwig Lore Marxist theoreticians Louis B Boudin and Louis C Fraina the former of whom left the publication in 1918 In the third and final year of the periodical The Class Struggle emerged as one of the primary English language voices of the left wing factions within the American Socialist Party and its final issue was published in 1919 1 by the nascent Communist Labor Party of America The Class Struggle and most of the pamphlets associated with it bore distinctive brown cardstock covers Contents 1 History 1 1 The Left Wing movement 1 2 Earlier American left wing theoretical journals 1 3 Establishment of the publication 1 4 Demise of the publication 2 References 3 SPS pamphlets 4 Chronological listing of content 5 See alsoHistory editThe Left Wing movement edit Even prior to the establishment of the Socialist Party of America SPA in the summer of 1901 there had been a more or less conscious left wing movement which looked with disdain upon advocacy of a minimum program of ameliorative reform instead arguing for the wholesale revolutionary transformation of politics and society World War I intensified the feelings of alienation of the left wing from the moderate leadership of the SPA and their almost exclusive concentration upon electoral politics 2 The Left saw the failure of the parliamentary Socialists of Europe to avert the catastrophe of war as indicative of what one historian has aptly characterized as the fatal dilution of revolutionary principles by the party 3 The radicals in ever more strident terms objected to the parliamentary cretinism and sausage socialism of the moderate wing of the socialist movement gradually coming to view its existence as an impediment on the achievement of socialist change Further impetus to the Left Wing was provided by the victory of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party headed by V I Lenin in November 1917 The Bolshevik triumph seemed to validate the perspective of the radicals that socialist change would come through revolutionary upheaval rather than through piecemeal parliamentary reform Parallel revolutionary efforts in Germany Finland and Hungary seemed to signal a new historical moment to the often young and always enthusiastic Left Wing movement This movement sought to organize itself and to give voice to its ideas via the printed word The magazine The Class Struggle established late in the spring of 1917 was a particularly important vehicle for this emerging Left Wing Earlier American left wing theoretical journals edit The Class Struggle was by no means the first radical theoretical magazine in America Two publications stood out as key influences during the first two decades of the 20th Century Charles H Kerr s International Socialist Review published in Chicago from 1900 to 1918 and The New Review a New York magazine published from 1913 to 1916 to which future Class Struggle editor Louis C Fraina was a key contributor Historian Theodore Draper credits a successor to The New Review called The New International as the newspaper which played the historic role as the first propaganda organ of the proto Communist Left Wing Section 4 Ten issues of the four page newspaper were produced in New York also edited by Louis Fraina and financed in large part by radical Dutch engineer S J Rutgers 5 No more than 1 000 copies were produced of each issue and the practical influence of the publication was ultimately limited 4 While not properly a theoretical journal itself The New International did clearly play a transitional role linking the earlier publications of the Left Wing with The Class Struggle Establishment of the publication edit Early in 1917 leading Russian Jewish revolutionary socialist Leon Trotsky arrived in New York He was immediately drawn into a meeting on January 14 1917 of about 20 Left Wing Socialists at the home of German American radical Ludwig Lore 6 Also attending the gathering were several other top emigres from the Russian empire including feminist Alexandra Kollontay theoretician Nikolai Bukharin and orator V Volodarsky 6 Joining them were Sen Katayama an exile from Japan engineer S J Rutgers and leading American radicals Louis B Boudin Louis C Fraina and John D Williams of the 1Socialist Propaganda Society1 of Boston 6 This meeting called to discuss a program of action for Socialists of the Left debated whether American radicals should separate themselves from the Socialist Party of America or stay within the organization 7 While Bukharin called for a prompt split Trotsky sought the Left Wing to remain in the party and won the debate on the question 7 The January 14 meeting formed a subcommittee to construct a definite proposal for the next session of the group This committee came back with a proposal for the establishment of a bimonthly theoretical journal to further advance the views of the Zimmerwald Left in America 7 The Class Struggle would ultimately emerge as the publication envisioned by this committee established by New York City radicals The Class Struggle was produced by a publishing holding company known as the Socialist Publication Society 8 Physical production of the magazine took place at the 15 Spruce Street address of the New Yorker Volkszeitung the German language socialist daily newspaper then edited by Ludwig Lore Demise of the publication edit At a special meeting of the Socialist Publication Society in October 1919 it was decided to transfer ownership of The Class Struggle along with all pamphlets and books published during its existence to the Communist Labor Party the organization which Ludwig Lore and a majority of the German Socialist Federation supported 9 With co editor Fraina gone to the rival Communist Party of America and nominal co editor Eugene V Debs in the penitentiary for his anti war speech delivered at Canton Ohio a reshuffling of the editorial board was in order Joining Lore were the two other members of the CLP s editorial committee Jack Carney editor of the Duluth Minnesota CLP weekly Truth and Russian Federation member Gregory Weinstein formerly the editor of the Russian language weekly Novyi Mir This shift of formal ownership proved to be ill advised and fatal to the publication however as in November 1919 a series of raids began against the nascent American communist movement culminating in the nationwide Palmer Raids of January 2 3 1920 The Communist Labor Party was driven underground in the aftermath its membership decimated its sources of income disconnected its legal expenses exponentially increased The November 1919 issue of The Class Struggle proved to be the magazine s last Throughout the course of its existence a total of 13 issues of The Class Struggle were produced along with approximately a dozen pamphlets reissuing selected articles from its pages The Class Struggle was reissued in book form in three bound volumes by the Greenwood Reprint Company in 1968 assuring its availability to research libraries around the world Every issue of The Class Struggle digitized by the Riazanov Library digital archive project can also be viewed and downloaded as a pdf file from The Class Struggle page at the Marxists Internet Archive References edit Glossary Periodicals Marxists Internet Archive Retrieved 25 October 2015 David E Brown Class Struggle in Joseph R Conlin ed The American Radical Press 1880 1960 In two volumes Westport CT Greenwood Press 1974 vol 1 pp 138 139 Brown Class Struggle pg 139 a b Theodore Draper The Roots of American Communism New York Viking Press 1957 pp 87 Draper The Roots of American Communism pg 86 a b c Draper The Roots of American Communism pg 80 a b c Draper The Roots of American Communism pg 81 Walter Goldwater Radical Publications in America 1890 1950 New Haven CT Yale University Library 1964 pg 7 The Class Struggle vol 3 no 4 November 1919 pg 438 SPS pamphlets editThe Class struggle and socialism a statement of the problems confronting the Socialist movement to day and a call to action New York Socialist Publication Society 1917 Radek and Ransome on Russia being Rathur Ransome s Open letter to America by Arthur Ransome and Karl Radek Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1918 A letter to American workingmen from the Socialist Soviet Republic of Russia by Vladimir Lenin Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1918 An open letter to American liberals with a note on recent documents by Santeri Nuorteva Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1918 J Accuse An Address in Court by Friedrich Adler Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1918 The socialist attitude on the war by Louis Fraina Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1918 The old order in Europe and the new order in Russia by Morgan Philips Price Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1918 The Soviet the Terror and Intervention by Morgan Philips Price Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1918 One year of revolution celebrating the first anniversary of the founding of the Russian Soviet Republic November 7 1918 Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1918 Education and art in Soviet Russia in the light of official decrees and documents Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1919 The crisis in the German social democracy the Junius pamphlet Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1919 A New Letter to the Workers of Europe and America by Vladimir Lenin Brooklyn Socialist Publication Society 1919Chronological listing of content editVol 1 No 1 May June 1917 Editors The Task Before Us pp 1 14 reprinted as a pamphlet see above N Bukharin The Russian Revolution and Its Significance pp 14 21 Louis C Fraina The War and America pp 22 33 Friedrich Adler Majority Limitations and Minority Rights pp 33 41 Louis B Boudin The Emergency National Convention of the Socialist Party pp 41 50 William Bohn An Educational Experiment pp 50 56 James Peter Warbasse The Red Cross and War pp 57 62 Anton Pannekoek After the War Ends pp 62 69 Ludwig Lore Reform in Germany pp 69 80 J Koettgen On the Road to Reaction pp 80 87 Ludwig Lore Conscription pp 88 90 Louis B Boudin America in the War The Reason Why pp 90 94 Louis B Boudin America in the War War Aims pp 94 96 Louis C Fraina The First Victims of War pp 96 98 Louis B Boudin The Autocrat in the White House pp 98 99 Louis B Boudin The National Convention and Its War Resolutions pp 100 101 Louis B Boudin A Deserved Rebuke pp 101 103 Ludwig Lore Kaiser Socialists pp 103 104 Louis B Boudin The Mission That Failed pp 104 106 Documents for Future Socialist History pp 106 112 Vol 1 No 2 July August 1917 Ludwig Lore To Make the World Safe for Democracy pp 1 8 Austin Lewis War and Public Opinion pp 9 16 Louis B Boudin Socialist Policy in Peace and War pp 16 35 Joseph A Whitehorn A War Legislature pp 36 46 Eric Niel Political Majorities and Industrial Minorities pp 46 59 Robert Rives LaMonte Socialists and War pp 59 75 Louis C Fraina Socialists and War pp 75 99 Reprinted as a pamphlet see above W Philipp Scheidemann A Pen Picture pp 100 101 Friedrich Adler J accuse Friedrich Adler s Address in Court part 1 pp 102 114 Reprinted as a pamphlet see above Louis B Boudin Peace with Victory pp 115 116 Louis B Boudin Lost A Peace Demand pp 117 118 Louis B Boudin Automobile Patriots pp 118 119 Louis B Boudin Mr Wilson and Child Labor pp 119 120 Louis C Fraina The War and American Unionism pp 120 123 Louis B Boudin The Russian Revolution and the War pp 123 126 Ludwig Lore On the Road to a New International pp 126 129 Ludwig Lore Friedrich Adler pp 129 132 Ludwig Lore The Socialist Party and Stockholm pp 132 135 Ludwig Lore Spargo amp Co pp 135 138 Louis C Fraina The Attitude of Lenin pp 138 141 Documents for Future Socialist History pp 142 152 Vol 1 no 3 September October 1917 Austin Lewis The New Labor Movement of the West pp 1 10 Louis B Boudin Socialist Terms of Peace pp 11 39 Morris Kolchin The Russian Revolution and its Problems pp 40 56 Louis C Fraina Labor and Democracy pp 57 62 Friedrich Adler J accuse Friedrich Adler s Address in Court part 2 pp 102 114 Sen Katayama Recent Development of Capitalism in Japan pp 72 82 C D La Vie des Mots pp 83 84 Franz Mehring Our Old Masters and Their Modern Substitutes pp 85 93 Louis B Boudin The Pope s Proposal and Wilson s Reply pp 94 97 Louis B Boudin People s Council and the National Alliance pp 97 99 Ludwig Lore Meyer London pp 100 101 Ludwig Lore Tom Mooney and Alexander Berkman pp 101 103 Ludwig Lore A Savior of His Country pp 103 105 Editors Germany Stands Pat pp 105 107 S J Rutgers Boudin s Policy in Peace and War pp 108 111 Vol 1 no 4 November December 1917 Louis C Fraina The IWW Trial pp 1 5 Leon Trotsky Pacifism in the Service of Imperialism pp 6 14 Louis B Boudin The Passing of the Nation pp 15 34 Karl Kautsky The Russian Revolution pp 35 39 Ludwig Lore Our Obedient Congress pp 40 48 N Lenin Political Parties in Russia pp 49 63 S J Rutgers Imperialism and the New Middle Class pp 64 71 Edward Dryden The Case of Fraina pp 72 79 Lionel Petersen Stockholm pp 80 84 Louis B Boudin The Tragedy of the Russian Revolution pp 85 90 Marius The Task of the Constituent Assembly pp 91 99 Ludwig Lore The New York Mayorality Campaign pp 100 106 Louis B Boudin Act Not Withdraw pp 106 109 Louis B Boudin The Italian Debacle pp 109 113 Louis B Boudin The Neue Zeit An Obituary pp 113 116 Louis C Fraina Making Haste Slowly pp 116 120 Vol 2 no 1 January February 1918 Leon Trotsky A Letter from Leon Trotsky to Ex Minister Jules Guesde pp 1 8 Adolph Germer Samuel Gompers pp 9 15 Rosa Luxemburg Peace and the International pp 16 28 Louis C Fraina The Proletarian Revolution in Russia pp 29 67 Ludwig Lore Armistice on All Fronts pp 68 72 Louis B Boudin The Common Enemy pp 73 95 Fabian Disarmament pp 96 100 Louis Brandt Bolsheviki The Masters of the Revolution pp 101 106 V Algassov Plekhanov and Breshkovskaya pp 107 109 Documents for Future Socialist History pp 110 112 Louis B Boudin The Peace Negotiations pp 113 117 Louis B Boudin Eleventh Hour Conversions pp 117 120 Editors Who Speaks pp 120 123 Ludwig Lore Our National Executive Committee pp 123 125 Louis B Boudin St Louis and After pp 126 128 Vol 2 no 2 March April 1918 Florence Kelley Changing Labor Conditions in Wartime pp 129 142 W D The Land Question in the Russian Revolution pp 143 160 John J Kallen Forming a War Psychosis pp 161 170 Santeri Nuorteva The Future of the Russian Revolution pp 171 185 Louis B Boudin The Tragedy of the Russian Revolution Second Act pp 186 192 Karl Liebknecht Self Determination of Nations and Self Defense pp 193 203 Ludwig Lore Germany the Liberator pp 204 212 Leon Trotsky The State in Russia Old and New pp 213 221 Louis B Boudin The New Danger Peace by Negotiation pp 222 228 Louis B Boudin Recall Berger pp 229 232 Louis B Boudin Strategy and Conscience pp 233 236 Karl Kautsky The Bolsheviki Rising pp 237 241 The Survey The British Miners and the War An Interview with Robert Smillie pp 241 248 Vol 2 no 3 May June 1918 Karl Marx The Divine Right of the Hohenzollern Introduction by Franz Mehring pp 249 259 Ludwig Lore Karl Marx pp 260 270 Herman Schlueter Karl Marx and the International pp 271 288 James Oneal The New Americanism pp 289 295 Hans Block Pontius Pilate Scheidemann pp 296 297 Santeri Nuorteva The Rape of Finland s Labor Republic pp 298 304 N Lenin The Disarmament Cry pp 305 316 A V Lunacharsky Appeal by People s Commissary of Education pp 317 322 John J Kallen The Biology of Peace and War pp 323 333 Louis B Boudin A War Anniversary pp 334 338 Louis B Boudin St Louis One Year After pp 338 341 Ludwig Lore Freedom of Thought and Speech pp 341 345 Louis B Boudin Foch and Siberia A Contrast pp 345 351 Louis B Boudin War Maps and Liberalism pp 351 354 Ludwig Lore Toward the Revolution pp 354 357 Documents for Future Socialist History pp 358 375 Vol 2 no 4 September October 1918 Ludwig Lore The IWW Trial pp 377 383 Maxim Litvinov Soviet Russia Speaks to Britain pp 384 387 Sen Katayama Armed Peace on the Pacific pp 388 404 N Lenin The Chief Task of Our Day pp 405 409 Louis C Fraina Laborism and Socialism pp 410 431 Santeri Nuorteva An Open Letter to American Liberals pp 432 454 Reprinted as a pamphlet Reconstruction in Russia pp 455 491 Louis C Fraina The Prospects of Peace pp 492 499 Ludwig Lore Spargo Simons and Private Kopelin pp 500 504 Louis C Fraina The AF of L Labor Mission pp 504 507 Ludwig Lore Progress Backward pp 507 512 Louis C Fraina Imperialism in Action pp 512 520 Special Publication One Year of Revolution Celebrating the First Anniversary of the Founding of the Russian Revolution Vol 2 no 5 December 1918 N Lenin A Letter to American Workingmen pp 521 533 reprinted as a pamphlet see above William J Fielding Bridging the Gap of State Socialism pp 534 541 Leon Trotsky In British Captivity pp 542 555 Z Hoglund A Finnish Document pp 556 559 Victor Adler The Awakening of Austria pp 560 572 Karl Marx Friedrich Engels Paul Lafargue F Lessner A Letter to the Polish Socialists pp 573 575 Ludwig Lore New Germany pp 576 591 Maxim Gorki In the Torrent of the Revolution pp 592 599 Sen Katayama A Japanese Interpretation of the Recent Food Riots pp 600 606 Maurice Blumlein Economic and Menshevik Determinism pp 607 616 Ludwig Lore The Bubble Has Burst pp 617 619 Ludwig Lore The Elections pp 619 622 Ludwig Lore Eugene V Debs pp 622 624 Ludwig Lore The Red Flag pp 625 627 Ludwig Lore One Measure for All pp 628 630 Ludwig Lore Our Peace Delegates pp 630 632 Ludwig Lore Victor Adler pp 632 633 Documents pp 634 640 Vol 3 no 1 February 1919 Eugene V Debs The Day of the People pp 1 4 Nikolai Lenin The State and Revolution pp 5 22 Karl Island Lenin versus Wilson pp 23 26 Louis C Fraina Problems of American Socialism pp 26 47 Ludwig Lore Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg pp 47 64 A Dreifuss The Labor Party pp 64 67 Franz Mehring Karl Marx pp 68 75 Maurice Blumlein Economic and Menshevik Determinism pp 76 87 Leon Trotsky The Principles of Democracy and Proletarian Dictatorship pp 88 91 Karl Kautsky The National Constituent Assembly pp 91 94 Ludwig Lore A World Safe for Democracy pp 95 97 Louis C Fraina The Crime of Crimes pp 97 101 Louis C Fraina Mexico and American Imperialism pp 101 105 Ludwig Lore Franz Mehring pp 106 109 Ludwig Lore The Constitutional National Assembly pp 109 110 Edward Lindgren What is the Left Wing Movement and Its Purpose pp 111 114 The Communist Propaganda League of Chicago pp 114 115 Documents pp 116 127 Vol 3 no 2 May 1919 Ludwig Lore The First of May 1919 pp 129 131 N Bukharin Church and School in the Soviet Republic pp 131 139 August Strindberg What the Under Class Answers to the Most Impressive Phrases of the Upper Class pp 139 144 M Philips Price The Truth About the Allied Intervention in Russia pp 145 154 Ludwig Lore Berne A Post Mortem Conference pp 155 162 Maxim Gorky Russian Tale pp 162 165 Sen Katayama Japan and China pp 165 172 Nikolai Lenin Can the Exploited and Exploiter be Equals pp 172 178 Maurice Sugar Socialism and the League of Nations pp 178 187 Charles Rappaport The Logic of Insanity pp 187 192 Franz Mehring An Unusual Friendship pp 192 200 Andre A Courland Bankruptcy or Revolution Which pp 200 208 Manifesto and Program of the Left Wing Section Socialist Party Local Greater New York pp 209 216 Ludwig Lore Communism in Hungary pp 217 225 Louis C Fraina The Left Wing pp 225 229 Ludwig Lore Eugene V Debs a Revolutionist pp 229 231 Ludwig Lore The Representative of a Free Working Class pp 231 232 Louis C Fraina Mass Strikes pp 233 235 Ludwig Lore Archangel A Hopeful Sign pp 235 236 Documents pp 237 255 Vol 3 no 4 August 1919 Ludwig Lore Left or Right pp 257 264 Rosa Luxemburg What is Bolshevism pp 265 268 Max Bedacht Radicalism in California pp 268 271 Karl Radek The Development of Socialism from Science into Action pp 272 295 S J Rutgers Greetings from Soviet Russia pp 295 300 August Stringberg Autumn Slush pp 300 304 Max Eastman The SLP pp 304 306 A S Sachs Russia and Germany pp 306 318 Documents pp 319 333 Ludwig Lore The Lusk Fishing Expedition pp 334 336 S D The Railroad Situation pp 336 339 Editors The Negro Problem A Labor Problem pp 339 341 Editors Socialist Germany and the Peace pp 341 344 Ludwig Lore The First Victim of the League of Nations pp 344 346 Ludwig Lore The National Convention pp 346 348 N Lenin On the Unhappy Peace pp 348 352 Vol 3 no 3 November 1919 Published by the Communist Labor Party Communist Labor Party Hands Off Russia A Call to the American Working Class pp 354 355 Ludwig Lore Two Years of Soviet Russia pp 355 365 Leon Trotsky Work Discipline and Order to Save the Socialist Soviet Republic pp 366 382 A S Sachs The Invincible Power of the Russian Revolution pp 382 386 Rosa Luxemburg Oh How German is this Revolution pp 386 389 William Bross Lloyd Convention Impressions pp 389 394 Karl Marx Concerning the Jewish Question pp 395 406 A Bilan The Twilight of Leadership pp 406 408 N Lenin The Military Program of the Proletarian Revolution pp 409 413 Clara Zetkin Rosa Luxemburg Her Fight Against the German Betrayers of International Socialism pp 414 424 Documents pp 425 436 Ludwig Lore The Communist Labor Party pp 438 443 M B The Dynamic Class Struggle pp 443 445 Ludwig Lore One Year German Revolution pp 445 448 See also editLeft Wing Section Socialist Party of America Communist Party of America Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Class Struggle magazine amp oldid 1217389178, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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