English-language press of the Communist Party USA

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Soviet Russia, magazine of the Friends of Soviet Russia.

During the ten decades since its establishment in 1919, the Communist Party USA produced or inspired a vast array of newspapers and magazines in the English language.

This list was launched in 2009, based upon material said to have been "principally taken from the California Senate's report" of 1949

House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1947.[2]

Various alterations were made over time, including the deletion of ephemeral personnel names as well as additions and subtractions where merited. Further changes took place in 2011 based upon the book Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications published in 1962 by HUAC.[3]

This list does not include the vast array of Communist Party newspapers, periodicals, and magazines published in languages other than English. This material appears at Non-English press of the Communist Party USA.

Party press

Official newspapers

During the 1930s the CPUSA issued a west coast newspaper called Western Worker.

Party magazines

Young Communist League

New Pioneer was a glossy monthly magazine for Communist children, issued from 1931 through 1938.

Local and shop publications

Publications of Communist-supported "Mass Organizations"

Abraham Lincoln Brigade

American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born

FIGHT against War and Fascism was the first of three titles used by the CPUSA's anti-militarism mass organization of the 1930s.

American League Against War and Fascism/American League for Peace and Democracy

  • Popular Front line. FIGHT is available on microfilm with the master negative held by the New York Public Library.[19]
    • Nazi–Soviet Pact in May 1939, at which time the name was changed again. The publication is available on microfilm with the master negative held by the New York Public Library.[20]
    • World for Peace and Democracy was the short-lived final incarnation of the publication of the American League for Peace and Democracy. Only two issues were produced, dated June and July 1939, also available on microfilm held by New York Public Library.[21]

American–Russian Institute

American Slav Congress

American Youth for Democracy

  • American Youth for Democracy
    , New York, NY.
  • Spotlight was the official organ for American Youth for Democracy.[22]
  • Student Outlook was published by the intercollegiate division of American Youth for Democracy, New York, NY. It was a monthly publication. The editor was Fred Jaffe.
  • Teeners' Topics, published irregularly, was an American Youth for Democracy publication, with offices located in' New York, NY. Teen Life was published by New Age Publishers, Inc., in Meriden, Conn., for American Youth for Democracy.
  • Youth (CPUSA), a bimonthly publication, was published by American Youth for Democracy, New York.

Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union (ICOR)

  • Nailebn-New Life (1935–1950), bilingual Yiddish-English monthly published in New York. Continued IKOR magazine, which was established in 1925.

Emergency Civil Liberties Committee

Friends of Soviet Russia / Friends of the Soviet Union / National Council of American–Soviet Friendship

The first issue of the magazine of the Friends of the Chinese People, China Today, was published in 1934.

Friends of the Chinese People

  • China Today, sub-titled "A Monthly Magazine of Information and Opinion on the Far East," was the official organ of the Friends of the Chinese People.[14] The magazine was launched in January 1934 and featured a large format of approximately 10 by 14 inches and originally bore a cover price of 15 cents a copy. First editors were "Hansu Chan," (pen-name of Ji Chaoding) J.W. Phillips (pen-name of Philip Jaffe), and Frederick Spencer. The publication continued through at least March 1942. Hardcopy issues in the collection of the New York Public Library.[25]

Independent Citizens Committee of Arts, Sciences, and Professions

  • The Independent, a bimonthly, was published by the Independent Citizens Committee of Arts, Sciences, and Professions, New York. The executive director was Hannah Dorner.
  • Report From Washington was published monthly by the Independent Citizens Committee of Arts, Sciences, and Professions, New York, NY

International Labor Defense / Civil Rights Congress

International Workers Order

Labor Youth League

  • Challenge, newspaper that served as the official organ of the Labor Youth League.[24]
  • Youth Review was another publication of the Labor Youth League.[27]

League of American Writers

Trade Union Educational League/Trade Union Unity League

World Peace Congress

Communist-sponsored publications dealing with specific topics

Agriculture

Black liberation movement

Civil rights movement

Current affairs

  • The Letter was published by The Letter, Inc., Denver, Colo. The editor was Phil Rino; editorial advisory board, David J. Miller, Reid Robinson, Joseph C. Cohen, and Isabelle Gonzalles.
  • In Fact, was a weekly newsletter published in New York City by George Seldes from 1940 to 1950. The publication was cited as a "Communist front" by American federal authorities.[28]

Drama

New Theatre was a glossy magazine produced from 1934 until 1937, succeeding Workers Theatre.

Education

  • Bulletin on Education, irregular, was published by the educational departments of the Communist Party in California.
  • The Chart with offices in New York, NY, was issued by the National Organization and Education Commissions of the Communist Party of the United States. Jack Stachel was chairman of the education commission, and Henry Winston was chairman of the organization commission.

Health and medicine

Popular Front
period.

All (except for one) issues of Health and Hygiene can be downloaded from Marcists.org at this link: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/health/index.htm

International affairs

Jewish

Labor movement

Law

Peace

Popular culture

  • Hollywood Independent was published monthly by the Hollywood Independent Citizens' Committee of Arts, Sciences, and Professions, Hollywood, California. The editor was Hollister Noble.
  • Readers' Scope was published monthly by Picture Scope, Inc., New York, NY.

Religion

  • Protestant was published monthly by Protestant Digest of New York City. The editor was Kenneth Leslie.

Social work

Sports

  • Sport Call was launched in 1936 as the magazine of the "Workers' Sports League of America."[41] In addition to subscriber mailings the monthly publication appeared as an insert in the Neue Volks-Zeitung.[41] No issues are extant after the June/July 1938 issue of the publication.[41]

Veterans affairs

  • Salute was published monthly by the Veterans Publishing Co., New York, NY. The publisher was Jeremiah Ingersoll. The executive director was Max Baird and the managing editor was DeWitt Gilpin.

Women's liberation movement

  • Working Woman was issued in New York by the National Women's Department of the Communist Party starting in 1927.[42] The publication began as a tabloid newspaper, switching to magazine format in 1933 and continuing under that title through 1935.
    • Popular Front tactics of the period. Publication was terminated in 1937. The magazine was retroactively declared by the US Government in 1944 to be a so-called "Communist front."[43]
  • Facts for Women was published monthly by Facts for Women, Los Angeles, California. The editor was Mary Inman.
  • Woman Power was published monthly by the Congress of American Women in New York, NY. Members of the editor board are Edna Moss, Bert Sigred, and Eleanor Vaughn. The president was Gene Weltfish; executive vice president, Muriel Draper; treasurer, Helen Phillips; and secretary, Josephine Timms.
  • Bulletin of Congress of American Women was published monthly by the Congress of American Women, New York, NY. The editorial board was composed of those on the Board of Woman Power.

Soviet publications for America

  • Information Bulletin, triweekly, was published by the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Washington, DC.
  • New Times (Moscow) was published semiweekly by Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, Moscow, Russia. It was distributed in the United States by the Four Continental Book Corp., New York, NY.
  • The USSR
    was published bimonthly from 1956 on.

See also

References

  1. ^ Fifth Report of the Senate Fact-Finding Committee On Un-American Activities, California Legislature, 1949, pp. 545-546.
  2. ^ Testimony of Walter S. Steele regarding Communist activities in the United States. Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first session, on H. R. 1884 and H. R. 2122, bills to curb or outlaw the Communist Party in the United States. Public law 601 (section 121, subsection Q (2) July 21, 1947.
  3. ^ Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications (And Appendixes). Revised and Published December 1, 1961 to Supersede Guide Published on January 2, 1957. 87th Congress, 2nd Session, House Document No. 398. Washington, DC: Committee on Un-American Activities, US House of Representatives, 1962; pp. 183-205.
  4. ^ PDF's of The Bulletin are available at Archive.org for both Issue No. 1 and Issue No. 2.
  5. ^ Dirk Hoerder with Christiane Harzig (eds.), The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s-1970s: An Annotated Bibliography: Volume 1: Migrants from Northern Europe. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1987; pg. 109.
  6. ^ HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 186.
  7. ^ a b HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 194.
  8. ^ a b c HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 196.
  9. ^ a b Harvey A. Levenstein, "National Issues: New York, 1939," in Joseph R. Conlin (ed.), The American Radical Press, 1880-1960: Volume 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1974; pg. 289.
  10. ^ Levenstein, "National Issues," pp. 290-291.
  11. ^ Levenstein, "National Issues," pg. 291.
  12. ^ Harvey A. Levenstein (ed.), National Issues: A Survey of Politics and Legislation. Westport, CT: Greenwood Reprint Corporation, 1970.
  13. ^ New Pioneer, OCLC WorldCat, OCLC 8279914.
  14. ^ a b c HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 184.
  15. ^ "About Midwest Daily Record, 1938-1938," Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
  16. ^ a b c d HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 203.
  17. ^ a b c HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 191.
  18. ^ a b c HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 195.
  19. ^ "FIGHT against War and Fascism," New York Public Library, New York City.
  20. ^ "The Fight for Peace and Democracy," New York Public Library, New York City.
  21. ^ "World for Peace and Democracy," New York Public Library, New York City.
  22. ^ HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 201.
  23. ^ HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 185.
  24. ^ a b c HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 183.
  25. ^ China Today, New York Public Library, New York City.
  26. ^ OCLC WorldCat listing: Labor Defender.
  27. ^ HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 205.
  28. ^ a b c d HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 190.
  29. ^ a b c d HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 187.
  30. ^ Sam Tanenhaus, Whittaker Chambers: A Biography. New York: Modern Library, 1998.
  31. ^ John Earl Haynes annotations to "Adolf Berle's Notes on his Meeting with Whittaker Chambers.
  32. ^ The paper is contained on Microfilm R-7472, "Communist Party Miscellaneous Newspapers," Reel 2, title 8.
  33. ^ Workers Theatre, OCLC WorldCat, OCLC No. 5012730.
  34. ^ "Workers theatre" (catalogue entry). UCLA Library. Retrieved November 20, 2022. New York : League of Workers Theatres. V. 1-5, no. 7/8; April 1931-July/Aug. 1933.
  35. ^ New Theatre, Princeton University Library.
  36. ^ "New Theatre League records: Detailed Description: Series IX. Publications of the New Theatre League 1934-1941". New York Public Library: Archives and Manuscripts. Retrieved November 21, 2022. Series contains runs of New Theatre (incomplete), Theatre and Film, and New Theatre News (incomplete)... New Theatre, June, 1934 - Nov. 1936; Theatre and Film, April, 1937; New Theatre News Nov. 1939 - April, 1941
  37. ^ Health and Hygiene, MadCat, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. OCLC 02261823.
  38. ^ "Amerasia," OCLC WorldCat. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  39. ^ a b c d HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 189.
  40. ^ HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 200.
  41. ^ a b c "The Sport Call," Fitchburg, MA: Workers' Sports League of America, 1936. OCLC 26666818.
  42. ^ OCLC 12014412, called "New York Working Woman" in the Daily Worker of December 11, 1928, pg. 4.
  43. ^ HUAC, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications... Revised and Published December 1, 1961..., pg. 204.

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