The Communist Official Paper of the Communist Party of America Vol. No. Chicago, II. Saturday, August 16, 1919 Five Cents Lesson from Russia By WICKS Since November 7, 1917, innumerable journalists, prosti ment. Most American workers know only too well from sad tuted to capitalism, have devoted t...

August 9, 1910 Page Eight THE COMMUNIST cause of the hatred for our country, such as Latvia, in ord four fifths of not only the city, tempt at forceful invasion, and country on the part of the im er to restore the feudal baron but also the rural population, in this it counts not so much on perial...

August 9, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Seven Continued from Page first charge is that the Socialists of Michigan sought to get into the limelight by being the first to call for a Communist Party. Now the truth is that the members of the Emergency Convention in Detroit sought to avoid that very thing.
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August 9, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Six Russian Socialist Federation, at its meting on August 31st, The District Executive Committee of the Chicago District, donated one hundred dollars to the Organization Fund of the Communist Party.
City in June, in condemning the old Socialist Party: and be it f...

August 9, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Five of civilization. As we freed Cuba in the name of that same BULLETINS civilization and in the interests of the Havemeyer sugar trust. If the ruling clique of the nation does plunge us into a After hearing the request of a representative of the Nawar with Japa...

1319 Pago Four THE COMMUNIST THE LION AND THE LAMB sonant sentence but it is nevertheless untrue.
THE COMMUNIST Might shall make right the law of the world this was OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA one of the beautiful phrases President Wilson concocted for DENNIS BATT, Editor the...

THE COMMUNIST Page Three August 9, 1919 An Open Letter to Workingmen Comrades: By Sylvia Pankhurst Government succeed in crushing the The evidence that comes to us from Workers Republics, and if we fail to Russia cannot be disregarded. Reports British workers hold, the key to the sit take the dir...

August 9, 1919 Page Two THE COMMUNIST Imprisoned by the Allies sent to the prison for war prisoners at Our readers are already acquainted with the Two Letters horrors which the Russian war prisoners have to Casino. Here about 7, 000 Russians were live through in France. We are printing parts of a...

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No. Chicago, Ill. Saturday, August 9, 1919 Five Cents Wage Slave Riots By WICKS The recent race riots in Chicago revealed at one stroke a that brand of mass murder have been the Washington, new tactic of the capitalist class of t...

THE COMMUNIST August 2, 1919 Page Eight An Open Letter to John Keracher To Keracher, surnamed John: faithful messenger (the Revolutionary Age) hath brought news of thee and thy deeds. Men say that thou and thy small clique hath betrayed the Left Wing into the hands of confusion and disorder.
Albe...

August 2, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Seven they will arise more and more. Then will it become clear to (Continued from page 2)
all that, here as in Russia, behind the organization contro cessary work, and the scope of their activities depends entirely versies are hidden theoretical controversies.
up...

Page Six THE COMMUNIST Zimmerwaldites and their American Prototypes August 2, 1919 By Alexander Stoklitsky thorough study of the international labor movement can leave no doubt in the mind of the student that questions of organization cannot be separated from political and theoreNo; the unwilling...

Page Five Communiques August 2, 1919 THE COMMUNIST sutticed to produce the desired result, had it not been for the presence of Allied troops. Those who could not be bought were sent to prison. Having thus ridden themselves of their political opponents the French General Staff announced to the Wit...

2, 1918 Page Four THE COMMUNIST MEXICO NEXT?
purpose of protecting American lives and property THE COMMUNIST It seems that the Yankee capitalists are getting ready to OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA satisfy their appetite for the natural resources of Mexico. The DENNIS BATT, Edit...

August 2, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Three Why the New Party?
The Left Wing has recently, through By Oakley Johnson That Stolen Platform!
its official organ, the Revolutionary Age, As to the contention of the left that viciously attacked the project of organ they are what count over to the old of iz...

August 2, 1919 THE COMMUNIST were Page Two Official Organization Bulletin of Finland surpassed anything a prearranged plan of bourgewe had undergone since leav ois rulers of England. It was a Abo we were arrested as soon rade Sermus for the outburst Dear Comrades: ing hospitable England. In sort ...

The Communist Official Paper of the Communist Party of America Vol. I, No. Chicago, Ii. Saturday, August 2, 1919 Five Cents NEW ATROCITIES OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC Wilson and Kolchak TRIBULATIONS OF RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
COMMUNISTS Washington dispatch under the date of July 25th con(Appeal by wirel...

July 26, 1910 Page Bight THE COMMUNIST THE SPLIT OF THE LEFT (Continued from Page 1)
land. Playing into the hands of Revolutionary Creativity in Hungary SOCIALISTS IN SWEDEN, the enemies of the toilers, they The heroic proletariat of such great reforms have been The split of the Left Social ask t...

July 26, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Seven pan state organization would accept of the party, in order to arrange mat.
this amendment or not.
LEON TROTSKY ON THE sent moment much active work But this is not all.
tion may be attended by majority of MILITARY SITUATION is being done toward restoring Seve...

July 26, 1919 ism.
Comrades!
Page Six THE COMMUNIST (Continued from Page 3) Sound money to pay Mahlon Barnessend from everywhere the strongest bers. Everybody knows that only the ism that socialism which for 50. 00 a week for the preliminary protests against such decision of the State pitself has...

Communiques July 28, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Five save them from destruction at the hands of the world workers. Charles Vopicka, minister to the Balkan States, speaking of the League of Nations recently, said: It, too, will bring an end to the bolshevist donger.
By a most diligent search one migh...

July 26, 1919 Page Four THE COMMUNIST THE COMMUNIST industry, following the closing of the war markets, there has OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA been an added effort on the part of employers of labor to reduce wages. In this they have had some measure of success and the DENNIS B...

July 26, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Threo Action and Reaction in Ireland The Split in the Socialist Party dise Eamon De Valera is here and the Irish Nationalists are By JOSEPH STILSON began to look for means whereby the drunk with enthusiasm. They have answered the siren song of Translator Secretary...

July 26, 1919 Page Two THE COMMUNIST to say that the Third Interna perty of the man in the street, proudest fact ever knew. In conditions could be created tional was created. But things that no one needs a special ap deed, only two years ago we which would make possible the were better at our con...

The Communist Official Paper of the Communist Party of America Vol. I, No. Chicago, Ill. Saturday, July 26, 1919 Five Cents The New Freedom at Work The social structure of Europe is on the verge of total colFROM THE ALL RUSSIAN lapse. Four long years of war has left the peoples of the Old THE COM...