August 29, 1919 THE COMMUNIST THAT MENSHEVIK CALL From certain quarters has come ignorant denunciation and vague criticisch of the Michigan State Convention call for the organization of a new that in the event of the capitalist class abolishing or nullifying party. We are publishing below the ful...

THE COMMUNIST August 23, 1910 The League League of Nations None thought so much of the organi of their safety and their interests. Now operation of peopes, of honesty among zation of the League of Nations, none since Germany became a counter revolu peoples, of justice; the murderous colofought so...

The Communist Official Paper of the Communist Party of America Vol. 1, No. CHICAGO, ILL. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1919.
Five Cents Forward to Mexico!
perfection. His talk about freedom, de An evident principle runs through the is that the British holdings are no more whole program have ned. It is the...

A8 1919.
THE COMMUNIST Pare Tw.
The Conquest of Power By Alexander Stolditsky labor and of capitalism.
The Communist Party of America Within the organization the widest comes into existence under entirely new and must not hinder the work of the possible range of criticism must be adconditions in ...

August 30, 1919.
THE COMMUNIST Page Three The Labor Party is Born ON WITH THE WAR. The agitation that has been carried on in a number of states by certain officials of the Labor Party could force them to supporters to its standard, but no intelcreek near Podunk, the representatives will be able t...

August 30, 1919.
THE COMMUNIST Page Four disappointment, for if Wilson even consents to see them he THE COMMUNIST will have a specially prepared evaston exquisitely concealed OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA behind his expert diction, so that at the time he speaks they Editor will...

August 30, 1919.
THE COMMUNIST Page Five real instrument of oppression in the hands of the master class, The German capitalists have taken advantage of the pay.
and that it is used without any scruples whenever occasion chological moment to seek another alliance with the Italian demands. While it...

Interviewing Haywood on the Communist Asgast 30, 1919.
Page Six THE COMMUNIST DANGERI LOOK OUTI Senator Thomas of Colorado bas ask ed the Congress of the United States to We have heretofore had occasion to but who should nevertheless be supremark that the hack writers on the cap pressed because o...

Aurust 80, 1919.
THE COMMUNIST Page Seven Pacifism or Marxism?
In these turbulent times, when the Reply to Scott Nearing whole civilized world seethes with revoconception. Even the most superficial lution, it is but natural that there should bility, assisted by the Popes. In his exobserver of the...

August 80, 1919.
THE COMMUNIST Page Eight The Hireling Who Failed THE INVISIBLE CLUB Siberia, or the putting to death of men, The move we anticipated two weeks from Chicago to Salt Lake City. This strategic women and children who are suspected move is explained ns norinal actback to ago on the pa...

Combined with The Revolutionary Age The Communist All Power To The Workers!
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CHICAGO, ILL. SEPTEMBER 27, 1919 Five Cents The Call to Action HE Communist Party is now a fact. It The American proletariat is restless. Its Capitalism, weakens the workers develop a issues its challenge to Capi...

September 27, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Chaos?
Page Two T The Communist for democracy the chief concern of the Peace Conference has been to crush revol.
OMENT has been made concerning utionary Russia, in order to assure the perthe chaos that prevailed in Chicago National Organ, Communist Party manence o...

September 27, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Three T on Tactical Problems Ohio Locals should continue their mun The Socialist Party icipal campaigns under the name of SociN the revolutionary reconstruction of the alist Party. The adoption of the new name HE struggle about which party shall American Soci...

THE September 27, 1919 COMMUNIST Page Four The Communist Party Convention T By Ferguson the bolting delegates; also the election of HERE probably never was a gathering Ruhenberg and Ferguson on that committee.
of working class representatives in minority group of the Left Wing Confer.
The inter p...

September 27, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Five members of the Communist Party from con tively, on the adoption of said Manifesto and formity with American conditions and party tributing political or economic articles to Program and as not accepting nominations circumstances. Comrade Fraina was also p...

September 27, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Six The Communist Party Manifesto old The world is on the verge of a new era. Adopted and Issued by the Convention of the slavery and power, of oppression and de.
Cammunist Party struction.
Europe is in revolt. The masses of Asia are It was simple, but disast...

THE September 27, 1919 COMMUNIST Page Seven since Russia was economically an undevel. Socialist Party required simply the oppor ge in the sense that its objective is political, oped country, it was premature to make a tunity to develop a revolutionary proletarian overthrow of the political organi...

September 27, 1919 Page Eight THE COMMUNIST activity of unorganized workers in the basie industry, its initial form is the mass strike as the moderate Socialist conception of the old order, it performs the positive task of gradual growing into Socialism.
constructing the new. Together with the of...

September 27, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Nine The Program of the Party The Communist Party is the conscious ex All ar? Issued by the Convention of the the party shall have actual contact with the pression of the class struggle of the workers Communist Party workers and mobilize them for action again...

September 27, 1919 Page Ten THE COMMUNIST The Communist Party and Communist Labor Party T HIERE are no doubt many who will ram of immediate severance from the Social Ruthenberg that the first order of busi.
ist Party and a call for a convention on Sep ness be the consideration of unity with the f...

THE COMMUNIST Page Eleven September 27, 1919 mation of Capitalism into Communism. the Joint Call. Obviously our Convention is of knowledge the experiences of the war Between these groups stood the waver bound by the call which brought it into and revolutions.
existence.
Immediately after the Russ...

THE Page Twelve COMMUNIST September 27, 1919 your convention. We are, however, desirous Communist Party membership which cast 74. Out of this total of 74 there were over of uiting all the forces of Communism into the overwhelming bulk of these votes. 50 from States where the membership was one so...

September 27, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Thirteen The Party Constitution Sec. I. Name and Purpose Adopted and Issued by the Convention of the be receipted for an initiation stamp furnished by See. The name of this organization shall be Communist Party the National Organization. The fifty cents shall...

September 27, 1919 Page Fourteen THE COMMUNIST shall restrict its activities to the territory it represents.
Sec. member who desires to transfer his membership to another branch shall secure transferal card from the financial secretary of his branch. No branch shall receive a member from another ...

September 27, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Fifteen The Massacre at Hammond were a AMMOND, Indiana, can now be added By WICKS.
The corporation owned paper of Hamto the long and ever increasing list mond and also the daily press of Chicago of towns the mention of which conAs soon as the police arrived u...