The Communist Official Paper of the Communist Party of America Vol. I, No. Chicago, III. Saturday, July 12, 1919 Five Cents Call for a National Convention For the Purpose of Organizing the Communist Party of America In this the most momentous period of the world history form of the rule of the fi...

19, 1918 Bulletins THE COMMUNI3T Page Two social and national oppression we call upon the proletarian council form of organization for its expression over a continued period of time.
of all lands to unite! Applying our declarations of party principle to the Program of the Call ment of the United ...

July 19, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Pag. Three On the Party Horizon org.
sons. By ALEXANDER STOKLITSKY Comrade Lenin, in his pam CIALIST PARTY IS NOTHING:mal development of our move cover the nudity of their unphlet Lessons of the Revolu LESS THAN THE ECHO OF ment.
tion, lays great stress upon the THE DE...

July 19, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Four THE MOONEY STRIKE THE COMMUNIST It must be admitted that viewing the country as a whole OFFICIAL ORGAN or THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA the Mooney Strike was a failure. Whether the next period of the strike in September, makes a better showing or not depende...

July 19, 1019 THE COMMUNIST Pago live Communiques great mass of the people who live by tolling and producing the France and England wealth of the world for meagre wages.
In France and England the workers are assuming a more The very fact that capitalist apologists of the type of Gov. belligerent ...

July 19, 1919 Page Six THE COMMUNIST (Continued from page 2)
Our view of capturing the Socialist Party for sociallem is to the Ukrainian Federation, Socialist Party, to the list of the or CAPTURE THE MEMBERSHIP away from the present helt.
ganizations which have endorsed this action.
archy, and fo...

uly 19, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Seven Adolph the Truth Seeker By John Keracher Adolph Germer, is a big man Party and what steps will be taken care of just such cases. The re to Neal, who then began to physically, but otherwise very with the National Executive.
small. As to the honesty of his Your...

July 10, 19: THE COMMUNIST certelo Page Eight (Continued from page 3)
The Iron Heel in the Land of the Free women, and in a rage they set ON THE PARTY HORIZON mayor. That dignitary took re of a new brand of pure Amer.
Strikers at Plant of Corn Products Company fuge in a drug store from which can ...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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, 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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Communist Official Paper of the Communist Party of America Vol.
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...