English-language press of the Communist Party USA
Encyclopedia
During the nine 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 and the testimony of Walter S. Steele before House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1947.
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.
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
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Communist Party USA
The Communist Party USA is a Marxist political party in the United States, established in 1919. It has a long, complex history that is closely related to the histories of similar communist parties worldwide and the U.S. labor movement....
produced or inspired a vast array of newspapers
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
and magazines
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
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 and the testimony of Walter S. Steele before House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1947.
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.
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
Non-English press of the Communist Party USA
During the nine decades since its establishment in 1919, the Communist Party USA produced or inspired a vast array of newspapers and magazines in at least 25 different languages...
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Official newspapers
- The Revolutionary AgeRevolutionary AgeThe Revolutionary Age was an American radical newspaper edited by Louis C. Fraina and published from November 1918 until August 1919. Originally the publication of Local Boston, Socialist Party, the paper evolved into the de facto national organ of the Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party which...
(1917-1919) — Boston-based organ of the Left Wing Section of the Socialist PartyLeft Wing Section of the Socialist PartyThe Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party was an organized faction within the Socialist Party of America in 1919 which served as the core of the dual communist parties which emerged in the fall of that year — the Communist Party of America and the Communist Labor Party of America.-Precusors:A...
. Edited by Louis C. FrainaLouis C. FrainaLouis C. Fraina was a founding member of the American Communist Party in 1919. After running afoul of the Communist International in 1921 over the alleged misappropriation of funds, Fraina left the organized radical movement, emerging in 1930 as a left wing public intellectual by the name of Lewis...
. Merged with the New York Communist after the June 1919 National Conference of the Left Wing Section due to budgetary reasons and moved to New York City.
- New York CommunistNew York CommunistThe New York Communist was a short-lived weekly newspaper issued by the Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party of Local Greater New York, encompassing the New York City metro area. The paper was edited by the renowned radical journalist and war correspondent John Reed...
(April 1919 to June 1919) — New York City weekly edited by John Reed, with Benjamin GitlowBenjamin GitlowBenjamin "Ben" Gitlow was a prominent American socialist politician of the early twentieth century and a founding member of the Communist Party USA. From the end of the 1930s, Gitlow turned to conservatism and wrote two sensational exposés of American Communism, books which were very influential...
serving as business manager. New York organ of the Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party. Merged with The Revolutionary Age (which moved from Boston to New York) after the June 1919 National Conference of the Left Wing Section.
- The Communist (CPA, 1919) (1919-1921) — Official organ of the old (pre-merger) Communist Party of America.
- Communist Labor (1919-1920) — Official organ of the Communist Labor Party of America.
- The Communist (UCP) (1920-21) — Official organ of the underground United Communist Party of America.
- The Communist (CPA, 1921) (1921-1923) — Official organ of the unified Communist Party of America, Section of the Communist International.
- Official Bulletin of the Communist Party of America (1921) — Official organ of the unified Communist Party of America, Section of the Communist International. The Bulletin contained party financial details and policy summaries and was merged away through incorporation of the same material in The Communist after just two issues. Publication is available online.
- Workers' Challenge (1921) — "Legal" weekly of the underground Communist Party of America (CPA), listing their alter-ego the Contemporary Publishing Association (CPA) as the publisher. Extremely rare publication, Michigan State UniversityMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
possesses 7 issues only in hardcopy; Wisconsin Historical Society seems to have lost the master negative for film of a fragmentary run.
- The Communist (CCF) (1922) — Official organ of the dissident Central Caucus faction of the Communist Party of America, which established a parallel organization in January 1922.
- Workers' Challenge (1922) (March-September 1922) — Weekly newspaper of the United Toilers of AmericaUnited Toilers of AmericaThe United Toilers of America was the legal wing of an underground Marxist group which split off from the Communist Party of America in the 1920s.-History:...
, the "legal political party" established by the "Communist Party of America" launched by the Central Caucus faction in January 1922. Tamiment Library of New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
has a run of this publication on microfilm, although they are not the source of the original master negative.
- The Cleveland Socialist (1917-1919) —
- The Toiler (1919-1921) —
- The Worker (1922-1924) —
- The Daily Worker, (1924- ) —
- The Worker, published only on Sunday, had the same management and publisher as the Daily Worker. Contributor Frank Marshall DavisFrank Marshall DavisFrank Marshall Davis was an American journalist, poet, and political and labor movement activist.-Early life:...
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- The Voice of Labor (July 1921-August 1924) — Following the departure of The Toiler from Cleveland to New York City, the Communist Party was left without a significant English-language weekly in the midwest. In July 1921, the decision was made to convert the party's faltering Scandinavian weekly, Socialdemokraten, into a Chicago-based English newspaper. Effective with the July 8, 1921 issue this change was made. With the emergence of The Daily Worker in 1924 and its move to Chicago, The Voice of Labor became superfluous and the publication was transformed into Farmer-Labor Voice in the Summer of 1924.
- Farmer-Labor Voice (1924) —
- Western Worker (1932-1937) — West coast weekly organ of the CPUSA, published in broadsheet format.
- People's Daily World was published by the Pacific Publishing Foundation of San Francisco, California and served as the official West Coast Daily of CPUSA. Offices were located in Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Editors included Al Richmond and Adam Lapin.
- People's Voice of Harlem was published by the Powell-Buchanan Publishing Co., Inc, New York, NY; it was a daily publication. Board of directors, Adam Clayton Powell; chairman, Charles P. Buchanan; secretary. Max Yergan ; treasurer, Hope Stevens ; and Ferdinand Smith. The editor in chief was Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.; general manager and editor, Doxey Wilkerson; contributing editor was Paul RobesonPaul RobesonPaul Leroy Robeson was an American concert singer , recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the twentieth century...
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Party magazines
- The LiberatorThe Liberator (magazine)The Liberator was a monthly socialist magazine established by Max Eastman and his sister Crystal Eastman in 1918 to continue the work of The Masses, which was shut down by the wartime mailing regulations of the U.S. government. Intensely political, the magazine included copious quantities of art,...
(1918-1924) — Radical literary-artistic magazine established in New York City by Max EastmanMax EastmanMax Forrester Eastman was an American writer on literature, philosophy and society, a poet, and a prominent political activist. For many years, Eastman was a supporter of socialism, a leading patron of the Harlem Renaissance and an activist for a number of liberal and radical causes...
and his sister Crystal EastmanCrystal EastmanCrystal Catherine Eastman was a lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She is best remembered as a leader in the fight for women's right to vote, as a co-editor of the radical arts and politics magazine The Liberator, and as a co-founder of the Women's International League...
in response to the legal difficulties suffered by The MassesThe MassesThe Masses was a graphically innovative magazine of socialist politics published monthly in the U.S. from 1911 until 1917, when Federal prosecutors brought charges against its editors for conspiring to obstruct conscription. It was succeeded by The Liberator and then later The New Masses...
with the U.S. Department of Justice during World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. Made into a Communist Party publication in the fall of 1922 and merged with the organ of the Trade Union Educational League, The Labor Herald, and that of the Friends of Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia Illustrated, in 1924 to form The Workers' Monthly.
- The Workers' Monthly (1924-1927) — Successor to The Liberator, merging three CP-supported publications into one for financial reasons — The Workers Monthly, The Labor Herald, and Soviet Russia Illustrated. Published monthly in Chicago in the printing plant of The Daily Worker.
- The Communist (1927-1944) — Official theoretical journal of the CPUSA, successor to The Workers' Monthly. Published monthly.
- Political Affairs (1945-date) — Official theoretical journal of the CPUSA, published monthly in New York City. The editor was Max Weiss; associate editors, V. J. JeromeV. J. JeromeVictor Jeremy Jerome was a Polish-American communist writer and editor. He is best remembered as a Marxist cultural essayist and as the long-time editor of the theoretical journal of the Communist Party USA.-Early years:...
, Alexander BittelmanAlexander BittelmanAlexander "Alex" Bittelman was a Russian-born Jewish-American communist political activist, Marxist theorist , contributed a more complex analysis , and writer. A founding member of the Communist Party of America, Bittelman is best remembered as the chief factional lieutenant of William Z...
, Abner W. Berry, and Jack StachelJack StachelJacob Abraham "Jack" Stachel was an American Communist functionary who was a top official in the Communist Party from the middle 1920s until his death in the middle 1960s...
. Political Affairs is direct successor to The Communist.
- The New MassesThe New MassesThe "New Masses" was a prominent American Marxist publication edited by Walt Carmon, briefly by Whittaker Chambers, and primarily by Michael Gold, Granville Hicks, and Joseph Freeman....
(1926-1940s) was an artistic-literary monthly launched in 1926, revisiting the style of The Masses and The Liberator. The publication maintained a semi-independent financial position during its first years by virtue of being recipient of substantial aid from the Garland FundGarland FundThe American Fund for Public Service, commonly known as the Garland Fund, was a philanthropic organization established in 1922 by Charles Garland, the son of a Wall Street stockbroker named James A Garland Jr. and Marie Louise Tudor Garland...
. By the 1930s the publication was transformed into a plain-paper communist news magazine akin to The Nation or The New Republic.- Masses & Mainstream (1948-1960s) was a small-format magazine printed in New York, NY, by Mainstream Associates, Inc. The editor-in-chief was Samuel Sillen. The editors were Gwendolyn Bennett, Alvah Bessie, Milton Blau, Arnaud D 'Usseau, Howard FastHoward FastHoward Melvin Fast was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E. V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson.-Early life:Fast was born in New York City...
, Mike Gold, V. J. Jerome, Howard Lawson, Meridel LeSeuer, W. L. River, Dalton TrumboDalton TrumboJames Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist, and one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of film professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry...
, and Theodore Ward.
- Masses & Mainstream (1948-1960s) was a small-format magazine printed in New York, NY, by Mainstream Associates, Inc. The editor-in-chief was Samuel Sillen. The editors were Gwendolyn Bennett, Alvah Bessie, Milton Blau, Arnaud D 'Usseau, Howard Fast
- The Party Organizer (1927-1939) — Monthly for members devoted to internal party affairs.
- Party Affairs was an irregular internal publication targeted to party members.
Young Communist League
- New Pioneer was the magazine produced on behalf of the party's Young Pioneers children's movement.
- Champion of Youth, official organ of the Young Communist League, USAYoung Communist League, USAThe Young Communist League USA is the fraternal youth organization of the Communist Party USA. Although the name of the group has changed a number of times over the years, it dates its lineage back to 1920, shortly after the establishment of the first communist parties in America.-Early years:The...
(YCL).- Champion Labor Monthly, monthly magazine of the YCL.
Local and shop publications
- Boston Chronicle was published weekly in Boston, MA. The editor was William Harrison.
- Chicago StarChicago StarThe Chicago Star was a Communist Party USA weekly publication.Founded in 1946, members of the board of directors were Ernest De Maio, Frank Marshall Davis, William L. Patterson, Grant Oakes, and William Sennett. The executive editor was Frank M. Davis; managing editor, Carl Hirsch; and general...
was published weekly by the Chicago Star Publishing Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois Members of the board of directors were Ernest De Maio, Frank Marshall DavisFrank Marshall DavisFrank Marshall Davis was an American journalist, poet, and political and labor movement activist.-Early life:...
, William L. PattersonWilliam L. PattersonWilliam L. Patterson was a leader in the Communist Party USA and head of the International Labor Defense, a group that offered legal representation to communists, trade unionists, and African-Americans in cases involving issues of political or racial persecution...
, Grant Oakes, and William Sennett. The executive editor was Frank M. Davis; managing editor, Carl Hirsch; and general manager, William Sennett. Howard FastHoward FastHoward Melvin Fast was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E. V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson.-Early life:Fast was born in New York City...
was a columnist, and Rockwell Kent a contributing editor.
- Crisis was the organ of the East Pittsburgh section of the Communist Party.
- District Champion was published by the city committee of the Communist Party of the District of Columbia, with offices located in Washington' D. C. It was published monthly. The editor was William C. Taylor; secretary, Elizabeth Searle.
- Michigan Herald was published weekly by the People's Educational Publishing Association, of Detroit, Michigan. The editor was Hugo Bewaswenger.
- Party Voice was an irregular publication on internal affairs targeted to members of the CPUSA in New York state.
- Roxbury Voice was published in Roxbury, Mass.
- Waterfront Worker (Dec. 1932-1936) was a mimeographed publication produced in San Francisco under the auspices of the Communist-controlled Maritime Workers' Industrial Union.
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
- Volunteer for Liberty was published monthly by the Abraham Lincoln BrigadeAbraham Lincoln BrigadeThe Abraham Lincoln Brigade refers to volunteers from the United States who served in the Spanish Civil War in the International Brigades. They fought for Spanish Republican forces against Franco and the Spanish Nationalists....
in New York City. Periodic supplements were also put out by the Chicago branch of the organization. A paper by the same name was published by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain.
- Among FriendsAmong FriendsAmong Friends is a 1978 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with Russ Freeman, Bob Magnusson and Frank Butler.-Track listing:#"Among Friends" #"'Round Midnight" #"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"#"Blue Bossa"...
was published monthly by Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, New York, NY. The editor was David McKelvy White; editor, Rex Pitkin.
- News on Spain was published monthly by the Veterans of Abraham Lincoln Brigade, New York, NY. The editor was David McKelvy White.
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born
- The Lamp was published monthly by the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born in New York City.
- New York Beacon was the publication of the New York Committee for Protection of Foreign Born.
American League Against War and Fascism/American League for Peace and Democracy
- FIGHT against War and FascismFIGHT against War and FascismFIGHT Against War and Fascism was an anti-fascist broadsheet published in the United States by the American League Against War and Fascism from 1934 until 1938.It was sponsored by socialists and communists...
was the monthly newsmagazine of the American League Against War and FascismAmerican League Against War and FascismThe American League Against War and Fascism was an organization formed in 1933 by the Communist Party USA and pacifists united by their concern as Nazism and Fascism rose in Europe...
, chaired by J.B. MatthewsJ. B. MatthewsJoseph Brown "Doc" Matthews, Sr. , best known as J.B. Matthews, was an American linguist,and a educator, writer, and political activist...
. The large format 10 x 14 publication was printed on newsprint and saddle-stitched, with a cover price of just 5 cents per copy. The editorial office of FIGHT was located at 104 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Contributors to the first issue included Henri BarbusseHenri BarbusseHenri Barbusse was a French novelist and a member of the French Communist Party.-Life:...
, John StracheyJohn StracheySir John Strachey GCSI, CIE , British Indian civilian, fifth son of Edward Strachey, second son of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet, was born in London, England. After passing through the East India Company College, Strachey entered the Bengal civil service in 1842, and served in the North-Western...
, Fenner Brockway of the British Independent Labour PartyIndependent Labour PartyThe Independent Labour Party was a socialist political party in Britain established in 1893. The ILP was affiliated to the Labour Party from 1906 to 1932, when it voted to leave...
, Roger BaldwinRoger Nash BaldwinRoger Nash Baldwin was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union . He served as executive director of the ACLU until 1950....
of the American Civil Liberties UnionAmerican Civil Liberties UnionThe American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
. and artist William GropperWilliam GropperWilliam Victor "Bill" Gropper , was a U.S. cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist. A committed radical, Gropper is best known for the political work which he contributed to such left wing publications as The Revolutionary Age, The Liberator, The New Masses, The Worker, and The Morning...
. The publication was launched in November 1933 and ran until December 1937, at which time the publication's name was changed in accordance with the CPUSA's Popular FrontPopular frontA popular front is a broad coalition of different political groupings, often made up of leftists and centrists. Being very broad, they can sometimes include centrist and liberal forces as well as socialist and communist groups...
line. FIGHT is available on microfilm with the master negative held by the New York Public Library.
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- The Fight for Peace and Democracy - At the end of 1937, with the name of the issuing organization changed to the "American League for Peace and Democracy," the name of FIGHT against War and Fascism was changed to The Fight for Peace and Democracy. The first issue of Fight under the new name appeared in January 1938 and publication continued up to the signing of the 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.
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- 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.
American-Russian Institute
- The American Review on the Soviet
- Russian Technical Research News
- Soviet Culture, was used irregularly and published by the Committee of the American Russian Institute, 101 Post Street, San Francisco, California. The chairman was Louise R. Bransten.
- Soviet Health Care
- The Soviet Union Today
- The USSR in Construction
American Slav Congress
- Slav American was the quarterly magazine published in New York City by the American Slav Congress.
American Youth for Democracy
- AYD in Action was published monthly by the national staff of American Youth for Democracy, New York, NY.
- Spotlight was the official organ for American Youth for Democracy.
- 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
- Congress and Your Rights, was a weekly bulletin of the Washington, DC office of the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee.
Friends of Soviet Russia/Friends of the Soviet Union/National Council of American-Soviet Friendship
- The Weekly Bulletin of the Bureau of Information of The Soviet Union (1919) — First publication of the Russian Soviet Government Bureau, forerunner of the Friends of Soviet Russia.
Friends of Soviet RussiaThe Friends of Soviet Russia was formally established in the United States on August 9, 1921 as an offshoot of the American Labor Alliance for Trade Relations with Soviet Russia...
following the forced departure of Ludwig MartensLudwig MartensLudwig Christian Alexander Karl Martens was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician and engineer.-Early years:...
and Santeri NuortevaSanteri NuortevaSanteri Nuorteva was a Finnish-Soviet journalist and one of the first members of the Finnish parliament. Nuorteva served in the Finnish parliament as a member of the Social Democratic Party from 1907–1908 and 1909–1910...
from the United States. - Soviet Russia Illustrated (1923-1924) — Glossy monthly magazine carrying forward Soviet Russia. Merged with The Labor Herald and The Liberator in 1924 to establish The Workers' Monthly, official organ of the Workers (Communist) Party.
- Soviet Russia Today, a monthly magazine published by the Soviet Russia Today Publications, Inc., New York, NY. The editor was Jessica SmithJessica SmithJessica Smith may refer to:* Jessica Smith , , American activist and editor* Jessica Smith , one of the co-stars in the TV series Laguna Beach and portrayed the 'sun' in kids TV show The Teletubbies....
; assistant editor, Andrew Voynow; business manager, Donald Schoalman; literary editor, Isadore Schneider; editorial board, Dorothy Brewster, Robert Dunn, Thyra Edwards, A. A. Heller, Langston HughesLangston HughesJames Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance...
, Dr. John Kingsbury, Corliss LamontCorliss LamontCorliss Lamont , was a socialist philosopher, and advocate of various left-wing and civil liberties causes. As a part of his political activities he was the Chairman of National Council of American-Soviet Friendship starting from early 1940s...
, George Marshall, Isobel Walker Soule, and Maxwell S. Stewart.- New World Review was the successor publication to Soviet Russia Today, expanding its coverage from the Soviet Union to the Soviet-dominated countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The long-time editor of the publication was Jessica SmithJessica SmithJessica Smith may refer to:* Jessica Smith , , American activist and editor* Jessica Smith , one of the co-stars in the TV series Laguna Beach and portrayed the 'sun' in kids TV show The Teletubbies....
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- New World Review was the successor publication to Soviet Russia Today, expanding its coverage from the Soviet Union to the Soviet-dominated countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The long-time editor of the publication was Jessica Smith
- Reporter (CPUSA), a biweekly publication, was published by the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc., New York, NY. The editor was William Howard Melish.
- Soviet SportsSoviet SportsSovetsky Sport is a Russian daily sports newspaper. Between 1924 and 1946 the newspaper was called "Red Sports" , it was not printed between 1928 and 1932.- History :...
, was used irregularly and published by the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, New York. The editor was Eric A. Starbuck.
- American-Soviet Facts, published irregularly in New York City.
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. 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 just 15 cents a copy. First editors were Hansu Chan, J.W. Phillips, and Frederick Spencer. The publication continued through at least March 1942, with hardcopy issues in the collection of the New York Public Library.
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
- Labor Defender (1926-1941) was the monthly magazine of the International Labor DefenseInternational Labor DefenseThe International Labor Defense was a legal defense organization in the United States, headed by William L. Patterson. It was a US section of International Red Aid organisation, and associated with the Communist Party USA. It defended Sacco and Vanzetti, was active in the civil rights and...
organization. While this membership organization initially contained a substantial non-Communist contingent, by the 1930s its character as an arm of the Communist Party had become clear. In 1968 the magazine was reissued in bound reprint form by the Greenwood Reprint Company.
- Action Now, official organ of the Civil Rights CongressCivil Rights CongressThe Civil Rights Congress was a civil rights organization formed in 1946 by a merger of the International Labor Defense and the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties. It became known for involvement in civil rights cases such as the Trenton Six and justice for Isaiah Nixon. The CRC...
, published in New York City.- Action Bulletin, a weekly, also published in New York City.
- Action for Today, a monthly, also published in New York City.
International Workers Order
- Fraternal Outlook was published monthly by the International Workers OrderInternational Workers OrderThe International Workers Order was a Communist Party-affiliated insurance, mutual benefit and fraternal organization founded in 1930 and disbanded in 1954 as the result of legal action undertaken by the state of New York in 1951...
(IWO), New York, NY. The editor was Max BedachtMax BedachtMax Bedacht Sr. was a German-born American revolutionary socialist political activist, journalist, and functionary who helped establish the Communist Party of America. Bedacht is best remembered as the long-time head of the International Workers Order, a Communist Party-sponsored fraternal benefit...
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- Voice of 500 was the organ of the Lincoln Steffens Lodge, No. 500, of the IWO, located in New York City. The magazine was edited by Simon Schacter, founder of the lodge.
- Young Fraternalist was the monthly youth magazine published by the IWO in New York. The editor was Sol Vail.
Labor Youth League
- Challenge, newspaper that served as the official organ of the Labor Youth League.
- Youth Review was another publication of the Labor Youth League.
League of American Writers
- The Bulletin of the League of American Writers was the newsletter of the League of American Writers. Only a few copies of this publication, which was apparently launched in 1935, have survived.
Trade Union Educational League/Trade Union Unity League
- Labor Herald (1922-1924) — Official monthly magazine of the Trade Union Educational LeagueTrade Union Educational LeagueThe Trade Union Educational League was established by William Z. Foster in 1920 as a means of uniting radicals within various trade unions for a common plan of action. The group was subsidized by the Communist International via the Communist Party of America from 1922...
(TUEL), published in Chicago. While the name of TUEL head William Z. FosterWilliam Z. FosterWilliam Foster was a radical American labor organizer and Marxist politician, whose career included a lengthy stint as General Secretary of the Communist Party USA...
was listed as editor on the masthead, actual duties were handled by managing editor Earl BrowderEarl BrowderEarl Russell Browder was an American communist and General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1934 to 1945. He was expelled from the party in 1946.- Early years :...
. The magazine was merged along with Soviet Russia Pictorial and The Liberator in 1924 to form The Workers Monthly.
- Labor Unity — Official monthly magazine of the Trade Union Unity LeagueTrade Union Unity LeagueThe Trade Union Unity League was an industrial union umbrella organization of the Communist Party of the United States between 1929 and 1935...
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World Peace Congress
- In Defense of Peace was the official organ of the World Peace Congress, a group characterized as a "Communist front" by the United States government.
Agriculture
- Facts for Farmers was published monthly by the Farm Research, New York, NY. The publication was founded by Harold WareHarold WareHarold Maskell "Hal" Ware was an American Marxist regarded as one of the Communist Party's top experts on agriculture....
.The president of Farm Research and editor was Robert J. Coe, who wrote for the Political Affairs under the pseudonym Robert Digby.
Civil rights movement
- Action was published monthly by the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, Washington, DC.
Current affairs
- The LetterThe Letter- Film :* The Letter , a 1929 film directed by Jean de Limur starring Jeanne Eagels, adapted from the Somerset Maugham play* The Letter , a 1940 film directed by William Wyler starring Bette Davis, also adapted from the Somerset Maugham play* The Letter , a 1997 South Korean film, also known as...
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 SeldesGeorge SeldesGeorge Seldes was an American investigative journalist and media critic. The writer and critic Gilbert Seldes was his younger brother. Actress Marian Seldes is his niece....
from 1940 to 1950. The publication was cited as a "Communist front" by American federal authorities.
Drama
- New TheatreNew TheatreNew Theatre or New Theater may refer to:In the United Kingdom* The New Theatre , Wales* The New Theatre * The Noël Coward Theatre, London * New Theatre , The University Of Nottingham's student run theatre...
was the name of a Communist magazine dedicated to the dramatic arts.
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
- American Review of Soviet Medicine, published monthly in New York, NY, was edited by Dr. Jacob Heiman.
- Health and Hygiene was published monthly in New York, NY. The editors were Carl Malmberg and Peter Morell.
International affairs
- AmerasiaAmerasiaAmerasia was a journal of Far Eastern affairs best known for the 1940s "Amerasia Affair" in which several of its staff and their contacts were suspected of espionage and charged with unauthorized possession of government documents.-Publication:...
was published monthly by Amerasia in New York City published from 1937 to 1947. It was closely affiliated with the Institute of Pacific RelationsInstitute of Pacific RelationsThe Institute of Pacific Relations was an international NGO established in 1925 to provide a forum for discussion of problems and relations between nations of the Pacific Rim. The International Secretariat, the center of most IPR activity over the years, consisted of professional staff members who...
. Editors included Philip Jaffe and Kate L. Mitchell.
- Far East Spotlight, also known as Spotlight on the Far East, was the official publication of the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy.
- Far Eastern Survey was published every other week by the American Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations.
- Indonesian Review was published by the American Committee for Free Indonesia, Los Angeles, California The editor was Charles Bidien ; circulation manager, Peter Simatoepang.
- Korean Independence (1943-?) was a bilingual Korean/English newspaper published in Los Angeles.
- New Africa was published monthly by the Council on African AffairsCouncil on African AffairsThe Council on African Affairs , until 1941 called the International Committee on African Affairs , was a volunteer organization founded in 1937. It emerged as the leading voice of anti-colonialism and Pan-Africanism in the United States and internationally before Cold War anti-communism and...
in New York City. The chairman of the group was Paul RobesonPaul RobesonPaul Leroy Robeson was an American concert singer , recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the twentieth century...
and its executive director was Max Yergan.
- New World was published monthly by the Free Press Publishing Corp., Seattle, Washington.
- Our World, was published monthly by John P. Davis in New York City.
- Pacific AffairsPacific AffairsPacific Affairs ' is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes academic research on contemporary political, economic, and social issues in Asia and the Pacific. The journal was founded in 1926 as the newsletter for the entirety of the Institute of Pacific Relations . In May 1928, PA adopted...
was the quarterly magazine of the Pacific Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations.
- Report on World Affairs was published monthly in New York City. Its editor was Johannes Steel.
- Trend and Times — was published monthly by Louis AdamicLouis AdamicLouis Adamic was a Slovenian American author and translator.- Biography :Adamic was born at Praproče Mansion in Praproče near Grosuplje, in what is now Slovenia...
, Milford, N. J. Adamic was the editor and publisher.
- Voice of Freedom, New York, NY, was published monthly by the International Coordination Council. The editor was Richard Storrs Childs; associate editor, Minette Kuhn.
Jewish
- Jewish Life (1946-date) was launched in November 1946 as an English-language monthly by the CP-affiliated Yiddish-language Morning Freiheit. Editors included Louis Harap and Morris SchappesMorris SchappesMorris U. Schappes was a Jewish-American educator, writer, radical political activist, historian, and magazine editor. Schappes is best remembered for a 1941 perjury conviction obtained in association with testimony before the Rapp-Coudert Committee investigating Communism in education in New York,...
. The publication split from the Communist Party during the 1956 factional struggle and continues in 2011 as an independent progressive publication.
Labor movement
- Economic Notes was published monthly by Labor Research Association, New York City. The long-time editor was Robert DunnRobert DunnRobert Dunn is the author of four musical novels, Pink Cadillac , Cutting Time , Soul Cavalcade , Meet the Annas , and Look at Flower . The novels are published under Dunn's own independent publishing company, Coral Press, located in New York City...
.
- Industrial Journal was published monthly by James J. Boutselis, of Lowell, MassachusettsLowell, MassachusettsLowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...
.
- News of World Labor was published monthly by the Committee for AF of L Participation in World Federation of Trade Unions, Brooklyn, NY.
- Pension Builder was a specialized magazine relating to pension issues, the official organ of the Washington Pension Union.
- Railroad Worker's' Link was published by the Communist Party in New York, NY, as a monthly publication. The editor was Robert Wood.
Law
- Guild Lawyer was the official publication of the National Lawyers GuildNational Lawyers GuildThe National Lawyers Guild is an advocacy group in the United States "dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system . ....
. The magazine was edited in New York City by Simon Schacter.
- National Lawyers Guild Quarterly was a journal of the National Lawyers Guild.
- International Juridicial Association Monthly Bulletin was the organ of the International Juridicial Association, a group which succeeded the National Lawyers Guild.
Marxist theory
- Science and Society, a Marxist theoreticalTheoretician (Marxism)A theoretician is a term from the vernacular of Marxism relating to an individual who observes and writes about the condition or dynamics of society, history, or economics, making use of the main principles of Marxian socialism in the analysis....
quarterly was published in New York. It was edited by Bernhard Stern, Dirk Struik, Margaret Schlauch, and Edwin Berry Burgum.
Negro liberation movement
- Congress View was published monthly by the National Negro CongressNational Negro CongressThe National Negro Congress is an organization which was put into place by the Communist Party of the United States of America in 1935 at Howard University. It was a popular front organization created with the goal of fighting for Black liberation and was the successor to the League of Struggle for...
, New York, NY. The president was Max Yergen; executive secretary, Edward E. Strong; treasurer, Ferdinand C. Smith; secretary, Thelma Dale; labor and legislation director, Dorothy K. Funn; director of publicity, Mayme Brown; editorial board, W. Alphaeus Hunton, Frederick V. Field, Mayme Brown, and Elizabeth Catlett.
- Negro Digest, a Chicago weekly, was published and edited by John H. Johnson. Contributing editors included Henrietta Buckmaster, Langston HughesLangston HughesJames Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance...
, Carey McWilliams, and Mrs. Paul Robeson.
- Negro Quarterly was produced by the Negro Publication Society of America, Inc., New York, NY. Editor was Angelo HerndonAngelo HerndonAngelo Braxton Herndon was an African American labor organizer arrested and convicted for insurrection after attempting to organize black industrial workers in 1932 in Atlanta, Georgia...
; managing editor, Ralph Ellison; contributors, Langston HughesLangston HughesJames Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance...
, Henrietta Buckmaster, L. D. Reddick, Alfred Kreymborg, Charles Humbolt, Norman McLeod, and Louise Harap.
- Negro Affairs Quarterly (1953-1954) — Tabloid quarterly newspaper of the National Negro Commission of the Communist Party USA. The paper published news and articles by the CPUSA's black leadership, including Pettis Perry, William L. PattersonWilliam L. PattersonWilliam L. Patterson was a leader in the Communist Party USA and head of the International Labor Defense, a group that offered legal representation to communists, trade unionists, and African-Americans in cases involving issues of political or racial persecution...
, James W. FordJames W. FordJames W. "Jim" Ford was the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Communist Party USA in 1932, 1936, and 1940. A party organizer from New York City, Ford was the first African-American to appear on a presidential ticket in the 20th century....
, and Claudia JonesClaudia JonesClaudia Cumberbatch Jones was a Trinidadian journalist, who applied her skills to becoming a political activist and black nationalist through Communisum....
, and promoted the conclaves of the National Negro Labor CouncilNational Negro Labor CouncilThe National Negro Labor Council was a labor union dedicated to serving the needs and civil rights of black workers.In 1951, black workers formed the National Negro Labor Council , which was brought about to serving the needs and civil rights of black workers...
. The Tamiment Library of New York University holds master negative microfilm of the publication.
Peace
- Peace Crusader was the official organ of the American Peace Crusade.
- Peace Reporter was another publication of the American Peace Crusade.
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.
- People's Songs was published monthly by People's Songs, Inc., New York. The director was Peter Seeger and the board of directors included Woody GuthrieWoody GuthrieWoodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
, among others.
- 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
- Social Work Today was characterized by the US Government as a "Communist magazine" in 1944.
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.
- 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.
- Woman Today was a publication condemned by the US Government in 1944 as part of a so-called "Communist front."
- Working Woman was an "official" Communist magazine, according to the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1944.
- 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, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. 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
- Non-English press of the Communist Party USANon-English press of the Communist Party USADuring the nine decades since its establishment in 1919, the Communist Party USA produced or inspired a vast array of newspapers and magazines in at least 25 different languages...
- Communist Party USACommunist Party USAThe Communist Party USA is a Marxist political party in the United States, established in 1919. It has a long, complex history that is closely related to the histories of similar communist parties worldwide and the U.S. labor movement....