Labor Age was a left-labor monthly magazine published by the Labor Publication Society from 1921-1933. It succeeded the Socialist Review, journal of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society

Intercollegiate Socialist Society

The Intercollegiate Socialist Society was the a Socialist student organization from 1905-1921. It attracted many prominent intellectuals and writers and acted as the unofficial Socialist Party of America student wing...

. Labor Age aligned with the League for Industrial Democracy

League for Industrial Democracy

The League for Industrial Democracy , from 1960-1965 known as the Students for a Democratic Society , was founded in 1905 by a group of notable socialists including Harry W. Laidler, Jack London, Norman Thomas, Upton Sinclair, and J.G. Phelps Stokes...

, and during 1929-33 the magazine was affiliated with the Conference for Progressive Labor Action with A. J. Muste

A. J. Muste

The Reverend Abraham Johannes "A.J." Muste was a Dutch-born American clergyman and political activist. Muste is best remembered for his work in the labor movement, pacifist movement, and the US civil rights movement.-Early years:...

 playing a prominent role. Other important figures associated with Labor Age were James Maurer, Harry W. Laidler

Harry W. Laidler

Harry Wellington Laidler was an American socialist functionary, writer, magazine editor, and politician. He is best remembered as Executive Director of the League for Industrial Democracy, successor to the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, and for his close political association with perennial...

, and Louis Budenz. The magazine advocated industrial unionism, economic planning and the nationalization of industries. It was also a major promoter of the workers education movement.

Footnotes

Jon Bloom and Paul Buhle, "Intercollegiate Socialist Society and Successors," Encyclopedia of the American Left (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990), pp362-363.