Early American Marxism
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Most of the following downloadable pdf documents deal directly or tangentially with the early American radical movement. They are generally designed to be printed off of a desktop printer and inserted into "sheet savers" in a binder for future reference. Each document has its own pagination so that it may be cited in scholarly references. We are also going to be adding HTML files and links to already existing HTML files on the Marxsts Interent Archive in from the MIA’s various Writers Archives, History and Subject sections. We would like to thank the Marxist History Web Site for allowing us to continue copying their files to insure wider distirbution of this important historical documents.
DOWNLOADS BY SPECIFIC YEAR. This opens a page from which you may download or readdocuments relating to ALL PARTIES AND GROUPS listed chronologically.
SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY DOWNLOADS. This opens a page from which you may download or readdocuments relating to the SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY OF AMERICA (1877-1930). This includes material both before and after Daniel DeLeon's 1890 emergence in the SLP.
SOCIALIST PARTY DOWNLOADS. This opens a page from which you may download or readdocuments relating to the SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA and its forerunners (1897-1930). Material relating to the Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party -- the organizational forerunner of the American Communist movement, appears here.
COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL DOWNLOADS. This opens a page from which you may download or readdocuments relating to the COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL or “Comintern” and its relationship to it's US supporters and the formation of the Communist Party.
COMMUNIST PARTY DOWNLOADS. This opens a page from which you may download or readdocuments relating to the COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA and its organizational predecessors (1919-1930). Material relating to the Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party is accessible from the Socialist Party downloads page.
COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF AMERICA DOWNLOADS. This opens a page from which you may download or readdocuments relating to the COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF AMERICA and its organizational predecessors (1928-1934). Material related later to it’s decendents (WORKERS PARTY of the US (1934-1938) and the SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY (1938- ) will be added later.
LOVESTONITE ORGANIZATIONS DOWNLOADS. This opens a page from which you may download or readdocuments relating to the LOVESTONITE ORGANIZATIONS (1929-1940). Jay Lovestone lead various permutations from a 1928 split in the Communist Party of America. They had four names: Communist Party (Majority Group), Communist Party USA (Opposition), Independent Communist Labor League, and Independent Labor League of America.
PROLETARIAN PARTY DOWNLOADS. This opens a page from which you may download or readdocuments relating to the PROLETARIAN PARTY (1920-1930). This party was an offshoot of the Socialist Party of Michigan, associated with the figures of Dennis Batt and John Keracher.
The WORKERS’ COUNCIL of THE UNITED STATES. of the United States was a short-lived independent organization which emerged from the Socialist Party of America after its 1921 National Convention held at Detroit. This links opens a small collection of documents from the WORKERS’ COUNCIL of THE UNITED STATES.