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.TO THE STUDY OF LENIN AND OUR PARTY By ,ALEX BI'ITELMAN

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THE UNITED FRONT TACTICS IN THE LAWRENCE STRIKE.~ 9 By WILLIAM WEINSTONE

THE STRUGGLE AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE COMMUNIST WAY OUT OF THE CRISIS .......... o ••• 0 0 17

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SOME LESSONS OF THE LAsT MINERS' STRIKE By S. WILLNER

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LEADERSHIP AT THE BENCH .... ; o. 0" 0 •• 0 ••••••••••••• : 46 By JOHN STEUBEN

ON THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MARXISM-LENINISM 0 0 ••••••••••••• ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 53

By V. ADORATSKY

SOME QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF BOLSHE-VISM .............................. ,.................... 66

By J. STALIN

THE IRISH REBELLION IN 1916 ............................ 78 By V. 1. LENIN

HEGEL - Hundredth Anniversary of the Death of Hegel .,. . . . . . . .. 84-By K.A. WITTFOGEL

THE INCREASED DANGER OF 'WAR AGAINST THE U. S. S. R. AND THE TASKS OF THE fOMMUNISTS-Resolution of the Eleventh Plenum of the E. C. C. I. ........................ 89

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VOL. XI FEBRUARY, 1932 No. 2

CONTENTS:

. THE INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BOLSHEVISM.... 99 By M. H. C.

THE PROBLEM OF CADRES. IN THE PARTy................ 110

By C. SMITH

GROWING REVOLT IN JAPAN ................ ' ............. , 124-By NAKATA

A YEAR OF SHARP CLASS STRUGGLES IN CANADA By SAM CARR (Toronto)

131

ON THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MARXISM­LENINISM (continued from last issue) ..... ,.............. 141

By V. AOORATSKY

FOR A BOLSHEVIST STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION

Speech by I. M. KAGANOVITCH 159

STATEMENT OF COMRADE Y AROSLAVSKY ................ 179 In connection with comrade Stalin's letter on the Slutsky article

THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND PARLIAMENTARISM ...... 1114-Theses adopted by the Second Congress of the Communist International July 17-August 7, 1920~

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CONTENTS: JAPANESE IMPERIALISM IN ALL ITS INSOLENT NAKEDNESS 195

THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN ............. 201 By N. OSSINSKY

THE DIRECTIVES ON THE SECOND FIVE YEAR PLAN OF SOVIET UNION-Resolution of the XVII Party Conference of the C.P.S.U. ............................................. 206

ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS IN OUR UNEMPLOYMENT WORK ................................................ 215

By S. WILLNEIl

HOW THE CRISIS HIT THE AUTO WORKERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 230 By ROBEIlT L. CIlUDEN ant ROBEIlT W. DUNN

THE GROWING POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ORGANIZA-TIONAL WORK IN THE PRESENT SITUATION .......... 239

By C. SMITH

THE UPRISING IN SALVADOR ............................. 248 By O. RODIlIGUES

ON THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MARXISM-LENINISM (Continued from last issue) .................... 252

By V. AOOllATSKY

ARMAMENTS AND PROFITS ............................... 265 By LABOIl RESEAIlCH ASSOCIATION

"DISARMAMENT" ......................................... 212 By V. I. LENIN

THE TASKS OF THE COMMUNIST SECTIONS REGARDING MUNICIPAL POLICY-Resolution of the Enlarged Presidium of the R.C.C.I., February, 1930 .............................. 281

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VOL. XI APRIL; 1932 No.4-

CONTENTS:

~HE WORLD IS DRIFTING INTO AN IMPERIALIST ,WORLD WAR ................................................. 291

FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION OF THE NEGROES! WAR AGAINST'WHITE CHAUVINISM! ......... .-. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 295

By EARL BROWI>E,R

THE TASKS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, U. S. A ........ Resolution for the Central Committee Plenum ........................ 310

THE ROLE OF AMERICAN FINANCE CAPITAL ·IN THE PRESENT CRISIS...................................... 325

By HARRY GANNES

SHOP POLITICS AND ORGALVIZATION ...................... 3lS By JOHN STEUBEN

MARXISM AND THE NATIONAL PROBLEM 350 By J. STALIN

ON THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ·MARXISM-LENINISM. (Continued from last issue) .................... lS 7

By V. Aoo~TSKY

OSWALD SPENGLER'S "PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE" '" ...... " . . .. 371 IJ.y G. VASILKOVSKY

LATIN AMERICA AND OUR PRESS ...... ,................... 378 By A. G. MARTIN

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VOL. XI. MAY, 1932 No.5

CONTENTS MAY DAY, 1932 ........................................... 387

JAPAN, AMERICA AND THE SOVIET UNION.............. 392 Extracts from the Speech of Earl Browder at the Plenum of the Central Committee, April 1 7, 1932

LESSONS OF THE STRIKE STRUGGLES IN THE U. S. A. .... 402 Resolution of the E. C. C. I.

LENIN'S INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DELEGATION AT THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ................................. 414

FOR A COMPLETE MOBILIZATION OF THE PARTY FOR REAL MASS WORK IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN.... 418 Extracts from the Report of C. A. Hathaway on the Election Campaign, delivered at the 14th Plenum of the Central Com­mittee.

THE GROWTH OF THE PARTY IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST CENTRISM AND SECTARIANISM...................... 433

By ALEX BJITELMAN

THE CANADIAN PARTY AND ITS STRUGGLE AGAINST ILLEGALITy.......................................... 443 Extracts from Speech of the Fraternal Delegate of the Canadian Communist Party to the Central Committee Plenum

THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR OF CRISIS REVEALS FURTHER DEEPENING ............................... 454

By LABOR RESEARCH AsSOCIATION

MARXISM 6.ND THE NATIONAL PROBLEM (Continued) .... 460 By J. STALIN

ON THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MARXISM-LENINISM (Concluded) ................................. 466

By V. ADORATSKY

MARXIST STUDY COURSES ............................... 479

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VOL. XI JUNE, 1932 No.6

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THE IMPERIALIST OFFENSIVE AND THE FOURTEENTH PLENUM OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ......... 483

THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE WORKING CLASS AND OUR MASS WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

By O. KUUSINEN

SOME ELEMENTARY PHASES OF THE WORK IN THE REFORMIST TRADE UNIONS ........ 509

By WILLIAM Z. FOSTER

FASCISM, SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNISM ........ 519 By W. KNORIN

LESSONS OF TWO RECENT STRIKES .. In the Light of the E. C. C. I. Resolution on Lessons of the Strike Struggles in U. S. A.

By JACK STACHEL

THE WAR OFFENSIVE-TIGHTENING THE CAPITALIST

527

DICTATORSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES By BILL DUNNE

. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 543

THE SECOND FIVE-YEAR PLAN .. . .................. 553 By MOISSAYE J. OLGIN

MARXISM AND THE NATIONAL PROBLEM (Continued) 569

By JOSEPH STALIN

LENIN ON LITERATURE . . .................. 575

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VOL. XI JULY, 1932 No.7

CONTENTS

CONCRETIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE ANTI-WAR STRUGGLE 579 EDITORIAL

PLACE THE PARTY ON A WAR FOOTING .................... 590 By EARL BROWDER

CONTRADICTIONS AMONG THE rMPERIALISTS AND CON­FLICTS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 606

By N. TERENTYEV

YANKEE IMPERIALIST INTERVENTION AGAINST THE CHI-NESE REVOLUTION ..................................... 620

By M. JAMES

THE REVOLUTIONARY EXAMPLE OF THE JAPANESE TOILERS (A Letter from Tokyo) .......................... 625

By KUMAMOTO

WILL IMPERIALIST WAR BRING BACK PROSPERITy? ....... 631 By ROBERT W. DUNN

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN THE WAR AREA. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 640 By WILLIAM SIMONS

THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE PROVOCATEUR .............. 647

"THE DEFENSE OF THE FATHERLAND" .................... 657 By V. 1. LENIN

THE ECONOMIC CRISIS GRINDS ON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 663 By JOHN b.VING

BOOK REVIEWS ............................................ 670

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CONTENTS THE ELECTION STRUGGLE IS 'TIlE FIGHT FOR BREAD.... 675

(EDITORIAL) UNEMPLOYED WORK-OUR WEAK POINT ................ 681

By A. ALLEN SHOULD COMMUNISTS PARTICIPATE IN BOURGEOIS

PARLIAMENTS? ...................................... 688 By V. I. LENIN

THE FIGHT AGAINST SECTARIANISM IN THE NATIONAL MINERS' UNION ...................................... 697

By TOM JOHNSON RAPID UPSURGE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE'S WAR

IN MANCHURIA ...................................... 705 By T. S. S.

THE AMERICAN SOCIAL FASCISTS ....................... 708-By M. H. CHILDS

THE GROW'TII OF THE REVOLUTIONARY UPSURGE IN THE CARIBBEAN .......................................... 716

By O. RODRIGUEZ SOME PROBLEMS OF AGIT-PROP WORK AND OUR ELECTION

CAMPAIGN ........................................... 723 By SAM DON

THE TRAINING OF NEW CADRES AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM 731 By A. MARKOFF

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM'S GROWING PARASITIC BUREAUCRACY ...................................... 740

By MAX WEISS THE WORK OF TRADE UNION FRACTIONS - Resolution of

the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International ........................................... 745

THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC CRISIS ....................... 754 By LABOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

CAPITALIST PRODUCTION SUNK TO 19th CENTURY LEVEL. 76'1-BOOK REVIEWS .......................................... 767

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VOL. XI SEPTEMBER, 1932 No.9

CO NT E NT S

THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CAPITALIST OFFENSIVE AND THE UNITY OF THE EMPLOYED AND THE UNEMPLOYED 771

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HOW THE ST. LOUIS UNEMPLOYED VICTORY WAS WON .... 786 By B. K. GEBERT

LESSONS OF THE BONUS MARCH .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. 792 STATEMENT OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE, C.P.U.S.A.

THE AMERICAN FARMERS ARE BEGINNING TO FIGHT .. , ... 805 By H. PORO

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESULTS OF THE GERMAN ELECTIONS ............................................ 811

By V. KNORIN

THE OTTAWA EMPIRE CONFERENCE .... :.................. 817 By R. PALMEDuTT

THE BANKRUPTCY OF CAPITALISM AND CAPITALIST EDUCATION .......................................... . 831

By JAMES W. FORD

LESSONS OF THE REVOLUTION ............................ 843 By V. 1. LENIN

IS PROSPERITY AROUND THE CORNER? 856 By JOHN IRVING

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THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CAPITALIST OFFENSIVE AND THE UNITY OF THE EMPLOYED AND THE UNEMPLOYED .... 771

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HOW THE ST. LOUIS UNEMPLOYED VICTORY WAS WON .... 786

By B. K. GEBERT

LESSONS OF THE BONUS MARCH ....... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. 792

STATEMENT OF -CENTRAL COMMITTEE, C.P.U.S.A.

THE AMERICAN FARMERS ARE BEGINNING TO FIGHT ...... 80S

By H. Pmto

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESULTS OF THE GERMAN ELECTIONS ............................................ 811

By V. KNORIN

THE OTTAWA EMPIRE CONFERENCE .... ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 817

By R. PALME DUTT

_ THE BANKRUPTCY OF CAPITALISM AND CAPITALIST EDUCATION ........................................... 831

By JAMES W. FORD

LESSONS OF THE REVOLUTION ............................ 843

By V. I. LENIN

IS PROSPERITY AROUND THE CORNER? .................... 856

By JOHN IRVING

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VOL. XI NOVEMBER .. 1932 No. 11

CONTENTS

FIFTEEN YEARS OF VICTORIOUS PROLET ARIANREVOLUTION 963

CAPITALIST STABILIZATION HAS ENDED .... _ .. _ .... _._ .. _. __ ......... __ 975 Thesis of the Tw~lfth Plenum of the E.C.C.I and the Report of Comrade Kuusinen

THE GREAT DIVIDE ..... _ ..... _ ..... _ .. _ ...... _ .... _ .... _ ............ _ .. _ .... _ ... _ .. _ ..... _ ... _ .... _. 989

By MOISSAYE J. OLGIN

LENIN'S WRITINGS BETWEEN THE TWO REVOLUTIONS OF 1917 .......................... __ ..... _ ........ _. __ ....... _ ................................. _ ... _ ........... ___ ... _ ..... _ ..... ,__ 1000

By ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG

LENIN ON THE EVE OF OCTOBER .. _._._ .................. _ .............. _ ....... _ .... _ .......... _ ... _. 1010

THE CAPITALIST OFFENSIVE AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAY OUT OF TilE CRISIS ................ _ .. _ .... _ .......................... _ ... _ ... _ ........... _ ... 1015

B, BILL DUNNE

IMPERIALISM DICTATES THE MAIN POLICY OF THE KOUMINT AN G ............ __ ................. _ .. _ ............. _ ........ _._ ......... _ ............... _ .. _ .......... _ .... _... 1023

By D. L HAN (SHANGHAI)

THE LESSONS OF THE ILLINOIS MINERS' STRIKE ........ _ .................... 1029 By S. WILLNER

HOW MANY UNEMPLOYED? .. _. __ ........... _ ......................... _._ .... _ ............. _............ 1048 By JOHN IRVING

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VOL. XI DECEMBER.. 1932 No. 12

CONTENTS .....--:-.... :::'.~'.-., THE UNITED FRONT POLJ4:~S11{g5.~~AINST

SECTARIANISM --:; 0;i;;-t;t;,f;-;:C";;~~'~:~~- S----· 1059

THE SCOrrSBORO D ~~'~~~:.}:~:;;\~.~:r---- 1061

THE EXPANDING~-Fi:ht.WPE.MLisT'~"" :,X '8; ,-;i~::,' UTH AMERICA ..................... f~?~~j:-~;\~.{~~i~ ~r ""&j--,n ................. 1076

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THE UNITED FRONT_~~·"·:'·· . ~ ~\ 1'.!" ...

B -"J1~,~!:I~~ DISTORTERS OF THE REVO -----AGE OF THE

AMERICAN PROLETARIAT ................................................................................................ _ 1103 By JAMES S. ALLEN

SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES AND TASKS OF THE COM-MUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS .............................. 1119

By S. CARPIO

HOW MANY UNEMPLOYED? (continued from last month's issue) 1135

By JOHN IRVING

BOOK REVIEWS: ............................................................... _ ......... __ ... __ ._ ................................................... 1143

INDEX-VOLUME XI-1932 ....................................................................... _ ............................... _ ...... 1149

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