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Vol. XVII No. 1, 5 January 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Anti-Trucks law fight supported by labor’s daily
Legless veteran hounded, faces eviction as a “subversive”, by George Breitman
- James Kutcher (photo)
- Kutcher speaks out on new prosecution
Secret plan reported to intensify war, by Joseph Keller
128,000 U.S. casualties in Korea (cartoon)
Big drive set by reactionaries free opinion in schools
New Stalin bid meets same hostile reception, by Harry Frankel
1952 in Review – Year of Tremendous Events
- World capitalist crisis deepened, revolts grew, by Harry Frankel
- Africans tried by British imperialists (photo)
- Wall Street tightened grip on U.S. last year, by George Clarke
- Phony POW issue blocks truce for 12 months, by Art Price
- Massacre survivors (photo)
Trenton victim dies
[Editorials]
- Is time ripe for labor party
- Beside your rent
- The case of Rene Girondel
Japanese miners wage heroic 61-day strike
- Class struggle in Japan (photos)
The American Way of Life
- The left-hook of Jake McKenny – I, from United Packinghouse Workers of America, Action Against Jim Crow
Revolutionary Bolivian workers oppose further tribute on mines
The Militant Army
Kidnapping in Detroit
“Suffer little children”, by Art Price
Their “good time” (photo)
“It might incriminate me and I refuse to testify”, by George Lavan
- Eugene V. Debs (drawing)
Things will roll, by Thomas Raymond
Prospects for U.S. weighed by Cannon in 3rd L.A. Talk
Vol. XVII No. 2, 12 January 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
New congress swiftly blocks civil rights bills
- Senator Taft cartoon)
Eisenhower arouses world’s fear of expanded Korea War, by Joseph Keller
Lead fight against police-state law (photo)
Bolivian gov’t averts attempted reactionary coup
Mich. citizens committee hailed for defense of of civil liberties
A correction
Feature Kutcher case on AFL radio hook-up
Plans announced for memorial to Carlo Tresca
Progressive Party faces “modification”, by Art Preis
World prospects of capitalism and socialism
- Roosevelt (photo)
- Winston Churchill (cartoon)
- Hitler (photo)
- Gen. Marshall ((photo)
- Stalin (cartoon)
- Chiang Kai-shek (cartoon)
[Editorials]
- Some significant strike figures
- The Militant stands for accuracy
- The witch-hunters demand blood
What’s behind Reston’s questions to Stalin? by Joseph Hansen
The American Way of Life
- The left-hook of Jake McKenny – II, from United Packinghouse Workers of America, Action Against Jim Crow
The Negro Struggle
- Collis English, by George Lavan
Big business in war cabinet (photo)
Striking N.Y bus drivers put City Hall on griddle, by Harry Ring
Dock workers resist Ryan role in strike
“Dangerously anemic”
Notes from the News
- Shachtmanites woes
- Oklahoma’s Intercollegiate Student Senate
- Something to hide?
- Stanley Sydow
- Where his sympathy lies
- Pensylvania
- Army desertions
- St. Louis Teamsters
- Pensions inadequate
- Senator McCarthy’s finances
Vol. XVII No. 3, 19 January 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
SWP challenges boss candidates in Los Angeles, by Louise Manning
- Myra T. Weiss (photo)
Millionaires’ club moves in as Eisenhower takes office, by Thomas Raymond
- The inaugural ball (cartoon), by Gray
Fight delayed over Kutcher ‘loyalty’ oath
Foreign trade expert tells how to patch a hole
Truman’s war threat – an assist for Dulles, by Joseph Hansen
- Truman (cartoon)
An Editorial
- The new Moscow frame-up
Can business hold up if war spending drops? by Harry Frankel
Bolivian government party faces future of internal strains
Fear of “Trotskyism” revealed in in purge cases of Marty, Tillon, by M. Stein
The American Way of Life
- Only in America, by Harry Frankel
Questioned on shady deals (photo)
Casualties in Korea
[Editorials]
- For a union cost-of-living index
- Ohio witch-hunt
- New European crisis
Truman ‘warns’ Stalin about Lenin’s views, by John G. Wright
- Lenin (drawing)
Debate ‘loyalty’ housing oath in Newark
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- The anti-semitic purge
- Armed students
- Pakistan’s ruling Moslem League party
- Premier Mossadegh
- General Sir Brian Robertson
- Censors began scanning
- General Naguib
- The La Paz correspondent of the N.Y. Times
- Large contingents of Japanese police
The Negro Struggle
- A lesson of maneuvers, by Jean Blake
Labor party due in U.S.A. says Cannon
The missing mayor (photo)
Ryan on griddle over ‘anti-red’ $182,000 fund, by Harry Ring
P.S. 19, by Joyce Cowley
Letters from Our Readers
- Contrasts CIO policies in U.S.A. and Canada, from Peter Farnsworth
- Sees no hope in capitalist world, from L.B. Courts
- Miners approve $10,000 donation to Japanese strike, from G.N.
- Curran expresses his chagrin, from M.W.
- Rank and file must oust Ryan; take over union, from A Maritime Worker
- Mails Militant to friends seeking truth, from E.C.
Notes from the News
- Clemency for Reosenbergs
- Albert Einstein
- The IWW newspaper Industrial Worker
- The Catholic Worker
- The Weekly People
- The Socialist Call
- Labor Action
- The New Leader
- The Militant
- AFL Teamsters Union
- Organizing drive
Vol. XVII No. 4, 26 January 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Face “loyalty” oath eviction
New president keeps silent on way to end Korean War, by Joseph Keller
Einstein, Urey score Kremlin purge trials
Rosenberg children visit parents in prison (photos)
13 more CP leaders convicted under infamous Smith ‘Gag’ Act, by George Lavan
Largest local backs fight on Trucks law
UAW urged to push new party for labor
Stalin’s blood purge aimed at internal unrest, by John G. Wright
Capitalist and socialist prospects in America, by James P. Cannon
- Led first American Revolution (photo)
- Leader of second American Revolution (photo)
[Editorials]
- Lawyers need defense
- Protect the escalator clause
- What about tax relief?
Stalinists to emphasize “coalition” politics, by Art Preis
- Vito Marcantonio (photo)
Their 13 co-defendents convicted (photo)
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- Leon Trotsky’s biography of Stalin
- West German miners
- Seven Nazis were arrested
- Eugene Varga
- The new French government
- Fascist butcher Franco
- Averell Harriman
- The first purchase
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- A false policy
Strike shuts Baltimore schools (photo)
Ryan-Hall port council in N.Y. rouses suspicion, by Harry Ring
- Not talking (photo)
Negro minister fights to keep his passport
Double-talk on child care, by Joyce Cowley
Casualties in Korea
Akron SWP hits Beacon stand on Rosenbergs
Cannon lecture pictures U.S under workers’ rule, by Ernest Rief
Notes from the News
- Labor Action
- I.F. Stone’s Weekly
- Florida authorities
- A third of a million school rooms
- A 9-year-old Negro boy was shot
- Florida NAACP
- Army desertions
- Candid insurance salesmen
- Texas CIO
Phila. transit workers bow to pressure, end strike
Vol. XVII No. 5, 2 February 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Jim-Crow in U.S capital upheld by federal court, by George Lavan
No peace in store for Korea, Dulles declaration indicates, by Joseph Keller
- Dulles (photo)
Jewish Congress weekly hits oaths supports Kutcher
What’s good for us is good for America – ain’t it? (cartoon), by Gray
Real reasons behind Stalin’s purge, by John G. Wright
Anti-Trucks law fight publicized in labor, civil rights newspapers
Planned that way
Labor party demand stirs Ill. CIO parley
Syngman Rhee – Washington’s bloody little puppet, by Art Preis
Auto local paper tells need for labor’s own party
Legless vet Kutcher addresses Newark housing oath hearing
The American Way of Life
- Charles E. Wilson makes good, by Harry Ring
Pittsburgh prison revolt (photos)
The Militant Army
[Editorials]
- An instructive contrast
- New voices against the witch-hunt
- Drug menace to GIs in Korea
Stalinists oppose nationalization in India, by S.C.C. Anthony Pillaian, from Samasamajist
Nazis arrested by British (photos)
All-Quebec strike threat withdrawn by CCCL leaders, by Peter Farnsworth
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- A new Brazilian labor paper
- Washington’s reasons
- Guatemalan farm workers
- Charles Tillon
- The East German Stalinists’ Central Committee
- In Budapest
- South Korean soldiers
- India’s relations with the U.S.
- Japan’s unfavorable trade balance
- Egyptian dictator, Gen. Naguib
- The French Merchant Marine Ministry
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Stalinist anti-semitism
Cannon foretells the socialist future of United States, by Ernest Rief
Income tax up 2,672% (diagram)
Gangster tells “my day” on the waterfront, by Harry Ring
NAACP official’s life threatened by Ku Klux
“Teen-age killers”, by Joyce Cowley
Minn. students ask clemency for Rosenbergs
Notes from the News
- Aaron Copland
- Howard Hughes
- A board of censors
- Unions end Jim Crow
- Negotiations for merger
- The Virginia CIO
- Typical
Vol. XVII No. 6, 9 February 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
First court test of housing oaths starts in Newark
Wave of fear sweeps world at Eisenhower’s China move, by Art Preis
- Gen. Eisenhower (cartoon)
Kentucky miner’s home dynamited (photo)
SWP candidates file early, start campaign in L.A., by Louise Manning
ACLU condemns Trucks law; files high court brief
Eisenhower gives go ahead signal to big business, by Thomas Raymond
Prague confession exposed as fake by Canada writer
Economic inequalities underlie Soviet purge, by John G. Wright
Negro History Week celebration, by George Lavan
‘King’ Ryan – success story of union bureaucrat, by Joseph Keller
Men who fought for women’s rights in early days, by Joyce Cowley
The basis of the boom: What keeps business at high level? by Harry Frankel
The American Way of Life
- ‘The city is decaying’, by Fred Hart
Durkin-Reuther confab (photo)
The Militant Army
[Editorials]
- Who should wake up?
- Continue the fight!
- Use labor’s own measuring stick
Black Reconstruction – a masterful book, reviewed by George Breitman
- W.E.B. DuBois
Terror in Africa (photo)
Bolivians seek means to break tin blockade
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- South Africa’s only representative
- Prime Minister Malan
- Bolivian President Paz Estenssoro
- Vicente Toledano
- The Venezuelan dictatorship
- Armistice negotiations
- In Burma
- Six Rumanian ministers
- Minister of Health
- A big trial
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Stalin’s anti-Zionism
Substandard compensation for jobless
Thirteen CP leaders sentenced to in N.Y witch-hunt trial, by George Lavan
- William Remington (photo)
Top-heavy with brass
Sloan and Marx, by Lewis Peterson
Notes from the News
- A U.S. officer
- A Mississippi jury
- Reading Labor Advocate
- 546 coal miners
- Logic of witch hunt
- 19-year-olds
- Impartial (?) press
- Protests to Texaco
- Negro journalism
- Ruth Reynolds
Anti-red racket
Korea casualties
Vol. XVII No. 7, 16 February 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
An Editorial
- Demand clemency for the Rosenbergs
Union heads call for drive to improve wage contracts, by Thomas Raymond
Victimized legless vet appeals to Eisenhower
- Kutcher calls for justice in “loyalty” purge firing
- Kutcher’s letter to president
- James Kutcher (photo)
Formosa – China (cartoon), by Gray
War weariness signs beginning to appear
Detroit CIO endorses citizens’ committee against Trucks law
Oakland SWP enters election
Chiang move threatens to extend war, by Joseph Keller
The coming struggle for power in America, by James P. Cannon
- Building on volcanoes (photos)
[Editorials]
- Let the people decide!
- Sen. Morse’s new party proposal
- Stalin’s aid to imperialism
Delayed crisis: Averted in 1946, it looms now, by Harry Frankel
Strike at Inland Steel (photo)
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- The French National Assembly
- Hungary’s Stalinist government
- Guyula Decsi
- The West German Social Democrats
- King Baudoin
- Large demonstrations
- Japan’s premier
- Josue de Castro
The U.S has spent $138,700,000,000
New steps taken in Ohio witch hunt
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Is it anti-semitism?
Longshoremen aid tug strike: Blast officials, by Harry Ring
- New York tug strike ends (photo)
Browder, former CP head, indicts Stalin regime for purges, by John G. Wright
New York housing scandal, by Joyce Cowley
U.S. battle casualties
N.J. court postpones Kutcher housing case
9 union militants jailed in Akron for strike activity, by L. Cooper
An ‘explosive year’ in prison history
Notes from the News
- “Equal” protection of laws
- Vivian Kellems
- Texas Farm Bureau
- Prisoners wouldn’t scab
- Dr. Charles Nugent
- Biggest award
- Michigan workers
- Thousands of former Nazis
- Success story
Vol. XVII No. 8, 23 February 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Japanese unions ask world labor action on Korea
‘Bring GIs home from Korea’ letters deluge White House, by Joseph Keller
Negro people urged to seek labor party
The hand on the switch (cartoon), by Gray
‘Grave concern’ voiced by Nehru over Chiang move
Support widens in fight against Mich. Trucks law
SWP candidate in L.A. makes anti-war appeal
- Myra T. Weiss (photo)
An Editorial
- Save the Rosenbergs!
Berkeley Socialist Club announced
Unions face trap in T-H amendments, by C. Thomas
Why de-control? New policy begins, by Harry Frankel
Killing of Koje war prisoners – atrocities of ‘communist plot’? by Art Preis
- Operation Smack Program (photo)
The American Way of Life
- New light on Wilson’s paytriotism, by Lewis Peterson
The depression danger and the war danger, by Harry Frankel
The Militant Army
[Editorials]
- Asians against whom?
- Productivity and wages
- Put killer cops behind bars
Wall Street’s NATO headaches in Europe, by Charles Hanley
- Gen. Eisenhower (cartoon)
Mao regime persecutes Chinese Trotskyists
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- Denmark’s extension
- A British journalist
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Yugoslav government
- Asian-African members
- The Soviet Union
- Resistance to the Malan government
- Bolivia’s Union of Factory Workers
- The Mexican authorities
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Not in Stalinism
Hit expulsion attempt in N.Y. Painters
Dockers picket “King” Ryan (photo)
FBI deal abets police brutality to N.Y. Negroes, by George Lavan
Anti-semite lauds Stalin, by David Swenson
Kremlin “uncovers” Trotsky link in purge, by John G. Wright
Letters from Readers
- Working mothers, from H.B.
- Cites Geneva Treaty, from G.N.
[Letter in North Carolina newspaper], from Vernon Ward - McCarthy seating indicts policy of backing Democrats, from C.S.
- Can capitalism prolong its life another 100 years? from A. Non
[Reply], by Ed. - Shopping around for tougher judge, from R.D.
Notes from the News
- Non-union coal companies
- They want blood
- State Dept. backs down
- What about the printers?
- Congressmen and Senators
- The CIO Political Action Committee
- Library purge upheld
- Bombings
- Senator McCarthy
- Steve Nelson
- Dr. Seymour Harris
- The escalator clause
Vol. XVII No. 9, 2 March 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Thousands join the fight to save the Rosenbergs, by Harry Frankel
- Rosenberg sons at prison (photo)
City, federal officials protect killer cops on loose in N.Y., by Art Preis
Oakland SWP completes petition drive, by Paul Williams
- Lillian Kiezel (photo)
How some go and how some come back (photos)
Even some conservatives voice fear McCarthy is pushing too fast, by R. Bell
Nat’l educators hail challenge to witch hunt
Subscription campaign announced by Militant, by Dorothy Johnson
Labor’s fight against T-H law, by C. Thomas
Needless operations, “ghost” surgeons and split fees, by Harry Ring
Stalin’s anti-Semitic frame-ups aid the enemies of socialism, by John G. Wright
The American Way of Life
- Jacob Jackson’s nightmare, by Lewis Peterson
Chiang troops prepare (photos)
[Editorials]
- Our interest in Bolivia
- Atomic grab by monopolies
- Anti-Trucks law fight – a fine example
Will workers rule in Bolivia? from Lucha Obrera
- Bolivian MNR approves freedom in education, socialist ideas
Crucible a stirring play, by Tom Milton
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- Danish soldiers
- The Socialists
- Yugoslav unemployment
- Guatemala’s land
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- “World on view”
Trenton 6 victim tricked into “confession”, by George Lavan
Court-martialed for Korea book (photo)
Children have no lobby, by Joyce Cowley
Nash local resolution advocates Labor Party, by William Crane
Notes from the News
- A curious item
- News and Views
- Trotsky once said
- Cost of war
- Lattimore the Scholar
- The assault by leer
- The rich get richer
- Like a red rag to bull
- The Ford Foundation
- The House of Representatives
Vol. XVII No. 10, 9 March 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Protest rallies in Harlem score police brutalities, by Harry Ring
Case of legless veteran reopens in Washington
- Case reopens (photo)
- “I’m still waiting”
Stalin’s heirs continue dictatorial Kremlin rule, by Joseph Hansen
Myra Weiss hits attacks on Negroes
Caught in the act (cartoon), by Gray
Million families face new rent gouge in N.Y.
Mossadegh’s retention of power disappoints U.S.-British rulers, by John G. Wright
5-year contracts under criticism in auto workers
- Walter Reuther (photo)
Subscription campaign plans being readied, by Dorothy Johnson
Labor and the Rosenberg Case, by George Lavan
Soviet output grew ten times as fast as U.S. since 1929, by Harry Frankel
Negro “progress”: What facts show – a splendid study in F.I., by George Lavan
The America Way of Life
- Blue dye
Anti-war rally broken up (photo)
Police victim (photo)
[Editorials]
- Searching for a new party
- “Tell us how we are going to eat?”
- Dollar by distortion
Stalin – Betrayer of Revolution, by Art Preis
- Fought Stalin (photo)
Creed for “free enterprise” (book review), by Charles Hanley
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- André Marty
- “The total membership of Communist parties ...”
- “The State Department’s successive retreats ...”
- Indonesia’s government
- U.S. marines
- Belgium’s socialist opposition
The man of distinction, by Thomas Kovalesky
Push demand for FEP law in Michigan
Pushing blockade plans (photo)
Rhee’s “Drive to Yalu” slogan makes no hit, by Art Preis
Kutcher housing oath suit hearing again postponed
News from Canada
- Count us out, by Peter Farnsworth
Notes from the News
- Witch hunters were defied
- A deportation warrant
- Stalin’s anti-Semitism
- Unpaid medical bills
Vol. XVII No. 11, 16 March 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Uncover more New York police brutality cases, by Harry Ring
- N.Y. Police Commissioner Monaghan (photo)
Malenkov pledges to follow in dictator Stalin’s footsteps, by Joseph Hansen
- Stalin’s heir (cartoon)
The judgment of history (cartoon), by Gray
Mobilization starts for subscription drive, by Dorothy Johnson
After Stalin – what? by Michel Pablo
Meeting on Bolivia revolution to be held in New York
Legless vet defends ideas in ‘loyalty’ quiz
Trotsky’s fight against Stalinism, by John G. Wright
Stalin as seen by Lenin, Trotsky
Workers caught in steel trap (photo)
Stalin’s policies face the verdict of history, by Harry Frankel
[Editorials]
- Imperialisms lie about Stalinism
- The logic of the witch hunt
- $960 – less broker’s fee
Tito reveals some hidden Kremlin history, by John G. Wright
- Marshal Tito (cartoon)
Out of Stalin’s own mouth, by Charles Hanley
Some 200,000 railroad workers
Correction
UMW battles no-union owners
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- The housing question
New “red” scare aimed at Ohio labor, by L. Cooper
Farmer-Labor unity (photo)
Politicians push N.Y. rent gouge despite protests, by Harry Ring
A farmer’s reply, by Fred Hart
Lackawanna workers strike over speed-up, by Charles Seaman
Notes from the News
- That “ammunition shortage”
- Fair employment practices
- Mountain of butter
- Two Georgia legislators
- “Scientist X”
- Thought college was for education
- All-Puerto Rican
Rubber firms to get hand out
Vol. XVII No. 12, 23 March 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
UAW convention faced with many critical problems, by Charles Albert
- Walter Reuther (photo)
U.S. Supreme Court upholds drastic strikebreaking law
- “Now this will really give you that man-of-distinction look!” (cartoon), by Gray
Trucks law case set to state court
Newark court hears Kutcher’s challenge of public housing oath
Manager reports first results in sub campaign, by Dorothy Johnson
Myra Weiss talks to labor, civic groups, by Louise Manning
An Editorial
- American labor needs its own political party
America’s future under the workers’ rule, by James P. Cannon
- The first attempts at workers states
Karl Marx (drawing
Lenin & Trotsky (photo)
[Editorials]
- U.S. threat to Ceylon
- Liberal clergy and the witch-hunt
- Whipping up war hysteria
Monthly Review whitewashes GPU trials, by Art Preis
Cleared of smear (photo)
Trotsky’s fight against Stalinism
- Growth of the Soviet bureaucracy, by John G. Wright
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Housing reform
Destroyed in atomic test (photo
Victim of police brutality tells of sadistic torture, by George Lavan
Morgan gives socialist program for education, by Louise Manning
“Little men and women”, by Joyce Cowley
News from the News
- Censorship of books
- Truth came out
- Fake dating of milk bottles
- Daily labor newspapers
- CIL auto workers union
- Union busting bill
Vol. XVII No. 13, 30 March 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Union democracy under attack Reuther in UAW, by C. Thomas
SWP candidates in Los Angeles score Korea War, by Louise Manning
- Robert E. Morgan (photo)
Secret conference held on to new Korea offensive, by Art Preis
- “Well – what about it?” (cartoon), by Gray
Stay eviction in Kutcher housing case
Bolivian Workers Party greets N.Y. solidarity meeting; asks aid
Chicago takes lead in Militant sub drive
Terror continues in fascist Spain
Guatemala: 8-year revolt moves left, by Harry Frankel
America’s future under workers’ rule, by James P. Cannon
- SWP Nat’l Sec’y (photo)
[Editorial]
- The creeping witch-hunt
The real meaning of Stalin and Stalinism, by Michel Pablo
- Stalin (cartoon)
Militant Scoreboard
Trotsky’s Fight against Stalinism, by John G. Wright
- The struggle for workers democracy
The Negro Struggle, by George Lavan
- DuBois conforms to a lie
Indicted for brutality (photo)
Grievances set off strike at Buffalo Westinghouse
His mother was a —, by Fred Hart
Notes from the News
- About 30 million people
- Refusal to incriminate self
- Glowing example runs away
- A. Philip Randolph
- “What’s good for General Motors ...”
- In Macon, Georgia
- An exposé
- Definition
- Labor in Formosa<
- The CIO’s brief
Police censorship stirs indignation in Youngstown
Unjust firing stirs 10,000 UE men to act, by L. Morris
Vol. XVII No. 14, 6 April 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Packing workers challenge war drive, witch hunt
Socialist anti-war candidate speaks at Oakland unions
- Lillian Kiezel (photo)
Peiping, Moscow offer concessions for truce, by Joseph Hansen
- Christmas hope ended (photo)
UAW convention hits Trucks Law
Rally in N.Y. hails Bolivian Revolution
SWP program reaches wide audience in L.A., by Louise Manning
Million N.Y. tenants hit by rent-hike law
Twin Cities take lead in subscription drive
How the auto union convention met key issues, by C. Thomas
Wire-tap snoopers seek legal O.K., by Harry Ring
Labor takes lead in Guatemala as revolution attains new stage, by Harry Frankel
News from Canada
- ‘Defending’ Arctic lanes – in Europe, by Peter Farnsworth
French cops stage union raid (photo)
[Editorials]
- The menace of militarism
- Lesson of November 4th
Stalin and Stalinism – their real meaning, by Michel Pablo
Denies Soviet is war threat (photo)
Militant Scoreboard
The story of a Japanese-American girl, by George Lavan
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Segregation in housing
Public blocks ban on books in Cleveland
Harvester FE workers fight back against company’s union-busting
Leaders at UAW convention
Killing yourself to live, by Joyce Cowley
Ex-Spanish Stalinist leader bares details of GPU murder of Nin, by George Lavan
Notes from the News
- The NAACP
- Mine of Misinformation
- Reuther and royalty
- The anti-red crusader
- Textile unemployment
- Goes to dogs either way
- Mural censored
- Burma
Vol. XVII No. 15, 13 April 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Columbia U. dean refuses to assist gov’t snoopers
GIs to stay “quite a while” in Korea, Eisenhower admits, by Art Price
- “My God! What are they trying to do? – RUIN me!” (cartoon), by Gray
Half million in L.A. hear SWP views
Rosenberg appeal to Supreme Court charges perjury
Burma deals blow to Wall Street aims in Far East
Proposed police-state legislation arouses protest movement in Ohio
Twin Cities hold national lead in sub campaign, by Dorothy Johnson
Moscow attempts to appease mass content, by John G. Wright
“A brother Trotskyite near Mount Ephraim”, by George Lavan
Peasant land seizures spark Guatemalan agrarian reform, by Harry Frankel
Militant Scoreboard
Stevenson meets dictator (photo)
[Editorials]
- Labor’s stake in foreign policy
- One slight “amendment” on T-H
- Apologists for Kremlin
Boycott, strike threatened if Malan wins in election, by Charles Hanley
- Jomo Kenyatta (photo)
Beck captures large CIO local in Minneapolis
Trotsky’s Fight Against Stalinism, by John G. Wright
- The nature of the Soviet bureaucracy
Clams up
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- “Best location”
Never had it so good, brass hat confesses
Chief snooper (photo)
L.A. Stalinists aid Republican mayor Bowron
And the door-key kids? by Joyce Cowley
Peace moves stir hope, Youngstown speaker declares
Insurance companies cheat federal gov’t in vet cases
Letters from Readers
- Why youths turn to use of heroin, from Helen Burns
- A radio program that attracted plenty of sponsors, from D.
- Suggests another page for letters to The Militant,from L.B. Courts
- One tax proposal that sounds good, from D. Barry
- Go awaken my people (poem), from Robert F. Williams
Notes from the News
- Walter Reuther
- Washington observers
- Paging Senator McCarthy
- Negro home bombed
- Stalinists ban Marx
- State of world
- Capitalist economics
- Book banning
- Drew Pearson
AMA-Legion deal killed U.S. health plan
Vol. XVII No. 16, 20 April 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Socialist Worker candidates win good L.A. vote, by Della Ross
Eisenhower threatens atomic war if demands are not met, by Art Preis
Straws in the wind (cartoon), by Gray
Chicago FE-UE gains victory in bargaining poll
Kiezel tours Oakland campaign
- Lillian Kiezel (photo)
New evidence in Rosenberg case shows “table” story was false
Twin Cities, Chicago set pace in sub drive, by Dorothy Johnson
What Kremlin reversal on MDs case reveals, by John G. Wright
The elephant and the man
The Guatemala Communist Party and prospects of the revolution, by Harry Frankel
Militant Scoreboard
Panmunjom truce tent (photo)
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- The Kremlin’s release of 16 doctors
- In Hungary
- The American Stalinist newspaper
- Italy’s General Confederation of Labor
- General Peron
- In Kenya
- Tension mounted
- A Japanese firm
Oregon veterans condemn loyalty oath for teachers
Loyalty oaths for theater-goers?
[Editorials]
- Fascist menace and how to fight it
- The case of Joseph “King” Ryan
- Pep talk for coupon-clippers
Insider bares facts on Stalin purge trials, by Art Preis
British jail many in Kenya (photo)
Trotsky’s Fight Against Stalinism, by John G. Wright
- Contradictions of the Soviet bureaucracy
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Talks with readers
N.Y. Housing Authority fosters race bias, by Dave Cutler
N.Y. Mothers fight threat to day care, by Miriam Carter
Win U.S. Rubber strike (photo)
A oily “refutation”, by Jack Bustelo
William McComiskey (obituary), by V.R. Dunne
District 65 votes to reaffiliate with CIO; no opposition to move, by C. Thomas
Notes from the News
- Truce Prospects
- Scandal
- Strikes
- Guaranteed annual wage
- New York City
- The world’s largest department store
- In Oakland
Witch-hunters close U.S. to Chaplin
Gov’t give away
Vol. XVII No. 17, 27 April 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
An Editorial
- Our May Day appeal: Bring the GIs home
Road to real peace blocked by demands of Eisenhower, by Art Preis
- May Day 1953 (cartoon), by Gray
Order for CP ‘registration’ hits liberties
Beria’s counter-purge to appease unrest in the USSR, by John G. Wright
Militant campaign gains hundreds of subscriptions, by Dorothy Johnson
The economic consequences of world peace, by Harry Frankel
Wall St. sees truce as a defeat; still hopes to prevent it, by Harry Frankel
New progressive currents stir below Mason-Dixon Line, by Fred Perry
Militant Scoreboard
Franco and U.S. envoy (photo)
Ohio witch-hunters focus attention on Akron rubber
[Editorials]
- Labor’s political policy
- A party that is true to May Day
- Fifth amendment in danger
Splashing the whitewash on Stalin’s tomb, by Art Preis
- Stalin (cartoon)
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- Malan’s Nationalist Party
- Bulldozers
- American Point Four headquarters
- Jascha Heifetz
- The Viet-Minh
- Some 2,500 Chinese Nationalist soldiers
- Indonesian students
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
- Wolf Salus
Trotsky’s Fight Against Stalin, by John G. Wright
- The social contradictions
Casualties now total 133,787
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- “Ostrich” politics
Generals give army lyric a trial run
Joseph Ryan arrested (photo)
Explosion, fire in Chicago plant kill 31, hurt 37, by C. Houston
Robber barons ride again
Police chief sued in Youngstown book ban
Notes from the News
- Community church
- Patriotism
- Guess who gets it?
- 20 military posts
- Purging sports history
- The NAACP
- Eisenhower’s efficiency team
- Coal mine explosion
- Co-op supermarket
- Sea saga hero
Vol. XVII No. 18, 4 May 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
End Taft-Hartley, Lewis demands; hits amendments
New purge order threatens Democrats and civil liberties
- “Loyalty” case appeal of legless vet denied
James Kutcher (photo) - Eisenhower widens witch hunt, by George Breitman
War preparations (cartoon), by Gray
Twin Cities keep lead; sub drive nears conclusion, by Dorothy Johnson
Reuther voices need for jobless program
Truce-stallers spread big atrocity lies, by Art Preis
Formation of labor party “merely a matter of time”, from Labor Daily
The modern world closes in on the Deep South, by Fred Perry
Letters from Readers
- Reports comments in St. Louis on POW exchange, from Charles Brooks
- Limelight draws big Detroit crowds despite Legion, from Patricia Stall
Firemen burned up (photo)
Militant Scoreboard
Deal of showdown – the big question, by Harry Frankel
Froelich dies
[Editorials]
- You may be next
- Lunacy at Valley Forge
- Proof of Wall Street’s war plot
Viet Minh freedom fight moves into Laos, by Charles Hanley
Victims of imperialism (photo)
Trotsky’s fight with Stalinism, by John G. Wright
- Clash with the restorationists
Mechanization in the South
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- White supremacy law
Death strikes in Chicago (photo)
Oakland SWP anti-war campaign scores gains
- Lilian Kiezel
Citizens committee head attacks Trucks Law at Mich. hearing
Our bulging hospitals, by Joyce Cowley
Notes from the News
- Electric stool pigeon
- Real wages stationary
- Old soldiers fade away
- Political blackmail
- Oil monopolists
- James L. Wick
- Timken Roller Bearing Co.
- President Eisenhower
- Gimbel’s Department Store
- A state CIO Council
- Class-conscious witchcraft
- Didn’t like “free enterprise”
- 79 locals destroyed
- AFL Switchmen’s president
- Entertainment purge
Ask cut in movie violence scenes
Vol. XVII No. 19, 11 May 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Purge (cartoon), by Gray
Threat raised to plunge U.S into new Asia War
- Dulles rushes military aid to French invaders of Indo-China republic, by Joseph Keller
- Mother weeps (photo
- Corporations hit profits jack-pot in Korean War
Legless vet make tenth job appeal
62 organizations added to political blacklist, by George Lavan
Bolivian miners appeal for aid in tin boycott
Subscription campaign winds up successfully, by Dorothy Johnson
No “Freedom Road” for returned GI prisoners, by Art Preis
Trade and aid – how the Wall Street game is played, by Harry Frankel
As a free American you don’t have to answer FBI interview, from American Civil Liberties Union News
- J. Edgar Hoover
Militant Scoreboard
How Twin Cities won national sub drive, by Helen Sherman
Two nuns report no bandits left in China mountains
[Editorials]
- A good court decision
- The men to see
- Two scientists speak out
French Stalinist leaders face deep party crisis, by Charles Hanley
- Gen. Charles de Gaulle (photo)
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- On May Day
- In Berlin
- President Zapotocki
- In Paris
- Opposition
- In Guatemala
- Seven bomb explosions
- General Chu Teh
Trotsky’s fight against Stalinism, by John G. Wright
- Conflict over policy in agriculture
The Negro Struggle, by George Lavan
- Civil war in Kenya
N.Y. May Day meeting hears Farrell Dobbs
- May Day parade banned by City officials in N.Y.
- Twin Cities hold May Day meeting
Deported (photo)
SWP in Ohio opposes proposed police-state bill
How to get a traffic light, by Joyce Cowley
West Coast longshoremen balk Isthmian Line’s attack
Notes from the News
- Those ads
- Turn about
- Franco’s political police
- A May Day greeting
- Yale University NAACP
- Expanding operations
- Negro candidates
- Who called whose bluff?
- Christianity in Miami
- “Separate but equal”
Detroit forum hears Cochran speak on Bolivia
NYU student editor gets axe for stand against military
Vol. XVII No. 20, 18 May 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
2-year-old witch-hunt victim (photo)
Churchill “peace” maneuver designed to hide war plans, by Joseph Hansen
Ohio Solons move to raid jobless fund
The Tidelands oil steal, by Paul Abbot
- “Mine – all mine!” (cartoon), by Gray
Lattimore decision hits gov’t witch hunters, by George Lavan
Facts refute fake tale of “income revolution”, by Harry Frankel
Attorney General defies U.S. Supreme Court, by George Breitman
Why they picketed New York City Hall, by Lawrence Barnes
The American Way of Life
- The case of Jondre Spekar, by Joan Farr
Atrocity survivors (photo)
The Militant Army
Mexican immigrants pour across border
Strike pays off
[Editorials]
- The threat of McCarthyism
- Packinghouse workers call for action
- Southeast Asia in flames
McCarthy smears the Post, by Art Preis
- Sen McCarthy (cartoon)
- Where did McCarthy get the $144,000?
- Thomas V. O’Sullivan (photo)
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- The Lanka Samasamaja
- The Labor Party
- Freedom-seeking Indo-Chinese troops
- Tarkhov
- The Czechoslovak Government
- First prisoner
- In Jamaica
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Let’s keep our balance
Foes of Ohio police-state bill muzzled
Don’t want U.S. troops (photo)
Civil liberties threatened by new Illinois bill
Stellato slate wins Ford 600 elections
I can’t relax, by Jack Bustelo
Notes from the News
- Child labor
- Lush profits
- A Jewish fraternity
- The mayor, city clerk and three aldermen of Rockford
- Odious
- The NAACP
- Last installment
- 30-hour work week
- Another labor hater
- Pacifist
- John G. Wright
Marcantonio, Stalinists argue ALP role, by Michael Bartell
Vol. XVII No. 21, 25 May 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Is U.S. labor McCarthy target after Attlee?
Congress war-mongers try to spread Far East conflict, by Art Preis
- Sir Winston Churchill (photo)
AFL, CIO urge Bolivia boycott end
No place for tourists (cartoon), by Gray
Congressmen plan to hike own pay $10,000 a year
Hostile demonstrations greet Dulles in tour of Middle East
Negro militancy wins public offices in the South, by George Breitman
Baltimore witch hunt hits United World Federalists, by David Stevens
Union leaders find it hard to “live with” GOP regime
Chinese CP changes May Day slogans
Witch-hunt laws create atmosphere for McCarthyism
- Their Frankenstein monster (cartoon), by Gray
- Smell of tainted money rises from McCarthy, by Joseph Keller
- Voices fear of detention camps in U.S.
The America Way of Life
- How to get a school, by Lewis Peterson
Detroit educator in Denmark fights for passport return
[Editorials]
- 17,000,000 strong
- Cavallaro’s victory
- Eisenhower “balances” the budget
Kenya’s fight for freedom, by Charles Van Gelderen, from Socialist Outlook
- British Oppression in Kenya (photo)
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- The Soviet Union
- An official newspaper
- Three high-ranking members
- Vladimir Semenov
- André Marty’s friends
- Cominform
- The Cyprus Greek Church Council
- Egypt’s Ministry of the Interior
- Civil war in Colombia
- Two hundred African port workers
- Mau-Mau tactics, from N.Y. Times
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- What kind of FEPC?
Barbaria hits ballot ban move in Calif., by Sue Bennett
Voting on Shapeup (photo)
Militant mass picketing marks Hearns Strike, by Harry Frankel
Akron worker called “red” gets prison in vehicle case, by L. Cooper
Can you detrain a cop? by Jack Bustelo
Anti-labor bill gets sent back
Six more join billion dollar club
Notes from the News
- Negro family evicted
- Brain washing
- Editor of National Guardian
- Negro leader warns
- The government
Vol. XVII No. 22, 1 June 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
48 miners face murder frame-up in Widen Strike, by Art Preis
Witch hunters push doomed coupler toward death chair, by Murry Weiss
Gagged (photo)
Legless vet’s appeal to get new hearing
Signed, sealed and delivered (cartoon), by Gray
General Motors agrees to wage revision in pact
Secret diplomacy keeps people in dark on life-and-death moves, by Joseph Keller
Fairless declares strikes outmoded
Petrovski Case seen blow to Stalin myth, by John G. Wright
Eisenhower backer victim of witch hunt, by George Breitman
“Grass in the street of New York”, by Duncan Conway
A program to fight McCarthyism, by George Breitman
The American Way of Life
- ‘No nostalgia here’, by Dan Roberts
Favor huge war spending (photo)
Tito takes loyalty oath to imperialist Western powers
[Editorials]
- A timely political lesson
- And now a federal sales tax
- A reminder
Maryland civil liberties group fight Ober Law
Anti-imperialist public opinion plays big role in Egypt, by Charles Hanley
Preparing for A-bomb war (photo)
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- The purge
- Richard Slansky
- Nicholas Zachariades
- Li Li-san
- Soviet stores
- The Greek section
- Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
- Malan’s victory
- 39 Mau-Maus
- Half of the world’s population
The Negro Struggle, by Fred Hart
- Recommended reding
Eight N.Y. police face trial for brutalities, by David Stevens
When you get old with your pockets empty
Steel wage talks open (photo)
Series on USSR opens at forum in Los Angeles, by Ernest Rief
TV and comic books? by Joyce Cowley
N.Y. dockers need a union hiring hall, by R. Bell
Notes from the News
- Salutes masters
- A depression
- The world’s richest union
- Violence
- Merger
- A Quaker cleric
Vol. XVII No. 23, 8 June 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Eisenhower, Taft split over Korea cease-fire talks, by Joseph Hansen
Demand witch-burners halt legal murder of the Rosenbergs
- Electrocution of couple designed to terrorize freedom of thought, by Harry Frankel
- Stop this political witch-burning (cartoon), by Gray
- Heed these voices
- 4th Int’l pleads for doomed pair
An Editorial
- Labor must fight this injustice
SWP leadership plans program of activities
Woman leader, Methodist bishop decry red-baiting smear attacks
McCarthy linked to Catholic hierarchy, by Joseph Keller
- Sen. McCarthy (cartoon)
U.S. casualties rise to 135, 362
White terror against Africans denounced by British socialists, from Socialist Outlook
- Victim of imperialism (photo)
- Jomo Kenyatta (photo)
The American Way of Life
- The washroom menace, by Lewis Peterson
The Militant Army
[Editorials]
- Another witch-hunt victim
- McCarthy’s threat to labor
- Oil trust’s welfare state
Book censorship grows as part of witch hunt, by Fred Arens
Another French premier out
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- Moscow announced
- Anglo-American efforts
- Mao Tse-tung
- The French imperialist despots
- “Two million of Italy’s workers ...”
- Nikolai Vashiliev
- “Dr. Daniel F. Malan ...”
- Pravda rebuked
Capitalism’s dilemma
The Negro Dilemma, by Jean Blake
- Capitalist future and jobs
Subway fare steal put over in New York, by David Stevens
Beat Jim Crow (photo)
Raid on jobless fund approved by Ohio Senate, by L. Cooper
Students report on L.A. forum to college class, by Ernest Rief
Add ashes – one dash, by Thomas Raymond
UAW thaws GM contract (photo)
Notes from the News
- The two largest unions
- William Z. Foster
- Walter Reuther
- Ten members
- Stuart Denton Morris
- Ambassador to Italy
- New York dockers
- Irving Ferman
- An avowed atheist
Sales tax seen backed by Eisenhower regime
British Laborites map program
Vol. XVII No. 24, 15 June 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Last ditch clemency plea in Rosenberg Case
- World protest rises in effort to save couple, by Harry Frankel
- SWP asks clemency for Rosenberg couple, by Farrell Dobbs
“How soon can I go home?” every GI in Korea is asking
- “We sure liberated them, didn’t we?” (cartoon), by Gray
- Generals, politicians of both parties fear bring-boys-home drive, by Art Preis
- The cost of Korea
Race terrorists indicted in Florida
House opens way for impure foods
Legless veteran makes his tenth appeal in “disloyalty” firing
Swiss socialists hit ‘blood verdict’
Wall Street bewails nature’s “dirty trick”, by David Stevens
Who will lead struggle against McCarthyism? by Murry Weiss
Darling of liberals wined and dined by dictator Chiang, by Manuel Rodriguez
Evaluation of USSR is crucial for socialists as war nears, by Harry Frankel
The American Way of Life
- Three cheers for the chimpanzee! by Thomas Raymond
Protests deportation (photo)
Kenya Africa Union banned by British
- Repression fails to halt Mau Mau
[Editorials]
- Why there is no peace
- Right to fir trial endangered
- “Stratagem that failed”
The facts they hide about the Korean War
- “Liberation” brings death to millions, by Art Preis
- Another victim of Korean War (photo)
- U.S. intervened to defend dictator Rhee in civil war, by Joseph Keller
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- Czechoslovak workers
- The monetary decree
- The shake-up
- The food situation
- A group of French businessmen
- The Japanese government
- The Yugoslav government
The Negro Struggle, by Florence Hayes
- Case of Joe Williams
5,000 longshoremen picket Gov. Dewey, by R. Bell
Hearns Strike hit by phony AFL claims
Evicted from Met Life Project (photo)
Canadian steel union backs Jamaica fight, by Peter Farnsworth
Lyrics by Shirley Porter, by Joyce Cowley
True facts demanded in murder of Tresca
Indonesian workers hold 39 seats in parliament
Notes from the News
- The Texas legislature
- Louis Fraina
- William Perl
- Tax deductions
- Self-answering phones
Vol. XVII No. 25, 22 June 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Berlin workers rise up against Stalinist rulers, by Harry Frankel
Government demands blood, court dooms the Rosenbergs
- Witch-burners spurn world protest, hasten political assassination, by William F. Warde
- White House marchers plead for clemency
- Socialist Workers rally appeals for doomed couple
GIs in Korea use “rough words” at Rhee’s moves to block truce, by Art Preis
- The real question (cartoon), by Gray
Legless veteran’s appeal rejected by loyalty board
Trucks Act hit by convention of Michigan AFL
Einstein urges defiance of Congress inquisitors
- Dr. Albert Einstein
Washington-backed bloc in Italy handed stiff set-back in election, by Fred Hart
Bolivians organize workers militia
U.S. Supreme Court stalls on school segregation issue, by David Stevens
Labor leaders own witch-hunt obstructs anti-McCarthy fight, by Murry Weiss
The American Way of Life
- The tornado and GM’s power, by Genora Dollinger
Catholic party vote declines (photo)
Letters from Readers
- Shop talk about layoffs, from B.D.
[Editorials]
- The East Berlin demonstration
- Einstein’s inspiring example
- After the Italian election
Why the Soviet bureaucracy is in crisis, by George Breitman
- Stalin (cartoon)
- Trotsky (photo)
Purge removes high officials in Ukraine, by John G. Wright
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- No “Magna Charta”
Dockers boo Gov. Dewey (photo)
Steel companies yield to union on pay demand, by Thomas Raymond
Lieutenant Durkin, by Harry Ring
CIO Packinghouse Workers map plan for wage fight
Notes from the News
- Harry Bridges
- Profits
- Wage increases
- A Chicago firm
- Nearly 170,000,000 pounds of butter
- The U.S. government
- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples
- Secretary of Labor
- Sen. McCarthy
- Rats bit a ten-month-old girl
- “Rice-paddy legs”
Murder of Tresca still unsolved
Joseph urges public aid to church schools
Vol. XVII No. 26, 29 June 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Burnt offering (cartoon), by Gray
Must we die for Rhee? ask bitter GIs in Korea, by Joseph Keller
- Battle-weary GIs
Anti-Stalinist German workers wage independent class Battle, by John F. Petrone
Revulsion sweeps the world art murder of Rosenbergs, by Art Preis
NMU seamen get new contract after 4-day strike
SWP candidate to run for mayor in Detroit
Ohio bill hits basic civil liberties, by Jean Simons
Methodist Church Conference hits Mich. Trucks Act
Hawaii labor fights frame-up of leaders
State Department’s book-burning aimed at all dissenters, by David Stevens
Speed-up – curse of GM workers, by Emmett Moore
Letters from Readers
- Economic problems facing auto union, from Auto worker
The Militant Army
[Editorials]
- Impact of the East German rising
- They would not turn stoolpigeon
How Stalinism will be ended, by George Breitman
Celebrate Bridges victory (photo)
Clerics here oppose Africans’ own schools, by Robert Vernon
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- East German strikes
- 20,000 steel workers
- The Belgian Socialist Party
- The Danish Social democratic leader
- West German Defense Minister
- The Italian Stalinist leaders
- Japanese fishermen
- Civil war casualties
- Yugoslavia
- Color bar defiance
- Malaya
- Bolivia
- A section of the relatively strong Communist Party of Iceland
British commit atrocities against people of Kenya
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Unionists and NAACP
Kenya revolt described at Detroit forum
Gold Star strikers (photo)
Mine strikers at Widen fight legal terrorism
North Calif. laborers strike for 20-cent rise
The teen-age addicts, by Joyce Cowley
Notes from the News
- The assassin of Leon Trotsky
- The crews
- Five railroad union heads
- Three CIO unions
- Youngstown’s police chief
- Offering a five-point program
- The witch-hunting pack
- National Farmers Union
- Dr. Ralph Bunche
Mt. Spring Camp plans big doings July 4th week-end
Vol. XVII No. 27, 6 July 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
German political revolution has begun, statement of International Secretariat, Fourth International
- What Berlin strikers told CP leaders
GIs suffer heavy casualties as U.S. ally holds up truce, by Joseph Keller
- Dictator Rhee (photo)
Librarians, educators denounce book-burning
- Liberty put to the stake (cartoon), by Gray
Police murder three Negroes, go scot-free
Push new Senate bill to aid union-busters
Lessons for U.S. labor from East Germany, by George Breitman
The last word on the Rosenberg case has not yet been spoken, by Art Preis
China’s first five-year plan, by Harry Braverman
Letters from readers
- They would not ‘sing and dance’, from B.P.
- After the tornado: relief and looters, from Fred Perry
Victims of the war (photo)
United action can stop speedup, by Emmett Moore
[Editorials]
- Morse on a new party
- Massacre in Kenya
- The corporal is “undesirable”
Political revolution has already begun
Egypt abolishes monarchy (photo)
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Civil rights for all
Victimized by McCarthy (photo)
Chicago high-rent slums are paradise – for rats
Negro bus boycott wins concessions against Jim Crow
59 years at Hearns, by Joyce Cowley
Pass bill to regiment N-Y.-N.J. longshoremen, by Harry Ring
Notes from the news
- The Trucks Act
- State FEPC
- The big purge
- 10,000 undergarment and negligee workers
- Seven Negro families
- The Supreme Court
- Julius H. Hlavatny
- Five days
- As Attorney Genearal
- A delegation
- The government
Vol. XVII No. 28, 13 July 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
E. German rising vast in scope, reports disclose, by Art Preis
Congressional witch hunters smear Protestant clergymen, by Joseph Keller
- President of AFL lauds resistance to witch hunters
- George Meany (photo)
Workers revolt (cartoon), by Gray
Hawaii Smith Act victims get fines, 5 years in prison
Detroit SWP candidate denounces attempt to smear CIO auto union
SWP launches drive for fund of $18,000, by Farrell Dobbs
German revolt – beginning of end for Stalinism, by Murry Weiss
Shame of Chicago arouses city-wide storm of protest, by Hilda Smith
Czech workers win concessions, by Charles Hanley
Attack Lysenko
[Editorials]
- East Germany – bad news for Wall St.
- Reuther’s “boom or doom”
- Was Einstein’s advice “evil”?
Five-year auto pacts are given face-lifting, by David Lands
Rhee critic under arrest (photo)
$18,000 Fund Scoreboard
World Events, by Charles Hanley
- A general strike
- Jomo Kenyatta
- Patrick Duncan
- In Bolivia
- Rumania
- Archbishop Makarios III
- In Hunan
- Dictator Chiang Kai-shek
- The French government
- Japan’s unofficial trade agreement
- Crown Prince Azzadine Bey
- General Omar Bradley
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Still no “lost boundaries
Buffalo bus drivers win 3-day strike, by L. Jones
Anti-union charges smokescreen cancellation of Kaiser contracts, by Frank Lovell
CIO leaders off to Europe (photo)
Strike in the Catskills, by Ben Stanton
Strawberry fete a big success
Close-down victimizes Willow Run workers, by John Allen
Notes from the news
- Free clinics
- Disbarment of Harry Sacher
- The Catholic church
- Mathematics teacher
- The price of rubber
- The Liberal Party
- Strike-breaking
- Labor Daily reports
Kenya story told at Youngstown socialist forum
Vol. XVII No. 29, 20 July 1953, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People
EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen
Spirit of revolt is still aflame in East Germany, by Art Preis
Beria purge reveals gravest Soviet crisis since the thirties, by John G. Wright
Overcome by emotion (photo)
Liberal clergy still face witch hunt
- Witch hunter – J.R. Matthews (photo)
Milwaukee beer strikers display firm will to win, by James Boulton
NAACP adopts ten-year plan to end Jim Crow, by Jean Blake
Rhee-Robertson truce deal veiled in secrecy, by Joseh Keller
Branches collect $401 in campaign for funds, by Reba Aubrey
The basis for sound unity of the CIO and AFL
Next week
Letters to a Stalinist
- What do you think of German revolt? by Murry Weiss
Malenkov regime rocked by East German upsurge, by John G. Wright
- They feared spread of uprising, by Art Preis
$18,000 Fund Scoreboard
[Editorials]
- The “crimes” of Dr. Bergman
- Six plumbers, one millionaire
- Joseph Porgie’s secret
Beria – victim of system he helped create, by Murry Weiss
- Stalin (caricature)
The first achievement of China’s 5-year plan, by Harry Frankel
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- “Subversive” Protestants
Strike garb for a strike (photo)
Phila. garment workers seek union democracy, by Art Sharon
Tenant wins decision in housing oath case
Why penalize mothers? by Joyce Crowley
Notes from the news
- Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain
- A landlord
- Irwin Edelman
- Believe it or not
- A “newsletter” for bankers
- A “right to work” bill
- John W. Love
Vol. XVII No. 30, 27 July 1953, New York, NY
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Purge in USSR new charges hurled, by John G. Wright
Senate witch-hunters pass “talk-or-go-to-jail” measure, by Murry Weiss
- Labor hater (photo)
- Resign from McCarthy Committee (photo)
- Chalks up victory (photo)
Kenya high court rules Kenyatta trial was illegal
Workers in East Germany resist Stalinist repression, by Murry Weiss
Akron, Newark share lead in fund campaign, by Reba Aubrey
The narrowing differences between AFL-CIO, by C. Thomas
Ohio SWP urges governor to veto witch hunt bills
What America will look like under socialism, by James P. Cannon
[Editorials]
- Americanizing Pravda’s lies
- The “little tiger”
- Why do they revolt?
‘Disaster’ for Japan
$18,000 Fund Scoreboard
Last week’s U.S. casualties in Korea
Nickle [_sic_] bar goes
The Negro Struggle, by Jean Blake
- Cleveland scandal
Liberals pick Halley to run for mayor, by Harry Ring
Hunting for jobs (photo)
Rank-and-file strike flares at Linden over GM plant grievances, by Ralph Rodney
A cop stops you, by Manuel Rodriguez
Mounting opposition in Ohio seeks veto of “dangerous” thought bills
Notes from the news
- Class-minded judge
- Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam
- Free enterprise
- Former chairman
- The Coney Island
- Skyrocketing transit fares
- The Very Reverend Francis J. Connell
- In reply to a letter
- The cost-of-living
- Army justice
- Security screening
- “Joseph Porgie”
Dulles’ ‘blunder’
Vol. XVII No. 31, August 3, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 32, August 10, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 33, August 17, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 34, August 24, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 35, August 31, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 36, September 7, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 37, September 14, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 38, September 21, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 39, September 28, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 40, October 5, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 41, October 12, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 42, October 19, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 43, October 26, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 44, November 2, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 45, November 9, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 46, November 16, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 47, November 23, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 48, November 30, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 49, December 7, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 50, December 14, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 51, December 21, 1953, New York, NY
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Vol. XVII No. 52, December 28 1953, New York, NY
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