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Jay Lovestone

 

Jay Lovestone

1897-1990

 

 

 

Biography


Writings

“Parliamentarism” and “Political Action”: [with William Weinstone] (1919)
Social Reforms and the Left Wing (1919)

The Communists Answer (1921)

Letter to Ludwig Katterfeld (February 11, 1922)
Our Next Step (1922)
Letter to Ludwig Katterfeld (March 7, 1922)
Letter to Ludwig Katterfeld (March 21, 1922)
Basis for Reinstatement of the Central Caucus Faction, April 11, 1922 (1922)
Report to the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of America, April 14, 1922 (1922)
Memoradum to All Groups of the CPA from Jay Lovestone, Executive Secretary, July 25, 1922. (1922)

Patching Our Constitution (1923)
The Country Needs a Rest!, The Worker, March 10, 1923
Mrs. Olsen Tells Why She Voted for the Acquittal of Foster in Michigan Communist Trial (1923)
A Capitalist Dictatorship. Some History, The Worker, April 21, 1923
A Capitalist Dictatorship. An Underground Convention, The Worker, April 28, 1923
The Government - Strikebreaker (1923)
Grill Morrow, Spy, in Trial at Michigan, The Worker, May 5, 1923
The Venerable "Fathers", The Worker, May 5, 1923
Against the Masses, The Worker, May 12, 1923
Follies of 1924, Liberator, May 1923
New Open Shop Menace to Labor, The Worker, May 19, 1923
Bosses Plan New Attacks. Big Business Rallies Forces for Action against Workers, The Worker, June 2, 1923
"Who's Loony Now?" Gives Way to "Who's Liberal Now?", The Worker, June 9, 1923
Ruthenberg Convicted
Expose of American Coolie System of Labor Shows How 12-Hour Day Degrades Workers, The Worker, June 16, 1923
Shortage of Steel labor Is Gary Fake, The Worker, June 30, 1923
Bosses' Use of Government Against Labor is Best Argument for the Labor Party, The Worker, July 7, 1923
Lie Hurled at Gary; Steel Workers Anxious to Abolish the Twelve-Hour Working Day, The Worker, July 14, 1923
Twelve-Hour Day Rests on Brutal Dictatorship of Employing Class, The Worker, July 21, 1923
Another Testimonial to Mr. Gompers, The Worker, July 21, 1923
U.S. Senator Given Facts About Terror, The Worker, July 28, 1923
Senator Brookhart Explodes Malicious Lies About Russia, The Worker, August 4, 1923
Organized Labor in Pittsburgh Strengthens Its Support of Coal-Steel Tyranny Victims, The Worker, August 11, 1923
Harding's Death Precipitates Decisive Political Struggles, The Worker, August 18, 1923
New Crisis in Coal Industry. President Coolidge Plans to Break Miners' Strike
President Cal Coolidge, the 100 Percenter, The Worker, September 1, 1923
Coal Strike Situation as We Went to Press, The Worker, September 8, 1923
Treasure Islands [the Philippines]
President Coolidge Not Sphinx to Nation's Open Shop Bosses, The Worker, September 15, 1923
Labor Supports Workers Party in Fight for Rights, The Worker, September 22, 1923
Workers Party Free Speech Fight Rousing Masses in Western Pennsylvania, The Worker, September 29, 1923
Bosses Wine and Dine [John L.] Lewis
Serious Discontent Sweeps American Imperial Empire, The Worker, October 13, 1923
Employers Overawed by Their Own Frankenstein Reared In Giant Government Bureaucracy, The Worker, October 20, 1923
American Imperialists Preparing for Big Struggles
Dawn of Seventh Year in Soviet Russia Sees Growing Sentiment for U.S. Recognition in 68th Congress, The Worker, November 10, 1923
Standpat Republicans Oil Up the Old Steam Roller for Big Drive Against the "Insurgents”, The Worker, November 17, 1923
Sam Gompers and Union-Smashers Unite for New Attack on the Russian Soviet Republic, The Worker, November 24, 1923
Mellon Tax Program Favors Rich Against Poor, The Worker, December 1, 1923
Coolidge Message Cheers the Employing Class
Blood and Steel. An Exposure of the 12-Hour Day in the Steel Industry (1923)
What's What - About Coolidge? (1923)
Big Business Counts on Coolidge to Protect Its Interest, The Worker, December 22, 1923
Hughes' Fraud Against Soviet Recognition Is Big Boomerang to Enemies of Workers' Rule, The Worker, December 29, 1923

The War on the Workers, The Daily Worker Special Magazine Supplement, January 13, 1924
Introducing the Gentleman from South Carolina, The Daily Worker, January 16, 1924
The Taxation Tangle, The Daily Worker Special Magazine Supplement, January 19, 1924
Borah Probe of Russ Recognition Plans Start Today, The Daily Worker, January 21, 1924
United States Government on Trial in Borah Hearing for Recognition of Soviet Russia, The Daily Worker, January 24, 1924
Sink the Peace Ship!, The Daily Worker, January 24, 1924
At the King's Feet, The Daily Worker, January 31, 1924
The Present Economic Situation, The Daily Worker Special Magazine Supplement, February 2, 1924
Workers Compelled to Live in Dark, Stuffy Rooms and Suffer Dangerous Congestion, The Daily Worker, February 6, 1924
The Crux of the Philippine Conflict, The Daily Worker Special Magazine Supplement, February 9, 1924
The Politico-Military Horizon
Lincoln and the Working Class, The Daily Worker, February 12, 1924
Towards World Domination, The Daily Worker Special Magazine Supplement, February 23, 1924
United Council of Working Class Women Is Initiating Big Movement To End Housing Evils in Metropolis, The Daily Worker, February 25, 1924
Opposition to Filipino Independence Is Lead By Secretary of War, The Daily Worker, March 1, 1924
The Farmer-Laborites at Crossroads, The Daily Worker Special Magazine Supplement, March 15, 1924
A French Mussolini, The Daily Worker Special Magazine Supplement, March 17, 1924
Mr. Morgan Takes a Hand, The Daily Worker, March 20, 1924
The Role of McAdoo, The Daily Worker, March 25, 1924
Lovestone Sees Alleged Radical Probers in Washington Getting Cold Feet in Daugherty Grill, The Daily Worker, April 4, 1924
Filipino Labor Carries on Big General Strike, The Daily Worker, April 8, 1924
Sugar Trust Behind Cal vs. Filipinos, The Daily Worker, April 10, 1924
American Finance Imperialism in Action, Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Part VI; Part VII; Part VIII, The Daily Worker, April 22-25, 28-30, May 1, 1924
Post Counter-Revolutionary Period Shows Influence of Communist Party in Mexico, The Daily Worker, May 1, 1924
Mexican Workers Give Four Days to Celebrate Great International Labor Holiday, The Daily Worker, May 3, 1924
Tampico Strike Leader Tells Daily Worker of Fight With Big British Oil Interests, The Daily Worker, May 6, 1924
The Philippine Independence Mission, The Daily Worker, May 7, 1924
Filipino Leaders Thank Lovestone for Aid of W.P., The Daily Worker, May 13, 1924
Lodge As Peacemaker, The Daily Worker, May 17, 1924
The World Trade Union Movement, The Daily Worker, May 26, 1924
LaFollette Adrift, The Daily Worker, May 27, 1924
Business Continues to Drop, The Daily Worker, May 28, 1924
Routing the Communists, The Daily Worker, June 4, 1924
Why They Want a Bigger Navy
Workers Face Unemployment and Wage Cuts
What It Costs to Become President, The Daily Worker, June 13, 1924
Wall Street’s New "Old Guard"
No Word of Agricultural Crisis Heard at Donkey Meet, The Daily Worker, June 26, 1924
Lovestone Says that New York Donkey Show Is Well Staged, The Daily Worker, June 27, 1924
Lovestone Tells of Noisist Jackass Session When Smith Got More Noise Than Oily Mac, The Daily Worker, June 28, 1924
Millionaire Democrats Keep Attacks on Friend Coolidge From Their Party Program, The Daily Worker, June 30, 1924
Holy War on Klan is Hiding Capitalist Rivalry Between the East and the New South
Prosperity Blows Up
Al's Boosters Get Dizzy and Desert Circus Galleries as Donkeys Circle Their 50th Lap, The Daily Worker, July 5, 1924
La Follette Seen as Second Choice of Brotherhood Chiefs Since Mac Broke Down Donkey, The Daily Worker, July 8, 1924
Whose Fault?, The Daily Worker, July 14, 1924
Who Owns the Democratic Party? Part I; Part II, The Daily Worker, July 16-17, 1924
Nation’s Jobless Army Is Growing Rapidly, The Daily Worker, July 18, 1924

The La Follette Illusion (1924)
What the Communist International Thinks of the Different Groups in the Party (1924)
The Big Stick Gets Bigger [The Workers Monthly, December 1924]

American Imperialism (1925)
The New America: The American Empire [The Workers Monthly, July 1925]
More Communist Strongholds [The Workers Monthly, October 1925]
“One Step Forward — Two Steps Backward” for Mr. Green (1925)
Towards Party Reorganization (1925)
Class Divisions in the United States [The Workers Monthly, November 1925]
Toward A World Bolshevik Party [The Workers Monthly, December 1925]

Imperialism and the American Working Class [The Workers Monthly, March 1926]
Forces and Currents in the Present Political Situation [The Workers Monthly, April 1926]

America Facing Europe (1927)
Ruthenberg Dead! Farewell Comrade Ruthenberg; Farewell Our Leader (1927)
Towards Another Wave of Revolutionary Struggles, Part I, [The Communist, April 1927], Part II, [The Communist, May 1927]
Perspectives for Our Party, Part I, [The Communist, June 1927], Part II, [The Communist, July 1927]
The Labor Lieutenants of American Imperialism (1927)
Introduction to Stalin’s Interview With the First American Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia (1927)
The Coolidge Program (1927)
Some Trade Union Problems [The Communist, November 1927]

The Present Economic Situation [The Communist, February 1928]
1928.The Presidential Election and the Workers (1928)
Practical Phases of the Labor Party Campaign [The Communist, April 1928]
The Present Situation in the Labor Movement [The Communist, May 1928]
Some Immediate Party Problems [The Communist, July 1928]
Ruthenberg as Fighter and Leader (1928)
America Prepares for the Next War (1928)
America's Fight for World Hegemony and the War Danger [The Communist, October 1928]
The Sixth World Congress of the Communist International [The Communist, November 1928]
The 1928 Elections [The Communist, December 1928]

Pages from Party History (1929)
Some Issues in the Party Discussion [The Communist, January-February 1929]
Twelve Years of the Soviet Union [Revolutionary Age, November 1, 1929]
The Birth of the American Communist Movement [Revolutionary Age, November 15, 1929]

Plowing the Sands of Capitalist "Peace" [Revolutionary Age, January 15, 1930]
Can American Capitalism Be "Organized?" [Revolutionary Age, February 15, 1930]
Party Cleansing or Party Wrecking? [Revolutionary Age, April 7, 1930]
Lovestone Reports on Soviet Party Questions [Revolutionary Age, April 21, 1930]

Why They Worry [Revolutionary Age, January 24, 1931]
Europe 1931: Hunger and War [Revolutionary Age, January 31, 1931]

The American Labor Movement. Its Past, Present and Future (1932)

What Next for American Labor? (1934)

Soviet Foreign Policy and the World Revolution (1935)

The People's Front Illusion: From "Social Fascism" to the "People's Front" (1937)
The Moscow Trials in Historical Perspective (1937)
The Meaning of the Soviet “Purges” (1937)

New Frontiers for Labor (1938)

 


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