The Militant Masthead

(1949)

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Vol. XIII No. 1, 3 January 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

SWP plenum opens offensive on anti-Marxists

Dubinsky deals stab-in-back to labor in Taft-Hartley fight, by Art Preis

NMU chiefs copy CP methods in purge of Stalinists, by Ralph Bell

Marshall Plan Aid to Dutch (cartoon), by Gray

Who will do planning under U.S. socialism? by Farrell Dobbs

Stalinist legislator in Ceylon joins Trotskyist movement

James Kutcher invited to address Conn. CIO

The state of the union and our legislative program, by the Editors

Post-election trends and perspectives in U.S., by M. Stein

SWP pioneers honored at anniversary affair

Mine tragedy (photo)

The Militant Army

Editorials]

“Morality” in Indonesia war, by Joseph Hansen

Workers Forum

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

“Children not wanted,” by Art Preis

Weinstock letters show CP sabotages fight on Smith Act, by George Breitman

No justice here (photo)

Not so few, but so many, by Paul Abbott

These eyes that haunt ...

Jim Crow puts liberals on spot, by J. Meyer

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 2, 10 January 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

VA Gen. Gray OK’s firing of legless veteran

State of the Union, 1949 (cartoon), by Gray

Truman “Fair Deal” proposals sugar-coat military program, by Art Preis

SWP pickets at Dutch consulate, backs [sic] Indonesia

Further degeneration of the Socialist Party, by Farrell Dobbs

Anti-labor press hails Dubinsky’s T-H “substitute”

23,777 Toronto votes cast for Ross Dowson, by Barry Brent

Supreme Court again shows its class bias

Capitalist propaganda runs into “sales resistance”, by M. Stein

World Events, by Joseph Hansen

Designed for strikebreaking (photo)

The Militant Army

Tenant group dance in Harlem Jan. 14

[Editorials]

New book on Sacco-Vanzetti, by Paul Schapiro

SP record vs. ours on Indonesia, by Joseph Hansen

Correction

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

“Christian will to peace”, by Art Preis

Members alarmed by political purge in maritime union, by W.F. Herndon

Italian veterans protest (photo)

Nailing Marx to the cross, by Paul Abbott

Judge frees cop-killer of Negro youth in Detroit

ACEWR reports on recent bazaars

Fascists push segregation law

Portrait of new Congress, by Joseph Keller

Home markets are key to 1949 trends, by John G. Wright

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 3, 17 January 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

How revolutionary socialist would speak in Congress, by Farrell Dobbs

Truman budget sacrifices human needs to war costs, by Art Preis

Where your tax dollar is going

CIO tax program in sharp contrast to president’s

The old sword trick (cartoon), by Gray

Help for James Kutcher growing on West Coast

Prominent educators join Cleveland group

Acheson to continue Marshall war policy

An Editorial

Your stake in the case of the legless veteran, by George Breitman

World Events, by Joseph Hansen

The White House’s Steel Plan – is it ‘socialistic’?

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

A discussion of post-election trends

Chinese Trotskyists hold celebration of 1917 revolution

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Whither U.S. capitalism? by Art Preis

Politicians try to push civil rights issue into background, by J. Meyer

Profits, prices & wages (diagram), from Federated Press

Humphrey and labor, by Grace Carlson

Buffalo UE votes down frame-up trial move

A lesson in democracy, by John G. Wright

New Haven SWP opens new office

Wallace throws another boomerang, by George Clarke

Oakland FEPC law defeated by City Council, by Joseph Bryant


Vol. XIII No. 4, 24 January 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Lenin’s record speaks against his slanderers, by John G. Wright

The “Fair Deal” pie (cartoon), by Gray

Trail of C.P. threatens all labor’s rights, by Farrell Dobbs

NMU meeting gives setback to purge methods, by W.F. Herndon

Full support for Kutcher at Conn. CIO convention

Pensions and welfare top list of auto union demands

Death knell sounds for Chiang dictatorship, by Joseph Hansen

What American labor can learn from Lenin, by Joseph Hansen

[Editorials]

Storm Shanghai banks (photo)

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

30-hour week and morals, by Art Preis

Unemployment for 4 million predicted for next spring

Little discussion of problems at Conn. CIO parley

By-passed (photo)

No one need go hungry, by Paul Abbott

Notes from the news

Committee to help Kutcher formed in So. California

Detroit SWP to celebrate National Negro History Week


Vol. XIII No. 5, 31 January 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

The president’s inaugural speech, by Farrell Dobbs

Truman urges pact binding America to new world war, by Joseph Hansen

Trotskyists run for office in two California cities

New York grand jury system (cartoon), by Gray

SWP rally in N.Y. to protest trial of Stalinist leaders

Imperialists in Shanghai fear workers’ uprising

Militant office gutted by fire

3 more CIO councils back legless veteran

CP trial shows juries packed by the right, by Farrell Dobbs

Does “World Fair Deal” differ from “old” imperialism, by John G. Wright

Protest Dutch invasion (photo)

World Events, by Joseph Hansen

Author urges help for James Kutcher

New leads in Tresca case

The Militant Army

Dobbs to speak in Buffalo Feb. 12

[Editorials]

“Why don’t you all get together?” and other letters from readers

Where the taxes come from – and go (graphic)

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Medical medicine men, by Mary Wood

Weinstock admits treachery of CP in fight on Smith Act, by George Breitman

Dutch Trotskyists back Indonesian freedom struggle

Negroes and the CIO, by Joseph Andrews

New Republic on Kutcher, by George Breitman

Stimulating program marks Bay Area celebration of Negro History Week, by Dickson Woods

Detroit youth group hits SLID moves

Notes from the news

From coast to coast


Vol. XIII No. 6, 7 February 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Wall Street sets up clamor to speed CP trial, by Farrell Dobbs

Monopolists try to hide need for wage raises, by John G. Wright

Truman’s bill no bar to use of injunctions, by George Breitman

Weinstock backs out on offer to debate Trotskyist

Rhode Island CIO pledges to help Kutcher committee

New Stalin plea: “I want a deal”, by Joseph Hansen

Taft Act supporters in position to “put teeth” in new bill

“Carry on as usual,” say Chinese Stalinists

World Trade Union body – a pawn in the Cold War, by N. Henri

Professors ousted in witch-hunt (photos)

World Events, by Joseph Hansen

Mourn untimely death of Belgian Trotskyist

Concert for Kutcher

The economic causes of U.S. war drive, by John Saunders

The Militant Army

Union locals aid Kutcher defense

[Editorials]

Negro history week and the workers, by J. Meyer

Scottsboro case, Northern style (photo)

A new book on the life of Frederick Douglass, by George Lavan

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The saga of the 10¢ fare, by Robert Chester

Democrats and Republicans combine to save filibuster, by Albert Parker

“Where tax dollar comes from ... Where the budget dollar goes ...“ (graphic), from Federated Press

Letter to a student, by Grace Carlson

“Democrat” and Smith Act, by Sam Taylor


Vol. XIII No. 7, 14 February 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

James Kutcher in hospital for new operation, by George Breitman

“Inherent powers” doctrine menaces democratic rights, by Art Preis

Reconstruction of Militant office proceeding slowly

Judge bars “confidential” jury-packing evidence, by Farrell Dobbs

Survival of Kuomintang made possible by CP, by Li Fu-jen

A lesson that labor can profit from, by the Editors

Trial of the Stalinist leaders, by James P. Cannon

Labor Union Trends

Mop brigade parades for wage hike (photo)

The Militant Army

Detroit celebrates Negro History Week

[Editorials]

The two sides of Abraham Lincoln, by G. F. Eckstein

Eleven years after death of Leon Sedov

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The Mindszenty case, by Art Preis

Kutcher committee launches nation-wide petition drive

Joy loader brings gloom to miners (photo)

Repeating our warning, by Albert Parker

Seattle SWP supports protest moves against college witch-hunts, by John Black

4 million decline in jobs since July

Plant police on strike at Westinghouse unit

Frank Barnes is still penalized, by J.L. Hawkins

Gilding the warmonger

Heated contest marks NAACP election in L.A., by J. Blake

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 8, 21 February 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Greek govt. kills Jehovah Witness

UAW officials’ collusion with employers revealed

“Watch the birdie!” (cartoon), by Gray

Anna L. Strong arrested as “spy” in Soviet Union

Answer to Ben Davis’ slander against SWP, by Farrell Dobbs

Noted legal experts join Kutcher defense

Phila. transit workers show power in strike, by J. Minuit

Protest on purge by Willard Motley

Report Dutch troop revolt in Indonesia

Social Democrats endorse witch-hunt in colleges, by George Breitman

Zipper plant zipped shut (photo)

World Events, by Joseph Hansen

Methodist minister on Mindszenty case

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Issues in Washington’s time and ours

Kutcher case is attracting wide attention in schools

Workers Forum

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

A late Christmas story, by Theodore Kovalesky

Weinstock uses lie-and-run technique to dodge debate, by George Clarke

States plot own anti-Red laws as witch-hunts grow

Veterans picket landlord (photo)

Spies, spies, everywhere! by Henry Walsh

Lonshoremen [sic] blast Bridges lay-off plan, by E. Harris

National heart week, by Grace Carlson</p>

Oakland City Council knocks FEPC ordinance off ballot, by William Gorman

29th anniversary observed by League for Mutual Aid

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 9, 28 February 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

George Novack starts on tour for Jim Kutcher

Ban all restrictions on right on strike, SWP tells Senate

“Nothing to worry about ...” (cartoon), by Gray

An Editorial

Union leaders violate promises in T-H fight

Queens College case and Catholic hierarchy

CP trial recessed

UAW opposition paper answers Reuther

The defense of labor’s living standards, by Art Preis

Markos on the scrapheap – a Greek sequel to the Yugoslav affair, by Spero

Landlords lobby (photo)

Mounting union aid for Kutcher

Logical choice

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Life in MacArthur’s Japan today, by Paul Schapiro

Letters from our readers

NAACP condemns Democratic Party delays on closure

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Potential fellow-draftees! by John F. Petrone

Lay-offs are chief topic of discussion in plants today, by Milton Alvin

Striking drivers walk (photo)

Teachers with “conviction”, by Ruth Johnson

Phila. settlement unpopular with transit strikers

Good start for Weiss campaign in Los Angeles, by Lois Saunders

A lesson in democracy, by Fred Hart

Filomena Goelman leads fight for FEPC in Oakland

Real issues evaded at UAW economic parley

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 10, 7 March 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

CP launches public attack on James Kutcher, by George Breitman

Witch-hunt bill aimed at N.Y. school teachers

“Sign here – or get our! (cartoon), by Gray

Truman administration bears responsibility for filibuster, by Farrell Dobbs

Honored – and suppressed

Cardinal leads scabs against cemetery strike, by Art Preis

Smith Act prosecution of CP starts March 7, by Farrell Dobbs

Toledo jobless increase as authorities twiddle thumbs, by Milton Alvin

CIO policy weakens wage drive

Next week

Labor Union Trends

Protesting the death sentence on six Trenton, New Jersey, Negroes (photo)

World Events

George Novack starts tour for Kutcher in Pittsburgh

Fourth International scores with another excellent issue, by Joseph Hansen

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Anna L. Strong boosts CP line in China, by Li Fu-jen

Jews and Arabs exchange PW’s (photo)

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The mind of Mr. Clark, by James Kutcher

First returns on local elections of CIO auto workers

Secretary of Defence James V. Forrestal with Paul J. Kiolday (D. Tex.) (photo)

Myra Weiss bids Wallaceites to support program of SWP, by Lois Saunders

Youngstown SWP demand action on local FEPC bill

Humphrey and housing, by Grace Carlson

My interview with LEPL, by Philomena Goelman

The case of Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, by Joseph Keller

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 11, 14 March 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

An Editorial

World-famous scientists aid James Kutcher

Cannon pamphlet on Minneapolis trial reissued

Fear of Depression is voiced at trial of 11, by Farrell Dobbs

Minimum wage bill undergoes surgery

Carey McWilliams answers Stalinist slander on SWP

Is the 30-hour week program a “dream?” by Art Preis

Next week

George Novack’s tour gets off to notable start in Pittsburgh

Shanghai strike indicates growing unrest in China, by Li Fu-jen

A heap of uncollected garbage in New York (photo)

CP oppositionists reported active in Hungary, Germany

Successful work on petitions in N.Y.

Labor Union Trends

The Militant Army

[Editorial]

An analysis of union leaders’ role, by Paul Schapiro

One Democrat to another (photo)

Cabinet-post shuffles by Truman and Stalin

Philadelphia cops raid inter-racial meeting

Letters from our readers

Correction

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

A matter of opinion, by James Kutcher

How jury is being selected in trial of Stalinist leaders, by Farrell Dobbs

Police boss sets ominous pattern for Detroit Press, by Howard Mason

Francis Cardinal Spellman directs scabs (photo)

Two million lost childhoods, by Ruth Johnson

Place on ballot won by Oakland candidate

Main L. A. election issue – who should run the govt.? by Lois Saunders

Sidney Hook – then and now, by George Breitman

Heated elections in Flint UAW, by Emmett Moore


Vol. XIII No. 12, 21 March 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

New police-state bills pushed by witch-hunters

Truman Democrats in retreat all along line on “Fair Deal”, by Art Preis

World War 3 plans (cartoon), by Gray

Novack stricken with influenza on tour in Cleveland

Stalin’s crimes bared at Paris Kravchenko trial

Jury selected in trial of 11 Stalinist leaders, by Farrell Dobbs

Buffalo News smears union groups and SWP

Senate filibuster debate was a sham battle, by Albert Parker

Next week

New introduction to Cannon trial pamphlet,

Top CIO leaders meet with Truman (photo)

April FI features study on democracy

Labor Union Trends

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Truth about Trenton frameup, by Bill Smith

26 Post Office employees file suit against purge

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Four of the unemployed, by Theodore Kovalesky

Cardinal Spellman smashes strike of cemetery workers

Rubber workers in front line of wage rise fight

Meat in the diet, by Grace Carlson

Growing support for Kutcher committees

Dubinsky’s radio station, by Ruth Johnson

Myra Weiss’ campaign arouses wide interest, by Lois Saunders

Wright to discuss Soviet Russia today

The housing crisis and the unused plants, by M. Alvin


Vol. XIII No. 13, 28 March 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Pact’s aims are war, dictatorships, by George Breitman

What’s to be done about civil rights? by Albert Parker

An Editorial

SWP tells stand against T-H Act to House body

CP cites role in war as defense at trial, by Farrell Dobbs

Labor and liberal leaders in Detroit urge Kutcher aid

Marshall Plan linked directly to war pact, by George Clarke

Next week

Labor Union Trends

“Hands off – Army brass” sign (photo)

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

The unknown soldier and the legless vet, by Theodore Kovalesky

The liberals – help or obstacle?

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Representative government? by Joseph Keller

Hard economic reality makes Pollyanna forecasts absurd, by John G. Wright

Courier’s view on the filibuster

Talked civil rights to death (photo)

Big Weiss vote sought as mayoralty race ends, by Lois Saunders

The meanest man of the month, by Ruth Johnson

Phila. jobless at seven-year peak, by J. Minuit

Buffalo UAW local progressives defeated by sinister conspiracy

SWP supports candidate of Mexican community in L.A.

More educators, religious leaders back Kutcher case


Vol. XIII No. 14, 4 April 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

N.Y. conference peddles sham ‘peace program’, by John G. Wright

SWP calls for united action in defense of civil liberties

Geo. Novack’s tour cut short by illness

But look what’s behind you! by Gray (cartoon)

‘Anti-Red’ mobilization in New York fizzles, by Art Preis

Lenin’s views grossly perverted at trial of 11, by Farrell Dobbs

SWP calls for support of $7,500 Militant fund, by James P. Cannon

Chicago Stalinist hoodlums assault distributors of civil rights leaflet

An interview with Reverend Melish, by Ruth Johnson

Persecution of the conscientious objectors, by Farrell Dobbs

ACLU meeting voices alarm at rising reaction, by Farrell Dobbs

Guatemalan workers fighting mad ... (photo)

SWP denies that it picketed at ‘peace congress’

Next week

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Restrictive ballot bill opposed by SWP in Conn.

Laski barred from UCLA talk (photo)

AFL editor tells why he supports Kutcher despite intimidation

Workers Forum

A timely study of ‘loyalty’ purge, by William F. Warde

Persecution of conscientious objectors (continued from Page 1)

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Another impotent maneuver

Walter White apologizes, by Albert Parker

100,000 in strike wave against the speedup in auto

Railway express lockout (photo)

Our reporter makes news

Juries convict two in Seattle ‘contempt’ trials, by John Black

Crisis in the Workers Party, by George Breitman

Background of the Oakland council election, by William Gorman


Vol. XIII No. 15, 11 April 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Kutcher appeal heard by top ‘loyalty’ board

“Dove of peace”, by Gray (cartoon)

Heaviest blitz on civil rights in U.S. history, by Albert Parker

SWP vote gains in Los Angeles election

Mob violence incited at Pittsburgh rally

How Murray’s machine crushed militant local, by G. Mason

Pitt. student at Stalinist protest rally tells how thugs beat him up

Appeal to our readers on the Militant fund, by the Editors

The ACTU whitewashes a strikebreaker, by Art Preis

Labor Union Notes

They meet again (photo)

First branch returns fill 17% of Militant fund, by Reba Aubrey

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Worcester firms chisel on wages as jobless grow, by Irene James

Vote New York taxi strike (photo)

Phila. meeting hits police assault on civil rights, by J. Minuit

Opposition holds ground elections in UAW show

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

She confesses – a little, by John G. Wright

FBI stoolpigeon testifies for government in C.P. trial, by Farrell Dobbs

Boston ILG forced to give up 35-hour week

Norman Mailer’s speech, by George Breitman

SWP candidate addresses many workers in Oakland

Ship workers convention terminates in a deadlock

Notes from the news

Federal judge jails six more in California for “contempt”, by J. Blake


Vol. XIII No. 16, 18 April 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

NMU heads demand oath of “loyalty” by members, by R. Bell

New war moves follow signing of Atlantic pact, by Art Preis

Truman labor bill faces amendments

More CIO, AFL unions extend aid to James Kutcher

Angel of mercy (cartoon), by Gray

Kremlin steps up its campaign against Tito, by Ruth Johnson

Cleveland strike pickets held on 2-million bond, by M. Toohey

SWP radio speaker upholds socialized medical system

Report on ADA convention, by Farrell Dobbs

Next week

Labor Union Trends

Atlantic pact ceremonies (photo)

Fund campaign passes quarter mark of quota, by Reba Aubrey

The Militant Army

Auto workers fight speedup in Detroit

Fellow victim

[Editorials]

Workers Forum

Dilemma of the Socialist Party, by George Breitman

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Cancer control month, by Grace Carlson

Five million jobless, report of Census Bureau indicates

CCNY students keep ranks firm in protest strike, by Arthur Kent

Strikebreaking in Cleveland (photo)

The human scrap heap, by John G. Wright

Not-so-free enterprise, by Ruth Johnson

First results of the new rent law

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 17, 25 April 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

The spirit of May Day, by Gray (cartoon)

Union chiefs shadow box with T-H, unemployment, by Art Preis

Skoglund faces renewed threat of deportation

2,018 votes cast for Filomena Goelman Oakland candidate

May Day Manifesto of Socialist Workers Party

Police-spy atmosphere pervades trial of CP, by Farrell Dobbs

Novack describes progress in rallying Kutcher defense, by Larissa Reed

The outrage in Cleveland – a grim warning, by Bert Cochran

Witch-hunt bill signed (photo)

Fund lags 11% as drive goes into second half, by Reba Aubrey

The Militant Army

Woolen textiles skid

[Editorials]

May Day and the fight for 30-hour week, by Ruth Johnson

Vincent Dunne, pioneer Trotskyist, honored on his sixtieth birthday

Meeting in Paris condemns French war on Indo-China

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Atlantic pact and the ADA, by John G. Wright

NMU port officials in N.Y. hit “Yellow-Dog” amendment, by R. Bell

Broad Minnesota Committee to help James Kutcher

New York college strike (photo)

Aftermath of the filibuster, by J. Meyer

Special session of Congress demanded by New York NAACP

James T. Farrell explains why he supports Kutcher

Myra Weiss gets 1,506 votes in Los Angeles, by J. Blake

Two more unionists at Westinghouse victimized as “poor security risks”

Notes from the news

Next week

Detroit lecture on labor leader’s role


Vol. XIII No. 18 Monday, May 2, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Special report from China on the civil war

Attacks on democratic rights arouse increasing opposition

Make yourself at home, by Gray (cartoon)

Tito says Czech government abets despots in Greece

An Editorial

“Model” repressive law adopted by Maryland

GI jobless benefits to end on July 25

Video station cuts off Weiss civil rights debate, by J. Blake

Baruch’s plan for permanent regimentation, by Art Preis

Next week

Chinese students ask peace (photo)

Militant fund still lags 11% with 2 weeks to go, by Reba Aubrey

Kutcher receives support from many diverse groups

Sperry UE local votes aid for vet

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Socialized medicine – why the U.S. needs it, by Harry Braverman

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The “trust-busting” fraud, by Ruth Johnson

65,000 Ford workers vote to strike against speedup

Senator Paul Douglas “rising star of Illinois”, by J. Meyer

In their own backyard (photo)

Senators go a-slumming, by Joseph Keller

First Oakland SWP campaign brings encouraging results

Whom to investigate? by Sam Taylor

Councilman Connolly hits Kutcher purge

Unemployment high in maritime unions

Upturn forecasts prove false, by John G. Wright

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 19 Monday, May 9, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Kutcher’s appeal rejected by loyalty review board

24-hour work stoppage can turn tide on T-H

IWW first union named on Clark’s “subversive” list

“You’re still fired! ...”, by Gray (cartoon)

Martin Abern dead; heart-attack victim

Libyans tell why they want full independence, by Ruth Johnson

Why I was barred from the Stalinist “peace conference”, by Calvin R. de Silva

Paris ‘peace parleys’ had much in common

Next week

74 hours down under (photo)

$7,500 Militant fund reaches 68% of quota, by Reba Aubrey

Kutcher committee reports new support for veteran

The Militant Army

Little accomplished at NAACP youth meet

Sartre, Richard Wright denounce Atlantic pact as well as Stalinism

Book Review

[Editorials]

Trotskyist program in China

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Baruch’s great fear, by Art Preis

Landlords move in for kill behind new rent-hike ruling, by Joseph Keller

Nationalists on the run (photo)

They can’t intimidate us, by James Kutcher

Alarm expressed over blacklist, school purges

Right-wingers take control of Los Angeles CIO council, by Steve Roberts

Bay Area SWP spokesman denounces witch-hunt bills

Notes from the news

Next week


Vol. XIII No. 20, 16 May 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Ford empire shut down by strike against speedup

Atlantic pact aimed against socialism, Dobbs tells Senate

Kutcher group will carry case into federal court

“We’ll get that T-H law yet! ...”, by Gray (cartoon)

Greek government murders another Jehovah’s Witness

Opponents of purge win new strength in NMU, by R. Bell

Call unemployment “healthy correction”

A Senate hearing at work, by Farrell Dobbs

Answer Congress with 24-hour stoppage, by Art Preis

Next week

Text of Farrell Dobbs statement on pact

Militant fund drive near successful finish, by Reba Aubrey

Labor Union Trends

The Militant Army

[Editorial]

How liberals aid Jim Crow! by Albert Parker

Locked out at Philco (photo)

Two not-so-innocents abroad, by George Breitman

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Socialized medicine, by Grace Carlson

“Right” to fire for political views claimed by company, by A. Smith

“Ford is on strike!” (photo)

Box-score of Marshall Plan, by Joseph Keller

Longshore union votes down lay-off plan for 2nd time, by E. Harris

McWilliams says Kutcher case is “key” loyalty test

World events, by Paul G. Stevens

Work-stoppage protests murder of ILGWU member


Vol. XIII No. 21, 23 May 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Ford maneuvers fail to shake strike solidarity

Atlantic Pact Theatre, by Gray (cartoon)

CIO in Detroit urges national “labor holiday”

Oil, ship unions ask shorter week with same pay

Pennsylvania CIO convention cheers James Kutcher

Paid FBI stoolpigeons paraded at CP trial, by Farrell Dobbs

“Trenton Six” appeal frame-up death sentence

‘Billion Dollar Club’ has 56 members

U.S. behind-scenes moves gain support for Franco, by Ruth Johnson

Norman Thomas gives pact his blessings

Next week

Labor Union Trends

Pay tribute to slain organizer (photo)

Branches go over top in $7,500 fund drive, by Reba Aubrey

Favorable press comment on case of purge victim

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Negro life in the South – an honest report, by J. Meyer

International solidarity for Canadian strikers

Workers Forum

Socialist Call condemns firing of Jim Kutcher

Kutcher defense wins support in Washington

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Socialized Medicine – II, by Grace Carlson

Job down-trend to continue, capitalist press now admits

Four men die in mine (photo)

One Man’s Whim, by Joseph Keller

AFL proposes labor “unity” – State Dept. style

Incident in a Mine, by Walter Prince

Tenney witch-hunt bills are aimed at almost everyone, by Al Lynn

Affiliations

NAACP is opposed to aid by U.S. to Jim Crow education

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 22, 30 May 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Stalinist “auto” sheet slanders SWP unionists (facsimile)

CIO leaders deal blow to membership’s rights

Boss press aids right-wing victory in Buffalo union

Ford shutdown (photo)

Arbitration offer of Reuther angers Ford militants

Rakes up old lies about Smith Act’s first victims

Kutcher to tour 3 Western states to rally support for his defense

Libyan uprisings force U.N. delay on colonies, by Ruth Johnson

CP defendants haunted by Minneapolis case, by Farrell Dobbs

The Kremlin’s strikebreaking in Berlin

Next week

“American freedom and Catholic power” – truthful, courageous book, by Art Preis (book review)

Kuomintang terror (photo)

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Political lesson from France, by Pierre Frank

Five strikers died here (photos)

Home of the Brave – Hollywood’s new approach to the Negroes, by Paul Schapiro

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Socialized Medicine III

SWP tells stand on FEPC to House committee hearing

Singer strikers fight speed-up and layoffs

Tighten their grip (photo)

Illinois state CIO backs defense of Jim Kutcher

The squeeze is on, by John G. Wright

News Notes

New workers camp in N.J. to open season on June 18

Art symposium in N.Y. to aid Kutscher defense


Vol. XIII No. 23, 6 June 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Rubber workers board suspends L.S. Buckmaster

Ford workers forced back to same speedup conditions

Atom scientist Urey leads attack on Clark blacklist

The wringer, by Gray (cartoon)

Bolivia strikes spread after miners massacre

Kutcher speaks Friday June 10 in Minneapolis

Report execution of Tan Malakka

Attack on V. Reuther deals blow to labor

Union leaders assail Congress

The atomic bomb and our future

The Kremlin and anti-Semitism, by Paul G. Stevens

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Where the SWP stands on conscription

Seattle boilermakers regain local autonomy, by Daniel Roberto

Workers Forum

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

No comedy at Ford’s, by R. Norton

Abramson, high CIO official, exposes CP on civil rights

Two trials at Foley Sq., by Ruth Johnson

Still a matter of taste, by George Clarke

CP fears to print Abramson reply, by William F. Warde

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 24, 13 June 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

An Editorial

The price of bread in Ohio, by Gray (cartoon)

3 CIO unions back defense of legless vet – clothing, maritime, packing workers aid James Kutcher

Special session on civil rights urged by NAACP

Minneapolis CIO urges national 24-hour stoppage

Paris conclave uses masses as mere pawns, by Ruth Johnson

Unemployment rises, but so do profits

CP trial shows pattern developing in witch-hunt, by Farrell Dobbs

Swear “loyalty” or starve, Ohio decrees

Labor Union Trends

Victor Reuther shot (photos)

World events, by Paul G. Stevens

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

Socialism is answer – Einstein, by Joseph Hansen

The case of James Kutcher, text of article in June 1 Advance

Stalinists preserve system of wage slavery in China’s cities, by George Breitman

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Socialized Medicine IV

Economic decline to deepen, monopoly spokesmen admit, by John G. Wright

Canadian seamen fight scabbery of SIU leaders

Georgia lynch victim (photos)

A time for reason, by Francis Bradley

Jim Kutcher to tell his story in Seattle

The SP and the pact, by John F. Petrone

New sample of Stalinist slander, by Joseph Keller

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 25, 20 June 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

An Editorial

Vast FBI police spy system uncovered at Coplon trial, by George Breitman

House body plans “book burning” in schools, colleges

FBI at work, by Gray (cartoon)

CP defendant boasts war aid to imperialism, by Farrell Dobbs

Kutcher well received by Minnesota unionists, by Winifred Nelson

You too are a target of the witch-hunt, by Art Preis

Fifth Amendment is under attack

Demand jobs, get clubs (photo)

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

The man they wanted to draft for president

>Editorial Note

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

How the witch-hunt works

Artists pledge support to legless veteran’s struggle

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The ban on The Nation, by Joseph Keller

Hear of mine stoppage (photo)

Buffalo Bell union forced to strike

Roybal victory shows L.A. minorities’ power, by J. Blake

Are you a stockholder? by Jeanne Morgan

Boeing company wins court decision; union will seek NLRB election, by C. Kaye

“The Red Menace”, by C. Grant

Busy schedule planned for James Kutcher in Bay Area

Notes from the news

Seek 40 hr. pay for 30 hr. week


Vol. XIII No. 26 Monday, June 27, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Resistance to witch-hunt is growing

8 million either jobless or on less than half-time – but president sees “no crisis”, by Art Preis

“Nice day!“, by Gray (cartoon)

Green and Murray play two-faced role on T-H

Committee asks support to stop Skoglund deportation

N.Y. brewery union wins strike for shorter week

No need to worry – Truman, by George Breitman

Next week

Free ride from TWU (photo)

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

Buffalo militants and their slanderers, by Bert Cochran

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

CP trial and the fight for socialism, by Farrell Dobbs

Ku Klux Klan activities (photos)

Truman should keep quiet about the alien and sedition laws, by Ruth Johnson

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Who is ND 401? by Albert Parker

Will CIO fight? – the decisive question in the wage battle

Trial of Simpson set for June 27 in Philadelphia

Lost finder in speedup (photo)

A new kind of “bigot”, by Joseph Keller

6,000 warehousemen go on strike in Bay Area

John Dewey speaks out, by John F. Petrone

Loyalty board, FBI decline to debate with James Kutcher in Seattle

SWP will participate in N.Y. civil rights meeting

Notes from the news

Baltimore NMU for work stoppage to repeal T-H


Vol. XIII No. 27 Monday, July 4, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

UAW convention faces issue of union democracy

Kutcher forces conference to hear his plea

A lesson from American history (cartoon)

Stalinists refuse to defend rights of political opponents – Dobbs’ appeal for support to SWP, Kutcher voted down

Big drop in production predicted by December

Government purge upheld in outrageous court decision

Administration opens rent-hike flood-gates

Where the blame rests for Taft’s victory, by Art Preis

Farrell Dobbs’ speech at civil rights parley

N.Y. regents warned not to blacklist SWP

Lurye’s killers? (Photos)

Democracy issue in auto union

Kutcher impresses Seattle liberal and labor circles

Stalinists refuse to defend rights of political opponents (continued from Page 1)

Immigrat’n board holds hearing on Skoglund’s appeal

The Militant Army

Successful season expected for Mountain Spring camp

Oil union seeks 36-hour week

The NMU ranks point the way

The Fourth of July tradition, by Ruth Johnson

Hawaiian strikers fight back against union-busting drive

Results of “lesser evil” politics

Criticism stifled at Labor Party conference

Ku Klux Klan terrorism

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Witch-hunts and Jim Crow, by William F. Warde

Vital issues face delegates at NAACP 40th conference, by Albert Parker

Jim Crow violence (photo)

Socialized Medicine V: British medicine, by Grace Carlson

New political program needed

How to win civil rights

Internal life of the organization

Hook finds a friend, by Joseph Keller

Youngstown paper incites violence against Negroes

Mass action in Washington, D. C.

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 28 Monday, July 11, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Defends civil rights of all, Dobbs urges conference

Civil rights just for us (cartoon)

Labor Party is way to fight T-H – Taft’s victory shows folly of depending on Democrats, by Art Preis

Ad profits show who control [sic] press

New York regents stage witch-hunt “hearings”

Reuther seeks tighter rule at UAW convention

Stalinists hacks rebuffed as longshoremen back Kutcher

Anti-union, anti-Jewish bias in purge of NLRB

U.S. economy skids sharply, by John G. Wright

Dobbs asks conference to defend rights of all (continued from Page 1)

(No headline) (photo)

Connally bucks CP in ALP primary

Letter from Germany – “benefits” of the Marshall Plan

Labor Party is the way to fight Taft-Hartley Act (continued from Page 1)

World situation, Eastern Europe analyzed in international bulletin

Degeneration of Socialist Party

The Militant Army

Labor internationalism

Press comment on civil rights controversy

Toledo meeting protests persecution of two religious objectors to war

CP burns fingers on Kutcher, by George Breitman

The 30-hour week demand

New York jobless claims number 721,000

Let the people decide

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

A deathly sick world, by John G. Wright

Court reverses death sentences (photo)

NMU members to continue fight for union democracy

Pressure needed to win freedom for Trenton Six

Charge Catholic interference in New York public schools

They want war, by Joseph Keller

A Catholic answers Spellman

Attorney Gen. Clark OK’s FBI stoolpigeon network

Los Angeles banquet to honor Jim Kutcher

Camp is excellent resort for summer

Postpone Simpson trial until fall

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 29 Monday, July 18, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

CIO steelworkers face showdown battle on wages

Touchstone for conference to defend Bill of Rights, an Editorial

Yippee – I feel bullish (cartoon)

SWP asks board of inquiry to probe Stalinist slanders – Howard Fast challenged to face hearing

Truman report belittles danger of Depression, by Art Preis

Dictator-rule in UAW fought at convention

Three conference sponsors agree on united action need

Dobbs answers Fast’s lies in “Compass”

Dictatorial rule in UAW fought (continued from Page 1)

Strikers on the air (photo)

Background of the crisis in Britain, by Charles Hanley

Showdown fight looms in steel (continued from Page 1)

Danger of Depression belittled by Truman (continued from Page 1)

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

The mine strike in Australia

Dulles blurts out the truth

SWP denounces rigged regents “hearings”

Dobbs answers Fast’s lies in “Daily Compass” letter (continued from Page 1)

Rubber workers and 30-hour week

Three conference sponsors agree on united need (continued from Page 1)

Urge board on inquiry of Stalinist slander (continued from Page 1)

A Depression story, by Ruth Johnson

Witch-hunt purge aimed at Detroit city employees

British troops as scabs (photos)

Dockworkers strike spreads as laborites invoke decree

Socialized Medicine VI – British doctors, by Grace Carlson

Du Pont monopoly faces “trust-busting” farce, by Ruth Johnson

The rent fight in Chicago

Kutcher in last lap of West Coast tour

Fitzgerald speech hints at possibility of split in CIO

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 30 Monday, July 25, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

NAACP plans mass conference against Jim Crow

Kutcher extends stay in L. A. as interest mounts

Bill of rights (cartoon)

Prominent liberals reject CP line on civil liberties – protest Stalinist refusal to defend political opponents

Steel, Ford fights show lack of unified strategy

More conference sponsors support united action call

Clark list sole basis for regents witch-hunt

Why Stalinists wrecked the conference, an Editorial

Next week

Labor Union Trends: The UAW after the Milwaukee convention, by Bert Cochran

Steel strike called off (photo)

More AFL unions vote support to veteran’s fight

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

Fiscal troubles begin to plague ailing economy, by John G. Wright

The Militant Army

Mt. Spring camp announces lower rates for guests

Reformist setback in Canada elections

United action is still major need

Liberal reject C.P. line (continued from Page 1)

Workers Forum

Our demand for commission of inquiry

More sponsors favor united action call (continued from Page 1)

Paul Robeson and the N.Y. Times

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

An ancient heresy-hunt, by James Kutcher

400 Fla. Negroes driven from home

Bus strike in New York (photo)

Brass Hats refuse to change segregation policy in Army, by Albert Parker

“Fair Deal” beneficiaries, by Henry Johnson

NAACP plans mass conference for civil rights in Washington (continued from Page 1)

Notes from the news

Clark list sole basis for regents witch-hunt (continued from Page 1)


Vol. XIII No. 31 Monday, August 1, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

James Kutcher nails slanders of Howard Fast

Anti-Catholic (cartoon)

State Department aims war of nerves at American people

New arms bill unties hands of warmakers – Truman, Brass Hats demand sweeping peacetime powers

Successful rally for legless vet in Los Angeles

Auto union heads stall for time in Ford negotiations

The Cardinal’s attack on Eleanor Roosevelt

Hawaiian strike in danger (photo)

Support gladly given for defense of Carl Skoglund

CIO split hinted at MCS parley

Press comment on bill of rights conference

Florida terrorists burn down Negro homes (photo)

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

James Kutcher answers Howard Fast’s slanders (continued from Page 1)

The Militant Army

Banquet for legless veteran highly successful in Los Angeles (continued from Page 1)

Arms and the “Fair Deal”

Excellent biography of Debs, by George Breitman

Vatican’s thought-control decree

Indonesia Republicans make deal with Dutch, by Charles Hanley

Tory “socialism” and “socialist Toryism”

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The NAACP convention, by William F. Warde

The Cardinal’s attack on Eleanor Roosevelt (continued from Page 1)

British dock strike ended (photo)

Congress prepares to act on two police-state bills

Socialized Medicine VII – British difficulties, by Grace Carlson

Robeson vs. Robinson – a propaganda episode, by J. Meyer

Rank and file reactions, by Ruth Johnson

CIO split hinted at marine cooks and stewards parley (continued from Page 1)

Strike leader begins six-month terms for “contempt” of court order

Notes from the news

SP schedules two referendums


Vol. XIII No. 32 Monday, August 8, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

The Stalinists persecution of Warren Billings, by George Clarke

Unemployment at highest peak in seven years

Success story (cartoon)

SWP demands Senate reject Clark nomination – civil rights enemy must be barred from Supreme Court

Truman pays for services rendered

Protestants in Italy oppressed, imprisoned

War hysteria stirred up at House arms hearings

“Compass” editor refuses to print SWP answer to Howard Fast’s lies, by Farrell Dobbs

Jobless millions face acute want

Cardinal Spellman’s smokescreen, by Art Preis

Polio cases on the increase (photo)

O. John Rogge backs Trotskyists’ rights

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

Western Germany and the Western powers, by Charles Hanley

The Militant Army

Atom-war hysteria stirred up at House arms hearings (continued from Page 1)

The first to face U. S. arms

Debs and his slanderers, by George Breitman

Clark and Truman’s supporters

Why the Stalinists are afraid to face commission of inquiry

Steel profits and capitalists parasitism

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

“Tighten our belts,” by Joseph Keller

New York SWP slate (photos)

N.Y. Socialist Workers Party enters slate in city election

Socialized Medicine VIII – Insurance for the doctor, by Grace Carlson

Witch-hunt inquisition at AFL convention in N.Y.

The five per-centers

Why the Communist Party persecutes Warren Billings (continued from Page 1)

Fewer holding out

Notes from the news

Paul Kern supports Jim Kutcher


Vol. XIII No. 33 Monday, August 15, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Miners oppose naming of Clark to highest court

Oxnam charges hierarchy killed school-aid bills – hits political role of Catholic Church

Action now! (cartoon)

Jobless millions need action now – unions must launch all-out campaign for adequate aid

Our program on unemployment

“White paper” on China reveals imperialist role, by John Saunders

Warmakers gain aims in “revised” arms bill

CIO steel locals join legless vet’s defense

SWP asks probe in Tan-Malakka murder

What Cardinal Spellman conceals, by Art Preis

War plotters confer (photo)

The elections in Western Germany, by Charles Hanley

“White Paper” on China shows imperialist role (continued from Page 1)

Unemployed need action (continued from Page 1)

The Militant Army

Who framed Wahrhaftig?

Report from Bolivia on miners massacre, letter from Juan Rojo

Scene at Paris shutdown (photo)

Yugoslavia and the Kremlin

Warmakers gain arms-bill aims

SWP demands probe in Tan-Malakka death (continued from Page 1)

CIO and the Bridges case

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The colleagues, by Theodore Kovalesky

Stalinists fail in forcing Billings to move shop

Police violence in Brooklyn (photo)

SWP in N.Y. opens petition campaign in city elections

Egg & butter bonanza, by Henry Johnson

Akron landlords drive to lift rent controls

Illinois Negro serves 25 years for “sham” crime

Stalinists in Seattle smear Kutcher civil rights defense

Political shifts in Japan

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 34 Monday, August 22, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Legless veteran reports on tour for civil rights

Buffalo CIO votes city stoppage to back Bell strike – 34 cited by judge in injunction move

He needs those preservers! (cartoon)

Washington brushes off plight of jobless army – union action is needed now, but labor chiefs do nothing

Thought-control law in Maryland ruled illegal

German election results please U.S. imperialists

SUP members battle for union democracy

CP still defends its anti-civil rights policy, by Art Preis

Trotsky’s ideas confirmed by world events – the crisis of Stalinism testifies to correctness of his analysis, by William F. Warde

Trotsky’s ideas confirmed by world events – foretold labor trend in era of capitalist decay, by Art Preis

The United States and Europe

The heritage of Leon Trotsky

Carl Skoglund answers the witch-hunters, by George Clarke

CP “explains” civil rights policy (continued from Page 1)

Stalin’s “Cold War” against Tito

Workers Forum

The military mind at work

SUP members in struggle for union democracy (continued from Page 1)

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The Ford union vote, by Joseph Keller

They voted 7 to 1 for Ford strike (photo)

American labor party in N.Y. torn by new internal crisis, by Ruth Johnson

A-bomb fodder, by Henry Johnson

SWP candidates to speak at N.Y. memorial meeting

Wallaceite youth meeting hears SWP unity plea on civil rights

Socialized Medicine IX – cooperative health centers, by Grace Carlson

House committee, priests influence Local 601 vote

Notes from the news

Workers invited to attend West Coast vacation school


Vol. XIII No. 35 Monday, August 29, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

SWP call for defeat of Detroit witch-hunt move

Aid to unemployed (cartoon)

Big battles loom after Labor Day – action needed on wages and unemployment, by the Editors

Let people control rent, says G. Barker

Kremlin concentrates full fury on Yugoslavs, by George Clarke

UAW to set up jobless union in “distress area”

Strike parade inspects Bell plant, finds only few scabs

One year of James Kutcher’s fight, by William F. Warde

Labor Union Trends – “Human engineering,” or management of labor, by Bert Cochran

Got “fast track” at Tanforan (photo)

A letter from Germany on the Aug. 14 elections, by R. L.

Kremlin concentrates full fury on Yugoslavs (continued on Page 1)

One year of Kutcher’s fight against the “loyalty” purge (continued on Page 1)

The Militant Army

We can’t rely on the courts

SWP urges defeat of witch-hunt amendment (continued on Page 1)

Detroit labor misses political boat

Marcantonio tries to keep the door open, by Ruth Johnson

Strike parade inspects Bell plant, finds only few scabs (continued on Page 1)

Organizing the unemployed

18,000 in five-day walkout at Detroit Chrysler works

The union leaders and Tom Clark

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The role of Norman Thomas, by Fred Hart

Dubinsky machine exposes itself in L. A. crackdown

Union democracy struggles waged in CIO, AFL bodies – NMU faces fight against bureaucratic policy, by R. Bell

Mountain Spring camp, by George Breitman

AFL typos convention reaffirms “no collective begging” stand, by F. Daniels

Opponents of goon rule in SUP gain support

Mt. Spring camp offers attractive program for Labor Day week-end


Vol. XIII No. 36 Monday, September 5, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

The Peekskill assault-preview of U.S. fascism, an Editorial

Mob breaks up Robeson concert

Boomerangs (cartoon)

Rubber workers take lead in CIO wage fight – arrogance of corporations may force wave of strikes

Why they withdrew mediation offer

Los Angeles VFW post defends legless vet

Unions face challenge of unemployment rise

Picket lines shut down seven Goodrich plants

Stalin pushes terror drive on Tito, by George Clarke

“Get a pass!” pickets tell boss

Two ways out of Britain’s “dollar crisis,” by Paul G. Stevens

To be deported (photo)

Stalin’s bloody record of national oppression, by William F. Warde

The Militant Army

Purge in Indian Stalinist Party

7 Goodrich rubber plants shut tight by picket lines (continued from Page 1)

Travesty at Foley Square

Assail arms program (photo)

Fight purge in Cleveland PO

Little expected from Bell mediation move

Youngstown steel workers tighten ranks for strike, by Ed Conti

The threat of split in the CIO

Book Review

The minimum wage fraud

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The hobby, by Theodore Kovalesky

Three face legal lynching in Groveland, Fla., frameup, by Ruth Johnson

Blueprint for war, by Joseph Keller

N.Y. Trotsky memorial meeting hears talks by SWP candidates, by Sam Lawrence

New York City SWP goes over top in campaign for election petitions

What liberties? by Art Preis

Notes from the news

3 main tendencies in NMU convention, by R. Bell


Vol. XIII No. 37 Monday, September 12, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Managing Editor: Farrell Dobbs

Skoglund wins new hearing in deportation case

Cops look on at mob violence after concert (photo)

Police aid hoodlums’ assault on civil rights at Peekskill – 1,100 cops “look other way” as mob injures over 200, by Art Preis

Southern Klansman hail Peekskill

Goodrich strikers dig in for tough struggle

SWP protests to Dewey, demands real investigation

Corporations continue provocations to unions

2 Fla. Negroes face chair, 3rd gets life

Yugoslavia needs help of labor movement, an Editorial

Speedup main cause of wildcat strikes at GM, by Emmett Moore

Paragraph 117 of the GM contract

Mob breaks up concert (photo)

Cops aid Peekskill hoodlums

Defense guards needed, says Michael Bartell

Goodrich strikers dig in for hard struggle (continued from Page 1)

The Militant Army

Strike in Youngstown steel plant shows workers’ readiness to fight, by Ed Conti

The second Peekskill assault

Why Stalinists oppose a Balkan federation, by William F. Warde

French workers protest shutdown (photo)

“Daily Compass” finally discusses Tito conflict, by George Breitman

Truman’s quack cure

2 Fla. Negroes face chair, 3rd gets life (continued from Page 1)

Dewey’s double-standard

U.S. Navy pays official visit to fascist Spain

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The water tank, by Jack Rowley

Vital decisions to be made in seaman, electrical unions – neither UE faction defends real interests of members – NMU seamen need fighting program against the bosses, by R. Bell

Socialized Medicine X – the Truman health plan, by Grace Carlson

Contrast in Germany, by Charles Hanley

Notes from the news

Can’t live on $14,000 (photo)


Vol. XIII No. 38 Monday, September 19, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Managing Editor: Farrell Dobbs

Attempt to smash Bell strike with mass arrests

What Dewey wants to whitewash (photo)

Truman’s steel board deals blow at CIO “fourth round” – not one cent granted by “fact-finders”

Strike still looms; bosses yield nothing, by Art Preis

Kutcher to tour Midwest centers starting Sept. 24

Struggle over “loyalty” issue dominates NMU-CIO convention, by R. Bell

U.S. Yugoslavs protest campaign against Tito

Dewey to probe mob victims, not hoodlums, by Albert Parker

SWP petitions filed in New York City

Labor Union Trends – the Mohawk-Valley formula in 1948-49, by Bert Cochran

“Fact-finders” grant not one cent (continued from Page 1)

Longshore talks fail (photo)

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

The Militant Army

Truman unmasks himself

Why the smiles? (photo)

What Peekskill signifies for anti-fascists, by George Breitman

Peekskill “star” insults memory of revolutionary patriots of ‘76

“CIO News” hits concert violence

Lehman gets Stalinist aid

Science, freedom and the bomb, by George Tobin

Made-to-order “recovery”

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

A piece of dirty work, by Farrell Dobbs

Attempt to smash Bell strike with mass arrests (continued from Page 1)

Deputies herd Bell scabs (photo)

Newbold Morris, like O’Dwyer, serves Wall St., by Michael Bartell

Riesel and Goodrich, by Joseph Andrews

Battle on “loyalty” issue marks NMU convention (continued from Page 1)

Thugs in silk hats, by Joseph Keller

Steel barons unyielding; strike looms (continued from Page 1)

Pope assails “misuses of power” by labor


Vol. XIII No. 39 Monday, September 26, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Managing Editor: Farrell Dobbs

Devaluation will bring new surge of mass struggle, by John G. Wright

Another “liberal” on Supreme Court

Mine strike strengthens hand of steel workers – forces Murray to insist on minimum pension concession, by Art Preis

(Cartoon)

SWP in LA urges defense guard for Robeson concert, by Al Lynn

Ford uses report on Steel board as basis of offer

Yugoslavs main target of frameup in Hungary

Curran presses purge despite constitution, by R. Bell

Bulletin

More output, same pay – Truman’s doctrine, by Joseph Keller

Next week

Detroit election results set-back for CIO policy

Rent hearings in New York (photo)

ALP backs Republican candidates in New York

Bartell hits Lehman on Catholic school aid

New York SWP candidates speak at street meetings

Wallaceite student group supports defense of Kutcher, by Carol Pelham

The Militant Army

Devaluation to bring new mass struggles (continued from Page 1)

GM victimizes 31 in Cadillac work-stoppage

Catholic paper fights CIO union

Vishinsky’s “optimism” on UN

How Tito hampers the Yugoslav struggle, by George Breitman

Long-coming rail strike (photo)

Bosses’ way of fighting – and Murray’s

Yugoslavs main target of frameup in Hungary (continued from Page 1)

More of the same

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The banker and the general, by Barry Brent

NMU convention voting (photo)

Stalinists keep their control of UE; split danger mounts

Buckmaster leadership issue at rubber parley

Bulletin

Back to college, by John F. Petrone

Miners strike strengthens hand of steelworkers (continued from Page 1)

Notes from the news

Curran presses purge despite constitution (continued from Page 1)


Vol. XIII No. 40 Monday, October 3, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

Managing Editor: Farrell Dobbs

Which world? (cartoon)

No place to hide from the A-bomb – either world socialism or atomic annihilation, by the Editors

UE Stalinists prepare to expel opposition

Corporations hurl last-minute provocation at steel workers

Kutcher to speak in Chicago on civil rights fight

Morris Stein to begin tour on the “Stalin-Tito conflict”

Curran runs rough-shod over NMU democracy, by R. Bell

Goodrich strike in 6th week (photo)

Kutcher to speak in Chicago on civil rights fight (continued from Page 1)

China – a setback for imperialism, by Charles Hanley

Conservatives win rule over CIO rubber union

KCRC reports aid from union bodies

Workers Forum

C. R. Hedlund urges support to Skoglund fight

The Militant Army

Correction

Stop the splitters in the CIO!

Peekskill and the Negroes, by J. Meyer

“No welfare – no work” (photo)

Tito’s mill and Stalin’s machinery

Tito links Budapest and Moscow trials, by George Breitman

Fourth International issues statement condemning frame-up trial in Hungary

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Civil rights and politics, by Gladys Barker

Vote Socialist Workers ticket in N.Y. Election! Bartell urges working class administration in City Hall, by Michael Bartell

SWP election platform

Richest city’s jobless, by Harold Robbins

ALP knifes independent labor political action

A huge budget – for whom? by Harry Ring


Vol. XIII No. 41 Monday, October 10, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

Editor: Farrell Dobbs
Managing Editor: Farrell Dobbs

Policy make brutal attack on Bell strikers in Buffalo

Truman abandons all civil liberties bills for this year

A test of strength (cartoon)

Steel workers answer corporations’ challenge – government intervention main danger, by Art Preis

Majority oppose free-speech curb, latest poll shows

Kutcher case creates stir in legal circles

“Peace” maneuvers mask war preparations, by Art Preis

Yugoslav war danger grows

Next week

Pittsburgh men all out; companies set for siege

Strike reports from steel centers – picket committee mobilizes ranks in Lackawanna

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

Cops in brutal attack on Buffalo Bell strike (continued from Page 1)

Let’s teach them a lesson, urge Youngstown strikers

The Militant Army

Steel strike answers employers’ challenge (continued from Page 1)

Democracy and violence

Devaluation brings British political crisis, by John G. Wright

“Peace” maneuvers mask war preparations (continued from Page 1)

Lesson of the Bell strike

Carey group prepares expulsion of Fitzgerald from UE local Lynn, by Carl Martin

Green’s attack on CIO wage policy

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Charlie Weldon’s injury, by Harold Robbins

Detroit SWP asks united defense of Robeson rally

Ford pension plan signed (photo)

Ford settlement worst ever made with major auto firm

Socialized Medicine XI – voluntary vs compulsory, by Grace Carlson

Marcantonio challenged by SWP on civil rights stand

Los Angeles rally without “incident”

Notes from the news

Jim Crow is maintained in Army’s new program, by J. Meyer

Los Angeles City Council votes down FEPC

Morris Stein’s tour on Stalin-Tito fight


Vol. XIII No. 42 Monday, October 17, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Big Brass feud unveils secrets of war plotters

Bureaucrat-ruled AFL convention achieves little

“Wonderful thing, these ‘peace’ offensives! . . .” (cartoon)

Steel baron forces strike to break strength of unions – “Business Week” admits aim of arrogant monopolists

Legless vet will tell his story in Toledo on Oct. 25

Murray promises no more retreats in Ohio speech

“Titoism” in the Stalinist Party of West Germany

Strong opposition hits new Ford agreement

Yugoslavs use UN as forum against Kremlin, by George Breitman

Next week

Labor Union Trends – Apologists for the labor bureaucracy, by Bert Cochran

Picketing steel plant (photo)

Kutcher to speak in Toledo Oct. 25 (continued from page 1)

World money crisis grows more intense, by John G. Wright

Homestead workers lulled by talk of “early victory,” by G. Mason

Big turnout for Robeson rallies held in Detroit

Ford contract meets opposition (continued from Page 1)

All quiet on strike front at the Lackawanna works

The Militant Army

Henry Ford and old age pensions

John Dewey’s 90th birthday

William Z. Foster’s deposition at Foley Sq., by Farrell Dobbs

The peddlers of “disarmament,” by Art Preis

Beware of “face-saving” formulas

“Titoism” in Western Germany (continued from Page 1)

Company pensions and Social Security

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Mrs. Garela will live, by Ruth Johnson

SWP candidates speak over radio, at street meetings

Brass Hats spill beans (photo)

AFL unions in Oakland area fight Beck’s strikebreaking

MacArthur’s thought-control, by Fred Hart

FIght on NMU dictatorship led by port of New York, by R. Bell

Next step in FEPC fight, by J. Blake

Support for Carl Skoglund urged at Minneapolis rally

Hawaii longshore strike victorious

“Germany, Year Zero,” by Ray Moore

Stein’s lectures well received


Vol. XIII No. 43 Monday, October 24, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Lewis urges joint labor defense fund to support CIO steel strike

Canton surrender assures Stalinist rule of all China, by John G. Wright

Support the steel strike (cartoon)

CP trial verdict hits rights of all – conviction of 11 Stalinists emphasizes need for united front against witch-hunters, by the Editors

$12,000 party-building fund launched by SWP, by James P. Cannon

Reuther’s prestige badly shaken by rotten agreement with Ford, by Joseph Keller

Split in CIO would be crime against labor, by Art Preis

Labor Union Trends – the new reformism in the labor movement, by Bert Cochran

25,000 Homestead steel workers demonstrate union solidarity, by John Fredericks

The two governments in Germany today, by O. Lenz

Quotas for SWP $12,000 fund

Bartell demands other candidates state position of CP convictions

The Militant Army

Trial verdict hits rights of all (continued from Page 1)

What did it get us?

Why Stalinists try to bury case of the 18, by Farrell Dobbs

Second conference of the colonial Congress, by Ali

Brass Hats confirm war conspiracy

Flint unions greet James Kutcher, support his fight against purge

Canton surrender assures rule over all of China by Stalinists (continued from Page 1)

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Till Stalin do us part, by Ruth Johnson

Goodrich contract better than Ford’s in many respects, by R. Swenson

Vet’s family evicted (photo)

Flint local asks conference to fight Ford pension plan, by Emmett Moore

New supporters of Tito

Kutcher speaks at scores of Detroit union meetings

More worthless promises, by Charles Hanley

GM locals denounce pension settlement, by Arnold Cramer

Political climate in Yugoslavia

Lundeberg pushes witch-hunt purge in sup

Reuther tries to smear opposition

Inland Steel uses Ford plan against steel union


Vol. XIII No. 44 Monday, October 31, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

81st Congress breaks every 1948 promise, by Farrell Dobbs

Labor, liberals honor Kutcher at Detroit banquet

Who will be next? (photos)

Strikers need backing by Congress of labor – capitalist politicians cook up squeeze-play in steel, coal

National sub campaign opens for “Militant”

Bell strike ends, main issues sent to “fact-finders”

Fears grow that Foley Square convictions are threat to all

Next week

CP torpedoes Ohio rights parley

Cannon to speak at Nov. 4 meeting

Flint sets fine example in party building fund, by Reba Aubrey

Scoreboard for SWP fund

Harlem tenants fight evictions

Steel workers navy (photo)

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

Yugoslavs try to parry war moves by Kremlin, by John G. Wright

81st Congress breaks all 1948 “Fair Deal” promises (continued from Page 1)

Slanders about the Bolivian Trotskyists, by J. Gomez

Bell strike ended in Buffalo (continued from Page 1)

N. J. “loyalty” oath invalidated

The theory of American “Exceptionalism,” by Farrell Dobbs

Lawyers cited for contempt (photo)

NAACP launches new campaign

Deutscher’s biography of Stalin, by George Breitman

Detroit banquet honors Kutcher (continued from Page 1)

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Marcantonio’s juggling act, by Ruth Johnson

Reutherite defense of Ford pension is rejected in Flint, by Emmett Moore

M. Stein speaks at 3 meetings in Los Angeles

Nationalists quit Canton (photo)

Why bosses like the Ford contract

What is a “cospiracy?” [sic] by Art Preis

Radio debates climax SWP election campaign in N.Y.

Seattle audience shows enthusiasm

CP torpedoes Ohio civil rights parley (continued from Page 1)

Fred Simpson released in Phila


Vol. XIII No. 45 Monday, November 7, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Bethlehem pact follows pattern of “fact-finders”

Kutcher wins new supporters during visit to Toledo

One year of the “Fair Deal” (cartoon)

Murray consolidates machine after expulsion of Stalinists – CP crimes used to obscure real causes for split in CIO

Bulletin

New contract is formally accepted by Ford workers

SWP finishes effective N.Y. election campaign, by Michael Bartell

Kutcher presents case to delegates at Cleveland meet

Bert Cochran to make national tour for SWP

Court reverses govt., frees eleven on bail

“Titoist” majority expelled from Norway CP

21% of quota collected in party fund campaign, by Reba Aubrey

Scoreboard for SWP fund

Stalinists expelled from CIO (continued from Page 1)

Murray’s report reaffirms bankrupt political policy, by Art Preis

The autobiography of Laszlo Rajk, by Charles Hanley

Worthless pilots (photos)

The Militant Army

Hypocritical and treacherous “support”

50 organizations invited to parley called by NAACP

SWP attitude to SP, SDF, ISL statement

“A responsible union leader”

The “clear and present danger” doctrine, by William F. Warde

Banquet for Kutcher in Detroit (photo)

Deutscher’s false evaluation of Stalinism, by George Breitman

Journey’s end for James T. Farrell

Dealer in atomic death

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

A-bomb is Jim Crow too, by J. Meyer

M. Stein speaks over the radio in San Francisco

Toledo bosses organize to smash union in pension fight

Ohio striker mobilize mass aid, issue own paper, by Ed Conti

Stalin’s Big Brass, by Ruth Johnson

Bethlehem pact follows pattern of “fact-finders” (continued from Page 1)

Braverman Youngstown councilman candidate

Stalinists hail miserable contract signed with RCA

Notes from the news


Vol. XIII No. 46 Monday, November 14, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Miners menaced by intervention of government

Union democracy (cartoon)

Kremlin diplomats talk openly about war on Yugoslavia

CIO workers’ needs slighted at convention – real problems pushed aside in atmosphere of witch-hunt, by Art Preis

Sickness forces postponement of Cochran tour

Labor vote secures victory for Democrats in elections

Kutcher speaks to 25 meetings in Cleveland

Arbitration board fires Bell aircraft strikers

Harlemites show hate of police brutality

SIU officials attack Trotskyists as smokescreen for own crimes, by R. Bell

Kutcher at CIO convention (photo)

SWP party-building fund drive picks up speed, by Reba Aubrey

Scoreboard for SWP fund

CIO workers’ needs slighted (continued from Page 1)

Successful meeting for M. Stein in Detroit, Chicago, Twin Cities

The Militant Army

The policy for UE members

The Yugoslavs and a “Fifth International,” by George Clarke

“Total debt . . .” (graphic)

Washington’s formula for “unifying” Europe, by John G. Wright

Will you contribute?

“Fact-finders” to the rescue

SIU official issue smokescreen attack (continued from Page 1)

The Euman-Washington case, by John Rossi

Kutcher speaks to 25 meetings in Cleveland (continued from Page 1)

UE sitdown in Brooklyn (photo)

New York SWP stages rousing election wind-up

The Indonesian agreement, by Charles Hanley

Toledo UAW in bitter battle over pensions

Board fires six Bell unionists

Toledo AFL body, Oakland pastor back Kutcher

Randolph pledges allegiance in next war


Vol. XIII No. 47 Monday, November 21, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Third of nation still ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-fed, by Joseph Keller

CIO gains big locals in UE war

Miners face gang-up by government owners – all labor must now declare: “Hands off the coal miners!” by Art Preis

(Cartoon – no title)

Workers block Big Steel union-crippling drive

V. R. Dunne in national tour on civil rights

Clark refuses to disqualify himself in Dennis case

New York City meeting to greet legless vet

SIU Red-baiting masks “cannibal” unionism, by R. Bell

40% of fund collected at the half-way mark, by Reba Aubrey

Scoreboard for SWP fund

Steel strike settled

Workers Forum

ACEWR to run bazaar Dec. 9-10 in New York

Nov. FI features analysis of Yugoslav developments

Workers block Big Steel drive (continued from Page 1)

The Militant Army

Cook County board rebuffs landlords on rent gouge

The re-arming of Germany

Louis Adamic reports on Yugoslavs events

Churchill, Tito and Stalin

Poland, Bulgaria engulfed by vast Stalinist purges

Labor’s need of a party

Book Review

RDR heads toward oblivion as Sartre, Rousset resign

The two Smith Act trials

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

V. D. Dunne’s tour

Rioting in Chicago, by Ruth Johnson

Miners take strike recess (photo)

IAM wins NLRB vote in Seattle Boeing plant

Ten babies starve to death, by Dave Dreiser

Toledo union-busters committee exposed

Socialized medicine upheld by Dobbs in Chicago debate

SIU leaders mask own “cannibal” tactics with Trotskyist-baiting

Akron CIO council welcomes Kutcher

22 groups join civil rights drive at NAACP call

Report on returns of minor parties in N.Y. elections

Paul Gates, leading UAW militant, dies at meeting

Truman’s deeds belie his words on civil rights

Rummage sale for Twin Cities SWP


Vol. XIII No. 48 Monday, November 28, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

SP leaders urge party to end its electoral activity

Relief payments slashed in N.Y.

The mineowners’ best friend (cartoon)

N.Y. seamen fight Curran’s dictatorship moves in NMU – illegal ouster of port agent, patrolmen arouses members, by R. Bell

Pro-Tito dissidents in Italy start new party

Truman tries to coerce miners with T-H threat

Economic situation remains precarious, by John G. Wright

Democrat lashes purge at Kutcher rally in Youngstown

The issue that CIO leaders fear to face, by Art Preis

Should Negroes stick to CIO, [sic] by Albert Parker

Huge fine for miners (photo)

Friends of SWP donate liberally to campaign, by Reba Aubrey

Scoreboard for SWP fund

The issue that CIO’s leader fear to face (continue from Page 1)

The Militant Army

SWP celebrates Militant birthday in Twin Cities

Randolph walks tightrope in talk on Negroes and USSR, by Lois Saunders

Why they hate John L. Lewis

A letter to CP members – by one who was expelled in 1948 and now joins the Trotskyists

Economic situation remains precarious (continued from Page 1)

Yugoslavia and the Stalinophobes, by George Breitman

Latin American “democracy” at work

Chicago’s sequel to Peekskill

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Overdue notice to the FBI, by Ruth Johnson

Fight continues on Toledo pensions as layoffs grow

Cops guard Curranites (photo)

Edwards’ defeat marks setback for PAC policy

Plight of the “braceros,” by Juan Suares

Full text of SP resolution

Next week

Seamen fight Curran dictatorship drive (continued from Page 1)

SP urged to abandon electoral activities (continued from Page 1)


Vol. XIII No. 49 Monday, December 5, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Cominform issues formal orders to overthrow Tito, by John G. Wright

“I pledge loyalty to Joe Curran . . . “(cartoon)

100 YPA delegates back civil rights for SWP

Judge voids witch-hunting law in N.Y. – Civil rights defense must not relax

Phila. convention founds IUE-CIO electrical union

Curran goons and cops terrorize NMU ranks

NAACP sec’y hits Stalinist line on Minneapolis trial

N.Y. CIO council aids Kutcher; mass meeting to be held Dec. 15

Miners demonstrate their iron solidarity

The chronic crisis in coal – and its solution, by Art Preis

Class struggle flares anew in France, Italy, by Paul G. Stevens

AFL leaders off for London

Flint first to complete quota in fund campaign, by Reba Aubrey

Scoreboard for SWP fund

Kutcher rallies support in Buffalo, Pittsburgh

Cominform issues call for overthrow of Tito (continued from Page 1)

The Militant Army

“Peace in Greece” body hears truth from SWP speaker

Choice gifts offered at ACEWR 9-10 bazaar

Another service for imperialism

Future of the Socialist Party

Italy CP leaders fear growth of dissidents

They will rearm Germany

A factual account of Japan under U.S. rule, by Charles Hanley

Handy weapon for bureaucrats

The “higher morality,” by Joseph Keller

Bridges’ lawyer victimized (photo)

Flint GM conference called by Buick 599, by Arnold Cramer

M-Day in New York, by Ruth Johnson

Chicago conference demands action to stop mob violence

Detroit NAACP wants 1000 for trip to D.C.

Phila. convention founds new CIO (continued from Page 1)

Hit Stalinist line on trial of 18 (continued from Page 1)

Divide-and-rule system of the SIU bureaucrats, by R. Bell

Curran’s goons and cops terrorize NMU membership (continued from Page 1)

Dunne opens tour at Seattle meeting


Vol. XIII No. 50 Monday, December 12, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Vincent Dunne – life of a true revolutionist

Episode exposing Stalinist methods related by Silone

Supreme Court ducks issue of “loyalty” oaths – mass action by the people needed to preserve rights

Last refuge of a scoundrel (cartoon)

Truman’s hoax on housing bias, by Albert Parker

ACLU says cops aided mob attack

Aid to Kutcher pledged by N. J. CIO convention

Curran packs meeting to oust port officials, by R. Bell

“Educating” monopolists

How not to win workers: IUE-CIO

V. R. Dunne – true revolutionist (continued from Page 1)

Schedule of Dunne’s tour on civil rights

Only three weeks left to collect party fund, by Reba Aubrey

Scoreboard for SWP fund

Renazification of Germany proceeds at rapid pace, by Charles Hanley

The Militant Army

Latin-American notes, by J. Gomez

What James Kutcher has achieved

The new SP proposal – end of a sham, by George Clarke

The 26-month record of the Cominform, by John G. Wright

Eisenhower on Social Security

Silone relates incident of Comintern corruption (continued from Page 1)

Bolstering the “loyalty” purge

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Red-baiter and thief, by Ruth Johnson

Curran-packed meeting ousts N.Y. port officials (continued from Page 1)

Thomas admits guilt (photo)

Parley protest victimization of UAW members, by Al Miller

Macdonald in Toryland, by Paul Shapiro

Confessions offered at Sarajevo trial of former White Guards

Notes from the news

Truman perpetrates hoax on housing bias (continued from Page 1)


Vol. XIII No. 51 Monday, December 19, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

SWP threatened with violence by SIU officials

Clark broke law – will he go to jail?

Whose “welfare state?” (cartoon)

“Loyalty” purge menaces workers in private industry – bosses demand contractual right to fire “subversives,” by Art Preis

Eisenhower again hits security for workers

Kostov “treason” trial backfires on Kremlin, by John G. Wright

ILGWU faces reprisal for opposing O’Dwyer

Large L.A. audience hears Dunne on civil rights tour

The crisis of the Marshall Plan, by Joseph Keller

What attitude ought we take on pension issue?

“Militant” display in MInneapolis headquarters (photo)

Twin Cities, St. Louis join list of 100%ers in SWP fund campaign, by Reba Aubrey

Join rights struggle, Dunne urges workers in Bay Area

The perfidious record of Stalinism in Greece, by George Lavan

Scoreboard fro SWP fund

Purge of Soviet culture

Labor unity – imperialist style

Why Stalin bestowed a marshal on Poland, by Pierre Frank

Wallace speech shows why his party failed, by George Breitman

The elections in Australia

Crisis of Marshall Plan (cont. from Page 1)

“Treason” trial in Sofia backfires on the Kremlin (continued from Page 1)

To our new readers

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Stalin’s birthday, by George Clarke

Small community sets example in witch-hunt fight

Congressman becomes jailbird (photo)

ACLU brands Peekskill cops in mob attacks

500,00 jobless go on public relief roll

The water shortage, by Joseph Hansen

SIU-AFL officials threaten violent assault against SWP (continued from Page 1)

Workers in industry face “loyalty” purge (continued from Page 1)

Cannon recording heard in Chicago

“Nineteen Eighty-Four,” by Paul Schapiro

Offered wage cut, clerks union strikes


Vol. XIII No. 52 Monday, December 26, 1949, New York, NY
The Militant
Published in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman

Labor, liberal leaders honor Kutcher in N.Y., by Ruth Johnson

High output, but more unemployed

Framed “Trenton Six” denied own lawyers – judge bars counsel; takes cue from witch-hunt trials

“Can I come out?” . . . (cartoon)

Dissidents in Germany form pro-Tito party

Steel monopolists hike prices in profits-grab, by Art Preis

U.S. relieves “embarrassment” of France on use of arms aid

The death camp of Makronissos

Socialism to be debated in 1950 elections, by Albert Parker

My rights are more precious than my legs – text of speech by James Kutcher at New York Bill of Rights meeting

Extra push needed to fill fund quota on time, by Reba Aubrey

Scoreboard for SWP fund

The Militant Army

Labor, liberal leaders honor Kutcher in N.Y. (continued from Page 1)

Steel barons boost prices in 250-million profits-grab (continued from Page 1)

Aid the victims of Makronissos!

War and the Negro people, by J. Blake

Wallace paints false picture of Marxism, by George Breitman

The “morals’ of SIU leaders

SP leaders attempt to “clarify” their position

Stalinists and Jerusalem

Your local headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

80 Warren Street, by Ben Stone

Mayor takes a wife and handsome pay rise, by Fred Hart

Toronto candidate (photo)

Stewart-Warner orders “loyalty” oaths in plant

Youngstown plays active part in NAACP campaign

Who wants Germany armed? by Charles Hanley

UCLA students organize Marxist forum, hear speech by Murry [sic] Weiss, by Cyrus Berne

Meetings in Chicago, Calumet hear V. Dunne

Notes from the news

The death camp of Makronissos in Greece (continued from Page 1)

Schedule of Dunne’s tour on civil rights


Last updated on 17 January 2022