The American Exceptionalism of Jay Lovestone and His Comrades, 1929-1940

Contents
What is the Communist Party Opposition
2 Politics, Activism and Marxism of the Lovestone Group
3 The Organisational Roots of Jay Lovestone's Communist Party  Opposition
4 The Lovestone Split of 1929
1 'Proposals of the Delegation of the Sixth National Convention
2 Joseph Stalin, 'Speech in the American Commission of Eccr
3 Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, 'Speech in the American
 Commission of ECCI
4 'Address of ECCI to all Members of the CPUSA
5 Max Bedacht, et al., 'Appeal to the Comintem, of 14 May 1929
6 Joseph Stalin, 'First Speech of 14 May 1929 in the Presidium of
 ECCI
7 Joseph Stalin, 'Second Speech of 14 May 1929 in the Presidium of
 ECCI
8 'The Split Telegram of 15 May 1929
9 cc of the CPUSA, 'Decisions of Central Committee of CPUSA on
 14 May Address of Comintem
10 CPUSA, 'The Significance of the Comintem Address
11 'Material for the Enlightenment of the Members' (Lovestone's Cable  and Wolfe's Reply to Ultimatum
12 cc of the CPU SA, 'Statement of the cc on the Expulsion of Jay
 Lovestone
13 Jay Lovestone, et al., 'Appeal to the 10th Plenum of ECCI,July
14 cc of the CPUSA, 'Statement of the cc on the July 10 Lovestone
 Appeal
15 Ben Gitlow, 'For the Sixth Congress Decision
16 Statement of the Polbureau of the CPUSA on Expulsions
17 CPUSA Majority Group, 'Declaration to the Plenum of the Central
 Committee
5 Russia and International Affairs: 1929-36
1 Jay Lovestone, 'The Crisis in the Communist International
2 Alex Bail, 'Defend the Soviet Union! Smash the Imperialist "Holy War"
 against the ussR
3 Revolutionary Age, 'Wave of Revolt Sweeps India
4 Louis Becker, 'Dizzy with Success
5 Jay Lovestone, 'Thirteen Years of the Russian Revolution
6 Jay Lovestone, 'Germany at the Crossroads: Fascism on the
 Rampage
7 Will Herberg, 'Jews in Russia - Negroes in the USA: a Lesson from the
 Soviet Union
8 CPU SA( o) Resolution, 'On General Line and Inner-Party Course of
 the CPSU
9 Jay Lovestone, 'The Nazis Take Power - Now What
10 CPU SA( o ), 'On the New Line of the Comintem
11 Jay Lovestone, 'Soviet Foreign Policy and the World Revolution
12 Workers Age, 'The Russian Events
6 International Affairs: 1937-40
Jay Lovestone, 'People's Front Illusion
2 Bertram D. Wolfe and Lambda, 'The Truth about the Barcelona
 Events
CONTENTS
 3 Jay Lovestone, 'The Meaning of the Soviet "Purgesn
4 Will Herberg, 1acobin Defense in the Spanish War
5 Bertram D. Wolfe, 'Stalinism Menaces the World Labor
 Movement
6 'Another Moscow Trial! A Statement' [Bukharin Trial
7 Lewis Corey, 'War and Armament Economics
8 Workers Age, 'Stalin Indicates Reich Alliance
9 Jay Lovestone, 'Tomorrow's War
10 ILLA, 'Stalin-Hitler pact- What Does it Mean
u ILLA, 'Keep America Out of War
12 Workers Age, 'Russia Invades Poland, Ready for Grab
13 Workers Age, 'And Now Finland
14 Will Herberg, 'The New Imperialism of Stalinist Russia
15 ILLA, 'Resolution on War Policy' (Convention 28-29 December
 1940
PHOTOGRAPHS (following 377)
 7 Social Struggles in the United States
1 Ben Gitlow, 'The AFL Convention and the Left Wing
2 Ellen Dawson, 'Gastonia
3 Charles S. Zimmerman, 'Second Convention of the Needle
 Trade Union
4 Harry H. Connor, 'The Communists and the Unemployed
 Council
5 Edward Welsh, 'The Harlem Tenants Council
Race and Racism
 6 Grace Lamb, 'The Church versus the Negro
7 Communist Party Opposition, 'Marxism and the "Negro
 Questionn
8 Edward Welsh, 'The National Negro Congress
9 Lyman Fraser, 'Economic Problems of Negro Workers
10 Ernest Calloway, 'New Problems for Negro Labor
11 Jay Lovestone, 'Problems and Tasks of the American Labor  Movement
12 Jay Lovestone, 'Address to ILG WU Convention
13 Charles S. Zimmerman, 'American Labor Faces the Future
14 Charles S. Zimmerman, 'Hope of Trade Union Movement
15 Will Herberg, 'The CIO and the Problem of Unity
16 Charles S. Zimmerman, 'Call for Labor Unity
United Auto Workers
 17 Auto Striker, 'Flint Striker Tells Story of GM Violence
18 Stuart Meffron, 'The Battle of Flint
19 E.B. and Mary Flint, 'Women in the Auto Strike
20 Jay Lovestone, 'Implications of the Sit-Down
21 Jay Lovestone, 'Latest Stalinist Assault Upon Auto Union
Regarding Others on the Left
 22 Bertram D. Wolfe, 'Trotsky and Trotskyism
23 Dorothy Dare, 'joining the CPO
24 Edward Welsh, 'May Day Speech, 1937
25 Bernard Herman, 'Review of Ben Gitlow's I Confess
8 Marxist Theory
 Applying Marxism
 1 Jay Lovestone, 'Some Specific Features of the American Labor
 Movement
2 Will Herberg, 'The Heritage of the Civil War
3 Bertram D. Wolfe, 'Marx and America
4 Will Herberg, 'The Passing of the Gods
5 Will Herberg, 'Does Fascism Menace America
Re-examining Marxism
 6 Workers Age, 'Marxism Probed in Fine Symposium
7 Lewis Corey, 'Recreating Socialism
8 Will Herberg, 'Dilemma of Socialism
9 Bertram D. Wolfe, 'The Basic Core of Marxism
9 Fadeout
1 Jay Lovestone, 'Marxists and the Unions
2 Will Herberg, 'Convention of a New Beginning
3 'Jay Lovestone's Testimony to House of Un-American Activities
 Committee
4 'Letter From Dissidents on Organizational Disintegration
5 'Towards a Genuine American Democratic Socialism!' (1940
 Dissolution Statement
Bibliography
Index