Abram Jakira
1889(?) – 1931
Life and Works:
1921:Department of Justice Surveillance Report on the Activities of Abram Jakira during the period 1919-1920 1921: Department of Justice Surveillance Report of the Activities of Edward Lindgren, Abram Jakira, and Israel Amter, April 29-30, 1921
1922:Letter to the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of America in New York from Abram Jakira in New York, March 18, 1922 1922: Theses on the Relations of No. 1 [the CPA] and 2 [the LPP] by Israel Amter ("J. Ford") and Abram Jakira ("A. Dubner") 1922: Organization Adjustment. A Memo on the Creation of the Post of "Federation Director," circa late August 1922, as "J. Miller" 1922: Unity of Communist Forces in America, as "J. Miller" with J. Davis and Comintern Rep Wilke [September 1922] 1922: To All Members of CP and All Members of the Former Opposition, as "J. Miller", The Communist, Vol. I, No. 11, November 1922 1922: Letter to the Bureau of the Jewish Federation, CPA from Abram Jakira, Secretary of the CPA, November 13, 1922 1922: Letter to the Executive Committee of the Communist International in Moscow from Abraham Jakira in New York [December 1922] 1922: Letter to the Executive Committee of the Communist International Regarding the Proletarian Party of America from Abram Jakira, Executive Secretary of the Communist Party of America, December 12, 1922 1922: Letter to the Executive Committee of the Communist International in Moscow from Abram Jakira in New York, received Dec. 14, 1922 1922: Circular Letter #20 to All CPA District Organizers from Abram Jakira, Executive Secretary, Dec. 20, 1922 1922: Report to the Executive Committee of the Communist International on the Labor Party Campaign, Dec. 27, 1922 1922: Party Statement: Issued by the Central Executive Committee as a Result of the First Party Council Assembled in December. [circa Dec. 31, 1922]
1923: Letter No. 6 to the Executive Committee of the Communist International in Moscow from Jakira in New York, February 6, 1923 1923: Letter No. 7 to the Executive Committee of the Communist International in Moscow from Jakira in New York, February 20, 1923 1923: Call for the Third National Convention of the Communist Party of America, February 23, 1923 1923: Central Executive Committee of U.S. Communist Party Replies to Executive Committee of Communist International, as "J. Miller", The Worker, March 3, 1923 1923: Memo from Abram Jakira to All WPA District Organizers on Infiltration of the Socialist Party, March 17, 1923 1923: Memo from Abram Jakira to All WPA District Organizers on Maintenance of Underground Apparatus, March 21, 1923 1923: Official Notification of Dissolution from the Communist Party of America to the Workers Party of America, April 11, 1923 1923: Abram Jakira in New York to the Executive Committee of the Communist International in Moscow on the Dissolution of the Communist Party of America, April 11, 1923 1923: Show Growth in Convention of Italians, The Worker, June 16, 1923 1923: Convention of Technical Aid Sees New Era, The Worker, July 7, 1923 1923: Ukranian Federation Doubles Membership, The Worker, July 14, 1923 1923: Armenians in U.S. Unite and Join with the Workers Party, The Worker, August 4, 1923 1923: The Language Federations and the Daily, The Worker, September 29, 1923 1923: Joint Federation Action is Planned in Party Campaigns, The Worker, October 13, 1923 1923: Party Federation Spokesmen Discuss Industrial Problems, The Worker, October 20, 1923 1923: The November Labor Herald The Worker, November 3, 1923 1923: Party Shop Nuclei, The Worker, December 8, 1923
1924: The Workers' Daily, The Daily Worker, January 13, 1924 1924: Resist Attacks on the Foreign-Born, The Daily Worker, January 16, 1924 1924: Russians Hold Annual Convention, The Daily Worker, January 17, 1924 1924: Italian Section of the Party Shows Progress/Armenians Must Unite, The Daily Worker, January 21, 1924 1924: The Miners Like the Daily, The Daily Worker, February 1, 1924 1924: Philadelphia Labor Movement Up in Arms Against Disruption Policy of Yellow I.L.G.W.U. Heads, The Daily Worker, February 26, 1924 1924: Philadelphia Workers for St. Paul Meet, The Daily Worker, March 3, 1924 1924: Legion 'Crusade' Boosts Party in Wilkes-Barre, The Daily Worker, March 14, 1924 1924: Sec'y Davis Spurned by Penn Labor, The Daily Worker, May 15, 1924 1924: Compromisers Control Pennsy F.L. Convention, The Daily Worker, May 17, 1924 1924: Workers Unite in Philadelphia for June 17th. City Farmer-Labor Party is Born, The Daily Worker, June 4, 1924 1924: LaFollette's Labor Record Hit by Gitlow, The Daily Worker, July 22, 1924 1924: Workers on Knot Goods to Start Big New Union, The Daily Worker, July 25, 1924 1924: Farmer-Labor Party of Phila. for Foster-Gitlow, The Daily Worker, August 4, 1924 1924: LaFollette Is Repudiated by Reading F.L., The Daily Worker, August 5, 1924 1924: Thousands in Philly Cheer Wm. Z. Foster, The Daily Worker, September 16, 1924 1924: Stay Away, The Daily Worker, October 27, 1924 1924: The Discussion on Party Tasks: Words and Deeds, The Daily Worker, December 20, 1924 1924: Discussion of Our Party's Immediate Tasks: Cannon Recites History, The Daily Worker, December 31, 1924
1925: District Organizations Responding to the Call to Rescue the Daily Worker, The Daily Worker, October 22, 1925 1925: Pittsburgh Membership Gives Hearty Response to Workers Party Reorganization Call, The Daily Worker, November 5, 1925 1925: Coke Region Miners Face Armed Bosses, The Daily Worker, November 15, 1925 1925: Coke Miners Razz Fagan for Speech, The Daily Worker, November 21, 1925 1925: Letter to Frame Tom Ray as Spy Quickly Exposed, The Daily Worker, November 24, 1925
1926: A Communist Trial in Pittsburgh, Labor Defender, February 1926 1926: Police Break Up May Day Rally in Pittsburgh, The Daily Worker, May 4, 1926 1926: Engdahl and Jakira Fined for Meeting. Refuse to Pay; Go to Jail to Fight Case, The Daily Worker, May 7, 1926 1926: Win Fight for Free Speech in Pittsburgh, PA. Court Frees Engdahl and Jakira, The Daily Worker, May 11, 1926 1926: Build the Daily Worker!, The Daily Worker, September 1, 1926 1926: Pittsburgh District Puts into Motion Plan for Recruiting New Members and More Activity, The Daily Worker, November 10, 1926 1926: Bare Forgery of Leaflet a Fascist Ruse, The Daily Worker, November 13, 1926 1926: Miners' Union Officials Use Police in PA., The Daily Worker, November 28, 1926
1927: Police Chief is Sued by Worker for False Arrest, The Daily Worker, February 9, 1927 1927: Suit for False Arrest Against Aliquppa Cops, The Daily Worker, February 11, 1927 1927: Aliquppa Police Not to Pay for Illegally Raiding and Arresting, The Daily Worker, February 14, 1927 1927: Police Doctored Papers in Trial of 4 Communists, The Daily Worker, June 25, 1927 1927: How Not to Participate in Parliamentary Elections, The Daily Worker, October 13, 1927 1927: Pennsylvania Cossacks on the Job Again, Labor Defender, October 1927 1927: The Assault on the Cheswick Miners, Labor Defender, November 1927
1928: Our Daily Paper and the Miners, The Daily Worker, January 13, 1928 1928: Must Build Labor Party to Fight Strike-Breaking Government, The Daily Worker, January 21, 1928 1928: Plan Pittsburgh Election Drive, The Daily Worker, July 2, 1928 1928: Communists Condemn State Amendments, The Daily Worker, October 25, 1928
1929: Mellon and the S.P. for the Coal and Iron Police, The Daily Worker, April 2, 1929 1929: Lovestone's Pacific 'Hopes' Glimmering, The Daily Worker, September 13, 1929 1929: Opportunists and Renegades Fall by the Wayside, The Daily Worker, October 1, 1929 1929: How to Form [ILD] Defense Branches, Labor Defender, October 1929 1929: [ILD] Defense Branch at Work, Labor Defender, November 1929 1929: [ILD] Branch Officers at Work, Labor Defender, December 1929
1930: Organizing Mass Meetings, Labor Defender, January 1930 1930: Toward a Firmer Basis, Labor Defender, February 1930 1930: Drive on the Foreign Born, Labor Defender, April 1930 1930: as if to Slaughter, Labor Defender, June 1930 1930: The I.L.D. and August First, The Daily Worker, July 17, 1930 1930: Fight Boss Terror!, The Daily Worker, August 20, 1930
1931: Comrade A. Jakira, a Leader of the Communist Party, Dead, The Daily Worker, March 21, 1931 1931: Jakira Memorial Meeting at Workers Center Today at 1, The Daily Worker, March 23, 1931 1931: Central Committee, CPUSA: Comrade Jakira, The Daily Worker, March 24, 1931 1931: Many at Funeral of Com. Jakira, The Daily Worker, March 24, 1931 1931: "Build the I.L.D." Final Plea of Jakira, Labor Defender, April 1931