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Vol. 15 No. 1, 1 January 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

One-Man Anti-Red Drive

The Hard Lesson of the Defeat in Korea, by Ben Hall

Looking Backward at 1950 Headlines, by Gordon Haskell

Rousset Trial Exposes Slave Labor in Russia, by Henry Judd

Anti-Stalinists Win in Philly NAACP Election, by Frank Harper

The Crisis in the SWP Group, by Larry Poster

Opinion

New Wave of Repression Shows Polish Opposition, by A. Rudzienski

Gov’t Moves to Deport Carl Skoglund of Mpls.

France: The Farce at the French Assembly, by Henry Judd

The ISL Program in Brief

Books and Ideas

Not in the Headlines

Reading from Left to Right

Cold War on the Campus: Academic Freedom in 1950, by Bob Martinson

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...

Readers Take the Floor ...


Vol. 15 No. 2, 8 January 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

MacArthur Plans to Dump Japan’s Ban on Rearmament, by Mary Bell

Debate over Hoover Policy Offers No Road to Stop Either Stalinism or War, by Philip Coben

Cold War Boom Hiked Profits but Will Hit Living Standards, by Gordon Haskell

Is There a Break in Tresca Case?

Ohio Labor Notes

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Books and Ideas

World Politics

The Totalitarian Joker in the Stalinist Constitutions, by Hal Draper

The Manifesto of the Medicine Men, by Larry O’Connor

With the ISL


Vol. 15 No. 3, 15 January 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Love Big Brother

Truman Message Means: Fair Deal Is Dead, Cold-War Deal to Rule, by L.G. Smith

Political Strike by German Steel Union Looms over Issue of Co-Determination, by Gordon Haskell

‘Anti-Red’ Purge at Bell Hits SP

Cardinal Tries to Foist Censorship on Films

Point 4 Head Has a Plan: ‘Capitalist-Type Farming’, by Philip Coben

Taft: Ten-Year Plan for Garrison State

It’s ‘Bread and Guns’ for Europe, Says ECA, by Sam Feliks

New Coast Guard Regulations Impose ‘Security Card’ on Mderchant Seamen, by Ben Hall

Hearing Held on Slave Labor in Stalinland

The ISL Program in Brief

Youth and Student Corner

World Politics

Books and Ideas

Norman Thomas and Civil Liberties: The Case of a Sincere Liberal, by Hal Draper

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...

Not in the Headlines

They Need Your Help!

SWP Sees ‘Progressive’ Monroe Doctrine in Chinese Stalinism’s Imperialist Drive, by James M. Fenwick


Vol. 15 No. 4, 22 January 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 

U.S., Under Pressure, Backs Down on China, by Mary Bell

China’s New Exploiter (drawing)

Truman’s Plan to Freeze Wages, Hike Taxes, Mocks ‘Equality of Sacrifice’, by Larry O’Connor

The Koch Case

Auto Workers Fear Unemployment in Detroit Despite Boom, by Walter Jason

Dewey Still Mired in Hanley Scandal

Labor ’Scope

Philly Meetings Hear Shachtman, by Frank Harper

New Sidelights on Slave Labor in Russia and Satellites Told at Commission Hearing

They Need Your Help!

The ISL Program in Brief

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

Books and Ideas

World Politics

Not in the Headlines

25 Liberals and the Cold War Crisis: The Nation Symposium on Peace, by Hal Draper

Cost of Living (cartoon), by Carlo


Vol. 15 No. 5, 29 January 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Wall Street Organ Writes: ‘Drop A-Bomb – Market Needs Encouragement’! from Fitch Unlisted Securities Bulletin

U.S. to Blackjack Allies into War Moves on China, by L.G. Smith

UAW Leaders Crack Down on Free Press for Local Union Opponents, by Walter Jason

Taft-Hoover Line Means Program for War – Without Europe as Ally, by Ben Hall

Crusher

Watch for the Zombie! by W.H. Lawrence, from N.Y. Times

Labor ’Scope

It’s the Supreme Court That’s ‘Inciting to Riot’ in Feiner Decision by Judges-in-Uniform, by Philip Coben

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Books and Ideas

World Politics

‘Hundreds’ of Youth Joining Underground Admits Moscow Order vs. Ukraine Partisans, by Vs.F.

Non-Marxist Nationalist Wing in Ukraine Avers: Only Socialism Can Overthrow Stalin! by P. Poltava

Darkness at Noon on the Stage, by Mary Bell

Rousset Wins Case on Russian Slave Labor

Not in the Headlines


Vol. 15 No. 6, 5 February 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Wage Freeze, Plus Price Freeze at Highest Level in History, Soaks Labor Both Ways, by Ben Hall

U.S. to India: Vote Our Way – or Starve!

Will Nimitz Commission Whitewash Witchhunt?

Labor ’Scope

The Case of the Paperless Sailor

There’s One Liberal Left Anyway: Meiklejohn Scores Purge Trend, by J. Walker

Self-Defense

U.S. Cracks Whip: UN Jumps thru the Hoop, by L.G. Smith

Neutralism Spreads in Europe, by Henry Judd

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Books and Ideas

Films and Ideas

Marcantonio Scrapping with CP for Power over ALP, Says Report, by Al Findley

A Lesson from the Russian Underground, by Hal Draper

West German Labor Victorious on Issue of Co-Determination, by Gordon Haskell

History Says: ‘No Exit’, by James M. Fenwick

Books Received

Will the Freeze Scrap UAW Gains?


Vol. 15 No. 7, 12 February 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Railroad Workers Right to Strike Is Chief Issue in National Tieup, by Gordon Haskell

Will the Wage Freeze Dump UAW’s Gains, by Ben Hall

He Showed It Can Be Done: Captain Hill’s Courageous Stand Stops Witchhunt Ouster, by Walter Jason

Wage Freeze – Price Freeze – And Taxes Add to Frost

Good Turnout to Hear Shachtman in Detroit on Korean War Issues

League for Mutual Aid Dinner to Mark 31 Years of Service

‘Co-Determination’ Victory in Germany Marks Historic Step, by Henry Judd

Cash Sale

Polish Stalinist Regime’s Squeeze on People Proceeds on All Fronts, by A. Rudzienski

The ISL Program in Brief

Not in the Headlines

Reading from Left to Right

Readers Take the Floor ...

The Marshall Plan vs. Switzerland, by Hal Draper

The ISL Sees the Justice Department, by Albert Gates


Vol. 15 No. 8, 19 February 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

‘This Is a Free Country’

‘Wage Freeze Is a Fraud’ Labor Leaders Say – but Cover Up Truman’s Role, by Ben Hall

Injunction Harry’s New Performance: Army Firing Threat Breaks Rail Strike, by Gordon Haskell

Shachtman, Kerensky Debate ’17 Revolution

General Strike Answers Lockout as Israeli Class Struggle Sharpens, by Al Findley

Dazzled

Purge

Uh-huh!

Steel Local 2715 Strikes ACCO, by J. Lynch

Auto Bosses’ Links with Gangsters Exposed as New Light Is Cast on Briggs Beatings, by Walter Jason

ECA on Pan

Do unto Others ...

The ISL Program in Brief

Sneak Attack: Businessmen and Military Hacking at National Parks, by Philip Coben

Reading from Left to Right

The ISL Sees the Justice Department, by Albert Gates

World Politics

The Shachtman-Kerensky Debate: Summary of the Presentations

Labor ’Scope


Vol. 15 No. 9, 26 February 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

Editor: EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Labor Walks Off Wage Board in Protest; Can Keep Free Hand Only by Staying Off, by Ben Hall

Anti-Truman Feelign Grows in UAW, by Walter Jason

Pittsb’gh ACLU Head Gets The ‘Anti-Red’ Treatment, by Gerry McDermott

Labor ’Scope

St. Louis Labor ‘Won’t Run Out’ on Dems – So Takes a Beating, by James Jairus

India Aid Still Held Up, Congress Plans ‘Strings’, by H.D. Spector

RFC Corruption Exposé Points into White House, by Peter Whitney

Israel – Cabinet Falls, New Election Due, by Al Findley

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Books and Ideas

World Politics

Curiosa

Britain: Guns and Strikes, by Gordon Haskell

Defiled Sanctuary: The Basketball Fix, by Philip Coben

Catholic Hiererchy Puts Thru Miracle Ban, by Mary Bell


Vol. 15 No. 10, 5 March 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Give! by The Editors

Unions Pull Out of All War Boards; Labor-Truman Alliance in Crisis, by Ben Hall

Will Reuther Take On Post in Wilson’s Set-up? by Walter Jason

India Aid Still Keyed to U.S. Foreign Policy, by Abel Baker

All Hands Chin-Deep in Dirt, Including Congress Investigators, by Peter Whitney

Buffalo Hears Max Shachtman on “Third Camp”

Philadelphia: Union Forms Anti-Racist Group, by Frank Harper

Detroit: UAW Elections – Reutherites Sweep Vote

Give – for Independent Socialist Press! by Albert Gates

German Group Appeals to Stop Stalinist Kidnapping in Berlin

US Agents Bar Jewish DPs with Witchhunt Inquisition, from the Jewish Newsletter

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Right to Left

SP Leaders Move to Reverse Line of Convention on Political Action, by Gordon Haskell

World Politics

Nehru Regime Takes It Out on Censor After LA’s Exposé

Tito’s Turn to the West, by Hal Draper

NAACP Launches battle in Southern States to Abolish Jim Crow in Elementary Schools, by Kate Leonard


Vol. 15 No. 11, 12 March 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

An Open Letter to Dean Acheson: The Marine Corporal Is Right, by Max Shachtman

Independent Socialism (cartoon)

Storm Signals Up for Reuther, by Walter Jason

We S-T-R-E-T-C-H Dollars ... You Send Them In, by L.G. Smith

First Returns Roll In, by Albert Gates

Universal Military Training Being Put Over on People as Part of the Drive to War, by Mary Bell

Is Gottwald Next to Go? by Jan Cerny

The ISL Program in Brief

Youth and Student Corner

Books and Ideas

NAACP Warns: We Won’t Bargain with South on Jim Crow Schools, by Kate Leonard

Labor ’Scope

ACTU Raises Cry of ‘Marxism’ in Attack on Auto Union Militants, by Ben Hall

Pro and Con: Discussion

The Independent Socialist View

CP’s Fur Union: Fake Militancy & Wage Cuts


Vol. 15 No. 12, 19 March 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Unions Rally for Washington Conference; Now Is the Time to Form a Labor Party, by Ben Hall

Mass Strike in Barcelona Defies Franco, by Gordon Haskel

Senate Crime Committee Probes Reuther Shooting, by Walter Jason

Ohio Labor Notes

Mine Strike Demands No Anti-Safety Laws

Red-Baiting and No Militancy Help Stalinists in IUE Shop, by Gerald McDermott

Not in the Headlines

Silone Socialist Group Draws Stalinist Rebels, by Paul Roberts

Pick-Up in ISL Drive Needed to Keep Pace, by Albert Gates

French Cabinet Crisis

One Reason Is Enough! by Max Shachtman

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

GM All Time Profit Record Bares “Equality of Sacrifice” as Fraud, by Sam Adams

Readers Take the Floor ...

Labor ’Scope

Rockefeller Point 4 Geared to War, by Mary Bell

Independence for Morocco, by Allal El Fassi


Vol. 15 No. 13, 26 March 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Socialist Underground in Franco Spain Appeals for Aid to Heroic Barcelona Strike

AFL-CIO Parley Shows Power in Unity, Weakness in Program, by Gordon Haskell

‘El Campesino’ Links CP to Tresca Murder

Yugoslav Rep, Draper Debate Titoist ‘Democracy’ at Brooklyn

Ohio Labor Notes

SP Local in Reading Turns down Thomas-NEC Line on Elections, by Gordon Haskell

Draper Tour for SYL to Start Mar. 30

Fund Drive Needs More Steam – Get It Up! by Albert Gates

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

A New Left Socialist Group Forms: Can It Fill the Political Vacuum? by Saul Berg

World Politics

“Martial Plan”

Rent Hike

French Outdo Hitler in ‘Ja’ Vote for Algerian Assembly

“Favoring Big Business”


Vol. 15 No. 14, 2 April 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

UAW Faces Two Main Issues: Bold Program, Union Democracy, by Ben Hall

Detroit: Wildcats and Low Union-Shop Votes

Jeremiah vs. Truman

Books Received

Wilson and the Profit Swindle, by James B. Carey

ISL Fund Drive – Half-Way Mark Near: Into the Stretch! by Albert Gates

The ISL Program in Brief

Editorials

Reading from Left to Right

Famine Sweeps Part of India While U.S. Dickers with Aid, by Abel Baker

World Politics

Spain: The Beginning of Hope (translations by Mary Bell)

France: Strike Wave Wins Wage Demands, by R. Claude

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...


Vol. 15 No. 15, 9 April 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Fight in Spain Spreads: World Labor Offers Aid

UAW Still Leads in Social Program; Shows Tendency to Cramp Union Freedom, by Ben Hall

U.S. Puts Squeeze on Latins at Conference, by Sam Feliks

No Right to Strike, So Don’t Unionize N.Y. Police Head Murphy Tells Cops

Why Is the Top Man Anonymous? (diagram)

The Nation Sues New Leader for Libel; Attempts to Suppress Political Criticism, by Sam Adams

Clash Over Policy at India Anti-CP Meeting

Give to the ISL Fund Drive – Now! by Albert Gates

Books for Germany – Help Build Socialism!

The ISL Program in Brief

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

West German Labor on the March as New Socialist Party Is Formed

Italy: Socialist Unity Snags on Issues of Foreign Policy, by Paul Roberts

Behind the Drive Against Crime, by Richard Troy

Heroic Workers’ Uprising of Easter Week 1916 Commemorated, by Dick Beech, from Socialist Leader

Not in the Headlines

Books and Ideas

Jewish Labor Committee Charge: Genocide of Jews in Russia


Vol. 15 No. 16, 16 April 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

A Full Discussion of the UAW Convention, by Ben Hall

MacArthur Replacement Highlights Crisis in U.S. Foreign Policy, by Richard Troy

United Demonstrations Against Franco

Court Voids U. of Calif. “Loyalty Oath”; Orders Reinstatement of Banned Teachers, by Mary Bell

Berkeley Socialist Polls Good Vote

Los Angeles Organizations Call for Anti-Franco Demonstration

Labor on New Board Does Not End Crisis, by Gordon Haskell

West Coast Agenda

ISL Fund Drive: Drive Tops 50% – Must Speed Up! by Albert Gates

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Ohio: State Considers T-H Bill, by Joe Hauser

Ideology and Organization of New Independent Labor Party, by S. Bernhard, from Pro und Contra

Draper, on Tour, Poses Dilemma of Liberals in St. Louis Talk

Convention of the United Automobile Workers – CIO

The SWP and the Demonstrations Against Franco: Another Experience – and Its Lessons, by Albert Gates

Reactions to New York Picket Line, by Richard Troy


Vol. 15 No. 17, 23 April 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

An Open Letter “To Our Friends in Asia”, by Max Shachtman

The MacArthur Melodrama, by Mary Bell

Democracy Is Issue in Reading USW Local

United Demonstrations Against Franco

ISL Fund Drive: Drive Speeds Up; Keep it Rolling! by Albert Gates

U. of Chicago Students Hear ISL Leaders on War

Pittsburgh Trial Gives CP New Lease of Life, by Gerry McDermott

Labor ’Scope

Birds of a Feather

Yugoslavia Slips into U.S. Bloc, by Richard Troy

Convention of the United Auto Workers (CIO) – 2

“Peace Scare” Is New Word on Wall St.


Vol. 15 No. 18, 30 April 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

British Labor Left Wing Breaks with Attlee on Arms, Foreign Policy, by Gordon Haskell

May Day 1951

The Case of James Schuetz and the UAW, by Ben Hall

Red Tape Snarls [sic!] ‘Anti-Red’ Snoops, Ask for Permanent-Guilt Rule, by L.G. Smith

Ticker Tape over MacArthur, by Mary Bell

New Name for Capitalism? by L.G. Smith

ISL Fund Drive: Hit That 100 Per Cent Bracket, by Albert Gates

The ISL Program in Brief

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

Labor ’Scope

In Memory of Martin Abern

Spain: A Revolution in the Making, by Richard Troy


Vol. 15 No. 19, 7 May 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Shall It Be War or Peace? by Gordon Haskell

Democratic Rights Are First Casualty, by Mary Bell

The Roots of Stalinist Imperialism, by Max Shachtman

The ISL Program in Brief

Is the U.S. Defending Democracy – or Capitalism? by Hal Draper

Don’t Echo Truman – Speak Up on War! by Ben Hall

Youth Can Show the Way to Fight War, by Max Martin


Vol. 15 No. 20, 14 May 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

MacArthut-Truman Fight Boils Down to This: Who’s got a Program to End War in Korea, by Sam Adams & Philip Coben

Anti-Sex League for Russians?

Socialist Youth Win Free-Speech Fight, Beat ‘Riot’ Frameup at Los Angeles CC, by Paul Stebbins

Dems Hand Reuther, UAW Another ‘Disappointment’, by Walter Jason

Bay Area, Seattle, Read College Hear Shachtman on Coast Tour

Court Hits ‘Subversive List’ but OKs Purge, by Richard Troy

Labor’s Back on Boards – And on the Spot, by Gordon Haskell

ISL Fund Drive: Push Puts Drive Near Top, by Albert Gates

The ISL Program in Brief

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

SP: Another Step Towards Oblivion

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

World Politics

More General Strikes Bring Showdown Nearer in Spain

Reactionaries Steal Show on May Day

Books Received

Pro and Con: Discussion on War Policy

Readers Take the Floor ...


Vol. 15 No. 21, 21 May 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

May Day in Spain, report from the POUM

Marshall Testimony Shows Truman Line in Korea: ‘Peace’ Through Slaughter, by Gordon Haskell

What Anti-Stalin Russians Think of Voice of America Propaganda

The Artful (Tax) Dodgers

Three Socialist Youth Groups Hold Second Conference on Coast to Rally Against War

U.S. Congress Twists Nehru’s Arm, by Richard Troy

Europe Fears Rise of “Caesarism” in U.S., by Henry Judd

U.S. Protege: Liberia

Bolivian Nationalists Win Surprise Victory, by Juan Rey

ISL Fund Drive: We’ll Make It 3½% to Go, by Albert Gates

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Right to Left

Letters from Franco Spain Tell of Weakness of Fascist Regime, from The Nation

Israel’s Arab Policy: A Scandal, by William Zukerman

Italy: New United Socialist Party Takes Sharp Turn to Right, by Paul Roberts

[Photos from Ukraine]

Witchhunt Stifles Thinking on Campuses Under Pall of Fear, Times Survey Shows, by Max Martin

Not in the Headlines

May Day Rally Hears Shachtman in Buffalo

Bay Area Socialists Picket Franco


Vol. 15 No. 22, 28 May 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

France Faces New Election Under Rigged Election Law, by Henry Judd

Senate Passes Sham Aid Bill in Indian Famine, by Abel Baker

Detroit AFL-CIO Block Mayor’s Scab Threat, by Walter Jason

Ballot on National Officers in Longshoremen’s Union

Bay Area Pickets Spanish Consulate

The Billion-Dollar Club

Were MacArthur’s Blunders Covered Up? by Walter Jason

New Bill in House Would Give FBI More Latitude in Wiretaps, by Larry O’Connor

Horror Story

Loyalty Oath for Public Employees Passes in Pennsylvania State Senate, by Frank Harper

The ISL Program in Brief

Why Is Morale of GIs So Low, Asks Times Survey, by Gordon Haskell

World Politics

Parlimentary [sic!] Elections in Israel Bares [sic!] Fight with Religious Bloc, by Al Findley

Stalin Prepares Poland for War, by A. Rudzienski

Background to the Crisis in Iran, by Richard Troy

Crime, Profits and Politics, by Mary Bell


Vol. 15 No. 23, 4 June 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Victory in Schuetz Case Leaves Bigger Issue Open, by Ben Hall

U.S. Aim Is to ‘Dominate the World’ with ‘Big Stick’ Like British Empire, by Richard Troy

Iran: Four Hands Grab for Oil, by Avel Baker

John L. and Business Unionism: Now He Wants to Drop All Controls, by Gordon Haskell

About Children in the Richest Land on Earth

Races Unite in So. African Rally Against Malan’s Jim Crow System

Books Received

They Need Your Help!

Tibet Coup Reveals Mao’s Demagogy on National Minorities Question, by Avel Baker

Nuisances

Note on AMA

Patriots All

ISL Fund Drive

The ISL Program

N. Thomas and J.B. Tito, by Philip Coben

Reading from Left to Right

Eighty Brains and 96 Rooms: Giant Intellects Dispose of World Problems

World Politics

The Crisis in Israel – 2

Readers Take the Floor ...

New Bits of Evidence Published on Murder of Trotsky by GPU, by J.M.F.


Vol. 15 No. 24, 11 June 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Natalia Trotsky Breaks with the Fourth International, by Natalia Sedova Trotsky

High Court OKs Smith Act, Uses Stalinist Reasoning, by Philip Coben

Acheson Edges Over to GOP Line Under MacArthur-Repub Squeeze, by Gordon Haskell

Stellato-Reuther Conflict Heats Up in Auto Union, by Walter Jason

Indian Socialists Mobilize 75,000 in Demonstration Against Nehru

Ohio Stalinists Come Out for New Version of Jim Crow in Reverse, by Joe Hauser

Comrade Natalia’s Indictment, by M.S.

CP Holds Voting Strength in Italy, by Paul Roberts

The ISL Program in Brief

Bolivia: Military Junta Takes Over; Ex-Chief Takes a Powder, by Juan Rey

Reading from Left to Right

The Crisis in Israel – 3

Readers Take the Floor ...

Washington and the New Russian Revolution, by Hal Draper

On Independent Federation in Asia, a Draft Resolution for the ISL Convention


Vol. 15 No. 25, 18 June 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Now It’s Syria: Point Four’s Blind Alley, by Hal Draper

Sure, a Price War’s Going On: Consumers Get their Pocketbooks Shot Off, by Sam Feliks

Back to the Caves in Korea

Labor ’Scope

It’s One Out of Five in California

Collector’s Item

Lull in Spain? Forces of Revolt Incubate, by Richard Troy

Prosecutor to Cop to Judge: Murphy Rewarded – Medina Too

As the Indian People See It

They Need Your Help!

The ISL Program in Brief

Thomas Again: SP Leader Continues Flight from Liberalism on Smith Act, by Gordon Haskell

World Politics

Law as the Servant of Cold War, by Stan Grey

Readers Take the Floor ...

Pro and Con: A Discussion Page

National-Stalinism and Yugoslavia, a Draft Resolution for the ISL Convention

Two Stalinist Poems on Tito – Before and After


Vol. 15 No. 26, 25 June 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

French Middle-of-Roaders Shift Toward the Right, by Paul Roberts

Reveal S. Korea Atrocities Against Own Drafted Men, by Gordon Haskell

Who’s Halley and Where’s His Program? Liberal Party Puts Up ‘Crime-Buster’, by Peter Whitney

‘Trenton Six’ Negroes Get Southern Style Frameup

Labor ’Scope

Remember Truman’s Election Promises?

Final Results in Italian Vote Confirm Trend, by Paul Roberts

The Case of Liberia: The U.S.’s Own Semi-Colonial Ward in Africa, by Richard Troy

The ISL Program in Brief

The 4th International’s Capitulation to Stalinism, by Max Shachtman

It’s Just a ‘Good Start’ for Them

Washington and Russian Émigrés, by Hal Draper

Correction

The Crisis in Israel – 4

Pro and Con: War Policy

“Tribute” to UN


Vol. 15 No. 27, 2 July 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

“McGrath Rides Again”, from New York Post

In Korea: Is It Peace? by Mary Bell

Government Roundup of Stalinists Launches New Police-State Methods, by Gordon Haskell

They Cheered John L. Lewis – to Rebuke Walter P. Reuther, by Walter Jason

The Iranians Defend National Independence, by Richard Troy

Alfred Rosmer on Co-Determination, by Alfred Rosmer, from Révolution Prolétarienne

French Center Sags; Gaullist Threat Grows, by Henry Judd

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Pro and Con: War Policy

Readers Take the Floor ...

Books Received

Monopoly

They Need Your Help!

Against the ISL Draft Resolution

For the ISL Draft Resolution


Vol. 15 No. 28, 9 July 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Franco Is Tottering: AFL Report

Big Business Gets Pork Barrel with Dem Assist, by Sam Feliks

It’s a Breathing Spell for Labor’s Fight Too, by Gordon Haskell

NAACP Brings Militant Fight Against Jim Crow to Heart of South at Atlanta Convention, by Kate Leonard

Not in the Headlines

This Is the U.S. ‘Garrison Economy’, from New York Post

Taftism

Polish Workers and Peasants Fight in Strikes and Anti-Russian Rioting, by A. Rudzienski

New Bevan Group Reported Formed

New Kremlin Policies Analyzed in Ukrainian Resistance Organ

Remember Truman’s Blast Against RR Workers? by Murray Kempton, from New York Post

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Washington: Capital of Jim Crow, extract from pamphlet Segregation in Washington

World Politics

Schlesinger vs. Schlesinger: The ‘Vital Center’ Wilts Under Fair-Dealism, by Hal Draper

Buffalo Anti-Totalitarian Committee Rallies Support for Spanish Labor


Vol. 15 No. 29, 16 July 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

“Write a Letter to Your Congressman!” (cartoon), by Carlo

Has Labor a Line to Fight Axing of Price Control?

Detroit Auto Locals fight Speedup, by Walter Jason

Real Lowdown on Those Old Soldiers

Civil Liberties Union Takes Stand Condemning Truman Purge System

Certified Pure

Court Sets New Black Precedents on Bail for Stalinists, by Mary Bell

“I’m Getten Damn Sick of This!” (cartoon), by Foret

Behind the Lineup on controls in Congress, by Sam Feliks

Bevan Hits Attlee on Subordination to U.S.

Here’s Your Line, Comrades! by Hal Draper

Books Received

The ISL Program in Brief

Editorials

Reading from Left to Right

California SP Threatens to Split over Right-Wing, Pro-War Trend, by Philip Coben

Holy Water for the Tsar – Kerensky and Company Write a Letter, by H.D.

The NAACP Convention in Atlanta Says: We Want Equality – And We Want it NOW!

Kutcher Case May Become Prime Test for High Court


Vol. 15 No. 30, 23 July 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

The Shame of Cicero, by Gordon Haskell

Truce Parleys Open Issues of U.S. Asia Policy, by Mary Bell

Independent Socialists Meet

ICFTU Calls for Govt. Help Against CP Unions, by Richard Troy

India Govt. Outlaws Railroad Workers Strike, from New York Times

Labor ’Scope

They Need Your Help!

Independent Socialism and the Third World War, resolution of Independent Socialist League Convention

Two Roads Ahead for the British Labor Government, resolution of Independent Socialist League Convention


Vol. 15 No. 31, 30 July 30 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

While Franco Fascism Wobbles, U.S. Seeks Hitler’s Pal as Ally, by Mary Bell

U.S. Ambassador Moves to Break Greek Strike

SPs Dump All Principles in Forming International, by Gordon Haskell

What Does UAW Propose to Do About Chrysler, Hudson Speedup? by Walter Jason

Jim Crow Justice, from New York Times

Baldanzi Group in Textile Union Organizes fight Against Rieve

Dems, GOP Talk of Break with Liberal Party in N.Y., by Peter Whitney

Polish Regime Retreats Before Mass Resistance, by A. Rudzienski

Spanish POUM Stresses Unity Against Franco

The ISL Program in Brief

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

A Reader Asks Some Questions on Civil Liberties and Stalinism, by Fred Cutler

World Politics

What’s Behind the Purges in Ukraine? Reports Grow of Split in the Bureaucracy, by Vs. Felix

A Ukrainian View on the ‘Russian Question’, by Vs. Felix

Not in the Headlines


Vol. 15 No. 32, 6 August 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

President Hits Inflation Bill, BUT – His Man DiSalle Gives Price and Profit Boosts, by Sam Feliks

Truman and the ‘Poll of Fear’, by Mary Bell

UAW Leaders Crack Down on Wildcat Strikes but Speedup Crisis in Detroit Still Unsolved, by Walter Jason

Civil Liberties Report for the Year Sums Up Devastating Picture of Witchhunt, by Richard Troy

Labor ’Scope

Moscow in New Grab of Polish Territory, by A. Rudzienski

The Japanese Treaty, by J.M. Fenwick

Now it’s ‘Innocence by Association’: AVC Sends Out Hint to Rejoin or Else, by Gerry McDermott

Keep Prices Down! (cartoon), by Rick

The ISL Program in Brief

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

Calif. SP Publishes Anti-War Stand, from Socialist Advocate

World Politics

Well, What’s Your Line, Comrades? by Hal Draper

“Only One Way” – The Bevan Group in the BLP Issues Its Program ‘Manifesto’, by Hal Draper

Mapai Wins First Place in Israeli Election, by Al Findley

[Trapeze Artistes] (cartoon), by Baynert

Please Don’t Get Them Wrong: They’re Not Outlawing the CP ...

Reverting to Type

Is La Pasionaria on the Carpet?


Vol. 15 No. 33, 13 August 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

The Strange Case of the New York Post, by The Editors

Honor System: Cadets Are Expelled, Generals Exported

War Budget Plus Decontrol Bill Equals Inflation

Berkeley Tenants Fight Rent Steal by Landlords, by S. Beilas

Burocratism Rules Detroit Area CIO Meet, UAW Leadership Alienates Negro Militants, by Walter Jason

They Don’t like the Smell of It, by Richard Troy

Indian Socialist Leader in New York Address Presents Need for Third-Camp Anti-War Fight, by Stewart Pitt

Whither Marriage?

RR Strike Was Anti-Peron Revolt, by Juan Rey

The ISL Program in Brief

Point Four: Illusions Dwindle as It Fails to Get Under Way, by Carl Darton

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

The Course of True Love ..., by H.D.

Natalia Trotsky’s Letter in Bloivia, by F.J.

Bevan’s Pamphlet on Foreign Policy, by Hal Draper

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...


Vol. 15 No. 34, 20 August 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

National Labor Daily Paper Is in Sight

AFL Leaders Deliver Stab in the Back to Labor Unity, Pull Out of ULPC, by Larry O’Connor

All N.Y. Candidates Put on the Spot as City Bans CIO Police Union, by L.G. Smith

Madison Cap Times Warns of AP and UP’s Distortion of News

Rotten Apple Story

Achilles-Heel of the Point Four Panacea: Experience in Syria, by Philip Coben

Academicians Must Eat

Why the U.S. Dominates Europe’s Economy, by Gordon Haskell

French Seek to Make Schumann Plan Means to Control German Industry, by Sam Feliks

The ISL Program in Brief

Editorials

A Message to the ISL from the POUM Underground in Spain, by Executive Committee of the POUM

Youth and Student Corner

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...

In Search of a Formula

Colonial Students in Britain: A Problem for Labor, by David Alexander

S-x Shall Not Rear Its Etc.

Not in the Headlines

And It Will

Documentary on a Documentary


Vol. 15 No. 35, 27 August 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

Sequel to the Case of the New York Post

UAW Leaders’ Line for Election in Detroit Rejected by Conference

British TUC Yields on Wage Freeze, by Gordon Haskell

Labor ’Scope

The Liberal Party and the Halley Campaign, by M.N. Trent & Peter Whitney

Did Americans Stuff Italy’s Ballot Boxes

The ISL Program in Brief

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

Johnsonites Split from SWP – at 8:30 Sharp

Doves and Policemen, by Benno Sarel

Not in the Headlines


Vol. 15 No. 36, 3 September 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

India Speaks Up Against Rubber Stamp Treaty, by Richard Troy

Their Congress Readies New Tax Steal for Rich, by Sam Feliks

Remington Reversal: Court Raps Vicious Gov’t Tactics, Use of ‘Subversive List’ as Proof, by L.G. Smith

AFL Seamen Peddle Some Dope About Democracy, by Ben Hall

In the Shadow over Cradle of Liberty, by Frank Harper

The Audience Will Be Cool but the Show Must Go On, by James M. Fenwick

Spanish Socialist of POUM Say – Moscow is Soft on Fight Against Franco, by Jacob Dietrich

Is Poland the Main Danger for Russian Power? by A. Rudzienski

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

Readers Take the Floor ...

Using Bail as Punishment

The Manufacture of the Stalinist Bureaucracy, by Paul Barton

Books and Ideas

WDL Secretary to Lecture for New York Forum

After All We Did for Him (quotes)

Voices from East Germany: ‘War, Even Victory, Will Be a Defeat!’


Vol. 15 No. 37, 10 September 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

IUE Still Faces Task of Beating CP with Militancy, by John Williams

The Japanese Treaty and the ‘Power Vacuum’, by Hal Draper

UAW Top Brass Reverse Decision of Conference on Political Action, by Walter Jason

Gov’t Gets Ax Out for Hawaii Judge, by Gordon Haskell

Labor ‘Scope

What Makes Truman Indignant?

The Monument of Leon Trotsky, by Ben Hall

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

Books and Ideas

The Socialist Left and the Social Democracy, by Max Shachtman

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...

Symbol

Shielding Our Boys

For the Scrapbook, from N.Y. Post


Vol. 15 No. 38, 17 September 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

Not Peace, but a Cold-War Maneuver, by Mary Bell

Truman, Wilson Cooperate to Axe Copper Strikers, by Ben Hall

TUC Congress Shows Wide Support to Bevan in Spite of Steamroller, by Gordon Haskell

Cal. AFL Has New Wrinkle in Bureaucratic Control

Don Juan Wooed Franco: SP Left at the Altar, by Richard Troy

Inside the Peron Circus, by A. Hurtado

Europe Eyes British Plight on Rearmament, by Sam Feliks

Polish Miners, Peasants Show Way to Freedom, by A. Rudzienski

Books Received

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

SWP ‘Theoretician’ Takes Another Fling at Russian Question, by James M. Fenwick

Readers Take the Floor ...

The Triple Crisis of Zionism and the Jerusalem Congress, by Hal Draper


Vol. 15 No. 39, 24 September 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

UAW “Practical” Slate Swamped in Primary, by Walter Jason

U.S. Pushes Allies Around; Seeks to Rearm Germany, by Sam Feliks

End of the Fourth International, by M.N. Trent

Criticism of Witch Hunt Tactics Increases, by Gordon Haskell

Restless UAW Ranks Seek Action; Leaders Hope to Ride Out Storm

No, No, a Thousand Times No!

British Tell Iran: “Give In or Be Ruined!” by Richard Troy

Indonesian Govt. Arrests Opposition Leaders, by David Alexander

CP Leaders Convicted in Phony Trial

The ISL Program in Brief

Editorials

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

World Politics

In the Academic World: Man Bites Dog – Hurrah!

Triple Crisis of Zionism and the Jerusalem Congress – II, by Hal Draper


Vol. 15 No. 40, 1 October 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

Can Crime Busting Build Liberal Party? by William Barton

BLP Seeks New Mandate in Sudden Election Move

“Where Are They Going to Go?”

Victims of Cicero Jim Crow Mob Indicted; Labor, NAACP, Liberals Rally to Defense, by A. Taft

Strength of Stalinist-Controlled Unions Shows Up Wrong Tactics of CP, by L.G. Smith

United World Federalists in Decline as Cold War Makes Hash of Program

Convention of the IUE-CIO, by John Williams

The ISL Program in Brief

Books and Ideas

Stalin’s Slave Camps, from Stalin’s Slave Camps, published by ICFTU

Youth and Student Corner

President Truman’s Little List, by Albert Gates

Not in the Headlines

ACLU Petition Drive Against Smith Act


Vol. 15 No. 41, 8 October 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

BLP Backs Bevan in Vote!

Socialists of India and Japan Declare Unity in Fight for Third Camp vs. Both War Blocs, by Max Shachtman

Reuther on Defensive in Speeches to UAW; The Old Oomph Is Gone, by Walter Jason

Atrocity

Labor ’Scope

Iran Crisis Before UN, by Richard Troy

Labor, NAACP and ACLU Fight Witchhunt Laws in Pennsylvania, by Frank Harper

Armed Guerrilla Bands Appear in Poland, by A. Rudzienski

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

GM Chief Lets Some Cats Out of the Bag, by Larry O’Connor

Books Received

The Lamentations of Sidney Hook, by Emma Stokes

German Socialists Seize the Initiative on Issue of National Unity, Against Pressure by U.S., by Gordon Haskell

Camps of the Living Dead, from Stalin’s Slave Camps, published by ICFTU


Vol. 15 No. 42, 15 October 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

‘Anti-Americanism’ in Europe: Why Is It on the Increase? by Max Shachtman

Truman Gets Both Feet in Mouth Defending His Order on Secrecy, by Gordon Haskell

If Peace Broke Out ...

Nuts

Labor ’Scope

Heavens!

Egypt Moves to Regain National Sovereignty over Suez Canal Zone, Ousts British Troops, by Larry O’Connor

Bevan-Attlee Hatchet Burial Is Only a Truce, by David Alexander

The ISL Program in Brief

Editorials

Announcing National Tours by Max Shachtman & Gordon Haskell

Youth and Student Corner

Russian Idyll: This Stoolie Lost His Job, from Information et Riposte

“The Sower of Hatred” – An Article from Pravda, by A. Kolossov

An Indian View

The American Squeeze on Europe, by Robert Borel, from Le Monde

National Chairmen of Both Major Parties Caught in Bipartisan ‘Influence’ Racket, by Richard Troy

All Classes Oppose the Peron Dictatorship, by Juan Rey

Correction

In Britain

There Are Geniuses in Canada Too

The Crisis in Bolivia: ‘Made in USA’, by Juan Rey


Vol. 15 No. 43, 22 October 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

Western Policy in the Near East Crisis: Can the U.S. Take Over the Pieces of the British Empire? by Hal Draper

Reuther in Bureaucratic Move Against Stellato Opposition, by Walter Jason

‘He Hasn’t Got the Answers,’ Say Delegates as Reuther Trips Up Before Chrysler Men

Labor ’Scope

Readers Take the Floor ...

The Fight for Democracy on the Home Front

Books Received

Editorials

ISL Program – In Brief

You and Science

World Politics

No. 1, 22 October 1951
Student Socialist
Student-Youth Section of Labor Action

SECTION EDITOR:
Gertrude Blackwell

Student Federalist Convention, by Max Martin

Move to Gag Free Speech at U. of C.’s Sather Gate, by Bob Martinson

Students and People of Berkeley Win Fight Against City Gag Laws

Fight Breaks Out at U. of Chi. over Attack by Dean on Freedom of Press on Campus, by Bill Hickok

Brooklyn: ‘Double-Think’ Gideonse Rides Again, by Paul Axtell

Is Jim Crow on the Way Out? by Max Martin

With the SYL


Vol. 15 No. 44, 29 October 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

N.Y. Dockers Fight Ryan, Gangsters, Wage Freeze, by Ben Hall

The Cold-War Angle in Truman’s Vatican Deal, by Hal Draper

Embarrassing Moment

Haskell Debates UN and Peace with Barbour of Wayne Co. CIO

Labor ’Scope

Some Liberals and the Egyptian Crisis: Talk About ‘Asian Revolution’ Was – Talk, by Sam Feliks

The ISL Program in Brief

NAM: Its Stench Offends Even Its Best Friends, from UAW-CIO’s Ammunition

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

You and Science

World Politics

In the Next Issue of The New International

Kennan and U.S. Foreign Policy, by Richard Troy

This Is Be-Kind-to-the-UN Week, by Emma Stokes

London Letter

ACLU Protests Gov’t Attack on Indian Rights

Not in the Headlines


Vol. 15 No. 45, 5 November 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

The British Election, by Albert Gates

Norman Thomas and the Third Camp, by Max Shachtman

New Reuther Line Threatens to Tie UAW to No-Strike Pledge in the War Plants, by P. Jarms

The Halley Campaign and the Liberal Party, by Peter Whitney

Ryan Scabherding Fails Agaisnt Dock Strike, by Ben Hall

The ISL Program in Brief

Sugar Ray KOs Walter Winchell, by Philip Coben

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

The Fight for Democracy on the Home Front, by Mel Hacker

Collier’s Goes to War, by Hal Draper


Vol. 15 No. 46, 12 November 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

Halley Wins!

CIO Threatens to Break Through Wage Ceiling as Convention Meets

U.S. Liberals and the British Election, by Gordon Haskell

Reuther Substitutes Pleas to Wage Board as UAW Yields on Borg-Warner Strike, by P. Jarms

It’s the Biggest Wildcat Since the 1930s

Tito’s “Peace Outfit” Flops, by Richard Troy

U.S. Backs Stand on Iran Crisis of Oil Cartel

Max Shachtman’s Tour

The ISL Program in Brief

Vishinsky: A Stalinist Success Story, by Nilsky, from The Challenge

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

The Fight for Democracy on the Home Front, by Mel Hacker

Diagnosis for the Labor Bureaucracy: Fortune Magazine Sees Hardening of the Arteries, by Walter Jason

Correspondence from Israel

Readers Take the Floor ...

UMT vs. U.S. Social Patterns

London Letter

One Tory Maneuver – One Pro-Tory Slander

Labor’s Second Stage, by R.H.S. Crossman, from London Times


Vol. 15 No. 47, 19 November 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
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EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

Halley N.Y. Victory Shows a Labor Party Can Win, by Mary Bell

CIO War on Pay Freeze Strains Truman Alliance, by Walter Jason

CIO Convention Sidelights

Incident in France: Reuther Tells a Story

Mid-East Pact cooked Up for Western Domination, by Gordon Haskell

Westinghouse Tries Out ‘Bell Pattern’ in Buffalo

It’s a ‘Cease Fire’ on the Docks: N.Y. Strikers Go Back, Spirits High, by Ben Hall

Books Received

Shachtman Speaks in Cleveland

The ISL Program in Brief

Editorials

Reading from Left to Right

How “The Army Builds Men”, from Conscription News

Thomas Keeps Factional Pot Boiling in SP with New Demands, by Philip Coben

Readers Take the Floor ...

The Apostasy of the Liberals, by Sam Feliks

How to Support Imperialism Liberally

The Fight for Democracy on the Home Front

London Letter

After 127 Years of ‘Wardship’: The Emancipation is VERY Gradual, by Mel Hacker

No. 2, 19 November 1951
Student Socialist
Student-Youth Section of Labor Action

SECTION EDITOR:
Gertrude Blackwell

Brooklyn College Scandal: Protests Reveal Administration’s Role in Rigging of Election, by Paul Axtell

Ban on YPA Attacks Democracy, Not Stalin


Vol. 15 No. 48, 26 November 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

Both Reuther and Stellato Stymied on Detroit Unemployed, by Walter Jason

Does Washington Want Cease Fire in Korean War? by Gordon Haskell

Students Protest Ban on Max Shachtman at UC as Dean Establishes New Gag Rule, by Robert Magnus

Business and Crime on the Docks, by Ben Hall

It’s OK Sheriff – There’s Nobody Here but Us Boys, by William Attwood, from N.Y. Post

They Say in Harlan County ...

The Fight for Democracy on the Home Front, by Mel Hacker

Shachtman Tour in Chicago: Good Meetings on War, Britain, by John Novak

In Burma: An End to the Civil War, by David Alexander

Obituary, by Michel Pablo, from Militant

The ISL Program in Brief

An Editorial for the Socialist Youth League

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

World Politics

The Suppression of Marx’s Works in Stalinist Russia, by Maximilien Rubel, from Preuves


Vol. 15 No. 49, 3 December 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

Shachtman Gets Big UC Audiences Despite the Ban, by Robert Magnus

USA 1951: Still Poverty Amid Plenty, by Sylvia Porter, from N.Y. Post

Europe’s Crisis: Capitalist System ‘Does Not Work’! by Sam Feliks

U.S. Deal with Adenauer Reflects Fear of Socialists, Unity Issue, by Gordon Haskell

Workers Get A Laugh but UAW’s Region 4 Suffers, by Al Mann

Canadian Students and Socialists Hear Shachtman

London Letter

Spanish People Heed Boycott Call to Ignore Franco’s Fake Election, by Richard Troy

With Tears in Their Eyes, from the London Times

The Fight for Democracy on the Home Front

Shachtman Tour: Seattle

The ISL Program in Brief

Tapping the Wall St. Wire

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

World Politics

Nightmare

Collectivization and Peasant Resistance Under Stalinism, by Hal Draper

Home Thrust by the Yugoslavs (cartoon), by Jež, from Review of International Affairs (Belgrade)


Vol. 15 No. 50, 10 December 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

In LA Too: Ban Swells Crowd for Shachtman, by Peter Lacciaro

Truman’s New ‘FEPC,’ Near Toothless Is Attempt at Deal with Dixiecrats, by L.G. Smith

Washington Snafus Cease-Fire to Keep the Troops Trigger-Happy, by Gordon Haskell

The Patriot (cartoon), by Robert Searle

Detroit Hit by Ford and Chrisler [sic!] Layoffs but UAW Chiefs Won’t ‘Embarass’ Governor, by Walter Jason

‘The Hoodlums Are in Control Here as Well as in Russia,’ Says Times Theater Critic, by Mary Bell

Labor ’Scope

Gomulka’s Rise and Fall Both ‘Made in Moscow’, by A. Rudzienski

London Letter

The Fight for Democracy on the Home Front

The ISL Program in Brief

Readers Take the Floor ...

Read from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

World Politics

From Israel: A Socialist Voice on the War, from Ha’Iton Ha’Democrati

One Halley Promise Filled: No ‘Flashy Start’; Will Tammany Try to Get In on the Act Too? by Peter Whitney

The Liberal Party, FDR Jr., and Franco

Man Looks in Mirror – Appalled

“Do Ye Hear the Children Weeping, O My Brothers?” by Richard Troy

Briticism


Vol. 15 No. 51, 17 December 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

Jail the Big Business Bribers Too! by Hal Draper

UAW Heads Call Union Conference to Deal with Auto Unemployment, by Walter Jason

Churchill Says Bevan Is Right! by Gordon Haskell

Exclusion of Penicillin Discoverer Creates World Scandal for U.S., by Mel Hacker

London Letter

Unsocialized Medicine

The Fight for Democracy on the Home Front

Books Received

NAM Head Condemns Flannel Nightgowns as Un-American

Editorials

ISL Program – In Brief

You and Science

World Politics

No. 3, 17 December 1951
STUDENT SOCIALIST
Student-Youth Section of Labour Action

SECTION EDITOR:
Sam Feliks

United Student Action Can Turn the Tide, by Bob Martinson

They Call Us the ‘Silent Generation’, by Mel Hacker

Chicago: Student Heads Waver on Academic Freedom

The Terror Against the Youth Under Stalin’s Rule in East Germany, from News from Germany

CCNY Mobilizes to Free Groveland Victim


Vol. 15 No. 52, 24 December 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

The Price-Index Mystery

U.S. Control in UN Runs into Snags, by Gordon Haskell

Liberal Party Heads Hint Uneasiness About Halley, by Peter Whitney

Corruption: the Social Climate

Catholic Attack on UAW Lets Cat Out of the Bag, by Walter Jason

Labor ’Scope

Murray Girds Steel Union for Strike Showdown, by Ben Hall

Hindsight in Collier’s War

London Letter

Moscow’s Exploitation of Poland Brings on Crisis for Regime, by A. Rudzienski

Peron’s Election: A Victory for Bonapartism, by Juan Rey

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Youth and Student Corner

World Politics

The Issue in Sudan, by Philip Coben

Private Property, Profits ... and Parity, by L.G. Smith

New Hope for Solution in Tresca Murder Case

The Fight for Democracy on the Home Front

Reader of Labor Action Take the Floor ...


Vol. 15 No. 5, 31 December 1951
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
Gordon Haskell
Ben Hall

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER:
Sam Feliks

‘Loyalty’ Crisis: One Law Actually Requires Proof! by Gordon Haskell

Unemployed Auto Workers Scramble for Snow Jobs: UAW Heads Alibi Inaction, by Walter Jason

Murray May Backwater on Strike, by Ben Hall

An Editorial

The Fight for Democracy on the Home Front

Penna. Adopts Pechan Bill, State Loyalty-Purge Law, by Marty Martel

Important Notice to Labor Action Readers, by New York ISL

Israeli Seamen Striking for Union Independence, by Eugene Vaughn

You and Science

The ISL Program in Brief

The European Marxist Left and the Social Democracy

Index to Labor Action for 1951

UN Commission to Supervise Bolivian Gov’t Will Squeeze Country for Lowered Tin Prices, by Juan Rey

Concentration

Gentlemen’s Agreement

Catholic Politics



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