1922 – 1924

—A Joint Project—
(Holt Labor Library/Riazanov Library Project/Marxists Internet Archive)

The Labor Herald was the official organ of the Trade Union Educational League (TUEL). Established by William Z. Foster in 1920 as a means of uniting radicals within various trade unions for a common plan of action. The group was subsidized by the Communist International via the Communist Party of America from 1922. The organization did not collect membership dues but instead ostensibly sought to both fund itself and to spread its ideas through the sale of pamphlets (a complete collection) and circulation of a monthly magazine. After several years of initial success, the group was marginalized by the unions of the American Federation of Labor, which objected to its strategy of “boring from within” existing unions in order to depose sitting union leaderships.

In 1924, The Labor Herald was merged with The Liberator and Soviet Russia Periodical to establish The Workers’ Monthly as an official organ of the Workers (Communist) Party.

TUEL Labor Herald Library pamphlets

High Resolution scans of Labor Herald Cover Art

The Cover Art of all 32 Labor Herald issues March 1922 - October 1924
High Resolution (1200 dpi for printing and framing) Color and Gray Scale (black and white). A note on the cover scans.

1922 COLOR Gray-Scale
1923 COLOR Gray-Scale
1924 COLOR Gray-Scale

Scans for the full issues of Labor Herald

Volume 1, March 1922 through February 1923

Issue No. 1, March, 1922, Chicago, Ill
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 2, April, 1922, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 3, May, 1922, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 4, June, 1922, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 5, July, 1922, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 6, August, 1922, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 7, September, 1922, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 8, October, 1922, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 9, November, 1922, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 10, December, 1922, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 11, January, 1923, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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Issue No. 12, February, 1923, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster

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resolution version of the cover in B&W (6.6MB)

Volume 2, March 1923 through February 1924

Issue No. 1, March, 1923, Chicago, Ill.
The Labor Herald
Official Organ of the Trade Union Educational League
Editor: William Z. Foster