We Called Each Other Comrade

Featuring a new foreword and comprehensive bibliography of all titles published by Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, this updated record chronicles the history of the most significant translator, publisher, and distributor of left-wing literature in the United States history. These pioneers of the publishing world fought battles in court and presented unpopular ideas so that great new literary, scientific, and historical thought could be expressed and propagated. The Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company was one of the forefathers of this type of publishing house, and this book demonstrates the great works they produced ties into many of the great aspects of social movements from the 20th century up through the present day.

Allen Ruff is a historian and author of Save Me, Julie Kogon. Paul Buhle is a retired senior lecturer of history and American civilization at Brown University, a distinguished lecturer at the Organization of American Historians and American Studies Association, the founder of Radical America magazine and founder and former director of the Oral History of the American Left archive at New York University. He is also the 2010 recipient of the Will Eisner Award for The Art of Harvey Kurtzman. They both live in Madison, Wisconsin.