Cpusa (29 results)

Fine, as New. Paper, spine-stapled, 7.9 in., 19 pp. . . .

Newspaper. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the April 26, 1975 issue of "The Daily World" (Vol. VII No. 200) published by Long View Publishing Company out of New York City. Although not stated, the newspaper is the official east coast publication of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). A large left-folded newspaper measuring 11-3/8" by 15-1/2" containing 24 pages including front and rear covers as well as World Magazine, inserted as issued. A finely-produced newspaper, packed with photographs, illustrations, news, articles, and analysis, highlights include: cover headline and story SECRET CIA PROGRAM PLOTS HUNGER WAR by Henry Wheeler ("The CIA is scheming to use U.S. food surpluses to force hungry nations to submit to U.S. domination or face starvation"); Right to a job ensured by USSR Constitution; Young riders of all U.S. speeding to the march (Youth and Students Join With Labor - Jobs For All Now in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 26); The unemployed and the Vietnamese: the struggle against a common enemy by Gus Hall; The heart of the crisis (an interview with Henry Winston); Racism holds us all back by Roscoe Proctor; centerfold story A fighting heritage for today's [labor] struggles by George Morris; Slash the Military Budget by Richard Ashby; much, much more. Condition: folded once, as issued; pages age-toned per paper stock used; light wear.…

Newspaper. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the April 25, 1974 issue of "The Daily World" (Vol. VI No. 199) published by Long View Publishing Company out of New York City. Although not stated, the newspaper is the official east coast publication of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). A large left-folded newspaper measuring 11-3/8" by 16" containing 28 pages including front and rear covers as well as World Magazine, inserted as issued. A finely-produced newspaper, packed with photographs, illustrations, news, articles, and analysis, highlights include: front cover headline and story SENATE BODY VOTES: 'END TRADE EMBARGO ON SOCIALIST CUBA'; four-page 1974 May Day Greetings (short notes from readers); May Day honors the rank-and-file by Gus Hall; Militancy where May Day was born by Richard Ashby; The workers of the world are uniting by George Meyers; Cannery workers fight on by Juan Lopez; Auto rank-and-file gets organized by William Allen; much, much more. Condition: folded once, as issued; pages age-toned per paper stock used.…

Newspaper. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the May 2, 1981 issue of "The Daily World" (Vol. 13 No. 200) published by Long View Publishing Company out of New York City. Although not stated, the newspaper is the official east coast publication of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). A left-folded newspaper measuring 11-3/8" by 14-1/2" and containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. A finely-produced newspaper with photographs, illustrations, news, articles, and analysis, highlights include: front cover headline and story LABOR MOVEMENT TO AID MINERS: 3,000 rally in Pittsburgh; Labor pledges support to miners; Angry women slam murders in Atlanta at NAACP meet; U.S. African policy under fire; In Focus - The Week in Review by Conrad Komorowski (including one-column "[Muammar] Qaddafi in Moscow"); 'Concern' of U.S. on the Mideast called hypocrisy ("Fears are rising that Israel is preparing an invasion of Lebanon. Washington's expressions of 'grave concern' about the situation were denounced as hypocrisy in many quarters"); Will Reagan cuts fuel Chicano upsurge? by John Pittman; half-page The first successful artificial skin; much more. Condition: folded once, as issued; pages age-toned per paper stock used.…

Newspaper. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the April 27, 1974 issue of "The Daily World" (Vol. VI No. 201) published by Long View Publishing Company out of New York City. Although not stated, the newspaper is the official east coast publication of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). A large left-folded newspaper measuring 11-3/8" by 16" containing 28 pages including front and rear covers as well as World Magazine, inserted as issued. A finely-produced newspaper, packed with photographs, illustrations, news, articles, and analysis. Please note: the April 27, 1974 World Magazine, inserted with this issue, was also inserted in the April 25 (and probably April 26) issue as well, hence there is duplication of contents between the two issues. Stories found in this issue, but not the April 25 issue, include: cover headline and story NIXON PROBERS STALL AS PROTESTERS RALLY; [Henry] Winston sees May Day as progress milestone; short Black unionists to hear Jerry Wurf; four-page FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY - daily Marxist press in the U.S.A. - DAILY WORKER, founded 1924 - succeeded, 1968, by DAILY WORLD ("World Marxist press greets our fifty-year anniversary"; May Day Greetings from readers). Condition: folded once, as issued; pages age-toned per paper stock used.…

First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial paper wrappers, 61pp. Fine.

First revised edition (originally published 1933). Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 96pp. Trivial external soiling; hint of aging to text, still Near Fine. One of several printings of Olgin's strident "Third Period" polemic, first published in 1933.This version presumably issued to coincide with the 1934 midterm elections. Olgin, editor of the Yiddish communist daily Freiheit, characterizes the New Deal as thinly-disguised fascism and calls for the immediate overthrow of Capitalism by any means necesssary. SEIDMAN O36.…

First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; 56pp. Pencil date to sunned cover with small crease to back cover, else near fine.

First Edition. Slim octavo (19.75cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 24pp. Light wear to extremities, else Near Fine. "A communist author sees gangsterism and corruption as necessary concomitants of the capitalist system. Truman's political career is built on this morass, and the stench of corruption is nowhere greater than on Capitol Hill. The world's biggest racket today is the Korean "police action," where American Big Business is making super-profits. The author calls for socialism, independent political action, and a new political alignment for peace in 1952" (SEIDMAN H256).…

First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm); original wrappers, stapled; 48pp; illus. Light wear and dustiness, else Near Fine. "The text of a report to the national committee of the Party in April 1942, appraising the military situation. Minor stresses the importance of worker mobilization and a favorable outcome of the 1942 elections to the opening of a second front, which he considers vital" (SEIDMAN M328).…

Staple-bound pamphlet, 11" x 8-1/2"; 31pp. Fine. Includes full text of reports by Monteiro ("Update on the Struggle for Equality"); LeBlanc ("The Winston Enrollment Campaign"); Tyner ("Highlights & Lessons of the 1989 Elections"); Webb ("Developments in the Working Class and Trade Union Movements").

First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; 31pp. Pencil date to cover sunned and foxed along edges, else near fine. Seidman H91: "calling for the unity of workers and all friends of peace to prevent war.".

First Edition. Octavo (19cm); original stapled wrappers; 16pp. Toning to wrappers, with wear along lower edge - particularly at corners; Very Good. "The text of a speech by the acting secretary of the Party, defending the Soviet Union as the most important ally of the U.S. in the war. He denounces as fascist those who question the fighting capacity of the Red army, point to the Nazi-Soviet pact, call the Soviet government dictatorial, or deplore the Moscow trials. He calls for compulsory universal military training" (SEIDMAN M327).…

First Edition. 16mo broadside (14cm.); top edge browned, light wear from handling, else Very Good. Among the events listed are a "birthday party" for the magazine Masses and Mainstream; Israel Epstein's lecture "Inside Red China"; Muriel Draper's lecture "Where Is Woman's Place?"; and Carl Brodsky's lecture "The Sell-Out in Palestine." Neither individual flyer or series located in OCLC as of July, 2015.…

Condition: Fair. 6 p. one-sided. 36 cm. Stapled paper covers. Tears and discolouration. Pages themselves are clean. Topics include the US Civil War, contributions to America of the Communist Party, Negro liberation, rebuilding and strengthening of the party. List of references at rear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Premier issue. 'Only daily Marxist newspaper in the USA'. Clean covers and interior; appears unread but newsprint has age darkened; remains supple enough for careful reading. 12 pp centerfold newspaper with 12 pp centerfold 'magazine' in center - same size; paged separately. Articles on: Poor People's Campaign and Resurrection City; Vietnam War; peace activism; French politics; Steelworkers and other union activists; taxes; Democrats; Eugene McCarthy; Olympic boycott; james Earl Ray; CP convention. Magazine insert has: interview with Ho Chi Minh; article by Pete Seeger; article on hear transplants; editorial about Israel; movie, book, TV and theater reviews; much more. Newspaper that followed demise of The Daily Worker and The Worker. Published until 1986 when it merged with People's World to become People's Daily World, then People's World, which is now an on-line news site. Cf, OCLC #41418856. Large folio, 24 total pp; illustrated with photos and drawings.…

Broadside, with text offset printed in black on beige stock, measuring 23cm x 30.5cm (9" x 12"). Toning to extremities, a few tiny nicks and tears along the edges, with a brief pencil notation at upper left and lower right corners; Very Good+. Anti-conscription broadside, issued in June, 1940 by the Young Communist League of Los Angeles, linking FDR's proposal for the compulsory military training of American youth to Wall Street. "The proposal for compulsory military training is a declaration of war against the American people - against their living standards and democratic rights. This is the identical system Hitler forced upon the youth of Germany.COMPULSORY ARMY TRAINING FOR AMERICAN YOUTH IS THE FIRST STEP TO PUT INTO EFFECT THE M-PLAN - WALL STREET'S BLUE PRINT FOR FASCISM." The broadside concludes by encouraging young people to wire or write the White House and ask FDR to stop the conscription of American youth. Not separately listed in OCLC. 87350.…

Original double-sided flyer, with text and photograph offset printed in dark brown on cream stock, measuring 21.75cm x 35.75cm (8.5" x 14"). Horizontal fold at center smoothed out, with two small pencil notations at upper corners; Near Fine. Double-sided flyer announcing Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner's entrance into the 1976 Presidential race, including their lengthy statement on various positions, accompanied by brief biographical sketches of each man ("Meet Gus Hall," "Meet Jarvis Tyner"), and a large photograph of Hall and Tyner, accompanied by Henry Winston and Angela Davis. 87338.…

Original double-sided flyer, with text and photographic portraits offset printed in black on orange stock, measuring 21.75cm x 28cm (8.5" x 11"); text is in English on recto, and in Spanish on verso. Light wear and a few tiny nicks along lower left corner, with "1979" written in pen at lower margin; Near Fine. Double-sided flyer announcing a rally at Cobo Hall in Detroit, MI, Sunday August 26, featuring Gus Hall and Angela Davis. This was the fourth time Hall ran for President on the CPUSA ticket; Davis joined him in 1980, when they received 45,023 votes. 87337. …

Original photocopied flyer, with text and photos printed in black on white stock, measuring 21.75cm x 28cm (8.5" x 11"). Light wear to lower corners, else Near Fine. Flyer announcing a May Day celebration to be held at the Armenian Cultural Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 1, 1968. Sponsored by the Youth Section of the Southern California Communist Party, the event featured speakers Tom Hayden and Bobbie Heisler, with a showing of Martes 13, a prize-winning Cuban film on North Vietnam. 87339.…

"Tijuana Bible," ca. 3" x 4", stapled, illustrated card wrappers; 8pp. Near Fine. Pornographic miniature comic book parodying long-time Communist Party leader Earl Browder, who served as General Secretary of the CPUSA from 1930-1945. Undated, but this has the look of a ca. 1950's reissue. Still, one of very few opportunities we get to combine the subject headings "CPUSA" and "EROTICA," and one of the less often encountered Eight Pagers featuring historical figures.…

First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm). Printed self-wraps; 15pp. Margins slightly browned, else Very Good. Issued as a broadside against the Socialist Party of America on the eve of their annual convention. Includes excerpts of speeches and essays by Earl Browder, Israel Amter, M.J. Olgin and others, as well as two cartoons by Fred Ellis. Much on the COMINTERN's stance towards the Spanish Civil War. SEIDMAN C-465: "Communist Party leaders warn the Socialist Party against Trotskyite influence, and invite socialists to collaborate in a people's front.".…

First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed wrappers; 127pp; folding chart tipped in between pp 64-65. Mild external soil and creasing; still a tight, complete, Near Fine copy of the uncommon first edition. SEIDMAN P113: "The definitive Party handbook, written by a Comintern representative in the U.S. Sections deal with fundamentals of the Party program, the basic principles of Party organization, the stucture and functions of Party organization, Party membership and cadres, and rules and methods for disciplinary cases." Includes folding organizational chart. Oft-reprinted; the first edition is scarce.…

First Edition. Corner-stapled mimeographed typescript, 36cm x 22cm; 6pp (printed recto-only). Toning, corner creases and general wear; still a complete, Good or better example. Dated from text. Rather remarkable Popular Front document, prepared by Manuilsky as Deputy General Secretary of the Comintern and clearly oriented toward American Party members, as the majority of the text deals with the resurgent economic crisis in the U.S. Though the title of the paper might suggest a style sheet or compositional outline, the document in fact is a list of rather explicit instructions to American Party members on how to interpret contemporary world events in the light of current Soviet doctrine, the general upshot being that the American economic crisis, the rise of European fascism, revolution in China and the increasing militancy of the Japanese are all symptoms of the collapse of capitalism and the ". growing resistance of the working class and the toiling masses against the onslaught of the fascist powers!" Evidence of Moscow's direct influence on the CPUSA during this period is hardly necessary to prove a point, but this document provides a neat example of precisely how that influence was directed and executed. Unrecorded in this format, though a similar document was published in Los Angeles in 1946 (per OCLC); this printing clearly much earlier based on text.…

First Edition. Bifolium (28cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; [4]pp; illus. Mild handling and toning to extremities, a few tiny tears; Very Good+. Pamphlet produced during the trial in Federal Court of 12 members of the National Committee of the Communist Party of the United States: William Z. Foster, Eugene Dennis, Henry Winston, John Williamson, Benjamin Davis, Bob Thompson, Gus Hall, Irving Potash, Jack Stachel, Carl Winter, John Gates, and Gil Green. The men were falsely accused of "conspiring to teach and advocate overthrow of the government by force" under the Smith Law. Contents draw attention to the plight of three men - John Gates (editor of The Daily Worker), Henry Winston (Secretary of the CPUSA), and Gus Hall (four-time presidential candidate and chairman of the CPUSA), who were jailed for refusing to be stoolpigeons for Judge Harold Medina. "Today, everyone.in this trial nows that naming a man as a Communist means that he will be persecuted. It means loss of his job, terrorizing of his family - in the South it may mean death!" Scarce; OCLC notes 2 holdings (Yale, Harvard). …

First Edition. Broadside, 64cm x 31cm (ca 25" x 12"). Printed recto-only on white stock; text in three columns. Vertical and horizontal folds from mailing; slightly toned along vertical center fold, else a clean, VG example. Lengthy statement by the American League Against War and Fascism countering accusations that the ALAWF was a Communist-controlled front group. Text unsigned. Concludes with an invitation to attend a Mass Meeting for the defense of Ethiopia (from which we obtain our 1935 date). Not found in OCLC.…

First Edition. Octavo (20cm). Orange cloth boards, lettered in black; dustjacket; 256pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in a very bright, crisp dustwrapper - minutely chipped along bottom edge, else close to Fine and most uncommon thus. An entirely pro-Communist account of unionization in the ILGWU and the Furrier's Union, with the expected attacks upon the "reactionary" policies of the Socialist and AFL factions. Dale Zysman is identified in Bella Todd's autobiography as a Vice-President in the Teacher's Union, widely referred to as the "Stalin of the Union" for his habit of holding his pipe at precisely the same angle as appeared in Stalin's official portraits. SEIDMAN H54.…

First Edition. Original printed broadside, with text offset printed in black on beige stock, measuring 28cm x 45.25cm (11" x 17.75"). A few old folds smoothed out, some very subtle toning to extremities, with a brief notation written at upper left margim; Near Fine. Broadside printed by the Alameda County Committee of the Communist Party, printing a lengthy statement celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union, followed by a two-fold announcement regarding a huge celebratory meeting on Friday, November 5, 1937, and the appearance on January 1, 1938 of the People's Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. Speakers were to include Clarence Hathaway (then editor of the New York Daily Worker), Caroline Decker and Pat Chambers. Not separately listed in OCLC.…

Original poster, offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 67.5cm x 80.5cm. Light wear to extremities, old horizontal and vertical folds with attendant creasing; Very Good+. Propaganda poster advertising eight penny pamphlets published by the Workers Library; pricing ensured that even the lowliest worker would be able to afford something to read. The poster pictures titles by Israel Amter, Elizabeth Lawson, Herbert Benjamin, and Sadie Van Veen. Issued by the National Committee, Unemployed Councils, proceeds presumably went to aid the unemployed and anti-hunger organizations. Not found in OCLC.…