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The Communist International and US Communism, 1919-1929, by Jacob A. Zumoff

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

The Communist International and US Communism, 1919-1929

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by Jacob A. Zumoff

Historical materialism book series, 82

Since the Cold War, most historians have set up an opposition between the "American" and "international" aspects of early American Communism. This book examines the development of the Communist Party in its first decade, from 1919 to 1929. Using the archives of the Communist International, this book, in contrast to previous studies, argues that the International played an important role in the early part of this decade in forcing the party to "Americanise". Special attention is given to the attempts by the Comintern to orient American Communists on the role of black oppression, and to see the struggle for black liberation and the fight for socialism as inextricably linked. The later sections of the book provide the most detailed account now available of how the Comintern, reflecting the Stalinisation of the Soviet Union, intervened in the American party to ensure the Stalinisation of American Communism.--, Provided by Publisher

Introduction: History and Historiography of American Communism in the 1920s 1: The Formation of the Communist Party, 1912-21 2: The Fight for Legality 3: Communists and the Labour Movement 4: William Z. Foster and the Turn towards the Labour Movement 5: The Farmer-Labor Party 6: The La Follette Fiasco, 1923-24 7: The Double-Edged Sword of 'Bolshevisation', 1924-26 8: The Foreign-Language Federations and 'Bolshevisation' 9: Factionalism and Mass Work, 1925-27 10: The death of Ruthenberg and the Ascension of Lovestone, 1926-27 11: Lovestone between Bukharin and Stalin, 1927-28 12: The 'Third Period', the Sixth Congress and the Elimination of Opposition, 1928-29 13: Lovestone becomes a Lovestoneite, 1928-1929 14: The 'Negro Question' to the Fourth Comintern Congress 15: The 'Negro Question' from the Fourth to the Sixth Congress 16: The Sixth Congress and the 'Negro Question' 17: 'Self-Determination' and Comintern Intervention Conclusion Bibliography Index