The Many Worlds of American Communism

Joshua Morris

doi:10.5771/9781793631961

Summary

This book explores the multifaceted dimensions that make up the American communist movement from its early years in the 1920s to its peak in the years leading up to World War II. The author argues that in order to effectively understand a social movement, it is necessary to take an approach that differentiates between the political-, social-, and labor-oriented motivations taken by the movement's participants. By exploring the political, community, and labor dimensions of American communism, the author helps convey the complex nature of social movements and the various ways they attempted to create agency in their society.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3195-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3196-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 498
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Notes No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. List of Abbreviations No access
1. Splitting the SPA No access
2. Building a Political World of American Communism No access
3. The First Red Scare No access
4. Division over Unity No access
5. The Comintern Steps In No access
6. Notes No access
1. The Debate over Legality No access
2. The Seeds of the Labor World No access
3. The End of the Geese No access
4. Campaigning for Communism, 1922–1924 No access
5. Notes No access
1. Launching the Amalgamation Campaign No access
2. The Needle Trades Section No access
3. The Metal Trades Section No access
4. The General Amalgamation Committee (GAC) of the Textile Industry No access
5. Notes No access
1. Renewed Tension No access
2. Lovestone’s International Crusade No access
3. The Negro Question No access
4. The Sixth Comintern Congress and the End of the Second Period No access
5. The Dawn of the CLA, the Communist Party (Opposition), and the CPUSA No access
6. Little “c” and Big “C” American Communism No access
7. The 1928 Campaign No access
8. Notes No access
1. The Political World Hardens No access
2. Recruitment in the Communities No access
3. Spearheading the 1932 Election No access
4. The Thirst for a Popular Front No access
5. The Prewar Years No access
6. The Great War on Fascism No access
7. Notes No access
1. From the TUEL to the TUUL No access
2. Labor’s Early Turn to Populism No access
3. The Auto Workers No access
4. The Agricultural Workers No access
5. World War II and the Erosion of the Communist Labor World No access
6. Notes No access
1. The UCs No access
2. Communist Contributions to the Art Community No access
3. The Fight against Racism No access
4. Community Activism during World War II No access
5. Notes No access
1. The End of an Era: The Return of Factionalism No access
2. The Grim World of Anticommunism No access
3. Making Do: Communist Life, 1945–1957 No access
4. Diffusion, not Decline No access
5. Notes No access
1. Note No access
Index No access Pages 463 - 496
About the Author No access Pages 497 - 498