Young Spartacus. Vol. 2 No. 11. October, 1932.

Young Spartacus. Vol. 2 No. 11. October, 1932.

Contents: Vote Communist!, Scottsboro Boys Appeal Case, Class Forces in Germany, Miners Hold Convention, Spartacus Youth Clubs Forge Ahead, Youth and the World Anti-War Congress, Chicago Club Statement to the National Student League, Lytton Committee Report on Manchuria, The Revolutionary Heritage of John Reed, Book Review- History of the First International “The History of the First International” by G. Steklov, The Young Guards, Campaign Against Opposition Youth, News Snaps of the Month Another Frame-Up, Organized by Left Opposition.

Young Spartacus was first published by the National Youth Committee, Communist League of America (Opposition), in New York City. A semi-monthly from 1931 until the end of 1935. The Spartacus Youth Clubs and then the Spartacus Youth League would be organized and publish Young Spartacus before the movement entered the Socialist Party and Young People’s Socialist League in 1936’s ‘French Turn.” For must of its run, as with its parent organization, Young Spartacus was aimed at supporters and the milieu of the Communist Party and the Young Communist League of which it viewed itself as an opposition. Editors included Manny Garrett, Martin Abern, Max Shactman, Joseph Carter, and George Ray.

PDF of full issue: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/youngspart/YS1931-32/oct1932.pdf

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