The Communist (Communist Party of America). Vol. 2 No. 7. July 1, 1920.

Contents: The Counter-Revolution in Germany by Louis Fraina, Editorials, A New Attack Upon The Communist Party, “At Last” The Centrists Unite! (C.L.P.-Ruthenberg Unity), Problems Of The Third International (Ramsey MacDonald On The Third International) by Lenin, Mass action and Revolution by K. Horner, Greetings To Communists Abroad by Lenin, Who Is Santeri Nuorteva?, Lenin and Longuet, Party Matter, Jewish Federation, Polish Federation, Lithuanian Federation.

Emulating the Bolsheviks who changed the name of their party in 1918 to the Communist Party, there were up to a dozen papers in the US named ‘The Communist’ in the splintered landscape of the US Left as it responded to World War One and the Russian Revolution. This ‘The Communist’ began in September 1919 combining Louis Fraina’s New York-based ‘Revolutionary Age’ with the Detroit-Chicago based ‘The Communist’ edited by future Proletarian Party leader Dennis Batt. The new ‘The Communist’ became the official organ of the first Communist Party of America with Louis Fraina placed as editor. The publication was forced underground in the post-War reaction and its editorial offices moved from Chicago to New York City. In May, 1920 CE Ruthenberg became editor before splitting briefly to edit his own ‘The Communist’. This ‘The Communist’ ended in the spring of 1921 at the time of the formation of a new unified CPA and a new ‘The Communist’, again with Ruthenberg as editor.

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