An early Hal Draper published work, written in response to the Comintern’s official change of international posture to the Popular Front at its Seventh Congress in July 1935. Draper was elected National Secretary of the the YPSL in 1937 and would lead its majority in splitting with the Socialist Party and founding the Socialist Workers Party in December, 1937. Online text here.

‘Out Of Their Mouths: A Documentary Study of the New Line of the Comintern on War’ by Harold Draper. Published by the Y.P.S.L., Greater New York Federation. September, 1936.

Contents: Introduction, Part I What Is the New Line?, The Development of the “New Line”, The New Line Comes to America,The Four Phases of the New Line, Voting the Military Budget and War Credits – Opposition – Abstention – Support, Pacifism and Social-Patriotism in the “New Line”, The League of Nations, The Question of the “Aggressor” Nation: Joint Responsibility of the Imperialists, Part II From the Old to the New Line, The World War, The Case of Belgium, The Case of Serbia, “Defending Soviet Russia” in 1917, The Character of the War, Can Modern Capitalism Be Progressive?, From the World War to 1935 The Foreign Policy of the Soviet Union, The Comintern Before 1935, On the Eve of the Turn, Conclusion. 48 pages.

PDF of pamphlet: https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1936/ownmouths.pdf