The Communist. Vol. 15 No. 10. October, 1936.

Contents: Review of the Month by A. B., For a Democratic Spain! (Manifesto of the Communist Party of Spain), The Crisis in the Socialist Party by William Z. Foster, The Trotsky-Zinoviev Assassins Before The Bar of the Working Class by P. Lang, Reaction Bids for Farm Support by Henry Dawson, Building The Party During The Election Campaign by F. Brown, The Negro People in the Elections by Ben Davis, Jr., Book Reviews: The Textbook of Sectarianism by Earl Browder, The People’s Front in France by Theodore Repard, Pamphlets in the Election Campaign

There are a number of journals with this name in the history of the movement. This ‘The Communist’ was the main theoretical journal of the Communist Party from 1927 until 1944. Its origins lie with the folding of The Liberator, Soviet Russia Pictorial, and Labor Herald together into Workers Monthly as the new unified Communist Party’s official cultural and discussion magazine in November, 1924. Workers Monthly became The Communist in March, 1927 and was also published monthly. The Communist contains the most thorough archive of the Communist Party’s positions and thinking during its run. The New Masses became the main cultural vehicle for the CP and the Communist, though it began with with more vibrancy and discussion, became increasingly an organ of Comintern and CP program. Over its run the tagline went from “A Theoretical Magazine for the Discussion of Revolutionary Problems” to “A Magazine of the Theory and Practice of Marxism-Leninism” to “A Marxist Magazine Devoted to Advancement of Democratic Thought and Action.” The aesthetic of the journal also changed dramatically over its years. Editors included Earl Browder, Alex Bittelman, Max Bedacht, and Bertram D. Wolfe.

PDF of full issue: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/communist/v15n10-oct-1936-communist.pdf