Showing posts with label john pepper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john pepper. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 07, 2017

From The Pen Of James P.Cannon-The 50th Annoversary Of The Russian Revolution (1967)"

Click on title to link to James P. Cannon's speech on the 50th anniversary of the Russian revolution fro the Prometheus Research Library's "James P. Cannon and the Early Years Of American Communism". Cannon, my friends, is where I first came across the notion long ago that we were seeking to build (and still are, or need to) an organization based on the premises of the Russian Revolution-"We Are The Party Of The Russian Revolution". Thanks Brother Cannon.

Sunday, September 06, 2009

*Labor's Untold Story-The Fight For An Independent Labor Party- The Farmer/Labor/LaFollette Debacle Of 1924

Click on title to link to a 1954 letter to historian Theodore Draper by early American Communist Party leader James P. Cannon (subsequently an American Trotskyist leader)on the communist maneuvering ( I am being kind here) on the labor party question in the mid-1920's.

Every Month Is Labor History Month


This Commentary is part of a series under the following general title: Labor’s Untold Story- Reclaiming Our Labor History In Order To Fight Another Day-And Win!

As a first run through, and in some cases until I can get enough other sources in order to make a decent presentation, I will start with short entries on each topic that I will eventually go into greater detail about. Or, better yet, take my suggested topic and run with it yourself.