Biography: Not yet available Works: August 1922: The Labor Movement in the United States September 1922: The American Miners’ and Railroad Workers’ Strike September 1922: The Left Wing Movement in the American Labor Unions November 1922 The American Question [Writing under the psudonym of “Starr” with James P. Cannon, Max Bedacht et al.] July 1928 Letter on the Textile Situation August 1928 Report on the Mining Situation by Arne Swabeck and Motions on the Mining Situation [With Alfred Wagenknecht] February 1929: Platform of the Communist Opposition [together with Martin Abern, James P. Cannon & Max Shachtman] February 1929: The Struggle in the Coal Fields April 1929: The Illinois Miners Convention August 1929: The New Progressive Movement September 1929: The Industrial Situation October 1929: Briand’s Plan for a United States of Europe December 1929: Is the A.F. of L. Becoming Progressive? December 1929: The Thieves Fall Out in the Miners Union December 1929: Illinois Miners on the March! December 1929: Miners of Illinois Fought Big Odds January 1930: The Depression and Labor – Prospects for the Approaching Struggles in the United States February 1930: Can Monopoly Capitalism Be Organized? February 1930: City of Chicago Goes Bankrupt February 1930: Leadership in the Coming Struggles February 1930: The New Industrial Unions March 1930: Imperialist Development and Its Inevitable Doom March 1930: The Labor Party and the Tasks of the Communists March 1930: Next Steps of the American Workers April 1930: The A.F. of L. in the South April 1930: The Situation Among the Coal Miners May 1930: The Socialist Party and the Prospects for Communism June 1930: Back to Lenin! Manifesto to the Rank and File and Seventh National Convention of the C.P.U.S.A. (with James P. Cannon & 5 others) June 1930: Operators Prey Upon Passivity of the Coal Miners July 1930: The Constituent Assembly and Soviets July 1930: The Unemployed Gather December 1930: The Railroad Brotherhoods Meet February 1931: The Communists and the Unemployment Crisis February 1931: Recent Lessons in Strike Strategy March 1931: Lawrence on Strike! March 1931: Recent Lessons in Strike Strategy 2 March 1931: The Strike Strategy of the Left Wing April 1931: Illinois Mine Workers in Revolt April 1931: The Slogan of the Six-Hour Working-Day May 1931: Results of the Illinois Miners’ Revolt June 1931: The A.F. of L. and the Wage-Cut Drive June 1931: Miners on the March! June 1931: Two Criticisms of the 6-Hour Day Slogan July 1931: England’s Economic Plight July 1931: MacDonald and Rationalization July 1931: MacDonald’s ‘Victories’ July 1931: 23,000 West Virginia Miners Are Out in New Strike Wave July 1931: Where Does British Labor Stand? August 1931: The Bankruptcy of British Stalinism August 1931: The Danger of Left Reformism August 1931: The Unemployment Problem August 1931: The Wage-Cut Offensive September 1931: Labor’s Perspective in the Struggle for a Respite September 1931: Mooney Appeals! September 1931: Problems of Our Perspectives October 1931: C.P. Policy in England October 1931: Green and Co. at Vancouver October 1931: Jurisdictional Disputes Disrupt A.F.L. Building Trades Dept. October 1931: Reply of the Steel Workers October 1931: Second National Conference Marks Step Forward October 1931: Unite Employed and Unemployed in Relief Struggle November 1931: After the British Elections November 1931: Rail Bosses Drive for Wage Cuts November 1931: The Tom Mooney Case November 1931: What Laval Achieved by His Visit January 1932: A Review of the Recent National Tour January 1932: Utilize Feb. 4 Meets to Build Jobless Movement February 1932: Labor Fakers Before Congress February 1932: N.Y. Dressmakers Strike February 1932: Pay Reduction in the Building Trades February 1932: Proletarian Party Opposition February 1932: The Railroad Wage Cut March 1932: The Dress Strike Settlement March 1932: Rebel Miners in Action! March 1932: Sunday’s Elections in Germany March 1932: Uphold Our Revolutionary Classics! April 1932: Trade Relations with the U.S.S.R. May 1932: Congress Talks Unemployment Relief May 1932: On the Anniversary of Marx’s Birth May 1932: The Party and the May Day Demonstration May 1932: The “Socialists” and Their Line of Action May 1932: The Strike in the N.Y. Building Trades June 1932: The Communist Party’s Election Platform June 1932: The Economic Crisis, the Unemployment Situation and the Working Class June 1932: The Unemployment Situation, the Economic Crisis and the American Working Class July 1932: The Economic Crisis, the Unemployment Situation and the American Working Class July 1932: Organizing the Jobless July 1932: Problems of the Unemployed July 1932: Unemployment and the Working Class [PDF] (pamphlet) August 1932: Illinois Miners Revolt Spreads Thru State September 1932: Frame-Up Challenge Stays Unanswered by Party September 1932: A Reply to Comrade Allard September 1932: Some Experiences of the Illinois Miner’s Struggle and the Policy of the Communists October 1932: In the Elections – ‘Labor’ or C.P. Ticket? October 1932: The Miners’ Convention October 1932: Miners Face Big Tasks October 1932: One Road for Miners! October 1932: Right Wing Wins at Gillespie Mine Workers Conference November 1932: 4 Years of The Militant November 1932: Marchers Advance to Demand Relief November 1932: The 1932 Elections and the American Working Class December 1932: A.F.L. Convention Talks “Radical” December 1932: A.F.L. and 6-Hour Day December 1932: A.F.L. and Union Unity January 1933: Save The Militant February 1933: Militant Correspondent on the Spot in German Crisis February 1933: Report Shows Fate of Germany Hangs in Balance; United Front Is Urgent (series) March 1933: Victory or Defeat in Germany? April 1933: The Crisis in German Communism (series) April 1933: Fascist Terror Rages Against German Masses April 1933: Labor Writhes Under Nazi Whip (series) July 1933: On Some Misconceptions of Fascism and State Capitalism (as Simmons) July 1933: Perspectives for American Labor (series, as Simmons) July 1933: Stalinism Weakens the U.S.S.R. (series, as Simmons) August 1933: Background of the New Deal August 1933: Discussion on the German Defeat August 1933: Impressions of Fascist Germany August 1933: N.R.A. and the Trade Unions August 1933: 35,000 Pa. Mine Workers Strike for Right of Union Organization September 1933: Before the A.F. of L. Convention September 1933: Brandler International Makes Overtures to Stalin September 1933: Left Socialists Meet – Two Steps Forward, One Step Backward September 1933: Rising Militancy Shown in Growing Strike Wave September 1933: U.S. Prepares Assault on Europe October 1933: Perspectives for Revolution in U.S. December 1933: Impressions on a National Tour December 1933: A Picture of the League Today January 1934: An Open Letter to the American Workers Party January 1934: War Sparks Fly in Far East; Powers Arm February 1934: Heading Straight for Another World War February 1934: Lewis Triumphs at Mine Convention March/April 1934: One Year of Roosevelt’s New Deal (series) April/May 1934: Cleveland Convention of the C.P. (series) May 1934: New Trends in the Trade Union Movement May 1934: Second Strike Wave Under the N.R.A. June 1934: A Criticism of the Draft Program of the American Workers Party June 1934: Steel Workers Union in Meeting to Decide Action June 1934: Steel Workers Union Retreats – Strike Plans Deferred June 1934: What Is Happening in Fascist Germany? July 1934: The Decay of the Stalinist Party August 1934: The Stalinists and Pacifism September 1934: The A.F. of L. at the Crossroads November 1934: The A.F. of L. at San Francisco December 1934: The Second Roosevelt Election December 1934: W.P. and Trade Unions January 1935: American Trade Union Problems – I January 1935: National Progressive Movement in Trade Union Is Party Task January 1935: Steel Election Called February 1935: Roosevelt Kicks Bill Green Downstairs March 1935: American Trade Union Problems – II March 1935: Roosevelt Gives A.F. of L. Cold Shoulder on Auto Board, Codes, Relief April 1935: Huey Long – Workers’ Enemy May 1935: ‘In the Name of God’ May 1935: The Long and Coughlin Movements July 1935: The Passing of the NRA August 1935: Is a Third Party Coming? August 1935: President Roosevelt – Strikebreaker No. 1 September 1935: Burning Problems Face 55th A.F.L. Convention September 1935: Progressive Issues Confront the A.F.L. October 1935: The Real Meaning of the United Front November 1935: What Are Sanctions? November 1935: Who Are the New “Progressive” Leaders in the A.F. of L.? December 1935: The A.F. of L. Begins to Face Issues December 1935: The Significance of the Browder-Thomas Debate for the Revolutionary Movement January 1936: Morgan Coined Gold out of Workers’ Blood in 1917–18 – with Wilson’s Aid January 1936: Progressives Gain in AFL Union Meets February 1936: Does the A.F. of L. Face a Split? February 1936: Green Urged to Organize Steel Plants February 1936: Miners Convention Hurls Defi at Green Ultimatum February 1936: Will the A.F. of L. Split on the Issue of Industrial Unionism? April 1936: Seamen’s Struggle Settled April 1936: What Is this Business Revival? May 1936: C.I.O. Faces Challenge of Steel May 1936: 1914–1936: The Same Social Patriotic Tune May 1936: Olson’s Confab a Roosevelt Rally May 1936: The Roosevelt-Lewis Coalition and the Farmer-Labor Party May 1936: Roosevelt Steals Labor Party Thunder November 1936: After the A.F. of L. Split – What? January 1937: The Strike Movement Begins March 1938: The Trade Unions in Politics April 1938: T.U. Unity Needed in Coming Class Battles September 1939: Packinghouse Workers Want Action Policy (as William Simmons) December 1939: Packinghouse Workers Win NLRB Election (as Wm. Simmons) April 1940: Norway’s Officers Preferred Hitler to Labor Government (letter) (as Wm. Simmons) May 1940: Union-Busting Drive Underway in Chicago (as William Simmons) March 1941: Hitler’s “New Order” (as William F. Simmons) December 1943: World Role of US Capitalism (as William Simmons) June 1944: US Capitalism Heads for Bankruptcy (as William Simmons) August 1944: Trotsky on America’s Role in Europe (as William Simmons) November 1944: The Coming Upsurge of American Labor (as William Simmons) February 1945: The Outlook for a Labor Party (as William Simmons) April 1945: European Perspectives (as William Simmons) July 1945: Trotskyist Tasks in Europe (as William Simmons) December 1945: Lessons of the 1919 Seattle General Strike (as William Simmons) May 1946: American Imperialism at Home and Abroad (as William Simmons) August 1946: Demonstrations in Denmark Mark Rising Labor Militancy (as William Simmons) February 1947: The Housing Shortage September 1947: Two Pages from American Labor History February 1948: Three Years of the British Labor Government September 1949: Dynamics of Revolutionary Change November 1949: Some Comments on Falling Rate of Profit March 1951: Economic Roots of the Labor Crisis March 1952: Inflation and the Arms Economy November 1953: Social Relations in US Today Winter 1954: Social Relations in US Today Winter 1957: American Prosperity Undermines Itself Spring 1957: The Soviet Challenge to Capitalist Economy June 1957: Why Beck Is Not Their Real Target Winter 1958: A World in Crisis Spring 1958: The “Recession” Deepens Summer 1957: What Price Depression? August 1958: The Split in the AFL-CIO Winter 1959: Production, Profits and Inflation Spring 1959: Who Is Ahead? Fall 1962: In Defense of Dialectics Date unknown: Why Did the Socialist Party Decline? |