International News [22 issues]

Chicago: International Contact Commission for the New Communist (4th) International; Provisional International Contact Commission; Demos Press, 1947. Newsletter. Twenty-two issues of the newsletter in somewhat varying formats, all around 8.5x11 inches; some toning, occasional handling wear but generally very good condition. Issues present are vol. 2 no. 10, vol. 3 nos. [1], 2, [3], 4, 5, 7; vol. 4 nos. 1, 3; vol. 6 nos. 4, 9; vol. 7 nos. 4, 6, 7, 9, 10; vol. 8 nos. 1-5, and 9 (this issue printed in New York rather than Chicago). In 1935 those in the Workers Party who opposed the French Turn split off to form the Revolutionary Workers League. It split into two RWLs in 1938. One faction was led by Tom Stamm, while this group based in Chicago was led by Hugo Oehler and Sid Lens. These issues are full of discussion of the situation leading into WWII, the RWL's critiques of other Left groups' positions, and analysis of the postwar situation.