The Prophet's Army: Trotskyists in America, 1928-1941 (Contributions in American History)

Constance Ashton Myers. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 257-272. Contents Preface 1 Introductory: Trotskyists and the American Radical Movement Revolutionary Socialism in America Before 1919 Personalities in Revolutionary Socialism Party Characteristics 2 The First Trotskyists and the Communist Rupture Forging the American Communist Party Events of 1926 and 1927 The Workers (Communist) Party, Left Opposition The Boston Branch and Bulletin No. 1 Communist Party Reprisals 3 The Communist League of America (Opposition): First Years Trotsky As Opposition Leader First Intraparty Conflicts 4 The Communist League of America and Labor American Labor in the Early Depression The Communist League of America in the Labor Movement The Unemployed Movement A. J. Muste and the American Workers Party 5 Radical Fusion Politics: Musteites and Trotskyists “For a New Party and a New International" Approaching the American Workers Party The French Turn: France Negotiating Fusion 6 Making the French Turn The French Turn in France: Postscript Fissure in the Socialist Party Making the French Turn: The United States The Fragmentation Process A. J. Muste’s Departure 7 In the Socialist Party Initial Accord Deepening Enmity Expulsion from the Socialist Party 8 Trotskyists in Crisis Founding the Socialist Workers Party and the Fourth International The Charge of Party Conservatism Crisis in First Phase The April Convention Loss of the Leader 9 Trotskyists and the Courts The Norman Mini Case The Minneapolis Smith Act Trial Epilogue Minorities in the Movement Literary Trotskyists Trotskyist Leaders in American Life: The 1970s The Limits of Trotsky’s Personal Authority The Impact of Trotskyism Notes Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index