Lovestone, Jay

Childhood and adolescence

Yakov Libshtein was born in the town of Molchad, Slonim district, Grodno province (now the village of Molchad, Baranavichy district, Brest region of Belarus) in a rabbi family. In 1907, the family emigrated to the United States of America and settled in New York . The exact date of birth of Jacob is unknown, her parents recorded her as December 15, 1897 . From a young age imbued with radical, including communist ideas. In 1918 he graduated from City College , in 1919 entered the law school of New York University, but soon left her to completely devote himself to work in the US Communist Party . In February 1919, he officially changed his name to Jay Lovestone.

Activities in the US Communist Party (1919-1929)

In 1921, Lovestone became editor of the Communist party newspaper, and from February to August 1922 he was executive secretary of the United Communist Party of America.

After the death of V.I. Lenin in January 1924, various factions of the US Communist Party were guided by various factions in the leadership of the CPSU (b) . The faction of William Foster focused on Stalin , and the fraction of Lovestone sympathized with Bukharin . In 1928 , at the 6th Congress of the Comintern, James Cannon and the leader of the Communist Party of Canada, Maurice Spector, spoke from the positions of Trotsky , and Cannon created a faction on the Trotskyist platform in the US Communist Party. Lovestone organized the expulsion from the party of Cannon and his supporters.

Opposition Activities of the US Communist Party (1929-1941)

Anti-Communist and Trade Union Activities

Death

Lovestone died on March 7, 1990 at the age of 92. His dossier at the FBI has more than 5,700 pages. ^[one]

Publications from the U.S. Communist Party

• The Government - Strikebreaker: A Study of the Role of the Government in the Recent Industrial Crisis. New York: Workers Party of America, 1923.
• Blood and Steel: An Exposure of the 12-Hour Day in the Steel Industry. New York: Workers Party of America, nd [1923].
• What's What About Coolidge? Chicago, Workers Party of America, nd [c. 1923]
• The LaFollette Illusion: As Revealed in an Analysis of the Political Role of Senator Robert M. LaFollette. Chicago: Literature Department, Workers Party of America, 1924.
• American Imperialism: The Menace of the Greatest Capitalist World Power. Chicago: Literature Department, Workers Party of America, nd [1925].
• The Party Organization. (Introduction.) Chicago: Daily Worker Publishing Co., nd [1925].
• Our Heritage from 1776: A Working Class View of the First American Revolution. With Wolfe, Bertram D. and William F. Dunne , New York: The Workers School, nd [1926].
• The Labor Lieutenants of American Imperialism. New York: Daily Worker Publishing Co., 1927.
• The Coolidge Program: Capitalist Democracy and Prosperity Exposed. New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1927. (Workers library # 2)
• Ruthenberg, Communist fighter and leader (Introduction) New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1927.
• 1928: The Presidential Election and the Workers. New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1928. (Workers library # 4) Yiddish
• America Prepares the Next War. New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1928. (Workers library # 10)
• Pages from Party History. New York: Workers Library Publishers, nd [1929].

Anti-Communism Publications

• "Twelve Years of the Soviet Union," The Revolutionary Age, Vol. 1, no. 1 (November 1, 1929), pp. 7-8.
• The American Labor Movement: Its Past, Its Present, Its Future. New York: Workers Age Publishing Association, nd [1932].
• What Next for American Labor? New York: Communist Party of the United States (Opposition), nd [1934]
• Marxian classics in the light of current history. New York City, New Workers School 1934
• Soviet Foreign Policy and the World Revolution. New York: Workers Age Publishers, 1935.
• People's Front Illusion: From "Social Fascism" to the "People's Front." New York: Workers Age Publishers, nd [1937].
• New Frontiers for Labor. New York: Workers Age Publishers, nd [1940].

Publications of the Last Period of Life

• The Big Smile: An Analysis of the Soviet “New Look.” With Matthew Woll . New York: Free Trade Union Committee , American Federation of Labor, 1955.
• Communist and Workers 'Parties' manifesto adopted November-December, 1960; Testimony of Jay Lovestone, January 26, February 2, 1961. Washington, United States Government Printing Office , 1961.

• Sergey Mehov. Crosswalker