Miscellaneous archive material

1 Every important political act at the present time can be understood only in the light of the approach of the new imperialist war. This is true of the acts both of all national...

1 The People’s Front has not, of course, advanced as far in the United States as in France or Spain. In the formal sense, there is not yet in the United States an established...

The crisis in Spain is neither new nor unexpected. After its brief and reckless period of glory at the dawn of the modern era, Spain was thrust back into obscurity by the short-sighted policies...

1 On February 6, 1934, gangs of fascists, reactionaries and royalists–for the most part young students and irresponsible sons of noblemen–rioted in Paris, across the river from the Chamber of Deputies. Less than a...

1 We have already seen, in general, the answer to this question. The answer requires further amplification. The People’s Front cannot stop fascism. The theory of the People’s Front rests upon a false account...

1 One of the chief arguments made in favor of the People’s Front is that through it there can be brought about an alliance between the working class and the middle classes against the...

1 We have seen that the People’s Front is in content equivalent to class collaboration and coalition government. Consequently, the lessons of history with respect to class collaboration and coalition government apply with full...

1 It would be a great mistake to imagine that the People’s Front is a new policy. It is, it is true, a new slogan; but, in actual content, it is simply an old policy in...

1 The slogans of the People’s Front were first advanced by the Communist International and its sections. They began to appear toward the end of 1933; moved forward slowly for some while; and received...

by James Burnham, Pioneer Publishers, New York, 1937. Origin and Theory of the People’s Front Analysis of the Theory of the People’s Front History and the People’s Front Can the People’s Front Win the...