The Comintern. Australia. 1920

The Proletarian


Source: "Reason in Revolt", Source documents of Australian Radicalism.


The Proletarian Review
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 1 June 1920
Proletarian Comment
The Materialist Conception of History By “Radix”
The German Revolution by A.S.E. (translated by E. Hanks)
Bourgeois Parliaments and Reactionary Trade Unions By N. Lenin
Socialism and Communism (from Critique of the Gotha Program) By Karl Marx
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian Review
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 2 July 1920
Proletarian Comment
Socialism and Nationalisation By Paul Lafargue
Study the Socialist Philosophy By Moses Baritz
A Marxian Analysis of Prices By E.S. Hanks
Parliamentary Action (Statement of the Third International) By G. Zinoviev
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian Review
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 3 August 1920
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
Socialism and Nationalisation By Paul Lafargue
Is there a Revolutionary Organisation in Australia? By P. Finn
A Marxian Analysis of the Present Soaring Prices By E.S. Hanks
Trade Unionism, Industrial Unionism, and Workers’ Committees (Amsterdam Bureau of the Third International)
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian Review
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 4 September 1920
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
The Class Struggle By “Spartacus”
Money Talks By John Keracher
The Military Program of the Revolution by N. Lenin
He Gets the Fish By “Anise”
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 5 October 1920
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat By “Spartacus”
Prohibition, Communism and the Joy of Life By L.C.F.
A Normal Working Day By Karl Marx
Communist Party and I.W.W. By “The Communist”
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 6 November 1920
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
Sidelights on Historical Materialism By M. Murphy
Marx on Russia By T.G. Masaryk
Is It a Bourgeois Revolution? By N. Lenin
The Necessity of the Communist Party to the O.B.U. By “Spartacus”
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 7 December 1920
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
About Justice By J.K.
Mass Action By George Revere
Wages and Prices By Karl Marx
The Color Problem By Pearl Hanks
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 8 January 1921
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
Economics and the Workers By John Keracher
Red Trade Union International By G. Zinoviev
Gleanings on Morality from Joseph Dietzgen
Two Aspects of Communist Tactics By “Spartacus”
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 9 February 1921
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
The A.B.C. of Communism By N. Bucharin and E. Preobrazhinsky
Within or Without? By N. Lenin
Fichte and Hegel By Franz Mehring
Syndicalist Flaws By John O’Groats
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 10 March 1921
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
The A.B.C. of Communism By N. Bucharin
The Blanquist Program By Frederick Engels
Modern Industry By Karl Marx
Revolutionary Tactics in Trade Unions By “Spartacus”
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 11 April 1921
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
The A.B.C. of Communism By N. Bucharin
The Control of Industry First International
Marxism and its Critics By Karl Kautsky
Petty-Bourgeois Peace-Mongers By H.C.B.
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 12 May 1921
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
The A.B.C. of Communism By N. Bucharin
No Compromise Whatever? By N. Lenin
The Origin of Spooks By O.C. Johnson
Disarmament By L. Watson
A Proletarian Library By G. Baracchi

The Proletarian
Editor: Guido Baracchi, Publisher: Percy Laidler

Volume 1, No. 13 June 1921
Proletarian Comment By the Editor
The A.B.C. of Communism By N. Bucharin
A New Basis for Ethics By O.C. Johnson
Violence By S.G.
The Theory of Value and the Price of Land By “Marxist”
Wells’ “Outline of History” (from “Socialist Standard”) By R.W. Housley
Correspondence By Mick Sawtell

The Proletarian
Publisher: Percy Laidler

No. 14 July 1921
The All-Australian Trades Union Congress By the Editor
The A.B.C. of Communism By N. Bucharin
Working-class Philosophy By B.H. Molesworth
The Agrarian Question from the U.S.A. Communist Party
Is Marxism a Religion? By O.C. Johnson
Wells’ “Outline of History” By R.W. Housley
The Socialist Viewpoint, Correspondence, Editorials &c.

The Proletarian

No. 15 August 1921
The Capitalist State By N. Bucharin
The Basis of Our Philosophy By A. Stume
All-Australian Union Congress By J.S. Garden
Simple Lessons in Economics By E.S. Hanks
The Dialectic By B.H. Molesworth M.A.
Wells’ “Outline of History” By R.W. Housley
A “Tribute” to the Labor Party. A Governor’s Function. Correspondence, Editorials, etc.

The Proletarian

No. 16 September 1921
Why Study Social History By B.H. Molesworth M.A.
Color Question in South Africa By Harry. W. Haynes
Simple Lessons in Economics By E.S. Hanks
The Logic of Revolutionary Progression (From Glasgow “Socialist”) By C.J.M.
Wells’ “Outline of History” By R.W. Housley

The Proletarian

No. 17 October 1921
Bill Haywood in Moscow (from “Liberation”) By Lewis Gannett
Feudalism By B.H. Molesworth M.A.
Simple Lessons in Economics By E.S. Hanks
The World’s Economic Position. Can Capitalism Recover? (Reprinted from “The International” Johannesburg) Speech By L. Trotsky
Sedition From “Scottish Worker”
Wells’ “Outline of History” By R.W. Housley
Lord Northcliffe and Trades Hall, The “Cancer” of Communism, Etc., Etc.

The Proletarian

No. 18 November 1921
Petrograd in July, 1921 By Tom Barker
The Decay of Feudalism By B.H. Molesworth M.A.
Simple Lessons in Economics By E.S. Hanks
International Relations By L. Trotsky and Prof. E Varga
Jailed – The Reason Why. Aristocrats and Patriotism, Brailsford on Russia, etc., etc.

The Proletarian

No. 19 December 1921
A Party and a Policy
The Washington Conference. Theses of the E.C.C.I. (from Pravda) By The Communist International
Militarism By W.A. Bonger
An Attempt to Prevent and an Attempt to Hasten the Development of Capitalism By B.H. Molesworth M.A.
Simple Lessons in Economics By E.S. Hanks
The “God” Matter By A. Frost
The Materialistic Conception of History By Max Beer
Russian Famine Relief; Australian Delegates from Moscow; The Red Trade Union International; Editorial, &c., &c.

The Proletarian

No. 20 January 1922
Unity
The New Economic Policy in Russia By J. Larin
The Dialectic By M. Beer
Capitalism on the Land By B.H. Molesworth M.A.
Simple Lessons in Economics By E.S. Hanks
Past Struggles and Past Demands from “Theses on Tactics”
A Popular Anti-Communist Question; The South African Dispute; The Conquest of Political Power; The Dictatorship of the Proletariat; &c., &c.

The Proletarian

No. 21 February 1922
The Wages Reduction Campaign By The Editor
Despair and Hope Russian Inf. & R.
Craft Guilds of the Middle Ages By B.H. Molesworth M.A.
Simple Lessons in Economics By E.S. Hanks
Unity Statements Communist Parties
Appeal Against the Decision of the Comintern on Australian Unity Statement Supplied by The Communist Party, Goulburn Street, Statement Supplied by The Communist Party, Station House, Moscow’s Demand for Unity Rejected. The Decision. Democracy.
The Red International of Labor Unions; The O.B.U.; Russia, Proletarians and Communists; &c., &c., &c.