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The Communist

The Communist was a name for newspapers published by the Communist Party of America, and various factions and splinter groups, between 1919 and 1922. Intended to be the party's official organ, it was published in rival editions for part of its run.

Publication History

The Communist began publication with the Jul 19, 1919 issue. In September, it absorbed the publication "Revolutionary Age" and started a new series beginning at volume 1, number 1. In 1920, a minority faction of the party published their own version of the newspaper for a few issues, before forming the rival United Communist Party. The Communist ran publication with the first issue of volume 3, dated April 1921, after which time the Communist Party of America and the United Communist Party merged. A new version of The Communist then began in July, running through 1922, though it too saw a breakaway "Central Caucus" faction publish at least two issues of its own in early 1922.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1919-1922: The Marxist Internet Archive has issues from various versions from 1919 to 1922 (along with 7 issues of a related publication, "Communist World"). Links to individual issues of The Communist at a different archive are included below.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 1 of the original series, dated July 19, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 2 of the original series, dated July 26, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 3 of the original series, dated August 2, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 4 of the original series, dated August 9, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 5 of the original series, dated August 16, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 6 of the original series, dated August 23, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 7 of the original series, dated August 30, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive. There was a brief hiatus before the new series began.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 1 of the new series, dated September 27, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive. This issue notes the absorption of "Revolutionary Age".
• 1919: Volume 1, number 2 of the new series, dated October 4, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 3 of the new series, dated October 11, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 4 of the new series, dated October 18, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 5 of the new series, dated October 25, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 6 of the new series, dated November 8, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 7 of the new series, dated November 15, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 8, dated November 22, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 9, dated November 29, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 10, dated December 6, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 11, dated December 13, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 12, dated December 20, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1919: Volume 1, number 13, dated December 27, 1919, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 1, number 14, dated January 3, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 1, dated February 15, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 2, dated March 1, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 3, dated April 5, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 4 of the "minority" faction's edition, dated April 25, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 4 of the "majority" faction's edition, dated May 1, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 5 of the "minority" faction's edition, dated May 8, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 5 of the "majority" faction's edition, dated May 15, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 6 of the "minority" faction's edition, dated May 22, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive. This was apparently the last minority faction edition before that group became part of the United Communist Party.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 6 of the "majority" faction's edition, dated June 1, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 7, dated July 1, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 8, dated August 1, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 9, dated September 1, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 10, dated September 15, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 11, dated October 1, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 12, dated October 15, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 13, dated November 1, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 14, dated November 15, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1920: Volume 2, number 15, dated December 15, 1920, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1921: Volume 2, number 16, dated January 5, 1921, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1921: Volume 2, number 17, dated February 1, 1921, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1921: Volume 2, number 18, dated March 1, 1921, is available at the Internet Archive.
• 1921: Volume 3, number 1, dated April 1, 1921, is available at the Internet Archive.

Related Resources

• The full run of Revolutionary Age, prior to its absorption by this publication, is also available.
• A 19th century publication also called The Communist is also available. It was published by the Mutual Aid Community in St. Louis, and has no relation with this serial other than the name.
• The 1927-1945 periodical also called The Communist is also available, though it is not a direct successor to this periodical.

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