"First Ten Years of American Communism" Discussion Group

and goes on to describe the founding of the Communist Party, which was inspired by the 1917 Russian Revolution. In 1928 Cannon established the U.S. wing of the Trotskyist opposition movement, which split from Stalin’s bureaucratic and increasingly nationalist direction. This book addresses the questions: who popularized Marx, Trotsky, and Lenin’s ideas among working-class Americans and why didn’t a similar revolution happen here? How did these ideas influence Black liberation and other civil rights movements in their infancy? These questions and more are the subject of this weekly study group. Everyone welcome.Monday nights beginning August 13 from 7:00-8:30pm Snacks available at 6:30pm for a small donation.New Freeway Hall5018 Rainier Ave S. SeattleOn #7 bus line and near the Columbia City light rail stationCopies of the text available for sale at each session.For info, call 206-722-2453 or email FSPseattle@mindspring.com | www.socialism.comSponsored by Freedom Socialist Party