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==Feb== | ==Feb== | ||
| − | *ICO, ILP participate in Paris conference which establishes new | + | *ICO, ILP participate in Paris conference which establishes new International Bureau for Revolutionary Socialist Unity. Revolutionary Socialist Congress. Afterwards [[Jay Lovestone]] invited to Vienna by [[Die Funke]].<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.127.</ref> |
==March== | ==March== | ||
| − | German annexation of Austria. Lovestone travels to Vienna to rescue ICO leaders.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, pp.266-267.</ref> | + | *German annexation of Austria. Lovestone travels to Vienna to rescue ICO leaders.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, pp.266-267.</ref> |
| − | *''11''' - Germans cross Austrian border.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.127.</ref> | + | *'''11''' - Germans cross Austrian border.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.127.</ref> |
| − | *'''12'''- Lovestone sees Austrian Nazis marching in the streets.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.127.</ref> | + | *'''12''' - Lovestone sees Austrian Nazis marching in the streets.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.127.</ref> |
| − | *'''15''' [[Nikolai Bukharin]] shot.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.120.</ref> | + | *'''15''' - [[Nikolai Bukharin]] shot.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.120.</ref> |
==Apr== | ==Apr== | ||
| − | *'''1''' [[SIS Section D]] created.<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.12.</ref> | + | *'''1''' - [[SIS Section D]] created.<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.12.</ref> |
*'''9''' - Lovestone condemns Stalin over death of Bukharin.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.125.</ref><ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.121.</ref> | *'''9''' - Lovestone condemns Stalin over death of Bukharin.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.125.</ref><ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.121.</ref> | ||
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*'''18''' - [[Homer Martin]] suspends [[United Auto Workers]] (UAW) board members [[Walter Reuther]] walks out.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.128.</ref> | *'''18''' - [[Homer Martin]] suspends [[United Auto Workers]] (UAW) board members [[Walter Reuther]] walks out.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.128.</ref> | ||
| − | =July== | + | ==July== |
| − | *'''17''' Lovestone burgled by Communists.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.129.</ref> | + | *'''17''' - Lovestone burgled by Communists.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.129.</ref> |
| − | *'''25''' Lovestone material | + | *'''25''' - Burgled Lovestone material produced at UAW disciplinary.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.130.</ref> |
==Aug== | ==Aug== | ||
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==December== | ==December== | ||
| − | *'''16''' Workers Age advocating democratic socialism.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.131.</ref><ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.132.</ref> | + | *'''16''' - Workers Age advocating democratic socialism.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.131.</ref><ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.132.</ref> |
| − | + | *'''19''' - Letter from Lovestoneites to KPO praises ILP leadership.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, pp.261-262.</ref> | |
| − | 19 | ||
| − | Letter from Lovestoneites to KPO praises ILP leadership.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, pp.261-262.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:51, 6 October 2011
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
Contents
January
Feb
- ICO, ILP participate in Paris conference which establishes new International Bureau for Revolutionary Socialist Unity. Revolutionary Socialist Congress. Afterwards Jay Lovestone invited to Vienna by Die Funke.[1]
March
- German annexation of Austria. Lovestone travels to Vienna to rescue ICO leaders.[2]
- 11 - Germans cross Austrian border.[3]
- 12 - Lovestone sees Austrian Nazis marching in the streets.[4]
- 15 - Nikolai Bukharin shot.[5]
Apr
- 1 - SIS Section D created.[6]
- 9 - Lovestone condemns Stalin over death of Bukharin.[7][8]
May
June
- 18 - Homer Martin suspends United Auto Workers (UAW) board members Walter Reuther walks out.[9]
July
- 17 - Lovestone burgled by Communists.[10]
- 25 - Burgled Lovestone material produced at UAW disciplinary.[11]
Aug
Sep
Oct
- Paris conference forms International Workers Front Against War.[14]
- UAW's Homer Martin enters into 'dubious negotiations' with Henry Ford.[15]
November
December
- 16 - Workers Age advocating democratic socialism.[16][17]
- 19 - Letter from Lovestoneites to KPO praises ILP leadership.[18]
Notes
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.127.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, pp.266-267.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.127.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.127.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.120.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.12.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.125.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.121.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.128.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.129.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.130.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.130.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.60.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.292.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.58.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.131.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.132.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, pp.261-262.
