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Miller was head of the New York district when he was expelled from the [[Communist Party USA]] along with [[Jay Lovestone]] in 1929.<ref name="RO28">Robert J. Alexander, ''The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s'', Greenwood Press, 1981, p.28.</ref> | Miller was head of the New York district when he was expelled from the [[Communist Party USA]] along with [[Jay Lovestone]] in 1929.<ref name="RO28">Robert J. Alexander, ''The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s'', Greenwood Press, 1981, p.28.</ref> | ||
| − | In the same month he was named as a member of the national committee of the Lovestoneite "Communist Party (Majority Group)" faction, although he would later leave in an early factional split.<ref name="RO35">Robert J. Alexander, ''The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s'', Greenwood Press, 1981, p.35.</ref> Miller wanted to unite with the non-communist Committee for Progressive Labor Action]], led by [[A.J. Muste]], a position which was incompatible with the Lovestoneites view of themselves as a faction of the Communist Party.<ref name="RO63-64">Robert J. Alexander, ''The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s'', Greenwood Press, 1981, pp.63-64.</ref> | + | In the same month he was named as a member of the national committee of the Lovestoneite "Communist Party (Majority Group)" faction, although he would later leave in an early factional split.<ref name="RO35">Robert J. Alexander, ''The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s'', Greenwood Press, 1981, p.35.</ref> Miller wanted to unite with the non-communist [[Committee for Progressive Labor Action]], led by [[A.J. Muste]], a position which was incompatible with the Lovestoneites view of themselves as a faction of the Communist Party.<ref name="RO63-64">Robert J. Alexander, ''The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s'', Greenwood Press, 1981, pp.63-64.</ref> |
| − | In 1945, Mandel worked as a consultant for the State Department's [[Eur-X]]. He noticed a ''Cahiers du Communisme'' article by French communist [[Jacques Duclos]] attacking US Communist leader [[Earl Browder]] for his decision to wind up the American party. Mandel concluded that this reflected a new Soviet hardline towards the west and brought the article to his chief [[ | + | In 1945, Mandel worked as a consultant for the State Department's [[Eur-X]]. He noticed a ''Cahiers du Communisme'' article by French communist [[Jacques Duclos]] attacking US Communist leader [[Earl Browder]] for his decision to wind up the American party. Mandel concluded that this reflected a new Soviet hardline towards the west and brought the article to his chief [[Raymond Murphy]], and then to the [[Jay Lovestone]] and the [[AFL]] leadership.<ref name="Dirty Tricks204-205">Roy Godson, ''Dirty Tricks or Trump Cards: U.S. Covert Action and Counterintelligence, Transaction Publishers, 2001, pp.204-205.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 20:58, 16 May 2012
Ben Mandel, also known as Bert Miller, was a purged communist and Lovestoneite who became a researcher for the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1930s.[1]
Miller was head of the New York district when he was expelled from the Communist Party USA along with Jay Lovestone in 1929.[2]
In the same month he was named as a member of the national committee of the Lovestoneite "Communist Party (Majority Group)" faction, although he would later leave in an early factional split.[3] Miller wanted to unite with the non-communist Committee for Progressive Labor Action, led by A.J. Muste, a position which was incompatible with the Lovestoneites view of themselves as a faction of the Communist Party.[4]
In 1945, Mandel worked as a consultant for the State Department's Eur-X. He noticed a Cahiers du Communisme article by French communist Jacques Duclos attacking US Communist leader Earl Browder for his decision to wind up the American party. Mandel concluded that this reflected a new Soviet hardline towards the west and brought the article to his chief Raymond Murphy, and then to the Jay Lovestone and the AFL leadership.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.139.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.28.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.35.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, pp.63-64.
- ↑ Roy Godson, Dirty Tricks or Trump Cards: U.S. Covert Action and Counterintelligence, Transaction Publishers, 2001, pp.204-205.
