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*'''5''' [[Jack Carney]] writes Lovestone in favour of war.
 
*'''5''' [[Jack Carney]] writes Lovestone in favour of war.
*'''26''' [[American Federation of Labor]] forms [[American Labor Committee to Aid British Labour]].
 
 
*'''28-29''' Final convention of [[Independent Labor League of America]] winds up Lovestoneite movement.ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.136.</ref> Alexander p.132.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.132.</ref>
 
*'''28-29''' Final convention of [[Independent Labor League of America]] winds up Lovestoneite movement.ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.136.</ref> Alexander p.132.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.132.</ref>
 
*'''29''' Lovestoneite resolution on war policy at final convention. Alexander p.72.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.72.</ref>
 
*'''29''' Lovestoneite resolution on war policy at final convention. Alexander p.72.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.72.</ref>

Revision as of 20:02, 9 October 2011

Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.

January

  • 13 Lovestoneites attack Trotskiyites over support for Soviet invasion of Finland.[1]

Feb

Mar

Apr

  • Jay Lovestone sends letter to Socialist Party convention.
  • 2 William Stephenson arrives in US on mission[2]
  • 13 B Herman criticises Lenin in Workers Age.[3]
  • 20 German Communist Opposition Message appears in Workers Age.

May

  • 1 May Day declaration of International Marxist Center.
  • International Marxist Center May Day declaration published in Workers Age.[5]
  • 3 Wolfe publishes Luxemburg's critique of Russian Revolution in Workers Age.[6]
  • 10Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. Mahl p.10.[7]

June

Jul

  • Lovestone facing ruin, debates war support with Bertram Wolfe.[13] Debates Fenner Brockway.[14] supports aid to England in letter to Bill Munger.[15]
  • Special Operations Executive created.
  • 4 Wolfe writes Lovestone conceding he no longer represents majority on war question.[16]
  • 6 Lovestone calls for support for British war effort.[17]
  • 12Lovestone writes Wolfe challenging him over position on aid to Britain.[18]
  • 19 Churchill authorises creation of SOE.
  • 25 Brockway writes Lovestone expecting war stalemate.[19]

Aug

  • 14 Lovestone writes Brockway against American appeasement of Hitler.[20]
  • 16 Rockefeller office created.[21]
  • 28 Brockway writes Lovestone expecting imminent end to war.[22]

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

  • 5 Jack Carney writes Lovestone in favour of war.
  • 28-29 Final convention of Independent Labor League of America winds up Lovestoneite movement.ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.136.</ref> Alexander p.132.[23]
  • 29 Lovestoneite resolution on war policy at final convention. Alexander p.72.[24]

Notes

  1. Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.104.
  2. Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.10.
  3. Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.128.
  4. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.131.
  5. Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.294.
  6. Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.127.
  7. Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.10.
  8. Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.25.
  9. Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.11.
  10. Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.17.
  11. Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.
  12. Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.
  13. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.
  14. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.
  15. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.
  16. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.
  17. Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.
  18. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.
  19. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.
  20. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.
  21. Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.11.
  22. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.
  23. Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.132.
  24. Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.72.