Revolutionary Communist Vanguard
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The Revolutionary Communist Vanguard broke off from the Philadelphia section of the Revolutionary Workers League
. Originally known as the "Social Science Circle", it became the Revolutionary Communist Vanguard when the group made its final break with Hugo Oehler
. It was "led by a lad named Fleming" and, according to Max Shachtman
, had a membership of only 2 people in December 1938. The member or members of the group used a variety of inventive pseudonyms in their bulletins, i.e., Don Quickshot, Obadiah Fairfax, Robin Redbreast, Jerome Rembrandt, and Esther Paris.
It published at least 18 issues of a periodical called Creative Communism and engaged in polemics with the Leninist League
. Walter Goldwater doesn't list Creative Communism in his bibliography of radical periodicals, but list Truth a Philadelphia paper published by the Revolutionary Communist Vanguard in 1940. He only located one issue, the May 5- June 1, 1940 issue.
Revolutionary Workers League (Oehlerite)
The Revolutionary Workers League was a radical left group in the United States. It was led by Hugo Oehler and published The Fighting Worker newspaper.-Origins:...
. Originally known as the "Social Science Circle", it became the Revolutionary Communist Vanguard when the group made its final break with Hugo Oehler
Hugo Oehler
-Biography:An active trade unionist, Oehler joined the Communist Party USA in its early days, and by 1927 was a district organizer for the party in Kansas...
. It was "led by a lad named Fleming" and, according to Max Shachtman
Max Shachtman
Max Shachtman was an American Marxist theorist. He evolved from being an associate of Leon Trotsky to a social democrat and mentor of senior assistants to AFL-CIO President George Meany.-Beginnings:...
, had a membership of only 2 people in December 1938. The member or members of the group used a variety of inventive pseudonyms in their bulletins, i.e., Don Quickshot, Obadiah Fairfax, Robin Redbreast, Jerome Rembrandt, and Esther Paris.
It published at least 18 issues of a periodical called Creative Communism and engaged in polemics with the Leninist League
Leninist League
Leninist League can refer to:*Leninist League , an Oehlerite group.*Leninist League , a communist group which split from the Revolutionary Workers League ....
. Walter Goldwater doesn't list Creative Communism in his bibliography of radical periodicals, but list Truth a Philadelphia paper published by the Revolutionary Communist Vanguard in 1940. He only located one issue, the May 5- June 1, 1940 issue.
External links
- On the question of the workers state a polemic with the Revolutionary Communist Vanguard by a rival splinter group.