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Book SynopsisThis volume collects the proceedings of the First Latin American Communist Conference, organized in Buenos Aires, Argentina in June 1929 by the South American Secretariat of the Moscow-based Communist International (Comintern). The Conference was the first and in some ways only opportunity that communists in Latin America had to engage in a broad discussion of the most important problems and challenges that they faced. The topics that the assembled delegates addressed – including militarism, anti-imperialism, trade union issues, and racial discrimination – were all central to the question of how to organise a strong revolutionary movement. This major documentary collection of the Latin American Communist movement, newly translated into English and with a substantial introduction, remains surprisingly relevant to our world today. With an introduction by Victor Jeifets and Lazar Jeifets.
Table of ContentsAbbreviations Biographies of Conference Participants Introduction: The Outcomes of Ten Years of Latin American Communism Victor Jeifets and Lazar Jeifets Part 1 Descriptions of the Conference Introduction to Part 1 1 The First Latin American Communist Conference 2 First Latin American Communist Conference 3 Issues Addressed at the First Latin American Communist Conference 4 Towards the Latin American Communist Conference 5 Bibliography for the First Latin American Communist Conference 6 Parties Represented at the First Latin American Communist Conference 7 The Latin American Revolutionary Movement Part 2 Background Documents Introduction to Part 2 1 The First Session of the South American Secretariat of the Communist International 2 Questions of the Latin American Countries 3 Draft Theses on the Revolutionary Movement in Latin America 4 Report from the SP of the EC of the PSRC to the ECCI 5 Letter from the CI to the Revolutionary Socialist Party of Colombia 6 Colombia, 27 May 1929, Morning Session 7 Meeting with the Colombian Delegate 8 Mexico 9 Conversation with the Peruvian Delegates 10 The Importance of the First Latin American Communist Conference Part 3 Proceedings and Resolutions Introduction to Part 3 1 Foreword 2 Conference Opening (1 June 1929) 3 The International Situation in Latin America and the Threat of War Second Session, 2 June 1929 Third Session, 2 June 1929 Fourth Session, 2 June 1929 4 Resolution on the International Situation in Latin America and the Threat of War 5 The Anti-Imperialist Struggle and Tactical Issues Facing Communist Parties in Latin America Fifth and Sixth Sessions, 3 June 1929 Seventh Session, 4 June 1929 Eighth Session, 4 June 1929 Ninth Session, 4 June 1929 Tenth Session, 5 June 1929 Eleventh Session, 5 June 1929 6 Resolution on the Tactics of the Communist Parties of Latin America 7 Trade Union Issues Twelfth Session, 6 June 1929 8 Resolution on the Tasks of the Communist Parties in the Latin American Trade Union Movement 9 Agrarian Issues 10 Peasant Issues Thirteenth Session, 7 June 1929 Fourteenth Session, 7 June 1929 Fifteenth Session, 7 June 1929 11 Resolution on Peasant Issues in Latin America 12 Racial Problems in Latin America Sixteenth Session, 8 June 1929 Seventeenth Session, 8 June 1929 13 Resolution on Racial Problems in Latin America 14 Racial Problems 15 Work of the Anti-Imperialist League Eighteenth Session, 10 June 1929 16 Resolution on the Work of the Anti-Imperialist Leagues 17 The Youth Movement and the Tasks of Communist Parties Nineteenth Session, 10 June 1929 18 Draft Thesis on the Tasks of the Party in the Youth Movement 19 Organisational Matters 20 Resolution on Organisational Matters of the Communist Parties in Latin America 21 Work of the South American Secretariat Twentieth Session, 12 June 1929 22 Report on the Solution to the Crisis in the Communist Party of Argentina 23 Resolution on the Solution to the Crisis of the Communist Party of Argentina 24 Theses on Women’s Issues 25 Communists and the International Red Aid Part 4 Conversations After the Conference Introduction to Part 4 1 Conversation with the Delegates from Mexico 2 Conversation with the Delegations from Guatemala and El Salvador 3 Conversation with the Colombian Delegation 4 Second Conversation with the Colombian Delegation 5 Conversation with the Peruvian Delegates 6 Conversation with the Delegation of Peru 7 South American Secretariat Bibliography Index
