ETOL Writers: George Breitman

George Breitman Internet Archive

George Breitman

(1916–1986)


Biography
[biography from Trotskyana.net from their Bio-bibliographical sketches of selected Trotskyists page]


WORKS:

June 1939:

Fighting Coughlin (letter)

1940:

Defend the Negro Sailors (as Albert Parker &8211; in PDF format from the original pamphlet)

26 September 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

26 September 1940:

N.J. Survey Shows Workers Want Union Control of Military Training

5 October 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

12 October 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

19 October 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

26 October 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

2 November 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

9 November 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

16 November 1940:

Negro Sailors Are Still in the Brig (as Albert Parker)

16 November 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

23 November 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

30 November 1940:

Demand Freedom for Negro Sailors (as Albert Parker)

30 November 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

7 December 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

14 December 1940:

Negro Sailors Ousted for Protest (as Albert Parker)

14 December 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

15 December 1940:

Hillman Wins in Jersey CIO Body

21 December 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

28 December 1940:

Martinique – Two Negro Newspapers’ Views (as Albert Parker)

28 December 1940:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

4 January 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

11 January 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

18 January 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

25 January 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

1 February 1941:

Conscientious Objectors Cannot Stop Jim Crow (as Albert Parker)

1 February 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

8 February 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

15 February 1941:

Ford’s Anti-Union Game Is to Divide the Races (as Albert Parker)

15 February 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

22 February 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

1 March 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

8 March 1941:

Labor’s Stake in Newark Election

8 March 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

15 March 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

15 March 1941:

Newark Labor and the Tax Question

22 March 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

22 March 1941:

Newark Housing Crisis Deepened by the War

29 March 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

29 March 1941:

Many Bills Introduced Against Discrimination (as Albert Parker)

5 April 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

5 April 1941:

Newark’s Relief System Exposed

12 April 1941:

City Hall No Friend of Newark’s Negroes

12 April 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

19 April 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

19 April 1941:

Newark Negro “Leaders” Drop Colored Candidate

26 April 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

May 1941:

Dictatorship in the South (as Albert Parker)

3 May 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

10 May 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

17 May 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

24 May 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

24 May 1941:

William Pickens, NAACP Leader, Gets Federal Job (as Albert Parker)

31 May 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

June 1941:

The Negro March on Washington (as Albert Parker) (Click HERE for PDF of the original pamphlet)

7 June 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

14 June 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

21 June 1941:

Negro March on Capital Upheld Against Critics (as Albert Parker)

21 June 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

28 June 1941:

FDR Tries to Prevent Negro March on Capital (as Albert Parker)

28 June 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

12 July 1941:

Negro March Leaders Yielded to FDR (as Albert Parker)

5 July 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

12 July 1941:

After Randolph Dropped the Negro March (as Albert Parker)

12 July 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

12 July 1941:

Glenn Martin Still Says He Won’t Hire Negroes (as Albert Parker)

19 July 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

26 July 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

12 July 1941:

Our Military Policy – And the FBI’s False Version

2 August 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

2 August 1941:

The “Socialist” Warmongers

9 August 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

9 August 1941::

Red Army Morale Astonishes Its Enemies

16 August 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

23 August 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

30 August 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

6 September 1941:

John L. Lewis – His Stand on War, His Role in the Unions

6 September 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

13 September 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

20 September 1941:

Churchill and Gallacher

20 September 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

27 September 1941:

Meaning of the Moves for CIO-AFL Unification

27 September 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

27 September 1941:

Randolph Calls for a New Negro Movement (as Albert Parker)

4 October 1941:

The Negro Struggle – AFL Convention Coming (column) (as Albert Parker)

11 October 1941:

The Negro Struggle – A Little History (column) (as Albert Parker)

11 October 1941:

U.S. Aims at World Rule, Says Knox

18 October 1941:

Corrects Mistakes in Editorial on Jim Crow (letter) (as Albert Parker)

18 October 1941:

The Negro Struggle – Stalinist Propaganda (column) (as Albert Parker)

25 October 1941:

The Negro Struggle – Churchill and the Negroes (column) (as Albert Parker)

1 November 1941:

The Negro Struggle – The Elections on November 4 (column) (as Albert Parker)

8 November 1941:

The Negro Struggle (column) (as Albert Parker)

8 November 1941:

Stalin Interview Shows Real Situation in USSR

15 November 1941:

The Negro Struggle – Negroes and the Unions (column) (as Albert Parker)

15 November 1941:

Same Disastrous Policy to Be Followed – Stalin

22 November 1941:

Churchill Rejects Stalin Plea for ‘Western Front’

3 January 1942:

On Guard Against the Stalinist Provocateurs! (as Albert Parker)

3 January 1942:

Stalin and Eden Reach Agreement on War Policy (as Anthony Massini)

10 January 1942:

The Bosses, Not the Workers, Prevent Rise in Production (as Anthony Massini)

17 January 1942:

The Negro Struggle (as Albert Parker)

24 January 1942:

Davies’ Book and the Elimination of the ‘Fifth Column’ (as Anthony Massini)

21 February 1942:

How a German Worker Might Answer Manifesto of German-Soviet Committee (as Anthony Massini)

28 February 1942:

New Boards to Control Seas and Shipping Now – and After War (as Albert Parker)

14 March 1942:

C.P. Begins New Lynch Campaign in Cleveland (as Anthony Massini)

14 March 1942:

The Negro Struggle (series) (as Albert Parker)

21 March 1942:

Another Negro Lynched; More Soldiers in ‘Riot’ (series) (as Albert Parker)

28 March 1942:

CP Joins Government in Hiding Truth About the Browder Case (as Anthony Massini)

28 March 1942:

The Negro Struggle (series) (as Albert Parker)

May 1942:

Roosevelt and the Negroes (as Albert Parker)

June 1942:

The Negro March on Washington &8211; One Year Later (as Albert Parker; PDF of the original pamphlet)

1943:

Negros March on Washington (as Albert Parker &8211; in PDF format from the original pamphlet)

June 1943:

The Struggle for Negro Equality (as Albert Parker, co-written with John Saunders &8211; in PDF format from the original pamphlet)

June 1943:

The Negro in the Post-War World (as Albert Parker) Click HERE for PDF of the original pamphlet.

July 1943:

A Letter on “Male Superiority” (as Albert Parker)

October 1943:

Wartime Crimes of Big Business (To see the expanded version of this article in a pamphlet from 1960, click here)

September 1944:

The Real Situation in France (writing as Our Paris Correspondent)

4 May 1946:

U.S. Army Courts-Martial System Flayed in Sweeping Denunciation

11 May 1946:

Why the Lichfield Trials?

1 June 1946:

A Typical “Officer and Gentleman”

8 June 1946:

Doolittle Board Advocates Policy of Limited Reforms

15 June 1946:

French and Italian June Elections Record Slight Shift to Right

15 June 1946:

The Good Soldier Schweik (book review)

22 June 1946:

Doolittle Report Attacked by Caste-System Defender

29 June 1946:

New Military Code Foreshadows Revival of Purges in Red Army

July/August 1946:

Eight Ex-GIs Raise Objection to Our Demand for Military Training Under Control of Trade Unions (response to letter)

6 July 1946:

Kremlin Offers Scapegoats to Cover Up Its Own Crimes

13 July 1946:

Workers’ Bookshelf – The New Sad Sack (book review)

20 July 1946:

Martin Widelin – Our Martyr

17 August 1946:

Candidate Explains Position of SWP to New Jersey Women Voters League

21 September 1946:

The Generals and the Admirals

28 September 1946:

Wallace Fired in Drive to War

28 September 1946:

Wallace Ouster Signifies Third World War Has Early Date on Wall Streets Calendar (with Joseph Hansen)

November 1947:

NAACP Appeals to the UN (as Albert Parker)

5 January 1948:

A Case of “Malicious Gossip” (as John F. Petrone)

5 January 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Wallace and the Negroes (column) (as Albert Parker)

5 January 1948:

Wallace’s Move Spotlights Need for Labor Conference

12 January 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Wallace and the Roosevelt Record (column) (as Albert Parker)

12 January 1948:

Wallace Veto Power Shows Basic Weakness of 3rd Party Movement

19 January 1948:

C.P. Cites Lenin Against Earl Browder – and Itself

19 January 1948:

The Military Mind (as John F. Petrone)

19 January 1948:

The Negro Struggle – “Separate but Equal” Facilities (column) (as Albert Parker)

26 January 1948:

The Negro Struggle – An American Story (column) (as Albert Parker)

2 February 1948:

Balconies, Bathtubs and Change (as John F. Petrone)

2 February 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Negro History Week (column) (as Albert Parker)

9 February 1948:

The Negro Struggle – The Sky’s the Limit (column) (as Albert Parker)

9 February 1948:

Stalinists Plan to Build Wallace Movement – by United Front from Below

9 February 1948:

To My Uncle in Italy (as John F. Petrone)

16 February 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Jim Crow and “National Defense” (column) (as Albert Parker)

16 February 1948:

Patriots at Work (as John F. Petrone)

23 February 1948:

Political Savvy – Who’s Got It? (as John F. Petrone)

23 February 1948:

Wallace Candidate Sweeps Election (as Albert Parker)

23 February 1948:

Washington and Lincoln – Part of the American Revolutionary Tradition

15 March 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Save the Ingram Family (as Albert Parker)

15 March 1948:

Southern Revolt Sharpens Democratic Party Crisis

15 March 1948:

Senator Taylor – Liberal, First Class (as John F. Petrone)

22 March 1948:

The Negro Struggle – A Very Important Book (as Albert Parker)

29 March 1948:

Southern Revolt Sharpens Democratic Party Crisis

29 March 1948:

The Negro Struggle – The Cause of Race Prejudice (as Albert Parker)

5 April 1948:

GPU Concocts New Forgery to Smear Leon Trotsky

5 April 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Why Stalinists Slander Us (as Albert Parker)

12 April 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Randolph’s Testimony (as Albert Parker)

12 April 1948:

Rationalizations of the Renegades

19 April 1948:

Can the Workers Take Power?

19 April 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Randolph and the Press (as Albert Parker)

26 April 1948:

Wallace’s Campaign Book – A Typical Middle Class Panacea for “World Peace” (as John F. Petrone)

3 May 1948:

Labor’s Capacity and the Russian Revolution

3 May 1948:

The Negro Struggle – After Randolph’s “Bomb” (as Albert Parker)

10 May 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Court OK’s Covenants (as Albert Parker)

10 May 1948:

The Prospects for Socialist Revolution

17 May 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Senator Taylor’s Arrest (as Albert Parker)

24 May 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Defend Frank Barnes! (as Albert Parker)

24 May 1948:

Renegades Peddle Old Poison

31 May 1948:

Debs’ Great Revolutionary Stature Revealed in His Speeches, Writings

31 May 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Politics and the NAACP (as Albert Parker)

7 June 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Keep an Eye on Congress (as Albert Parker)

14 June 1948:

Both Parties Uphold Army Jim Crow (as Albert Parker)

14 June 1948:

The Negro Struggle – A New Spirit

16 June 1948:

Senate OKs Peacetime Draft, But Bars War-Profits Ceiling (as Albert Parker)

21 June 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Keep an Eye on Congress (as Albert Parker)

5 July 1948:

Air Conditioned Suites (as John F. Petrone)

5 July 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Platforms and Promises (as Albert Parker)

12 July 1948:

The Negro Struggle – A Very Important Decision (as Albert Parker)

15 November 1948:

The Negro Struggle – How Negroes Voted – And Why (as Albert Parker)

22 November 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Help the Purge Victims! (as Albert Parker)

29 November 1948:

Expulsion of Max Bedacht

6 December 1948:

The Negro Struggle – Another Negro Lynched (as Albert Parker)

13 December 1948:

NAM’s Political Theories Peddled by Labor and Liberal Spokesmen

13 December 1948:

Southern Drive (as Albert Parker)

20 December 1948:

Can Liberals Be Trusted in Civil Rights Fight? (as Albert Parker)

27 December 1948:

Civil Rights Lynched in Growing Witch-Hunt (as John F. Petrone)

27 December 1948:

Promises Were Plentiful – But Negro Conditions Did Not Improve (as Albert Parker)

3 January 1949:

Weinstock Letters Show CP Sabotaged Fight on Smith Act

17 January 1949:

Your Stake in the Case of the Legless Veteran

31 January 1949:

New Republic on Kutcher

6 February 1949:

James Kutcher in Hospital for New Operation

7 February 1949:

Truman’s Bill No Bar to Use of Injunctions

7 February 1949:

Democrats and Republicans Combine to Save Filibuster (as Albert Parker)

14 February 1949:

Repeating Our Warning (as Albert Parker)

21 February 1949:

Social Democrats Endorse Witch-Hunt in Colleges

28 February 1949:

Potential Fellow-Draftees! (as John F. Petrone)

7 March 1949:

CP Launches Public Attack on James Kutcher

14 March 1949:

Sidney Hook – Then and Now

21 March 1949:

Senate Filibuster Debate Was a Sham Battle (as Albert Parker)

28 March 1949:

What’s to Be Done About Civil Rights? (as Albert Parker)

28 March 1949:

Pact’s Aims Are War, Dictatorships

31 October 1949:

Deutscher’s Biography of Stalin

7 November 1949:

Deutscher’s False Evaluation of Stalinism

May 1951:

Yugoslavia and the Shachtmanites

January 1952:

The Bomb-Murder of Harry T. Moore (To see the original 1952 pamphlet of the speech this article was taken from, click here)

November 1952:

Negro ‘Progress’ – What the Facts Show

June 1953:

Why the Soviet Bureaucracy Is in Crisis

June 1953:

How Stalinism Will Be Ended

October 1953:

To James P. Cannon (letter)

January 1954:

To Ernest Mandel (letter)

Spring 1954:

When Anti-Negro Prejudice Began (To see the expanded version of this article in a pamphlet from 1960, click here)

22 March 1954:

Is Deutscher Objective About Trotsky?

29 March 1954:

An ‘Objective’ Biographer ‘Restores ’ Leon Trotsky

5 April 1954:

A Slick Distortion about Trotsky and Lenin

12 April 1954:

Deutscher Worthless as Guide to Action

3 May 1954:

Trotsky’s Story – Tragedy or Triumph

8 May 1959:

Should Progressives Work in the Democratic Party? A Debate

Spring 1963:

The Future of the Negro Struggle

Spring 1964:

How A Minority Can Change Society

Summer 1964:

Exchange of Views on Deutscher Biography (letter)

March 1965:

Marxism and the Negro Struggle (with Harold Cruse & Clifton DeBerry) (original PDF of the pamphlet)

Winter 1965:

Question of Alliances in Negro Freedom Struggle

October 1966:

In Defense Of Black Power

March 1967:

Introduction to Afro-American History by Malcolm X

March 1967:

Myths About Malcolm X

June 1979:

Castroism – Revolutionary or Centrist?

August 1980:

Loyalty and Party Membership (letter)

June 1981:

Why the Political Resolution Should Be Amended on the FI and Castroism

August 1981:

Breitman Minority Caucus Statement

May 1985:

Introduction to The Cannon Tradition


Last updated: 25 March 2023