Section II The Birth of State-Capitalist Theory and Marxs Early Essays
A. Notes and Translations on Marx and Marxism
(1) Translations of extracts of Marxs unpublished writings
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by Dunayevskaya. Early 1940s. Documents include what we now know as Marxs 1844 Humanist Essays, but which then had been published in Russian by Ryazanov in Book 3 of the Marx-Engels Archives, under the title Preparatory works for The Holy Family. Translations include: 1) Private Property and Labor; 2) Private Property and Communism; 3) Critique of the Hegelian Dialectic. Also includes translation of Prefaces to the Russian edition of Capital. These are the earliest translations by Dunayevskaya of extracts from the Humanist Essays, which were first published in English by her as Appendix to Marxism and Freedom, in 1957.
(2) Notes on Marxs letters on Capital not translated into English.
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A list made up from Russian sources by Dunayevskaya. Early 1940s.
(3) Notes on Marx, Civil War in France and on Jellinek, The Paris Commune of 1871,
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by Dunayevskaya. Early 1940s.
(4) Notes on Lenins State and Revolution and Selected Works,
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by Dunayevskaya. Early 1940s. In 1941 Dunayevskaya also translated for herself portions of Lenins Abstract of Hegels Science of Logic from the Russian text in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. C.L.R. James refers to these at-sight translations as his first encounter with Lenins Notebooks (Notes on Dialectics, p.99.)
(5) Report of the Siberian Delegation, Second Congress of the Russian SDP,
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1903. Report by Trotsky. Resume of report by FF (Dunayevskaya). Early 1940s.
(6) Notes on Last Writing of Trotsky.
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Reference is to article published in Fourth International, December 1940. Notes by Dunayevskaya. Early 1940s.
(7) The Theory of Strumiline: What the Balance Ought to Contain.
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Unpublished critique by Dunayevskaya of this Russian economist. Undated.
(8) Notes on Marxian Economics and Modern Economic Theory by Oscar Lange.
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Notes by Dunayevskaya. Undated.
(9) Notes on An Essay on Marxian Economics by Joan Robinson.
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Notes by Dunayevskaya. Undated. See also # 472 for Robinsons 1947 notes on Dunayevskayas outline of State-Capitalism and Marxism.
B. Development of State-Capitalist Theory
(1) Is Russia Part of the Collectivist Epoch of Society?
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Unpublished article by Dunayevskaya against views of Trotsky, Shachtman, and Carter. Unpublished typescript. 1942.
(2) The Law of Value and Capitalist Society.
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A section of the original Part I of The Nature of the Russian Economy by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya). Unpublished typescript, August 1943. For other sections of the original manuscript, see # 69, 87, and 102. The section included here outlines the theoretic basis for Dunayevskaya’s concrete analysis of Russian state-capitalism.
(3) Library of Congress and New York Public Library letters to Rae Adams (Raya Dunayevskaya)
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on her research on Russia and on Marx and Luxemburg. March 1942 and April 1943.
(4) Freddie Forest (Dunayevskaya) letters to Max Shachtman,
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November(?) 1942 and Feb. 24, 1943. On Tukhachevsky and on Russian war propaganda.
(5) Dunayevskaya letters to C.L.R. James.
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Undated (early 1940s). On law of value and how a commodity arises in the process of production.
(6) C.L.R. James letters to Dunayevskaya.
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Sept. 13, 1943; rest undated (early 1940s). On Dunayevskayas early work on development of state-capitalist theory. Handwritten.
(7) F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) letter to Al Gates,
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Dec. 1, 1942. Draft of letter submitting The Nature of the Russian Economy for publication.
(8) Correspondence surrounding the publication of Teaching of Economics in the Soviet Union and A New Revision of Marxian Economics
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by Raya Dunayevskaya in American Economic Review (AER) September 1944. Letters to and from Dunayevskaya, plus one telegram. Correspondents are Will Lisner, New York Times; Paul T. Homan, AER; Fritz Machlup, AER. May 1944 through April 1945. For the articles as published in AER, see # 192, 209, 213.
(9) F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) letters to the Political Committee, Workers Party.
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May 8, 1944; Feb. 2, 1945; Oct. 30, 1946. Protests handling of Dunayevskayas articles on the Russian Question; gives chronology of Dunayevskayas research.
(10) Dunayevskaya letter to Shachtman.
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Oct. 14, 1946. On democracy and strikes in the early Soviet state. Part of a discussion around articles by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) in Labor Action on Russia under Stalin. For text of these articles, see # 448.
(11) James T. Farrell letters to Dunayevskaya.
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Oct. 31, 1946 and Nov. 4, 1946. On Farrells study of Dunayevskaya’s articles in New International and in American Economic Review.
(12) Lydia Beidel letter to Dunayevskaya,
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Dec. 1, 1946. On draft of Dunayevskayas articles in New International.
(13) Report of debate between Dunayevskaya and Shachtman,
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May 25, 1947 in New York on the Russian Question. Debate held prior to the state-capitalist tendency leaving the Workers Party. Report written by Dunayevskaya. Last page(s) missing.
C. Writings on the Negro Question
(1) Major Points in Coolidges to be answered.
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Notes by Dunayevskaya for debate with David Coolidge (Ernest Rice McKinney) at Workers Party convention, May 1946. Accompanied by summary of differences with Coolidge in Dunayevskaya letter to Rex (undated, but written on the eve of the convention.) See also # 296 for documents on Dunayevskayas debate with Coolidge.
(2) Com. Coolidge, Com. Trotsky and the Negro Question.
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Unpublished article by Dunayevskaya against David Coolidge. Typescript, 1946.
(3) March on Washington movement literature,
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1943. Includes leaflet from Harlem meeting, 1943, and brochure from the Interracial Club. Dunayevskaya was a member of the Harlem branch of the Workers Party from 1941 through 1947.
(4) Articles in Labor Action by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) on NAACP drive for a Fair Employment Practices Commission and on the Democratic Party in Harlem.
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Published Feb. 14, 1944 and Oct. 8, 1945.
(5) Notes on Collapse of Cotton Tenancy by Johnson, Embree and Alexander, and on Farmers in a Changing World
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(1940 Agricultural Yearbook). Undated.
(6) Outline of speech on Black Boy by Richard Wright,
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given by Dunayevskaya in 1948(?).
(7) Industrialization of the Negro,
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an article by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) published in Fourth International, January-February, 1948. Written Dec. 1, 1947. See # 311 for typescript draft of this article.
D. Studies on, and Classes in, Marxs Capital
(1) Brief Resume of Marxs Capital, Vol. I
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Typescript by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya). Written 1945-46 for use of students in Capital class in Workers Party. For the Outline of Marxs Capital, Vol. One used in these classes, see # 324.
(2) Marxs Capital, Vol. I — Its Aim, Structure and Scope.
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Typescript by Dunayevskaya is draft of part of her Outline of Marxs Capital. Written 1945.
(3) Aim, Structure and Scope of Vol. I, Marxs Capital.
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Typescript of original Introductory lecture by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya), Nov. 16, 1945.
(4) Significance of Marxs Volume II of Capital for our Day.
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A summary lecture for the Capital class by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya). Given in 1946. For Dunayevskayas Outline of Capital, Vol. II, see # 385.
(5) Economic Doctrines of Karl Marx.
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Mimeographed handouts for Lectures 6, 7, and 8 of new series of classes by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya), given in 1947.
(6) Ads for Dunayevskayas classes in Capital as printed in Labor Action,
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1945-47, and in brochure for Labor Action School.
(7) The Inevitability of Socialism and the Laws of Motion of Capitalist Society: A Reply to Comrade Gates.
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An answer by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) to Gates attack on Forests Outline of Marxs Capital, Vol. One. Published in the Workers Party Internal Bulletin, March, 1947.
E. Writings and Activity in Post-World War II Period
(1) Campaign against the No-strike pledge.
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Newspapers and leaflets issued in 1945. Includes Rank and Filer, UAW opposition newspaper produced in Detroit (Vol. I, #1-3); Local #6 UAW leaflet/poster; UAW Local #659 Leaflets. Dunayevskaya corresponded with several of the campaign leaders, including John Zupan.
(2) Russian Secret Police, CHEKA-OGPU-NKVD-MVD.
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Article by Dunayevskaya written for Ten Eventful Years, an Encyclopedia Britannica volume edited by Walter Yust. January, 1947.
(3) Speech of F. Forest (Dunayevskaya),
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March 2, 1947. On WP/SWP unity discussion. Published in Workers Party Internal Bulletin, May 27, 1947.
(4) Dunayevskayas trip to Europe, 1947, as representative of the state-capitalist tendency.
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Included here are letters by Dunayevskaya of Aug. 2, 1947 and Sept. 21, 1947 from London and Paris. Also included: outline of speech on Europe given by Dunayevskaya on her return to the U.S. (Most of Dunayevskayas correspondence on her 1947 trip can be found under # 661.)
(5) Grace Lee letter to Rae (Dunayevskaya),
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Oct. 3, 1947. Written to Dunayevskaya in Europe, it includes a response to her critique of the work of C.L.R. James and Grace Lee in the Interim Period, including her protest against their view of the centrality of the struggle in Palestine, 1947.
(6) The 31st Anniversary of the Russian Revolution.
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Outline of a speech by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) to a meeting of the Pittsburgh branch of the Socialist Workers Party, Nov. 14, 1948.
(7) Journalism by F. Forest in the Militant, 1948-51.
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Articles written for the party press during the final period of Dunayevskayas work in the Socialist Workers Party. For other articles see # 1477. Articles included here are: (a) A Glorious Page of U.S. History. Militant, Feb. 23, 1948. On Black populists. (b) Maintain the Schomburg Collection!. Militant, Mar. 8, 1948. On the crucial Black research library in Harlem. (c) Civil Rights Demagogy, Militant. Aug. 9, 1948. On Jim Crow in the U.S. Army. (d) Palmer Raids. Militant, Aug. 23, 1948. On the U.S. governments attacks on Black activists and the Left after the Russian Revolution. (e) Randolphs Betrayal Militant, Aug. 30, 1948. On A. Phillip Randolph. (f) Social Scientists and Labor. Militant, Aug. 30, 1948. On conference of the American Economic Association and other academics. (g) Raging Witch-Hunt in Pittsburgh Bans Worker, Jails CP Leaders. Militant, Oct. 9, 1950. On McCarthy era prosecutions. (h) State Sedition Law Trial of 3 Opens in Pittsburgh. Militant, Jan. 29, 1951.
(8) Natalia Trotsky letters to Dunayevskaya.
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Natalia Trotskys letters of March 20, 1942 (in Russian); April 29, 1947; May 26, 1951. Also included is Dunayevskaya letter to Natalia Trotsky, March 22, 1951. For the rest of this correspondence, see # 728.