The Michigan Communist Party was a regional chapter of the Workers Party of America, which merged with other Communist groups in 1929 to form the CPUSA. During the 1920s and 1930s, the Michigan Communist Party worked in tandem with its youth affiliate, the Young Communist League, and other leftist community organizations in Michigan to advocate for the relief of unemployed workers and their families, the right of workers to organize and form unions, the release and acquittal of the Scottsboro boys, the repeal of the Criminal Syndicalism laws, racial equality, and the resistance to war mobilization.
The Michigan Communist Party collection (1924-1935) consist of flyers, handbills, and publications of regional leftist organizations in Michigan. The flyers promote rallies, marches, and other events focused on social equality and economic relief, and encourage membership in the CPUSA, unions, and various community groups.
The collection is organized by type and by group.
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Groups represented: Anti-War United Front Committee, Working Men's Association, United Front Scottsboro Defense Committee, Small Home Owners Defense League, Home Owners Defense Association, National Farmers Committee for Action, Auto Workers Union, International Workers Order, United Farmers League, Workers Ex-Service Men's League, Association of Lithuanian Workers Incorporated, "the Daily Worker," and "the Young Worker."
"The Daily Worker," originally "the Ohio Socialist" and later "Toiler," was published by the CPUSA, and promoted the Marxist-Leninist ideology of the party.