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THE YOUTH STRUGGLE AGAINST WAR of theory and practice that dictated correct strategic practices for socialist revolution. Green's analysis of the flexible and "creative" nature of Marxism undercut this current of Comintern dogma, reflecting the possibilities of alternative strategies in the West for the construction of socialism. The Cold War brought about new challenges for communists, particularly in their relationship with Moscow. By infusing the struggle for socialism with Western traditions, Popular Front theory undercut the traditional basis of the Comintern's authority, opening new paths for the evolution of Western communism. Though the Comintern was officially dissolved in 1943, many communists continued traditions of deference to Moscow for leadership initiatives. Institutions like the Cominform and domestic anti-communist initiatives put communists in an even more precarious position throughout the 1950s. Those YCLers who stayed within the movement after the international crises of 1956 were often the champions of de-Stalinization and democratic initiatives. Veterans of the Popular Front Generation of the YCL would later be in the forefront of the Eurocommunist movement and attempts to democratize the British and American parties. John Gollan became the head of the CPGB in 1956, attempting to cope with the dual crises of de-Stalinization and the Hungarian Uprising. Many British YCLers who left the movement rallied to broad New Left inspired initiatives like the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). After years of FBI harassment and six years of incarceration, Gil Green continued to work within the CPUSA the rest of his life to rally his comrades from the Popular Front era. Santiago Carrillo continued to struggle under the Franco regime to revive Spanish democracy, becoming the dominant voice of Eurocommunism and Spanish reforms during the late 1970s. When further crises plagued communists in 1989, YCL veterans of the Popular Front Generation led the movement for change. British Popular Front YCLers like Bill Wainwright openly supported calls for the transformation of the CPGB into the Democratic Left. Supporters of the Morning Star newspaper rejected this initiative, reforming themselves as the Leninist inspired Communist Party of Britain. The Democratic Left has since disbanded in England and Wales, but continues on as a broad grassroots campaign in Scotland. In the United States, Gil Green and Pete Seeger re-emerged in the late early nineties to lead the reform minded pro-Gorbachev supporters of the CPUSA in opposition to Gus Hall's supposed support of the 1991 Soviet coup. Green and Seeger networked with younger activists like Angela Davis to form the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism (CCDS). Much like the Popular Front Generation, CCDS activists sought to bring about a broad unity of the American left against a perceived period of reactionary politics. Though the CCDS floundered in many of its goals, the CPUSA and YCL have since revisited the Popular Front era and the writings of Dimitrov under the leadership of individuals like Sam Webb, Jessica Marshall, Docia Buffington, Tony Pecinovsky and Abdul Hassan. For such communists, the international struggle for peace, democracy and socialism have become inseparable notions. 141
APPENDIX LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AFL ALAFW ARP ASU AYC BUF BYP BYPA CCC CCDS CIO CND Cominform Comintern CPGB CPUSA ECCI ECYCI ECYCLGB ECYCLUSA ILP IWUSYO JSU KPD NECLP LLOY LNUY American Federation of Labor American League Against Fascism and War Air Raid Precautions American Student Union American Youth Congress British Union of Fascists British Youth Parliament British Youth Peace Assembly Civilian Conservation Corps Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism Congress of Industrial Organizations Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament Communist Information Bureau Communist International Communist Party of Great Britain Communist Party of the United States of America Executive Committee Communist International Executive Committee Young Communist International Executive Committee Young Communist League Great Britain Executive Committee Young Communist League USA Independent Labour Party International Working Union of Socialist Youth Organizations Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands National Executive Committee of the Labour Party Labour League of Youth League of Nations Union of Youth 142
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INTRODUCTION: COMMUNIST HISTORIOGRA
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THE LENINIST GENERATION young, who
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NATIONALISM constitution stated, "T
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4 UNITY OF YOUTH: FROM SECTARIANISM
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UNITY OF YOUTH countries." 12 The Y
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