Party Press
During the CLPs brief life five English-language periodicals were affiliated with it, some inherited from organizations that had merged into the party, and some new.
- The Toiler (Cleveland) - This paper was formerly the official publication of the Socialist Party of Ohio under the name The Ohio Socialist. The paper changed its name to The Toiler upon establishment of the CLP as the official party paper. Due to police pressure the official publisher was changed to the "Toiler Publishing Association" late in 1919, thereby allowing the paper to continue as a "legal" publication under the pretext of independence.
- Voice of Labor (Chicago) this was the serial began by John Reed and Ben Gitlow after they became disaffected with the majority of the National Left Wing Council. It continued as the labor organ of the CLP until it merged into the UCP. It remained as a UCP paper until it folded in July. It ran from Vol. I #1 August 15, 1919 to Vol. II #2 July 10, 1920.
- Communist Labor News (Cleveland) One or two issues of a four page broadsheet bearing this name were produced immediately after the party's formation, with content substantially similar to material also printed in the Ohio Socialist.
- Communist Labor (New York) - Six issues of this irregularly-issued tabloid newspaper were produced between December 6, 1919 and May 15, 1920 This was the "illegal" underground organ of the CLP.
- The Class Struggle (New York) - The final issue of this theoretical journal, dated November 1919, bore the imprint of the Communist Labor Party on the cover. It was terminated for financial reasons.
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