The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01
New Courses
To Be Given
For Workers
Mid-Year School Term
To Open Jan. 7 with
Enlarged Enrolment

One of the significant develop
ments in the revolutionary labor
movement is the tremendously in
creasing interest in Marxist-Lenin-
ist theory generally. This may be
seen in the growth and expansion
of Marxist education in every part
of the country.
There are now Workers Schools
in most of the large cities of the
country; New York, Chicago, Bos-
ton, Cleveland, Philadelphia, De-
troit, Los Angeles, San Francisco
and such important industrial CEN
tiers as Pittsburgh, Youngstown and
Gary. In all of these cities the
schools have already become we'll
established institutions and func-
ton as the center of Marxist-Len-
mist education.
The oldest and largest school is
the central school in New York
City The growth of the New York
Workers School has been truly
phenomenal. In a single term the
registration has increased by more
than 66 per cent; 5000 were en-
rolled for the various courses in the
school, as compared with 1900 dur
ing the previous term.
The guiding line for the educa-
ton offered at the Workers School
is expressed in the slogan, Train
ing for the class struggle" The
education is of such a character as
to prepare and equip workers active
in various phases of the labor
movement for more effective par
ticipation in the class struggle.
Many New Courses
For the coming term, which be-
gins Jan. 7, the number of classes
has been increased and great
many new courses have been intro
duced. There are now in the
school over 125 classes and thirty
five different courses being offered.
In addition to the regular courses in
Principles of Communism, Political
Economy, Marxism-Leninism, His
tory, ETC., there are many important
new courses to be given this term,
such as Agrarian Problems, History
of the Three Internationals, Colo
NAL Problems, etc.
Jack Stachel will conduct a
special four week lecture course on
Current Problems of the Trade
Union Movement"
George Siskind will give course
of great popular interest, Current
Strategical Problems of the Revolu-
tionary Movement" This course
will deal with burning questions of
the hour confronting the revolu-
tionary movement at the present
time.
Other important and interesting
courses are: Shop Paper and Leaf
let Preparation, which will include
writing and laying out bulletins,
shop papers and leaflets Morris
Pass, well-known cartoonist, will
conduct the class. The course in
Problems of the Negro Liberation
Movement will deal with the pres
ent conditions of the Negroes and
the methods and organizational
forms to win them to the revolu-
tionary struggle for the self-deter-
mination of the Negroes in the
Black Belt and against capitalist
exploitation.
Chinese History Offered
A timely course Is the one in the
History, Role and Structure of the
Soviets in China. The course will
study the historical records of the
national liberation struggle of the
peoples of China, will present a
graphic account of the present
struggles of the Chinese Soviet Re
public, of the role of the. Imperial
lists in the Far East, and in general
will offer a comprehensive picture
of the world historical forces acting
in the Pacific area. Much unpub-
lished material will be presented.
A special course will be given in
conjunction with the New Masses
in Revolutionary Interpretation of
Modern Literature symposium
which will analyze from Marxist
viewpoint recent trends and tenden-
cies in modern literature. The lee
turers will be members of the
staff of the New Masses and will
include outstanding revolutionary
writer's and most prominent Marx
ian critics. Among the lecturers
will be Michael Gold, Granville
Hicks, Joshua Kunitz, Joseph Free
man and others. This course will
include three months subscrip-
ton to the New Masses.
1t is advisable that those who
wish to register for the classes at
the Workers School do SO as early
as possible, as classes are filling up
very rapidly.
Registration is now going on daily
from II am. to 9 pm, Saturday
from II am. to 5 pm.