Draft manifesto proposed for adoption by the 7th National Convention of the ICLL
Language: eng
Subjects: Communism
Description: The Independent Communist Labor League was formerly called the Communist Party (Opposition) or CPO -- an oppositionist Communist movement of the 1930s. The organization emerged from a factional fight in the CPUSA (Communist Party USA) in 1929 and unsuccessfully sought to reintegrate with that organization for several years.
Notes: Xerox of typescript, dated June 14, 1938.

The Lovestoneites, led by former General Secretary of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) Jay Lovestone, were a small American oppositionist Communist movement of the 1930s. Over the course of its existence the organization made use of four names: Communist Party (Majority Group) (November 1929-September 1932); Communist Party of the USA (Opposition) (September 1932-May 1937); Independent Communist Labor League (May 1937-July 1938); and, Independent Labor League of America (July 1938-January 1941).The members often referred to their organization as the Communist Party (Opposition) or "CPO."