(1917-1923)
Introduction
Truth was a weekly newspaper published in Duluth, Minnesota. It was the successor paper to the Duluth Labor Leader, the weekly official organ of both the Socialist Party of Duluth, Minnesota and the Socialist Party of Superior, Wisconsin. The Duluth Labor Leader had begun publishing on May 1, 1917 but was terminated in September 1917 when the U.S. Postmaster revoked its second-class mailing permit due to its opposition to the United States' involvement in World War I and its support for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
The Duluth Labor Leader was reborn on October 12, 1917 as Truth (sometimes, The Truth). When it began, Truth was no different than many other local socialist newspapers. This changed in February 1918 when Jack Carney became editor. Born in Ireland, he was converted to socialism by James Larkin who he joined in Dublin at Larkin's Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU), where he helped edit the union organ, the Irish Worker. Later, working in Belfast, he canvassed for James Connolly in the 1912 municipal elections. Shortly after the 1916 Easter rising he emigrated to the U.S., was active in Eugene Debs' 1916 congressional campaign, and worked as a free-lance journalist and socialist lecturer (1916-17). When Carney took over the editorship of Truth he made it a strong advocate of the new Bolshevik regime in Russia, publishing favorable reports on the developing communist movement in Russia and other countries as well as the writings of Lenin, Trotsky and other Bolshevik leaders.
Truth also sided with and gave space in the paper to the efforts of the leftwing of the Socialist Party, USA. When the Party split into distinct Socialist and Communist factions in 1919, the Duluth Socialists voted to join the newly formed Communist Labor Party (CLP). On November 7, 1919, the masthead of The Truth began featuring the CLP emblem. However, state repression soon forced the Communist Labor Party of Minnesota to disband and the emblem disappeared from the masthead, although the paper continued to present and advocate the communist viewpoint.
The paper ceased publication in April 1923 due to lack of funds.
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1917
October 12, 1917
Volume 1, Number 1, October 19, 1917
Volume 1, Number 2, October 26, 1917
Volume 1, Number 3, November 2, 1917
Volume 1, Number 4, November 9, 1917
Volume 1, Number 5, November 16, 1917
Volume 1, Number 6, November 23, 1917
Volume 1, Number 7, November 30, 1917
Volume 1, Number 8, December 7, 1917
Volume 1, Number 9, December 14, 1917
Volume 1, Number 10, December 21, 1917
Volume 1, Number 11, December 28, 1917
1919
Volume 3, Number 1, January 3, 1919
Volume 3, Number 2, January 10, 1919
Volume 3, Number 3, January 17, 1919
Volume 3, Number 4, January 24, 1919
Volume 3, Number 5, January 31, 1919
Volume 3, Number 6, February 7, 1919
Volume 3, Number 7, February 14, 1919
Volume 3, Number 8, February 21, 1919
Volume 3, Number 9, February 28, 1919
Volume 3, Number 10, March 7, 1919
Volume 3, Number 11, March 14, 1919
Volume 3, Number 12, March 21, 1919
Volume 3, Number 13, March 28, 1919
Volume 3, Number 14, April 4, 1919
Volume 3, Number 15, April 11, 1919
Volume 3, Number 16, April 18, 1919
Volume 3, Number 17, April 25, 1919
Volume 3, Number 18, May 1, 1919
Volume 3, Number 19, May 9, 1919
Volume 3, Number 20, May 16, 1919
Volume 3, Number 21, May 23, 1919
Volume 3, Number 22, May 30, 1919
Volume 3, Number 23, June 6, 1919
Volume 3, Number 24, June 13, 1919
Volume 3, Number 25, June 20, 1919
Volume 3, Number 25 [second of Number 25], June 27, 1919
Volume 3, Number 26, July 4, 1919
Volume 3, Number 27, July 11, 1919
Volume 3, Number 28, July 18, 1919
Volume 3, Number 29, July 25, 1919
Volume 3, Number 30, August 1, 1919
Volume 3, Number 31, August 8, 1919
Volume 3, Number 32, August 15, 1919
Volume 3, Number 33, August 22, 1919
Volume 3, Number 34, August 29, 1919
Volume 3, Number 35, September 5, 1919
Volume 3, Number 36, September 12, 1919
Volume 3, Number 37, September 19, 1919
Volume 3, Number 38, September 26, 1919
Volume 3, Number 39, October 3, 1919
Volume 3, Number 40, October 10, 1919
Volume 3, Number 41, October 17, 1919
Volume 3, Number 42, October 24, 1919
Volume 3, Number 43, October 31, 1919
Volume 3, Number 44, November 7, 1919
Volume 3, Number 45, November 14, 1919
Volume 3, Number 46, November 21, 1919
Volume 3, Number 47, November 28, 1919
Volume 3, Number 48, December 5, 1919
Volume 3, Number 49, December 12, 1919
Volume 3, Number 50, December 19, 1919
Volume 3, Number 51, December 26, 1919
1920
Volume 4, Number 1, January 2, 1920
Volume 4, Number 2, January 9, 1920
Volume 4, Number 3, January 16, 1920
Volume 4, Number 4, January 23, 1920
Volume 4, Number 5, January 30, 1920
Volume 4, Number 6, February 6, 1920
Volume 4, Number 7, February 13, 1920
Volume 4, Number 8, February 20, 1920
Volume 4, Number 9, February 27, 1920
Volume 4, Number 10, March 5, 1920
Volume 4, Number 11, March 12, 1920
Volume 4, Number 12, March 19, 1920
Volume 4, Number 13, March 26, 1920
Volume 4, Number 14, April 2, 1920
Volume 4, Number 15, April 9, 1920
Volume 4, Number 16, April 16, 1920
Volume 4, Number 17, April 23, 1920
Volume 4, Number 18, April 30, 1920
Volume 4, Number 19, May 7, 1920
Volume 4, Number 20, May 14, 1920
Volume 4, Number 21, May 21, 1920
Volume 4, Number 22, May 28, 1920
Volume 4, Number 23, June 4, 1920
Volume 4, Number 24, June 11, 1920
Volume 4, Number 25, June 18, 1920
Volume 4, Number 27, June 25, 1920
Volume 4, Number 27, July 2, 1920
Volume 4, Number 28, July 9, 1920
Volume 4, Number 29, July 16, 1920
Volume 4, Number 30, July 23, 1920
Volume 4, Number 31, July 30, 1920
Volume 4, Number 32, August 6, 1920
Volume 4, Number 33, August 13, 1920
Volume 4, Number 34, August 20, 1920
Volume 4, Number 35, August 27, 1920
Volume 4, Number 36, September 3, 1920
Volume 4, Number 37, September 10, 1920
Volume 4, Number 38, September 17, 1920
Volume 4, Number 39, September 24, 1920
Volume 4, Number 40, October 1, 1920
Volume 4, Number 41 [incorrectly listed as Number 40], October 8, 1920
Volume 4, Number 42, October 15, 1920
Volume 4, Number 43, October 22, 1920
Volume 4, Number 44, October 29, 1920
Volume 4, Number 45, November 5, 1920
Volume 4, Number 46, November 12, 1920
Volume 4, Number 47, November 19, 1920
Volume 4, Number 48, November 26, 1920
Volume 4, Number 49, December 3, 1920
Volume 4, Number 50, December 10, 1920
Volume 4, Number 51 [incorrectly listed as Number 50], December 17, 1920
Volume 4, Number 52, December 24, 1920
Volume 4, Number 53, December 31, 1920
1921
Volume 5, Number 1, January 07, 1921
Volume 5, Number 2, January 14, 1921
Volume 5, Number 3, January 21, 1921
Volume 5, Number 4, January 28, 1921
Volume 5, Number 5, February 4, 1921
Volume 5, Number 6, February 11, 1921
Volume 5, Number 7, February 18, 1921
Volume 5, Number 8, February 25, 1921
Volume 5, Number 9, March 4, 1921
Volume 5, Number 10, March 11, 1921
Volume 5, Number 11, March 18, 1921
Volume 5, Number 12, March 25, 1921
Volume 5, Number 13, April 1, 1921
Volume 5, Number 14, April 8, 1921
Volume 5, Number 15, April 15, 1921
Volume 5, Number 16, April 22, 1921
Volume 5, Number 17, April 29, 1921
Volume 5, Number 18, May 6, 1921
Volume 5, Number 19, May 13, 1921
Volume 5, Number 20, May 20, 1921
Volume 5, Number 21, May 27, 1921
Volume 5, Number 22, June 3, 1921
Volume 5, Number 23, June 10, 1921
Volume 5, Number 24, June 17, 1921
Volume 5, Number 25, June 24, 1921
Volume 5, Number 26, July 1, 1921
Volume 5, Number 27, July 8, 1921
Volume 5, Number 28, July 15, 1921
Volume 5, Number 29, July 22, 1921
Volume 5, Number 30, July 29, 1921
Volume 5, Number 31, August 5, 1921
Volume 5, Number 32, August 12, 1921
Volume 5, Number 33, August 19, 1921
Volume 5, Number 34, August 26, 1921
Volume 5, Number 35, September 2, 1921
Volume 5, Number 36, September 09, 1921
Volume 5, Number 37, September 16, 1921
Volume 5, Number 38, September 23, 1921
Volume 5, Number 39, September 30, 1921
Volume 5, Number 40, October 7, 1921
Volume 5, Number 41, October 14, 1921
Volume 5, Number 42, October 21, 1921
Volume 5, Number 43, October 28, 1921
Volume 5, Number 44, November 4, 1921
Volume 5, Number 45, November 11, 1921
Volume 5, Number 46, November 18, 1921
Volume 5, Number 47, November 25, 1921
Volume 5, Number 48, December 3, 1921
Volume 5, Number 49, December 9, 1921
Volume 5, Number 50, December 16, 1921
Volume 5, Number 51, December 23, 1921
Volume 5, Number 52, December 30, 1921