The Masses

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The Masses was published monthly in the U.S. from 1911-1917, when government supression shut it down. It was succeeded by the Liberator and then later the New Masses. It published reportage, fiction, poetry and art by the leading radicals of the time such as Max Eastman, John Reed, Floyd Dell and the satirists featured here.

1912

December, 1912 Freedom of the Press Art Young	December, 1912 A Compulsory Religion Art Young

1913

February, 1913 "I Like a Little Competition" --J.P. Morgan Art Young	The Masses, May 1913 "Return From Toil" John Sloan	July, 1913 Poisoned at the Sources Art Young	July, 1913 Forward-- Backward? Art Young
The Masses, November 1913 The Voting Machine Henry J. Glintenkamp	The Masses, Dec, 1913 He Stirreth Up the People Art Young

1914

The Masses, January 1914 Complete History of Capitalism in Five Chapters Richard Battle	The Masses, January 1914 "It checks the growth of the undesirable classes, don't you know." K. R. Chamberlain	The Masses, March 1914 My Dear, I'll be economically independent if I have to borrow every cent! (illustration) Cornelia Baxter Barns	The Masses, March 1914 United We Stand (illustration) Cornelia Baxter Barns
The Masses, June 1914 John Sloan	The Masses, October 1914 The Girl he Left Behind Him Henry J. Glintenkamp	The Masses, December 1914 Teuton Against Slav K. R. Chamberlain

1915

The Masses, January 1915 At Petrograd K. R. Chamberlain	April, 1915 Columbia College Library Art Young	The Masses, May 1915 Family Limitation -- Old Style K. R. Chamberlain
The Masses, May 1915 "Circumstances" Alter Cases John Sloan	The Masses, Oct-Nov 1915 O Wicked Flesh (depiction of censor, Anthony Comstock) Robert Minor

1916

February, 1916 Madam, You Dropped Something Art Young	April, 1916 April Fool Art Young	May, 1916 Canada Art Young	The Masses July 1916 The Deserter Boardman Robinson
The Masses, July 1916 Protecting the Rights of Small Nations K. R. Chamberlain	The Masses, July 1916 Army Medical Examiner: "At last a perfect soldier!" Robert Minor	The Masses,1916 Pittsburg, 1916 Robert Minor

1917

July, 1917 Anarchists Art Young	The Masses, August 1917 Conscription Henry J. Glintenkamp	The Masses, Sept. 1917 Having Their Fling Art Young	The Masses, October 1917 Henry J. Glintenkamp

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