Red Front Pioneer Echo. Vol. 1 No. 2 (April 1934) -

New York: Red Front Pioneer Troops, 1934. Newsletter. 6p. newsletter, 6x9 inches; some edge chips, no text loss; paper toned and stained; a fragile item. Rare publication of the anti-fascist youth group, which appears to have been somewhat paramilitary in nature. Cover story demands freedom for Ernst Thaelmann, German Communist leader imprisoned by the Nazis, who is said to be receiving poisoned food to incapacitate him before trial. Also announces a review of the NY district's Red Front Pioneers in uniform, followed by a basketball game between the two Bronx troops. A song on the rear cover is titled "Pioneer's pledge," including the following verse: "Enemies within and out / Beware of our ambition / Death to Fascism we shout / To final annihilation / Once we know where you are hiding / There will be no backward sliding / Red Front spirit does the guiding...