The Struggle for Peace and Democracy in U.S.A.: Talks before Slavic Americans by Pirinsky, George - 1947

New York: American Slav Congress, 1949. Four-panel brochure, very good. The Bulgarian-born Pirinsky, then a resident of the US for 25 years, had been arrested in September, 1948 for ties to the Communist Party.

New York: American Slav Congress, 1946. Pamphlet. 61p., staples wraps, 8x5 inches, b&w photographic illustrations, touch of rust to staples else very good condition. " An account of the American Slav Congress (a Party front working among Americans of Slavic birth or descent) and of its activities in the war. The author, executive secretary of the Congress, protests abandonment of Roosevelt's policies for an 'atomic policy' of threats and coercion" *Seidman P136.

New York, NY: American Slav Congress, 1946. Softcover. First edition; 5 x 7 3/4; pp. 61; illustrated brick-red wraps; small rubbed spots to spine; illustrated with photographs; very good to near fine.In late 1941 and early 1942, with the German army invading Russia and the US entering the Second World War, a huge all-Slavic convention gathered in Detroit on April 25 to 28, 1942. Thus, the American Slav Congress was founded with the purpose of operating as an ally and a pressure group on behalf of the Soviet Union within the US. Both the Russian Head of State Mikhail Kalinin and President Roosevelt approved of the organization. Bulgarian-American George Pirinsky, the author of the current book, was ASC's Secretary General and, arguably, the most active member of the movement. By the end of 1948, the relations between Bulgaria and Russia and the US had become quite strained and in May of 1949 the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives branded the ASC "a… Read More