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Progress Books

Defunct

The publishing house of the Communist Party of Canada, which operated as the Labor-Progressive Party from 1943 to 1959. It published party programmes and the writings of its leader Tim Buck, the historian Stanley Ryerson and others, and distributed Soviet literature in Canada. Its imprint appears in library catalogues from the mid-1940s to the 1980s.

Years
c. 1942–c. 1991
Location
Toronto, Canada
Affiliation
Communist Party of Canada (Labor-Progressive Party, 1943–1959)
Languages
English
Sources
Open Library — Progress Books

Backlist

120194019501960197019801990Founded 1942Closed 19911942: 4 titles1943: 12 titles1944: 9 titles1945: 5 titles1946: 3 titles1947: 3 titles1948: 3 titles1949: 3 titles1950: 3 titles1952: 3 titles1955: 1 title1957: 1 title1958: 2 titles1959: 6 titles1960: 3 titles1962: 5 titles1963: 2 titles1964: 7 titles1965: 1 title1966: 5 titles1967: 2 titles1968: 3 titles1969: 4 titles1970: 7 titles1971: 5 titles1972: 5 titles1973: 2 titles1974: 7 titles1975: 7 titles1976: 3 titles1977: 3 titles1978: 4 titles1979: 3 titles1980: 5 titles1981: 3 titles1982: 1 title1983: 3 titles1985: 1 title1986: 2 titles1987: 2 titles1990: 2 titles1991: 2 titles
Titles of Progress Books by year: 157 dated titles, 1942–1991, most in 1943 (12); 2 undated. Lines mark founded 1942 and closed 1991.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1940s42
1950s16
1960s32
1970s46
1980s17
1990s4
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1942300 [Three Hundred] Million Slaves and Serfs✓ — Labour Under the Fascist New Economic OrderJürgen KuczynskiEnglish
1942300 Million Slaves and Serfs✓ — Labor Under the Fascist New Economic OrderJürgen KuczynskiEnglish
1942Britain in the World Front✓Rajani Palme DuttEnglish
1942The Economics of Barbarism✓ — Hitler's New Economic Order in EuropeJürgen KuczynskiEnglish
1943British Workers in the War✓Jürgen KuczynskiEnglish
1943French Canada: A Study in Canadian Democracy✓Stanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1943Karl Marx✓ — His Life and WorkPaul LafargueEnglish
1943Marxism and the Woman Question✓A. LandyEnglish
1943Socialism and Ethics✓FreeHoward SelsamEnglish
1943Soviet Economy and the War✓Maurice Herbert DobbEnglish
1943The Face of the Enemy✓Sam CarrEnglish
1943The Problem of India✓Rajani Palme DuttEnglish
1943The Problem of India, by R. Palme Dutt✓R. Palme DuttEnglish
1943This Is Our Land✓ — Ukrainian Canadians Against HitlerRaymond Arthur DaviesEnglish
1943We Didn't Ask Utopia✓ — A Quaker Family in Soviet RussiaHarry TimbresEnglish
1943What Is Marxism?✓Free — An Introduction to the Study of Scientific SocialismEmile BurnsEnglish
1944Canada and Russia✓ — Neighbors and FriendsRaymond Arthur DaviesEnglish
1944China's New Democracy✓FreeMao ZedongEnglish
1944French Canada✓ — A Study in Canadian DemocracyStanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1944Karl Marx and Frederick Engels✓ — Reactionary Prussianism—English
1944New Worlds for Women✓Dorise W. NielsenEnglish
1944New Worlds for Women Dorise W. Nielsen, M.P✓Dorise Winnifred Webber NielsenEnglish
1944Order of the Day: The Speeches and Important Orders of the Day Made✓Joseph StalinEnglish
1944Socialism and the Individual✓
Scientific Socialist Series
Hewlett JohnsonEnglish
1944The Teachings of Karl Marx✓FreeVladimir Il’ich LeninEnglish
1945All This Difference✓Dorothy DumbrilleEnglish
1945New Worlds for Women✓Dorise W. NielsenEnglish
1945Sin and Science✓Dyson CarterEnglish
1945So You Can't Have Health?✓Dyson CarterEnglish
1945Spirit of Canadian Democracy✓ — A Collection of Canadian Writings from the Beginnings to the Present DayMargaret FairleyEnglish
1946A World to Win✓ — An Introduction to the Science of SocialismStanley B. RyersonEnglish
1946Science and Freedom✓Paul ConnEnglish
1946Spirit of Canadian Democracy. A Collection of Canadian Writings from the Beginnings to the Present Day✓Margaret FairleyEnglish
1947Europe's Rebirth✓ — An Eye-Witness AccountTim BuckEnglish
1947The People's Front✓Josip Broz TitoEnglish
1947World to Win✓ — An Introduction to the Science of SocialismStanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1948Canada✓Free — The Communist ViewpointTim BuckEnglish
1948The Communist Manifesto✓FreeKarl MarxEnglish
1948What's Wrong?✓Dyson CarterEnglish
1949All My Life✓Free — An AutobiographyAlbert Edward SmithEnglish
1949Canada✓Free — The Communist ViewpointTim BuckEnglish
1949Land Without Capitalists✓ — 32 Years of the U.S.S.R.Dyson CarterEnglish
1950Facts on the Korean Situation✓Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern PolicyEnglish
1950Tomorrow Is with Us✓ — A NovelDyson CarterEnglish
1950World to Win✓ — An Introduction to the Science of SocialismStanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1952History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)✓ — Short CourseTSK KPSSEnglish
1952The Only Correct Path for Mankind✓Palmiro TogliattiEnglish
1952Thirty Years, 1922-1952✓ — The Story of the Communist Movement in CanadaTim BuckEnglish
1955Fatherless Sons✓ — A NovelHerbert Dyson CarterEnglish
19571917-1957, Forty Years of Great Change✓ — Canada and the Great Russian RevolutionTim BuckEnglish
1958Canada in the World Crisis✓Tim BuckEnglish
1958World Marxist Review✓ — Problems of Peace and Socialism—English
1959Disarmament Means Peace✓Tim BuckEnglish
1959Keynote Speech and Resolutions✓ — 16th National Convention Communist Party of Canada, October 9-12, 1959Communist Party of Canada. ConventionEnglish
1959Our Fight for Canada✓ — Selected Writings (1923-1959)Tim BuckEnglish
1959Our Fight for Canada, by Tim Buck. Selected Writings, 1923-1959✓Tim BuckEnglish
1959Socialism and You✓Communist Party of Canada. National Executive CommitteeEnglish
1959Turning Point in History✓ — The Seven Year Plan of the Soviet UnionJohn WeirEnglish
1960Our Fight for Canada✓ — Select. Writings (1923-1959)Tim BuckEnglish
1960The Founding of Canada✓ — Beginnings to 1815Stanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1960The Road to Socialism in Canada✓ — The Program of the Communist Party of CanadaCommunist Party of CanadaEnglish
1962Anatomy of Big Business✓Libbie Campbell ParkEnglish
1962Fall Up✓Mark FrankEnglish
1962Fallup✓ — Mankind's New Atomic DangerMark FrankEnglish
1962Poison for the Young✓Mark FrankEnglish
1962The Marxist Quarterly✓Margaret FairleyEnglish
1963Canada's women✓ — The home, at work, children, equality, peace—Not recorded
1963The Founding of Canada✓ — Beginnings to 1815Stanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1964A Bough of Needles✓ — Eleven Canadian Short StoriesMyrtle BergrenEnglish
1964Automation✓ — The Hamilton ProspectCommunist Party of Canada. Hamilton CommitteeEnglish
1964Automation and Labor✓William KashtanEnglish
1964Put Monopoly Under Control✓ — A New Economic Policy for CanadaTim BuckEnglish
1964Questions for Today✓ — Two World Systems, Peaceful Coexistence, National Liberation, Workers vs. Monopoly, Transition to SocialismeParti communiste canadienEnglish
1964Realism and Reality✓ — Roger Garaudy on Picasso, a Review ArticleJacques SenecalEnglish
1964Une politique sociale au lieu d'une politique bourgeoise✓Samuel WalshFrench
1965Two Nations, One Country✓ — The Communist Proposals for a Democratic Solution of the Crisis of ConfederationNelson ClarkeEnglish
1966Christianity and Marxism in Dialogue✓—English
1966Horizons✓ — La revue trimestrielle marxiste—French
1966The Case for a Canadian Water Policy✓ — A Reply to the U.S. Plan to the over Canada's Water ResourcesNigel MorganEnglish
1966The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion in Spain✓—English
1966Tough Timber✓ — The Loggers of B.C.--their StoryMyrtle BergrenEnglish
1967Canada and the Russian Revolution✓ — The Impact of the World's First Socialist Revolution on Labor and Politics in CanadaTim BuckEnglish
1967Tough Timber✓ — The Loggers of B.C. - Their StoryMyrtle BergrenEnglish
1968Not by Gods but by People✓ — The Story of Bella Hall GauldCatherine VanceEnglish
1968The Young Marx and the Young Generation✓
A Horizons Offprint
Howard L. ParsonsEnglish
1968Unequal Union✓ — Confederation and the Roots of Conflict in the Canadas, 1815-1873Stanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1969Lenin a Man for All Time✓
BP Pamphlets
Tim BuckEnglish
1969Some Roots of Opportunism✓
PB Reprint -- No. 2
Longino BecerraEnglish
1969Taking Counsel with Lenin on the Problems of Our Time✓
World Marxist Review (Toronto, Ont.). Reprint -- No. 1
Tim BuckEnglish
1969What to Do About the Crisis in Our Cities?✓ — Is This Our Future? Death of Civic Democracy? Higher Taxes Forever?
PB Pamphlet
Bruce MagnusonEnglish
1970Lenin✓ — And New Problems of Struggle for Peace, Socialism and Democracy
World Marxist Review (Toronto, Ont.). Reprint -- No. 3
Tim BuckEnglish
1970Lenin and Canada✓ — His Influence on Canadian Political Life with Appendix of Articles and an Address by the AuthorTim BuckEnglish
1970Look on Canada, Now✓ — Selected Writings of Leslie Morris, 1923-1964Leslie MorrisEnglish
1970Look on Canada, Now, and See History Anew, an Epoch Past and a New Life Fashioning Under Your Hands✓ — Communism, to Which All Roads Leads. Selected Writings of Leslie Morris 1923-1964Leslie MorrisEnglish
1970Look on Canada, Now, and See History Anew, an Epoch Past and a New Life Fashioning Under Your Hands - Communism, to Which All Roads Lead✓ — Selected Writings ... 1923/1964Leslie MorrisEnglish
1970National Identity or Cultural Genocide✓ — A Reply to Ottawa's New Indian PolicyBen SwankeyEnglish
1970Selected Writings of Leslie Morris, 1923-1964✓Leslie MorrisEnglish
1971Communist Viewpoint✓ — Special 150th Anniversary Edition, 1921 - 1971Robert S. KennyEnglish
1971Czechoslovakia: Lessons of the Crisis✓—English
1971Power of the People✓ — Fifty Years of Pictorial Highlights of the Communist Party of Canada = Le Pouvoir du Peuple; Cinquante Années Illustrées Des Points Culminants du Parti Communiste Canadien, 1921-1971Communist Party of Canada. Central Executive CommitteeEnglish
1971Power of the People. Fifty Years of Pictorial Highlights of the Communist Party of Canada. 1921-1971Communist Party of Canada. Central Executive CommitteeNot recorded
1971Power to the People✓ — Le Pouvoir du PeupleCommunist Party of Canada. Central Executive CommitteeEnglish
1972The Founding of Canada✓ — Beginnings to 1815Stanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1972The Right to Strike and the Public Interest✓George HarrisEnglish
1972The Road to Socialism in Canada✓ — The Program of the Communist Party in CanadaCommunist party of Canada. National Executive CommitteeEnglish
1972The Road to Socialism in Canada. The Program of the Communist Party of Canada✓Communist Party of CanadaEnglish
1972The Road to Socialsm in Canada✓ — The Program of the Communist Party of Canada—English
1973Canada: The Communist Viewpoint✓FreeTim BuckEnglish
1973Unequal Union✓ — Roots of Crisis in the Canadas, 1815-1873Stanley B. RyersonEnglish
1974A Select Bibliography of Tim Buck, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada✓ — 1929-1969Peter H. WeinrichNot recorded
1974A Select Bibliography of Tim Buck, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada, 1929-1962✓Peter WeinrichEnglish
1974A Socialist Perspective for Vancouver✓Harry RankinEnglish
1974Critique of Waffle Policies✓
PB Reprint
William KashtanEnglish
1974Inflation✓ — Myth and RealityBruce MagnusonEnglish
1974The Forge Glows Red✓ — From Blacksmith to RevolutionaryThomas Alexander McEwenEnglish
1974Trotskyism✓ — The Ideology and Practice of BetrayalZinovy MirskyEnglish
1975Bulgaria✓ — Ancient and SocialistTodor ZhivkovEnglish
1975Control Profits - Not Wages✓ — Why Trudeau's Policy to Combat Inflation Will Not WorkWilliam KashtanEnglish
1975The Founding of Canada✓ — Beginnings to 1815Stanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1975Thirty Years✓ — The Story of the Communist Movement in Canada, 1922-1952Tim BuckEnglish
1975Thirty Years, 1922-1952✓ — The Story of the Communist Movement in CanadaTim BuckEnglish
1975Tim Buck✓ — A Conscience for CanadaOscar RyanEnglish
1975Unequal Union✓ — Roots of Crisis in the Canadas 1815-1873Stanley Brehaut RyersonEnglish
1976Lest We Forget✓Michael HanusiakEnglish
1976She Never Was Afraid✓ — The Biography of Annie BullerLouise WatsonEnglish
1976Toward Socialism✓ — Selected Writings, 1966-1976William KashtanEnglish
1977All My Life✓Free — An AutobiographyAlbert Edward SmithEnglish
1977Howard Lowrie, M.D., Physician, Humanitarian✓
Portraits of Canadians in Struggle Series
William RepkaEnglish
1977The Other Side✓ — Freedom of Choice and the Choice of FreedomJames AldridgeEnglish
1978Brief to the Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the RCMP✓ — From the Communist Party of CanadaCommunist Party of Canada & KanadaEnglish
1978Inflation✓ — Myth and RealityBruce MagnusonEnglish
1978Understanding Capital✓ — A Guide to Volume IJohn FoxEnglish
1978Understanding Marxism✓ — A Canadian IntroductionFrank CunninghamEnglish
1979A Select Bibliography of Tim Buck, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada, 1929-1962✓Peter WeinrichEnglish
1979The Ukrainian Socialist Movement in Canada (1707-1918)✓Petro KravchukEnglish
1979The Ukrainian Socialist Movement in Canada, 1907 - 1918✓Peter KrawchukEnglish
1980Convention '80: Keynote Address William Kashtan, Main Policy Resolutions, General Resolutions, Tribute to Tim Buck, Concluding Remarks✓Communist Party of Canada. ConventionEnglish
1980For a Change of Course✓ — For Peace and Social ProgressWilliam Kashtan & Communist Party of CanadaEnglish
1980French Canada✓ — A Study in Canadian DemocracyStanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1980Native Land Claims for a Just Settlement✓Ben SwankeyEnglish
1980The Arms Menace✓Fred WeirEnglish
1981Poems✓Joe WallaceEnglish
1981Report of the CPSU Central Committee to the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Current Tasks of the Party in Home and Foreign Policy✓
Information Bulletin
Leonid Ilʹich BrezhnevEnglish
1981Understanding Marxism✓ — A Canadian IntroductionFrank CunninghamEnglish
1982Canada's Party of Socialism✓ — History of the Communist Party of Canada, 1921 - 1976Communist Party of CanadaEnglish
1983Marxism and Today's Problems✓ — First Annual Theoretical Conference, Sponsored by Communist Viewpoint, November 26-27, 1983, Toronto—English
1983The Federal Elections✓ — Halt the Drive to the Right: Report to the Central Committee Communist Party of Canada, Toronto, December 3, 4, 5, 1983William Kashtan & Communist Party of CanadaEnglish
1983Unequal Union; Roots of Crisis in the Canadas, 1815-1873✓Stanley Bréhaut RyersonEnglish
1985Understanding Capital, Volume II✓ — A Reader's GuideJohn FoxEnglish
1986Against the Tide✓ — The Story of the Canadian Seamen's UnionJim GreenEnglish
1986Marxism-Leninism in Today's World: Selected Columns from the Canadian TribuneAlfred DewhurstEnglish
1987Fraud, Famine and Fascism✓ — The Ukrainian myth from Hitler to Harvard—German
1987Fraud, Famine, and Fascism✓ — The Ukrainian Genocide Myth from Hitler to HarvardDouglas TottleEnglish
1990The Soviet Revolution✓ — Shaking the World Again: A Canadian Journalist's Eye-Witness AccountFred WeirEnglish
1990The Untold Story of Ontario's Bushworkers✓ — A Political MemoirBruce MagnusonEnglish
1991Corporate Canada✓ — An Historical OutlineGerry Van HoutenEnglish
1991The Communist Party and the New Decade✓ — Aims and PrinciplesCommunist Party of Canada. ConventionEnglish
n.d.Marx and Engels on Reactionary PrussianismInstitut marksizma-leninizma (Moscow, Russia)Not recorded
n.d.The Power and the MoneyFrancis William ParkNot recorded