Latin American Revolutionary Movement

Marc Becker teaches Latin American history at Truman State University. Among other works, he is the co-editor of Transnational Communism across the Americas, University of Illinois Press, 2023, and author of Contemporary Latin American Revolutions, Rowman and Littlefield, 2022; The CIA in Ecuador, Duke University Pres, 2020; and The FBI in Latin America, Duke University Press, 2017.

The Latin American Revolutionary Movement "raises issues that have continued to be debated in the Communist movement and the left in general to this day. The book also shines light on positions assumed in the context of the international Communist movement’s “Third Period” from 1928 to 1935, which has generally been viewed as sectarian and ultra-leftist". It "[...] is a gold mine for those interested in leftist history in that it deals with a period in which the Communist movement was a major force on the left in Latin America and the rest of the world. It will also be of interest to historians in general because of its discussion of polemical issues which are still being debated and because of its relevance in such areas of study as anti-imperialism, dependency theory, anti-fascism, organized labor, gender, race, ethnicity and political strategy in general." — Steve Ellner, in: Taylor & Francis Online (23 March 2026)

• AbbreviationsBiographies of Conference ParticipantsIntroduction: The Outcomes of Ten Years of Latin American CommunismVictor Jeifets and Lazar JeifetsPart 1 Descriptions of the ConferenceIntroduction to Part 11 The First Latin American Communist Conference2 First Latin American Communist Conference3 Issues Addressed at the First Latin American Communist Conference4 Towards the Latin American Communist Conference5 Bibliography for the First Latin American Communist Conference6 Parties Represented at the First Latin American Communist Conference7 The Latin American Revolutionary MovementPart 2 Background DocumentsIntroduction to Part 21 The First Session of the South American Secretariat of the Communist International2 Questions of the Latin American Countries3 Draft Theses on the Revolutionary Movement in Latin America4 Report from the SP of the EC of the PSRC to the ECCI5 Letter from the CI to the Revolutionary Socialist Party of Colombia6 Colombia, 27 May 1929, Morning Session7 Meeting with the Colombian Delegate8 Mexico9 Conversation with the Peruvian Delegates10 The Importance of the First Latin American Communist ConferencePart 3 Proceedings and ResolutionsIntroduction to Part 31 Foreword2 Conference Opening (1 June 1929)3 The International Situation in Latin America and the Threat of WarSecond Session, 2 June 1929Third Session, 2 June 1929Fourth Session, 2 June 19294 Resolution on the International Situation in Latin America and the Threat of War5 The Anti-Imperialist Struggle and Tactical Issues Facing Communist Parties in Latin AmericaFifth and Sixth Sessions, 3 June 1929Seventh Session, 4 June 1929Eighth Session, 4 June 1929Ninth Session, 4 June 1929Tenth Session, 5 June 1929Eleventh Session, 5 June 19296 Resolution on the Tactics of the Communist Parties of Latin America7 Trade Union IssuesTwelfth Session, 6 June 19298 Resolution on the Tasks of the Communist Parties in the Latin American Trade Union Movement9 Agrarian Issues10 Peasant IssuesThirteenth Session, 7 June 1929Fourteenth Session, 7 June 1929Fifteenth Session, 7 June 192911 Resolution on Peasant Issues in Latin America12 Racial Problems in Latin AmericaSixteenth Session, 8 June 1929Seventeenth Session, 8 June 192913 Resolution on Racial Problems in Latin America14 Racial Problems15 Work of the Anti-Imperialist LeagueEighteenth Session, 10 June 192916 Resolution on the Work of the Anti-Imperialist Leagues17 The Youth Movement and the Tasks of Communist PartiesNineteenth Session, 10 June 192918 Draft Thesis on the Tasks of the Party in the Youth Movement19 Organisational Matters20 Resolution on Organisational Matters of the Communist Parties in Latin America21 Work of the South American SecretariatTwentieth Session, 12 June 192922 Report on the Solution to the Crisis in the Communist Party of Argentina23 Resolution on the Solution to the Crisis of the Communist Party of Argentina24 Theses on Women’s Issues25 Communists and the International Red AidPart 4 Conversations After the ConferenceIntroduction to Part 41 Conversation with the Delegates from Mexico2 Conversation with the Delegations from Guatemala and El Salvador3 Conversation with the Colombian Delegation4 Second Conversation with the Colombian Delegation5 Conversation with the Peruvian Delegates6 Conversation with the Delegation of Peru7 South American SecretariatBibliographyIndex