Labor Age

Labor Age magazine, launched in 1921, was closely connected with the personality of A. J. Muste of Brookwood Labor College.

Labor Age was a left-labor monthly magazine published by the Labor Publication Society from 1921-1933. It succeeded the Socialist Review, journal of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. Labor Age aligned with the League for Industrial Democracy, and during 1929-33 the magazine was affiliated with the Conference for Progressive Labor Action with A. J. Muste playing a prominent role. Other important figures associated with Labor Age were James Maurer, Harry W. Laidler, and Louis Budenz. The magazine advocated industrial unionism, economic planning and the nationalization of industries. It was also a major promoter of the workers education movement.

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Further reading

• Jon Bloom and Paul Buhle, "Intercollegiate Socialist Society and Successors," in Encyclopedia of the American Left. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990; pp. 362-363.