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The Daily Workerer was a newspaper published in New York City by the Communist Party USA, a Comintern-affiliated organization. Publication began in 1924. While it generally reflected the prevailing views of the party, some attempts were made to make it a paper that reflected the spectrum of left-wing opinion. At its peak, the newspaper achieved a circulation of 35,000. Notable contributors to its pages include Robert Minor and Fred Ellis (cartoonists), Lester Rodney (sports editor), David Karr, Richard Wright, John L. Spivak, Peter Fryer, Woody Guthrie and Louis Budenz. Budenz held the job of managing editor at the Daily Worker, but also served as an agent recruiter for the Soviet intelligence service, then known as the NKVD. While editor, Budenz partipated in discussions with CPUSA Party Chairman Earl Browder and Soviet intelligence officials on plans for the assassination of exiled former Soviet leader Leon Trotsky.



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