Louis C. Fraina (1892-1953) was a founding member of the American Communist Party in 1919. After running afoul of the Communist International in 1921 over the alleged misappropriation of funds, Fraina left the organized radical movement, emerging in 1930 as a left wing public intellectual by the name of Lewis Corey. During the McCarthy period, deportation proceedings were initiated against Fraina-Corey. After a protracted legal battle, Corey died of a cerebral hemorrhage before the action against him was formally abandoned.

The Proletarian Revolution in Russia is an amalgamation of writings by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, edited and supplemented by political writer and activist Louis Fraina. Originally published one year after the February Revolution in 1917, this book details the rocky start of socialism and Marxism in Russia. With text comprised of first-hand recollections and analysis, Fraina aims to show the public the passion and conviction behind this fledgling socioeconomic system. VLADIMIR ILYICH LENIN (1870-1924) was a Russian political theorist, politician, and Communist revolutionary who served as the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Lenin was a Marxist whose own theories sparked a movement, Leninism, which eventually combined to create Marxism-Leninism. His participation in anti-Tsar protests resulted in his dismissal from college and his exile from Russia for several years. When he returned in 1917, he played a key role in the October Revolution, which was the catalyst for the establishment of the Soviet Union in 1922. Lenin was a powerful speaker and influentual politician; his theories led to many different schools of thought after his death, including Stalinism, Trotskyism, and Maoism. LEON TROTSKY (1879-1940) was a Soviet politician, Marxist revolutionary and theorist, and founder and first leader of the Red Army. Trotsky joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in 1917, before the October Revolution. He was the People's Commisary for Foreign Affairs in the early days of the Soviet Union before starting the Red Army. Because of this, Trotsky was a major leader in the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War (1918-1920). After Stalin's rise to power, Trotsky was deported and removed from the Communist Party. He exiled to Mexico, where he was assassinated, and opposed Stalinism with ideas based on Marxism-Leninism, eventually forming the Trotskyism Marxist ideaologies.

Fraina wrote Revolutionary Socialism to outline his vision of the future of Socialism. Originally published in 1918, just after World War I and the collapse of several of Europe's largest governments, Fraina details the potential for Socialism to grow from the rubble of these governments. With emphasis on the drawbacks of Democracy and Capitalism, he gives a frame work for the rise of Socialism. LOUIS C. FRAINA (1892-1953) was an Italian-born left-wing American political writer and activist. He worked and wrote for socialist newspapers on and off, becoming more and more radical as he was influenced by international communist leaders. He became the chairman for the Founding Convention of the Communist Party of America in 1919, traveling and working for the Communist Party until a disagreement with Communist International in 1921 forced him underground for a time. He emerged as Lewis Corey in 1926 as a liberal journalist, supporting the Communist, Marxist, and Democratic movements, respectively. In December of 1950, federal prosecutors attempted to deport him for illegal entry into the United States and for communism, but he died before the proceedings were completed.

A history of the Morgan family from their colonial beginnings to the creation of a financial empire that still reigns today, Corey's The House of Morgan is an in depth look into one of the most influential financial institutions in U.S. History. Who were the men that controlled the American economy for much of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? And, in a country that prides itself on equality, what were that advantages and consequences of having so much money and power held by so few? LOUIS C. FRAINA (1892-1953) was an Italian-born left-wing American political writer and activist. He worked and wrote for socialist newspapers on and off, becoming more and more radical as he was influenced by international communist leaders. He became the chairman for the Founding Convention of the Communist Party of America in 1919, traveling and working for the Communist Party until a disagreement with Communist International in 1921 forced him underground for a time. He emerged as Lewis Corey in 1926 as a liberal journalist, supporting the Communist, Marxist, and Democratic movements, respectively. In December of 1950, federal prosecutors attempted to deport him for illegal entry into the United States and for communism, but he died before the proceedings were completed.

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