International Council Correspondence

International Council Correspondence was a council communist journal published in the United States from 1934 to 1943. Founded by the Chicago-based United Workers Party, it served as a central voice for the American council communist movement, which was composed of small groups of dissidents from mainstream socialist and communist parties. The German Marxist theoretician Paul Mattick was its primary editor and contributor.

The journal was established to elucidate the principles of council communism, focusing on Marx's theory of economic crisis, critiques of Bolshevism and the Soviet Union, and analyses of contemporary political events from an anti-authoritarian, anti-parliamentary perspective. It was produced with minimal resources, initially as a mimeographed publication collated manually in Mattick's apartment.

In 1938, the journal was renamed Living Marxism to reflect the growing influence of the German Marxist philosopher Karl Korsch, who became a key contributor. Its focus shifted slightly to foster broader discussion and oppose sectarianism within the left. In 1942, the publication's name was changed a final time to New Essays. Plagued by financial difficulties, a small subscriber base, and the challenges of wartime, the journal ceased publication in 1943 after its printer died and replacement costs became prohibitive. Throughout its run, it featured the work of prominent European council communists, including Korsch and Anton Pannekoek.