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Guide to the Workers Party Records
TAM.136
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Independent Socialist League. |
| Creator:
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Workers Party (1940-1949) |
| Title: |
Workers Party and Independent Socialist League Records |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1945-1958 |
| Abstract:
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The Workers Party, a Trotskyist organization founded and led by Max Shachtman, split
from the Socialist Workers Party in 1940, holding the Soviet Union to be a novel exploitative
social formation, bureaucratic collectivism. Opposing the "two camps" of imperialism,
the WP led struggles against the World War II no-strike pledge, and published
Labor Action, and
The New International, both continuing until 1958, when the successor to the WP, the Independent Socialist
League (1949-1958) merged with the Socialist Party. The collection contains minutes,
correspondence, reports and resolutions, study guides, memorandums and position papers,
and newsletters. Much of the material reflects the lively internal debates and factional
conflicts within both the Workers Party and the Independent Socialist League.
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| Quantity: |
3.0 linear feet (3 boxes) |
| Mixed materials [Box]:
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1-3 |
| Call Phrase: |
TAM.136 |
