Independent Socialist League
GPTKB entity
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:political_party
gptkb:political_organization |
| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:Fourth_International
|
| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Leon_Trotsky
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
gptkb:1956
|
| gptkbp:founded |
1938
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:New_York_City
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Independent Socialist League
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| gptkbp:key_event |
Advocacy for workers' rights
Critique of capitalism Advocacy for healthcare reform Adoption of the Transitional Program Dissolution of the League Formation of the League Influence on American leftist politics Promotion of social justice Advocacy for environmental justice Promotion of economic equality Support for public education Support for immigrant rights Support for LGBTQ rights Support for affordable housing Opposition to Stalinism Support for the Spanish Civil War Promotion of civil liberties Advocacy for democratic socialism Decline in membership Involvement in community organizing Participation in anti-war protests Promotion of workers' self-management Support for labor strikes Involvement in labor movements Opposition to World War II Support for anti-colonial movements Promotion of fair trade practices Promotion of anti-racism initiatives Involvement in civil rights movements Support for social movements Involvement in feminist movements Split from the Socialist Party Formation of the Socialist Workers Party Criticism of the Soviet Union Debate over Trotskyism Engagement with international socialist movements Engagement with the New Left Formation of the American Socialist Movement Influence on socialist thought in the U. S. Merger with the Workers Party Participation in the anti-Vietnam War movement Publication of the League's journal |
| gptkbp:notable_member |
gptkb:Max_Shachtman
gptkb:James_P._Cannon |
| gptkbp:political_ideology |
gptkb:socialism
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| gptkbp:political_position |
left-wing
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| gptkbp:publication |
gptkb:The_New_International
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Socialist_Workers_Party
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Max_Shachtman
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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