Socialist Workers Party (US)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:International_Committee_of_the_Fourth_International
gptkbp:campaigns presidential elections
gptkbp:criticism factionalism
sectarianism
internal disputes
limited electoral success
perceived isolation from mainstream politics
gptkbp:dissolved not dissolved
gptkbp:election local and state elections
gptkbp:founded 1938
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:historical_context American leftist movements
gptkbp:historical_event gptkb:1940_Socialist_Workers_Party_convention
1970s labor struggles
1960s anti-war movement
1980s political repression
1990s decline in membership
2000s resurgence in activism
2010s political campaigns
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Clara_Zetkin
gptkb:Rosa_Luxemburg
gptkb:Leon_Trotsky
gptkb:Vladimir_Lenin
gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Socialist Workers Party (US)
gptkbp:international_relations affiliated with international socialist movements
gptkbp:membership approximately 1,000
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Max_Shachtman
gptkb:James_P._Cannon
gptkb:George_Novack
gptkbp:political_ideology Trotskyism
gptkbp:political_position far-left
gptkbp:position_on_capitalism opposed
gptkbp:position_on_civil_rights supports civil rights
gptkbp:position_on_environmentalism supports environmentalism
gptkbp:position_on_feminism supports feminism
gptkbp:position_on_imperialism opposed
gptkbp:position_on_labor_rights supports labor rights
gptkbp:position_on_lgbtq_rights supports LGBTQ rights
gptkbp:position_on_socialism advocates for socialism
gptkbp:publications gptkb:The_Militant
gptkbp:support gptkb:activists
gptkb:students
gptkb:intellectuals
working class
trade unionists
gptkbp:youth_wing gptkb:Young_Socialist_Alliance
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:the_Fourth_International
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5