Workers International League
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:political_party
|
| gptkbp:activities |
anti-fascism
political education international solidarity labor organizing support for workers' rights |
| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:Fourth_International
|
| gptkbp:associated_with |
Trotskyism
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1939
internal conflicts |
| gptkbp:formed |
merger of several socialist groups
|
| gptkbp:founded |
1930
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
contributed to socialist theory
influenced leftist movements fostered international connections engaged in anti-war activism promoted_Trotskyist_ideas |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Workers International League
|
| gptkbp:ideology |
Marxism
|
| gptkbp:leadership |
gptkb:Albert_Glotzer
gptkb:Max_Shachtman gptkb:James_P._Cannon George Novack |
| gptkbp:legacy |
inspired future socialist organizations
shaped leftist discourse in the 20th century influenced_labor_movements_in_the_US provided_a_platform_for_Trotskyist_thought |
| gptkbp:membership |
thousands
|
| gptkbp:notable_event |
support for anti-colonial struggles
involvement in the anti-fascist movement influence on post-war socialist movements involvement in the civil rights movement support for the 1936-1939 Spanish Revolution participation in the 1934 San Francisco General Strike participation in the 1938 New York City May Day rally contribution_to_the_development_of_Marxist_theory formation_of_the_Fourth_International formation_of_the_Socialist_Workers_Party involvement_in_the_American_Trotskyist_movement opposition_to_the_Spanish_Civil_War engagement_in_the_labor_movement_during_the_Great_Depression |
| gptkbp:notable_member |
gptkb:Albert_Glotzer
gptkb:Max_Shachtman gptkb:James_P._Cannon George Novack |
| gptkbp:politicalPosition |
left-wing
|
| gptkbp:publications |
The New International
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Workers_World_Party
|