Stamm, Thomas

Thomas Stamm [d. 198?] was a U.S. Trotskyist (and homosexual) and one-time member of the Political Committee of the Workers Party who opposed the Party's 1935 decision to attempt to enter the Socialist Party, USA en masse, in an attempt to broaden its influence. With Hugo Oehler, he formed the Revolutionary Workers League. In 1937, the group renounced Trotskyism, but while Oehler concluded that Trotsky had split with Marxism in 1934, Stamm held that Trotsky had degenerated in 1928, and the two split. Oehler retained the majority of the group, but Stamm set up a rival organisation of the same name. This was some times known as RWL Revolt after its periodical, which ran Vol. I #1 March 26 1938 to Vol II #14 January 7, 1940.

Problems in History & Theory: The End of "American Trotskyism"? -- Part 2 / by ALAN WALD, contains a section on gay and lesbian Trotskyists (presented below), published on the website of Solidarity: "a democratic, revolutionary socialist, feminist, anti-racist organization." (http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2856)

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