Independent Socialist League

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The Workers Party formed in 1940 in opposition to the Soviet invasion of Finland. In 1949, it renamed itself the Independent Socialist League (ISL) and in 1957 joined the Socialist Party of America.

From the description of Independent socialist press publications for the Worker's Party and the Independent Socialist League, 1940-1958. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 191029158

The Workers Party (1940-1949), 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, a rank-and-file newspaper, and The New International, a political/theoretical journal, both continuing until 1958, when the successor to the WP, the Independent Socialist League (1949-1958) merged with the Socialist Party. The Workers Party was a source for many of the ideas, personalities and journals of the post-World War II non- and anti-communist left, and former members influenced the found the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (later Democratic Socialists of America).

From the description of Independent Socialist League records, 1945-1958. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 479594451

The Workers Party (1940-1949), 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, a rank-and-file newspaper, and The New International, a political/theoretical journal, both continuing until 1958, when the successor to the WP, the Independent Socialist League (1949-1958) merged with the Socialist Party. The Workers Party was a source for many of the ideas, personalities and journals of the post-World War II non- and anti-communist left, and former members influenced the development of the Socialist Party and helped found the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (later Democratic Socialists of America).

From the guide to the Workers Party and Independent Socialist League Records, 1945-1958, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Guide to the Ernie Lazar FBI FOIA Files on Anti-Communism and Right Wing Movements, 1934-1986, 2011 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Glotzer, Albert, 1908-1999. Albert Glotzer papers, 1919-1999. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Geoffrey White Papers, 1939-1965 Hoover Institution Archives
creatorOf Workers Party and Independent Socialist League Records, 1945-1958 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Vogel, Virgil J. Papers, 1919-1982. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Guide to the Max Shachtman Papers, 1917-1969 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Independent Socialist League. Independent socialist press publications for the Worker's Party and the Independent Socialist League, 1940-1958. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Independent Socialist League. Independent Socialist League records, 1945-1958. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Guide to the Max Shachtman Papers, 1917-1969 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn White, Geoffrey, 1927-. Geoffrey White papers, 1931-1986. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Shachtman, Max, 1903-1972. Reminiscences of Max Shachtman : oral history, 1963. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Albert Glotzer papers, 1919-1994 Hoover Institution Archives
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associatedWith American Veterans Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Glotzer, Albert, 1908-1999. person
associatedWith Gould, Nathan. person
associatedWith Gould, Nathan. person
associatedWith Haskell, Gordon. person
associatedWith Haskell, Gordon K. person
associatedWith Labor action. corporateBody
associatedWith Labor vets bulletin. corporateBody
associatedWith Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 person
associatedWith McKinney, Ernest Rice, 1886-1984. person
associatedWith New international. corporateBody
associatedWith Shachtman, Max, 1903-1972. person
associatedWith Socialist Workers Party. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. corporateBody
associatedWith Vogel, Virgil J. person
associatedWith White, Geoffrey person
associatedWith White, Geoffrey, 1927- person
associatedWith Workers Party (1940-1949) corporateBody
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United States
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Communism
Communism
Labor movement
Labor movement
Socialism
Socialism
Socialism
Veterans
Veterans
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Active 1940

Active 1958

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