Myra Tanner Weiss Papers Bulk, 1952-1963 1933-1997

Breitman, George, 1916-1986

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George Breitman (1916-1986) was born in a working-class neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey in 1916. After graduating from high school, Breitman found work in the Civilian Conservation Corps and later in the Works Progress Administration. By 1935, he had joined the Trotskyist movement as a member of the Spartacus Youth League and then as a member of the Workers Party. He also joined the New Jersey branch of the Workers Alliance of America, an organization that fought for relief during the Great D...

Dobbs, Farrell

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Weiss, Myra Tanner

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Myra Tanner Weiss was born May 17, 1916. She joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1935 while attending the University of Utah. She moved to Los Angeles in the 1940s, at which time she organized agricultural and cannery workers. She also helped establish the SWP in Los Angeles where she met another party organizer, Murry Weiss [born Morris, in Chicago, September 9, 1915, son of Joseph and Freida; died December 26, 1981] whom she later married. Tanner Weiss ran for mayor of Los Angeles in 1945 an...

Young Socialist Alliance (U.S.)

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From the guide to the Young Socialist Alliance, 1976-1977, null, (University of Maryland) ...

Young People's Socialist League

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The Young People’s Socialist League (YPSL) has been the name of the youth section of the Socialist Party USA (SP). It originated in New York City in 1907 as the Young People's Socialist Federation, however, by 1918 it became known as the YPSL (members were often referred to as Yipsels). In the 1930s, the majority of the YPSL membership sided with the Militant faction within the Socialist Party, led by Norman Thomas, against the more moderate "Old Guard" linked to the garment industry unions, the...

Swabeck, Arne

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American Trotskyist leader. From the description of Arne Swabeck papers, 1913-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123419679 Biographical Note 1890 Born, Denmark 1916 Emigrates to the United States. Joins the Socialist Party and the Industrial Workers of the World ...

Weiss, Murry

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Trot︠s︡kai︠a︡, Natalii︠a︡ Ivanovna, 1882-1962.

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Cannon, James Patrick, 1890-1974.

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Socialist Workers' Party (Great Britain)

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Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party have worked with the farm movement and have covered farm protests for the Party's newspaper, The militant, since the 1970s. The items in this collection were collected by various members who were active with the farm movement. From the description of Farm protests collection, 1954-1990, n.d. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 221317319 American socialist political party. From the description of Socia...