Sam Brandon: Daniel De Leonite Socialist Movement Papers 1900s-1980s (bulk: 1970s-1980s)

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Sam Brandon: Daniel De Leonite Socialist Movement Papers 1900s-1980s (bulk: 1970s-1980s)

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Sam Brandon joined the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) as a teenager, and became an organizer for its New York section and chair of its NY State Committee. Expelled in 1927, he helped to found the Socialist Labor Propaganda League, the Industrial Union Leaguein 1928, and in 1933 the Industrial Union Party (IUP), and remained its leader, an advocate of the ideas of SLP founder Daniel De Leon, and a critic of the SLP until his death.his activism. This unprocessed collection consists of correspondence and typescripts (principally of Sam Brandon), documents, ephemera, clippings, and some proceedings of various De Leonite organizations. Notable are the files from the 1920s and 1930s which closely document his expulsion from and ongoing disagreements with the SLP, and the founding of the IUL and IUP. The bulk of the collection covers the years 1970-1984, and documents Brandon’s leading activities in several short-lived De Leonite political groupings. Correspondents include Joseph Brandon, Louis Lazarus, and Arnold Petersen. NOTE: This collection is housed offsite and advance notice is required for use.

13.0 linear feet; (16 boxes)

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Petersen, Arnold, 1885-1976

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De Leon, Daniel, 1852-1914

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Brandon, Joseph

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Industrial Union Party (U.S.)

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Block, Murray

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Industrial Union League (U.S.)

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Brandon, Sam

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Sam Brandon joined the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) as a teenager, and became an organizer for its New York section and chair of its NY State Committee. Political differences led to the expulsion in 1927 of the entire Bronx section. Along with other expellees (including his older brother Joseph), he first formed the Socialist Labor Propaganda League, then the Industrial Union League (IUL) in 1928. In 1933 he founded the Industrial Union Party (IUP), and remained its leader, an advocate of the ide...