Records, 1970-1979.

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Records, 1970-1979.

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Collection includes various IS documents, including minutes of its Executive, National and National Action committees, position papers, reports (including those of the National Secretary), various convention materials, and miscellaneous documents. The bulk of the material concerns internal political debates and organizational tendencies, including the 1973 expulsion of the Revolutionary Tendency, whose members, led by Sy Landy and others, went off to found the Revolutionary Socialist League.

0.75 linear ft.

New-York Historical Society

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International Socialists (U.S.)

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American socialist organization. From the description of International Socialists issuances, 1967-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871704 International Socialists (IS), a Third Camp-oriented group with historical and organizational roots in American Trotskyism and the Young People's Socialist League, was founded in 1969, as the result of the merger of several Independent Socialist Clubs (the first was formed in Berkeley, California in 1964). IS concentrated on work in...

Revolutionary Socialist League

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The Revolutionary Socialist League (RSL) was a Trotskyist group in the United States established circa 1972 and disbanded 1989. The RSL originated in the Revolutionary Tendency within the International Socialists (U.S.) (IS) led by Sy Landy and Ron Tabor. They had three principal differences with the IS: they believed that the IS had abandoned strict adherence to Trotskyism; they felt that the emphasis on the day-to-day work within the trade unions diminished propagating the revolutionary obj...