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The Workers World Party (WWP) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in the United States founded in 1959 by a group led by Sam Marcy. [3] WWP members are sometimes called Marcyites .
Workers World is the official newspaper of the Workers' World Party (WWP), a communist party in the United States. [1] Sam Marcy led a faction out of the Socialist Workers Party and founded WWP in 1959; the first issue of Workers World was published in New York City in March of that year.
Whilst the intended purpose of the meeting was to display unity of the world communist movement, the outcome was quite different. [12] In the debates at the meeting Mao argued for a centralized world communist movement whilst the Italian communist leader Palmiro Togliatti argued for decentralization of the world communist movement and autonomy of individual parties. [13]
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a communist political party in the United States. PSL formed in 2004, when its members split from the Workers World Party. PSL describes itself as a revolutionary socialist party, as the party believes that only a revolution can end capitalism and establish socialism.
The Daily Worker was a newspaper published in Chicago founded by communists, socialists, union members, and other activists. [1] Publication began in 1924. [2] It generally reflected the prevailing views of members of the CPUSA; it also reflected a broader spectrum of left-wing opinion.
In January 1936, just as the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party was expelling the Old Guard for their factional organization and alleged "violation of party discipline", James Cannon and his faction won their internal battle in the Workers Party to join the Socialist Party, when a national branch referendum voted unanimously ...
Marcy grew discontented as a member of the Communist Party, viewing the Third International as increasingly detached from working class interests and instead a mouthpiece for Joseph Stalin, whose oppressive bureaucracy he despised. He joined the Trotskyist movement in the 1940s, building a branch of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in Buffalo. [1]
She was a third-party candidate for president of the United States in the 1992 presidential election, representing the Workers World Party. She had also been the Workers World Party vice-presidential candidate in the elections of 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2000. La Riva is a founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. [6] La Riva was ...