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Introduction: Socialist Action was founded in 1983 by a
group of revolutionary socialists who had been long standing activists
in the American Trotskyist movement. Socialist Action politically and
organizationally traces its roots through the Socialist Workers Party,
and before that the Workers Party and the Communist League of America,
to the founding of the U.S. Trotskyist
movement in 1928. Trotskyism was
and is an attempt to maintain revolutionary continuity in the face of
the political degeneration of the wings of the socialist movement that
we refer to as social democrats and Stalinists. We are proud of our incredibly long
and rich history and experience of our political tradition.
Below is a list of essays and articles on the
history of Socialist Action, and the Trotskyist
movement in general.
History of
American Trotskyism:
- Concerning
Our Expulsion from the Communist Party (1928)
- Our
Appeal Against Expulsion from the Communist Party (1929)
- James P. Cannon
and the Early Years of American Communism: 1920-1928
- The
Workers Party Is Founded, 1934
- The 1939 Schachtmanite Split
- SWP's Military Policy of the Proletariat (1940)
- Socialism
On Trial (1941)
- James
Cannon on the I.W.W.
- James
Cannon on Eugene V. Debs
Socialist
Action Founding Documents:
- Open
Letter to the Socialist Workers Party Issued at SA's
Founding
- The
Structure and Organizational Principles of the Party
- In
Defense of Revolutionary Continuity
- Platform
to Overcome the Party Crisis
- 28 Theses
on the American Socialist Revolution & Building the Revolutionary
Party
- Motions
for a 1983 Convention
- New Norms
vs. Old: The Erosion of Proletarian Democracy in the SWP
- Resolving
the International Crisis of Revolutionary Leadership Today
History
of the Fourth International:
- Toward
a History of the Fourth International
- Rebuttal
of the Healyite ICFI's Attacks on the SWP
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