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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.
Socialist Action’s 20th Anniversary:
History of
American Trotskyism:
History of
U.S. Trotskyism
History of
U.S. Trotskyist Youth Movement
Building
the Revolutionary Movement: 1919-1969
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
Documents
on SA’s Founding:
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:
The Long March of the Trotskyists
60 Years of
the Fourth International
The French
Trotskyists During WWII
Founding
Congress of the Fourth International (1938)
Toward a
History of the Fourth International
Rebuttal of
the Healyite ICFI's Attacks on the SWP
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