Socialist Workers Party

Ernest C. and Jessie M. Dillard Papers

abarker — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:58:58 -0400

An active member of United Auto Workers Local 15, Ernest Dillard was the first African American elected to a succession of UAW leadership posts. Jessie Dillard was one of Detroit’s leading block club organizers and civil rights activists. Both Mr. and Ms. Dillard played prominent roles in the Detroit NAACP and held leadership positions in the Michigan Democratic Party.

Part I of the papers of Ernest and Jessie Dillard reflect the broad range of their professional and political activities in the labor and civil rights movements.

The papers in Part II consist of correspondence,reports, clippings, speeches, publications and other material related to their labor, political and publishing activities.

Genora and Sol Dollinger Papers

abarker — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:15:09 -0400

A highly active union advocate, Genora Dollinger was a charter member of the Flint Socialist Party and organized Flint Women’s Auxiliary #10 and the Women’s Emergency Brigade, which played a crucial role in the success of the Flint Sit-down Strike of 1937. Her husband, Sol Dollinger was an organizer for the Socialist Workers Party.

The papers of Genora and Sol Dollinger relate largely to Ms. Dollinger’s involvement in the Flint Sit-down Strike, and to a lesser extent, the Dollinger’s activities as members of the Socialist Workers Party and Ms. Dollinger’s involvement in women’s and civil rights advocacy.

John Dwyer Papers

abarker — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:14:01 -0400

John Dwyer was active in the labor movement as an organizer for numerous labor unions, including the International Ladies Garment Workers, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, and the Retail Clerks union. Mr. Dwyer worked as the New York State Organizer for the Socialist Party and served as State Secretary of the Massachusetts State Council of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

As a Trotskyist, Mr. Dwyer was expelled from the Socialist Party, after which he joined the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), where he adopted the theory of State-Capitalism and later wrote for the Marxist-Humanist journal, News & Letters under the name of Peter Mallory.
Mr. Dwyer’s papers reflect his work with the CIO, the Socialist Party and the SWP, relating the events of the Spanish Civil War and the Trotskyist movements, and the affairs of the Socialist Party in the 1930’s and the SWP in the 1940’s and 1950’s.

Included in the collection are the papers of Martin Abern. Mr. Abern’s papers relate the American Communist and Trotskyist Movements from the periods of the Russian Revolution through the outbreak of World War II.

International Socialists Records

aorchard — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:58:02 -0400

The International Socialists existed from 1968 -1986 in the U.S. with national headquarters in Detroit, and branches in 14 other cities. It was preceded by the Independent Socialist Club, established in Berkley in 1964, which then formed an International Socialist Committee. The International Socialist Club appealed to radical student and Maoist groups. Kim Moody, contributor of several pivotal writings to the socialist cause, helped to establish a branch of the Independent Socialist Club in New York. The Independent Socialist Club became the International Socialists at the 1969 convention, where a formal political platform was established to address the working class movement. Internal disagreements developed around degrees of radicalization and basic philosophy throughout the 1970's. These disagreements led to the formation of other organizations such as the Revolutionary Tendency and Workers Power. In 1986, International Socialists merged with Workers Power and Socialist Unity to become known as Solidarity.

The records in this collection illustrate the evolution of the political principles and internal workings of the International Socialists, mainly through the 1970’s. It shows their struggle for the rights of the working class, to reap the recognition and rewards it felt it deserved for providing the sweat of industrial production, the basis of the nation's wealth.

Frances D. and G. Lyman Paine Papers

drice — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:16:50 -0500

Frances D. and G. Lyman Paine enjoyed a forty-four year political and personal partnership. Their papers reflect their radical political interests and activities and include material related to the newspaper "Correspondence. "

Oscar Paskal Collection

drice — Wed, 14 May 2014 11:48:33 -0400

Mr. Paskal served on the editorial board of the UAW Local 227 newspaper.

Part 1 documents Local 227, which services the Chrysler-Imperial Plant in Detroit. Records consist of minutes, grievances, Chrysler Corporation notices, agreements, and by-laws collected by Paskal. Part 2 is unprocessed material consisting of publications by the Socialists Workers Party, a Trotskyite political party. These include weekly bulletins published by the party, conference proceedings, and Marxist educational materials which span the years 1932-1952. Also included are a series of cassette tapes entitled “Voices of Labor” which feature excerpts of speeches by various labor leaders.

Helen Schiff Papers

drice — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:46:11 -0500

The Helen Schiff Collection consists of materials documenting the 1940 split in the
Socialist Workers Party and the founding of the Young Socialist Alliance and the Young
Socialists (Canada) in the early 1960's. In addition, it contains miscellaneous reports,
bulletins, and newsletters of the Socialist Workers Party and the Fourth International.

George Lavan Weissman Papers

abarker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:28:06 -0400

A founding member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and the Fourth International, George Lavan Weissman served as a branch organizer, as director and editor of Pioneer Publishing and Pathfinder Press, as manager of Mountain Spring Camp and as the editor and writer of various SWP publications. Following his expulsion from the SWP, Mr. Weissman helped to form the Fourth Internationalist Tendency and served on the editorial board of the Bulletin in Defense of Marxism. Mr. Weissman’s papers reflect his involvement with the SWP and his participation in various civil rights and civil liberties organizations. Che Guevara, the Freedom Now Party, Leon Trotsky, and the 1962-1964 Monroe (N.C.) civil rights case are among important subjects addressed in the collection.

The Birth, Life, and Legacy of the Johnson-Forest Tendency in the Nettie Kravitz Papers

Public Relations Team — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:42:06 -0400

The Nettie Kravitz Papers join several others at the Reuther Library documenting the activities of the Johnson-Forest Tendency and its members. Before Kravitz was a professor of Women’s Studies and Literature at Oakland Community College, she was a member of the Johnson-Forest Tendency and later iterations. The socialist subgroup was led by CLR James and Raya Dunayevskaya, taking its name from their respective pseudonyms, JR Johnson and Freddie Forest. The Nettie Kravitz Papers are among the most extensive records of read more »

The Fourth International

kchinery — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:31:29 -0400

Processed. Part of the Martin and Jessie Glaberman Collection, LP000621.

The Militant

kchinery — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 09:26:43 -0400

Unprocessed. Published by the Militant Publishing Association, New York.