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	{{Infobox political party\|name=Socialist Workers Party\|founded=January 1938\|abbreviation=SWP\|newspaper=''[[The Militant]]''\|political_orientation=[[Trotskyism]]<br>[[Zionism]]<ref name=":01">{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Against Trotskyism: The Socialist Workers Party and the decline of Trotskyism in the United States\|date=2023-06-27\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705081007/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-date=2023-07-05}}</ref>}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=Socialist Workers Party\|founded=January 1938\|abbreviation=SWP\|newspaper=''[[The Militant]]''\|political_orientation=[[Neoconservatism]]<br>[[Trotskyism]]<br>[[Zionism]]<ref name=":01">{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Against Trotskyism: The Socialist Workers Party and the decline of Trotskyism in the United States\|date=2023-06-27\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705081007/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-date=2023-07-05}}</ref>}}

	The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].		The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].

	== History ==		== History ==
	The CPUSA expelled its Trotskyist faction in 1928, and its leaders, [[James Cannon]] and [[Max Shachtman]], formed the [[Communist League of America]]. The CLA then merged with the [[American Workers Party]] to form the [[Workers Party of the United States]]. The WPUS merged with the [[Socialist Party of America\|Socialist Party]], which expelled the Trotskyists. They founded the Socialist Workers Party in 1938, and Shachtman's faction split in 1940 to form the [[Workers Party (United States)\|Workers Party]].<ref ~~name~~=":~~01"~~ />		The CPUSA expelled its Trotskyist faction in 1928, and its leaders, [[James Cannon]] and [[Max Shachtman]], formed the [[Communist League of America]]. The CLA then merged with the [[American Workers Party]] to form the [[Workers Party of the United States]]. The WPUS merged with the [[Socialist Party of America\|Socialist Party]], which expelled the Trotskyists. They founded the Socialist Workers Party in 1938, and Shachtman's faction split in 1940 to form the [[Workers Party (United States)\|Workers Party]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Against Trotskyism: The Socialist Workers Party and the decline of Trotskyism in the United States\|date=2023-06-27\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705081007/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-date=2023-07-05}}</ref>

	During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued labor strikes while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>		During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued labor strikes while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>
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	== Current ideology ==		== Current ideology ==
	The SWP tails behind the most reactionary section of the [[Proletariat\|working class]], defending [[transphobia]] and claiming that schools teach that all white people are [[Racism\|racist]]. It calls the [[BDS]] movement "[[Antisemitism\|anti-Jewish]]'"<ref name=":01" /> accuses the Palestinian Resistance of having ~~the goal of "genocide~~,"<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Seth Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Israel's Right to Exist as a Refuge from Jew-hatred\|date=2024-05-11\|url=https://themilitant.com/2024/05/11/defend-israels-right-to-exist-as-a-refuge-from-jew-hatred/}}</ref~~> blames [[Hamas]] for [[IOF]] atrocities in [[Gaza]],<ref name=":1" /~~> claims that campus protests against [[Palestinian genocide]] by the [[Zionist Entity]] of "spreading Jew-Hatred"<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Seth Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Campus occupations back Hamas, spread Jew-hatred\|date=2024-05-11\|url=https://themilitant.com/2024/05/11/campus-occupations-back-hamas-spread-jew-hatred/}}</ref> and in one article states that the [[Al-Aqsa Flood]] killed "1200 civilians," despite the fact that even [[Hasbara]] propagandists admit that many of those killed were IOF soldiers.~~<ref name=":1" />~~ They also repeat the Zionist lie that a Hamas command center is under Al-Shifa Hospital, that Zionist agitators who put up posters in an attempt to slander anti-Zionists in New York were actually supporters of Palestine.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Set Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Israel’s right to exist! Call for cease-fire is support for Hamas\|date=2023-11-13\|url=https://themilitant.com/2023/11/04/defend-israels-right-to-exist-call-for-cease-fire-is-support-for-hamas/}}</ref> Despite their false claims of being opposed to Anti-Semitism because of their Zionism, they support the Anti-Semitic and Nazi influenced [[Azov Battalion]] in Ukraine, denying the existence of these elements even though members of the battalion are proud to admit them.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=ROY LANDERSEN\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Ukraine independence! Demand Moscow troops out now!\|date=2023-01-09\|url=https://themilitant.com/2022/12/31/defend-ukraine-independence-demand-moscow-troops-out-now/}}</ref>		The SWP tails behind the most reactionary section of the [[Proletariat\|working class]], defending [[transphobia]] and claiming that schools teach that all white people are [[Racism\|racist]]. It calls the [[BDS]] movement "[[Antisemitism\|anti-Jewish]],'"<ref name=":01" /> upholds the Zionist Entity's so-called "right to exist," labels the [[2023 Israel-Gaza war and genocide#Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa\|Al-Aqsa Flood]] as a "pogrom," accuses the Palestinian Resistance of having [[Genocide\|genocidal]] intent,<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Seth Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Israel's Right to Exist as a Refuge from Jew-hatred\|date=2024-05-11\|url=https://themilitant.com/2024/05/11/defend-israels-right-to-exist-as-a-refuge-from-jew-hatred/}}</ref> claims that campus protests against [[Palestinian genocide]] by the [[Zionist Entity]] of "spreading Jew-Hatred,"<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Seth Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Campus occupations back Hamas, spread Jew-hatred\|date=2024-05-11\|url=https://themilitant.com/2024/05/11/campus-occupations-back-hamas-spread-jew-hatred/}}</ref> and in one article states that the Al-Aqsa Flood killed "1200 civilians,"<ref name=":1" /> despite the fact that even [[Hasbara]] propagandists admit that many of those killed were IOF soldiers. They also repeat the Zionist lie that a Hamas command center is under Al-Shifa Hospital as well as that Zionist agitators who put up posters in an attempt to slander anti-Zionists in New York were actually supporters of Palestine.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Set Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Israel’s right to exist! Call for cease-fire is support for Hamas\|date=2023-11-13\|url=https://themilitant.com/2023/11/04/defend-israels-right-to-exist-call-for-cease-fire-is-support-for-hamas/}}</ref> Despite their false claims of being opposed to Anti-Semitism because of their Zionism, they support the Anti-Semitic and Nazi influenced [[Azov Battalion]] in Ukraine, denying the existence of these elements even though members of the battalion are proud to admit them.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=ROY LANDERSEN\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Ukraine independence! Demand Moscow troops out now!\|date=2023-01-09\|url=https://themilitant.com/2022/12/31/defend-ukraine-independence-demand-moscow-troops-out-now/}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	== Current ideology ==		== Current ideology ==
	The SWP tails behind the most reactionary section of the [[Proletariat\|working class]], defending [[transphobia]] and claiming that schools teach that all white people are [[Racism\|racist]]. It calls the [[BDS]] movement "[[Antisemitism\|anti-Jewish]]'"<ref name=":01" /> accuses the Palestinian Resistance of having the goal of "genocide,"<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Seth Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Israel's Right to Exist as a Refuge from Jew-hatred\|date=2024-05-11\|url=https://themilitant.com/2024/05/11/defend-israels-right-to-exist-as-a-refuge-from-jew-hatred/}}</ref> blames [[Hamas]] for [[IOF]]~~<nowiki/>~~atrocities in [[Gaza]],<ref name=":1" /> claims that campus protests against [[Palestinian genocide]] by the [[Zionist Entity]] of "spreading Jew-Hatred"<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Seth Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Campus occupations back Hamas, spread Jew-hatred\|date=2024-05-11\|url=https://themilitant.com/2024/05/11/campus-occupations-back-hamas-spread-jew-hatred/}}</ref> and in one article states that the [[Al-Aqsa Flood]] killed "1200 civilians," despite the fact that even [[Hasbara]] propagandists admit that many of those killed were IOF soldiers.<ref name=":1" />		The SWP tails behind the most reactionary section of the [[Proletariat\|working class]], defending [[transphobia]] and claiming that schools teach that all white people are [[Racism\|racist]]. It calls the [[BDS]] movement "[[Antisemitism\|anti-Jewish]]'"<ref name=":01" /> accuses the Palestinian Resistance of having the goal of "genocide,"<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Seth Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Israel's Right to Exist as a Refuge from Jew-hatred\|date=2024-05-11\|url=https://themilitant.com/2024/05/11/defend-israels-right-to-exist-as-a-refuge-from-jew-hatred/}}</ref> blames [[Hamas]] for [[IOF]] atrocities in [[Gaza]],<ref name=":1" /> claims that campus protests against [[Palestinian genocide]] by the [[Zionist Entity]] of "spreading Jew-Hatred"<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Seth Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Campus occupations back Hamas, spread Jew-hatred\|date=2024-05-11\|url=https://themilitant.com/2024/05/11/campus-occupations-back-hamas-spread-jew-hatred/}}</ref> and in one article states that the [[Al-Aqsa Flood]] killed "1200 civilians," despite the fact that even [[Hasbara]] propagandists admit that many of those killed were IOF soldiers.<ref name=":1" /> They also repeat the Zionist lie that a Hamas command center is under Al-Shifa Hospital, that Zionist agitators who put up posters in an attempt to slander anti-Zionists in New York were actually supporters of Palestine.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Set Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Israel’s right to exist! Call for cease-fire is support for Hamas\|date=2023-11-13\|url=https://themilitant.com/2023/11/04/defend-israels-right-to-exist-call-for-cease-fire-is-support-for-hamas/}}</ref> Despite their false claims of being opposed to Anti-Semitism because of their Zionism, they support the Anti-Semitic and Nazi influenced [[Azov Battalion]] in Ukraine, denying the existence of these elements even though members of the battalion are proud to admit them.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=ROY LANDERSEN\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Ukraine independence! Demand Moscow troops out now!\|date=2023-01-09\|url=https://themilitant.com/2022/12/31/defend-ukraine-independence-demand-moscow-troops-out-now/}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

Connolly1916: Added additional points about their Zionism

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	== Current ideology ==		== Current ideology ==
	The SWP tails behind the most reactionary section of the [[Proletariat\|working class]], defending [[transphobia]] and claiming that schools teach that all white people are [[Racism\|racist]]. It calls the [[BDS]] movement "[[Antisemitism\|anti-Jewish]]."<ref name=":01" />		The SWP tails behind the most reactionary section of the [[Proletariat\|working class]], defending [[transphobia]] and claiming that schools teach that all white people are [[Racism\|racist]]. It calls the [[BDS]] movement "[[Antisemitism\|anti-Jewish]]'"<ref name=":01" /> accuses the Palestinian Resistance of having the goal of "genocide,"<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Seth Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Defend Israel's Right to Exist as a Refuge from Jew-hatred\|date=2024-05-11\|url=https://themilitant.com/2024/05/11/defend-israels-right-to-exist-as-a-refuge-from-jew-hatred/}}</ref> blames [[Hamas]] for [[IOF]]<nowiki/>atrocities in [[Gaza]],<ref name=":1" /> claims that campus protests against [[Palestinian genocide]] by the [[Zionist Entity]] of "spreading Jew-Hatred"<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Seth Galinsky\|newspaper=The Militant\|title=Campus occupations back Hamas, spread Jew-hatred\|date=2024-05-11\|url=https://themilitant.com/2024/05/11/campus-occupations-back-hamas-spread-jew-hatred/}}</ref> and in one article states that the [[Al-Aqsa Flood]] killed "1200 civilians," despite the fact that even [[Hasbara]] propagandists admit that many of those killed were IOF soldiers.<ref name=":1" />

	==References==		==References==

Ledlecreeper27: Current ideology

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Current ideology

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	{{Infobox political party\|name=Socialist Workers Party\|founded=January 1938\|abbreviation=SWP\|newspaper=''[[The Militant]]''\|political_orientation=[[Trotskyism]]}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=Socialist Workers Party\|founded=January 1938\|abbreviation=SWP\|newspaper=''[[The Militant]]''\|political_orientation=[[Trotskyism]]<br>[[Zionism]]<ref name=":01">{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Against Trotskyism: The Socialist Workers Party and the decline of Trotskyism in the United States\|date=2023-06-27\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705081007/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-date=2023-07-05}}</ref>}}

	The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].		The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].

	== History ==		== History ==
	The CPUSA expelled its Trotskyist faction in 1928, and its leaders, [[James Cannon]] and [[Max Shachtman]], formed the [[Communist League of America]]. The CLA then merged with the [[American Workers Party]] to form the [[Workers Party of the United States]]. The WPUS merged with the [[Socialist Party of America\|Socialist Party]], which expelled the Trotskyists. They founded the Socialist Workers Party in 1938, and Shachtman's faction split in 1940 to form the [[Workers Party (United States)\|Workers Party]].<ref~~>{{Web citation\|author~~=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Against Trotskyism: The Socialist Workers Party and the decline of Trotskyism in the United States\|date=2023-06-27\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-url=https:/~~/web.archive.org/web/20230705081007/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-date=2023-07-05}}</ref~~>		The CPUSA expelled its Trotskyist faction in 1928, and its leaders, [[James Cannon]] and [[Max Shachtman]], formed the [[Communist League of America]]. The CLA then merged with the [[American Workers Party]] to form the [[Workers Party of the United States]]. The WPUS merged with the [[Socialist Party of America\|Socialist Party]], which expelled the Trotskyists. They founded the Socialist Workers Party in 1938, and Shachtman's faction split in 1940 to form the [[Workers Party (United States)\|Workers Party]].<ref name=":01" />

	During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued ~~[[Strike action\|~~labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>		During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued labor strikes while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>

	In 1970, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] caused a split between the SWP and the [[Revolutionary Youth Movement]].<ref name=":0233" /><sup>:189</sup>		In 1970, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] caused a split between the SWP and the [[Revolutionary Youth Movement]].<ref name=":0233" /><sup>:189</sup>

			== Current ideology ==
			The SWP tails behind the most reactionary section of the [[Proletariat\|working class]], defending [[transphobia]] and claiming that schools teach that all white people are [[Racism\|racist]]. It calls the [[BDS]] movement "[[Antisemitism\|anti-Jewish]]."<ref name=":01" />

	==References==		==References==

Ledlecreeper27: Formation

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Formation

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	{{Infobox political party\|name=Socialist Workers Party\|founded=January, 1938\|abbreviation=SWP\|newspaper=''[[The Militant]]''\|political_orientation=[[Trotskyism]]}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=Socialist Workers Party\|founded=January 1938\|abbreviation=SWP\|newspaper=''[[The Militant]]''\|political_orientation=[[Trotskyism]]}}

	The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].		The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].

	== History ==		== History ==
			The CPUSA expelled its Trotskyist faction in 1928, and its leaders, [[James Cannon]] and [[Max Shachtman]], formed the [[Communist League of America]]. The CLA then merged with the [[American Workers Party]] to form the [[Workers Party of the United States]]. The WPUS merged with the [[Socialist Party of America\|Socialist Party]], which expelled the Trotskyists. They founded the Socialist Workers Party in 1938, and Shachtman's faction split in 1940 to form the [[Workers Party (United States)\|Workers Party]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Against Trotskyism: The Socialist Workers Party and the decline of Trotskyism in the United States\|date=2023-06-27\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705081007/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-date=2023-07-05}}</ref>

	During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>		During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>

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	== History ==		== History ==
	During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=~~174~~\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>		During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>

			In 1970, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] caused a split between the SWP and the [[Revolutionary Youth Movement]].<ref name=":0233" /><sup>:189</sup>

	==References==		==References==

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	== History ==		== History ==
	During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war. In 1958, pro-[[Soviet (~~disambiguation~~)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref>{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>		During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=174\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''The Militant'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains Pathfinder Press.		{{Infobox political party\|name=Socialist Workers Party\|founded=January, 1938\|abbreviation=SWP\|newspaper=''[[The Militant]]''\|political_orientation=[[Trotskyism]]}}

			The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].

	== History ==		== History ==
	During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war. In 1958, pro-Soviet followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref>{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>		During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war. In 1958, pro-[[Soviet (disambiguation)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref>{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	[[Category:Statesian communist parties]]		[[Category:Statesian communist parties]]
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	The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''The Militant'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains Pathfinder Press.		The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''The Militant'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains Pathfinder Press.

	==~~External Links~~==		== History ==
	~~''please use these external links to improve this page''~~		During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war. In 1958, pro-Soviet followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref>{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>
	*[[~~wikipedia:Socialist_Workers_Party_(United_States)~~\|~~Wikipedia~~]] ([[~~Wikipedia\|about~~]])
	*[https://~~leftypedia~~.org/~~index.php?search~~=~~socialist%20workers%20party&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=1 Leftypedia] (~~[[~~Leftypedia\|about~~]])		==References==
	*EcuRed (Spanish, English auto translated) ([[~~EcuRed\|about~~]])		[[Category:Statesian communist parties]]

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	The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky]] against [[Soviet leader]] [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].		The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''The Militant'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains Pathfinder Press.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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	{{Infobox political party\|name=Socialist Workers Party\|founded=January 1938\|abbreviation=SWP\|newspaper=''[[The Militant]]''\|political_orientation=[[Trotskyism]]}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=Socialist Workers Party\|founded=January 1938\|abbreviation=SWP\|newspaper=''[[The Militant]]''\|political_orientation=[[Trotskyism]]<br>[[Zionism]]<ref name=":01">{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Against Trotskyism: The Socialist Workers Party and the decline of Trotskyism in the United States\|date=2023-06-27\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705081007/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-date=2023-07-05}}</ref>}}

	The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].		The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].

	== History ==		== History ==
	The CPUSA expelled its Trotskyist faction in 1928, and its leaders, [[James Cannon]] and [[Max Shachtman]], formed the [[Communist League of America]]. The CLA then merged with the [[American Workers Party]] to form the [[Workers Party of the United States]]. The WPUS merged with the [[Socialist Party of America\|Socialist Party]], which expelled the Trotskyists. They founded the Socialist Workers Party in 1938, and Shachtman's faction split in 1940 to form the [[Workers Party (United States)\|Workers Party]].<ref~~>{{Web citation\|author~~=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Against Trotskyism: The Socialist Workers Party and the decline of Trotskyism in the United States\|date=2023-06-27\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-url=https:/~~/web.archive.org/web/20230705081007/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-date=2023-07-05}}</ref~~>		The CPUSA expelled its Trotskyist faction in 1928, and its leaders, [[James Cannon]] and [[Max Shachtman]], formed the [[Communist League of America]]. The CLA then merged with the [[American Workers Party]] to form the [[Workers Party of the United States]]. The WPUS merged with the [[Socialist Party of America\|Socialist Party]], which expelled the Trotskyists. They founded the Socialist Workers Party in 1938, and Shachtman's faction split in 1940 to form the [[Workers Party (United States)\|Workers Party]].<ref name=":01" />

	During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued ~~[[Strike action\|~~labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>		During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued labor strikes while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>

	In 1970, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] caused a split between the SWP and the [[Revolutionary Youth Movement]].<ref name=":0233" /><sup>:189</sup>		In 1970, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] caused a split between the SWP and the [[Revolutionary Youth Movement]].<ref name=":0233" /><sup>:189</sup>

			== Current ideology ==
			The SWP tails behind the most reactionary section of the [[Proletariat\|working class]], defending [[transphobia]] and claiming that schools teach that all white people are [[Racism\|racist]]. It calls the [[BDS]] movement "[[Antisemitism\|anti-Jewish]]."<ref name=":01" />

	==References==		==References==

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	The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].		The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America\|United States]]. Originally a group in the [[Communist Party USA]] that supported [[Leon Trotsky\|Trotsky]] against [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid [[Strike action\|strikes]] and is strongly supportive of [[Cuban Revolution\|Cuba]]. The SWP publishes ''[[The Militant]]'', a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains [[Pathfinder Press]].

	== History ==		== History ==
			The CPUSA expelled its Trotskyist faction in 1928, and its leaders, [[James Cannon]] and [[Max Shachtman]], formed the [[Communist League of America]]. The CLA then merged with the [[American Workers Party]] to form the [[Workers Party of the United States]]. The WPUS merged with the [[Socialist Party of America\|Socialist Party]], which expelled the Trotskyists. They founded the Socialist Workers Party in 1938, and Shachtman's faction split in 1940 to form the [[Workers Party (United States)\|Workers Party]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Against Trotskyism: The Socialist Workers Party and the decline of Trotskyism in the United States\|date=2023-06-27\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705081007/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/6/27/against-trotskyism-socialist-workers-party-and-decline-trotskyism-united-states\|archive-date=2023-07-05}}</ref>

	During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>		During the [[Second World War]], the SWP continued [[Strike action\|labor strikes]] while the CPUSA pledged not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Smith Act]] targeted the SWP for its opposition to the war.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref><sup>:174</sup> In 1958, pro-[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet]] followers of [[Sam Marcy]] split from the SWP to form the [[Workers World Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|date=2018-02-26\|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’\|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/\|archive-date=2022-06-30\|retrieved=2022-12-25\|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>