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Socialist Workers Party Correspondence Collection
SPC.2022.001
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Contributing Institution:
Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills
Title: Socialist Workers Party Correspondence Collection
Creator:
Camejo, Peter
Creator:
Lippmann, Walter
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2022.001
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
.21 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): August 21, 1937; September 15, 1971-August 18, 1989
Abstract: This collection includes correspondence from former Socialist Workers Party members, Pedro Camejo and Walter Lippmann. Also
included are materials related to the Third Emergency National Conference (ENC), the Fit Conference, 1981 city elections,
and other Socialist Workers Party related material.
Language of Material:
English
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection is a Gerth Archives and Special Collections library aquisition (2022).
This collection is arranged in two series. Series I: Pedro Camejo contains letters and other documents related to Pedro Camejo.
Series II : Walter Lippmann contains letters and documents related to Walter Lippmann, the Third Emergency Conference, and
material related to the Socialist Workers Party.
This collection was processed in October 2022 by Jennifer Hill.
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This collection is related to other Holt Labor Library collections, including the
Socialist Workers Party collection.
The Socialist Workers Party Correspondence Collection (August 21, 1937; September 15, 1971-August 18, 1989) includes 0.21
linear feet of correspondence from former Socialist Workers Party members, Pedro Camejo and Walter Lippmann. Also included
are materials related to the Third Emergency National Conference (ENC), the Fit Conference, 1981 city elections, and other
Socialist Workers Party related documents.
The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a political organization founded by James P. Cannon in 1938.
Pedro (Peter) Camejo (1939-2008) joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1967. After returning from Venezuela in the early 1980s, Camejo was expelled
from the party after patitioning to rejoin. He went on to found the North Star Network (NSN) in 1983, which later disbanned.
Camejo went on to run in the state gubernatorial election in California for the California Green Party in 2002 and 2006.
Walter Lippmann joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1967. After being an active member of the organization, in 1983 the Los Angeles branch
charged him with the act of indiscipline. He was later expelled from the party.
Bibliography for the historical note.
"III The Purge Begins." Encyclopedia of Trotskyism Online, https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/fit/rpiiipurge.htm#section6.
"Peter 'Pedro' Miguel Camejo (1939–2008)." Bridget St Ruth: Obituary - Peter "Pedro" Miguel Camejo (1939-2008), https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/revhist/backiss/vol10/no1/struth.html
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Trotskyism -- 20th century
Trotskyism -- United States
Socialism -- United States
Socialist Workers Party