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Socialist Workers Organization collection HLL.2019.027
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Contributing Institution:
Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills
Title: Socialist Workers Organization collection
Creator:
Socialist Workers Organization
Identifier/Call Number: HLL.2019.027
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
Physical Description:
3 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1985, 2001-2004, undated
Date (bulk): 2001-2004
Abstract: The collection contains minutes, discussion bulletins, agendas, notes, audiocassettes, subject files, a draft resolution,
and one commercial lease document that reflect the founding and administration of the Socialist Workers Organization (SWO)
from 2001-2004. The SWO is a Trotskyist political organization that was founded by expelled members of Socialist Action in
1999.
Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
The Socialist Workers Organiztion collection, 1985, 2001-2004, undated, comprises bulletins, agendas, minutes, audiocassettes,
and notes from the organization's Founding Convention in 2001. Various files regarding
Socialist Viewpoint magazine are present, as are minutes, correspondence, ballots, and Steering Committee minutes, draft resolution, and related
documents which reflect the activities and statuses of the organization. The collection includes subject files related to
the anti-war movement, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Palestine, among other subjects, in addition to a subject file of documents regarding
the death of Sylvia Weinstein. One commercial lease for the organization's headquarters in San Francisco is also present.
The Socialist Workers Organization (SWO) is a political organization that was formed by expelled members of Socialist Action
in 1999. The goal of the organization is to build a revolutionary Marxist political party for the working class in the tradition
of the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party under James P. Cannon, and Socialist Action from 1984-1999. The SWO is affiliated
with
Socialist Viewpoint magazine.
Reference
"Who We Are."
Socialist Viewpoint. http://www.socialistviewpoint.org/who_we_are.html
Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace in October 2020.
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The Socialist Workers Organization collection was donated to the Holt Labor Library in San Francisco between 2004 and 2019,
and was acquired by the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2019.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
The collection is arranged alphabetically in one series.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Trotskyism -- United States
Marxism -- United States