Content Description
Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
Custodial History
Conditions Governing Access
Arrangement
Conditions Governing Use
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills
Title: International Socialists collection
Identifier/Call Number: HLL.2019.023
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
.42 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1972-1975
Abstract: The collection contains bulletins and reports by International Socialists, a third camp Trotskyist organization in the United
States.
Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
Content Description
The collection contains reports and bulletins published by International Socialists.
Biographical / Historical
International Socialists was established when fragments of the splintered Students for a Democratic Society joined the Independent
Socialist Clubs of America (ISCA), thereby renaming the organization International Socialists. The ISCA was an amalgamation
of various clubs from around the United States which emulated the Berkeley International Socialist Club (ISC), a student organiztion
involved with black liberation, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women's and gay liberation, union organizing, the Peace
and Freedom Party, and the Black Panther Party. International Socialists' newspaper,
Workers' Power, highlighted rank-and-file organizing and civil rights activism, among other topics.
Bibliography:
Geier, J. Workers Power and Independent Socialist and International Socialists.
Encyclopedia of Trotskyists Online: Trotskyist periodicals. Retrieved from https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/workerspower/index.htm
Preferred Citation
Custodial History
The International Socialists collection was donated to the Holt Labor Library in San Francisco, California between 1992 and
2019, and was acquired by the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2019.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Arrangement
The collection is alphabetically arranged in one series.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Processing Information
Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in September 2020.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Trotskyism -- United States
International Socialists (U.S.) (1969-1986)