Socialist Labor Party of America

The Socialist Labor Party of America (SLP) is the oldest socialist political party in the United States and the second oldest socialist party in the world.

Origins

The party was founded in Newark, New Jersey, in 1876 as the Workingmen's Party of America. Renamed in 1877, the SLP was a confederation of small Marxist parties from throughout the United States, becoming the first nationwide Socialist party. The SLP is the second oldest of the so-called "third parties" (the Prohibition Party being the oldest).

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Newark, New Jersey - 1876 - 1877 - Prohibition Party

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In 1881 a radical anarchist-oriented section left the party and formed the Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party. RSLP was at one point larger than SLP.

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1881 - Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party

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In 1890, the SLP came under the leadership of Daniel De Leon, a lawyer who lectured at Columbia Law School until he quit to devote himself full time to the SLP. Since then, the SLP has adhered to the form of Marxism known as DeLeonism. De Leon was famously approvingly referred to by Lenin.

Related Topics:
Daniel De Leon - Columbia Law School - Marxism - DeLeonism

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