Socialist Workers Party (United States)
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The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is known as 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 strikes and is strongly supportive of Cuba. The SWP publishes The Militant, a weekly newspaper that dates back to 1928. It also maintains Pathfinder Press.
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See also
- American Left
- COINTELPRO
- History of the socialist movement in the United States
- List of communist parties
- List of political parties in the United States
- Pathfinder Mural
- Socialist Workers Party (disambiguation)
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