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Other Organizations
These represent Marxist and socialist organizations whose life spans are shorter than the main listing of American Marxist organizations or, have a very limited number of publications and/or documentation of their existance. Often these organizations were created by the main Marxist groups around specific campaigns and don't represent actual Marxist parties.
International Bodies
The First International —(1864-1876)
The Second International
—(1889-1923)
Soviet Government Groups
Russian Soviet Government Bureau—(1919-1921)
Independent American Political Groups
Listed chronologically by date of origin.
Socialist Propaganda League of America —(1915-1919)
National Party —(1917-1919?)
Farmer-Labor Party—FLP / FFLP —(1918-1924)
African Blood Brotherhood—ABB—(1919-192?)
Proletarian Party of America— PPA—(1920-1930+)
Workers' Council of the United States — (1921)
Conference for Progressive Political Action—CPPA—(1922-1925)
Communist League of America (Opposition)—CLA—(1929-1934)
The Lovestone Organization —CP(MG) / CPUSA(o) / ICLL / ILLA—(1929-1940)
Communist League of Struggle—CLS—(1931-1937)
Social Democratic Federation—SDF—(1936-1946+)
American Socialist-Sponsored Groups
Youth
Young People’s Socialist League (1907-1946)
American Communist-Sponsored Groups
CIVIL LIBERTIES
National Council for Protection of Foreign Born Workers— (1923-19??)
LEGAL DEFENSE
Early Legal Defense groups
National Defense Committee
(NDC)—(1921-1923)
Labor Defense Council
(LDC)—(1922-192?)
SOVIET RECOGNITION, AID, AND TRADE
American Labor Alliance for Trade Relations with Russia (ALA)—(1921)
Friends of Soviet Russia (FSR)—(1921-1930)
TRADE UNION
Trade Union Educational League (TUEL)—(1921-1929)
Related Non-Party Organizations
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Russian-American Industrial Corp. (RAIC)—(1922-19??)