User:SocDoneLeft/List of leftist organizations in the United States

The following is a list of political organizations in the United States which support left-wing politics: social democracy, socialism, communism, or anarchism.

The list below focuses on creation, splits, merges, and ends of various leftist organizations. This page hopes to outline the extremely messy organizational history of leftism and socialism in the United States. This page also hopes to help readers see that the US history of leftism and history of socialism has deep roots that stretch back to 1848 and earlier.

Groups included

This page focuses on mass organizations: Leftist orgs which have a mass dues-paying membership, which claimed to have one, or which planned to build one. Many are organized as political parties. Many reject electoral politics altogether. This criterion excludes most organizations focused on publishing media, small collectives with no focus on growth, terrorism, and clandestine cells. Some major paramilitary organizations are included, if they hoped to use propaganda of the deed to achieve socialist revolution or emerged from mass organizations (such as the Weathermen).

This page focus on overtly leftist organizations: Organizations which are capitalism-critical or anti-capitalist. Some progressive capitalist organizations are included, because they have a substantial leftist membership or were critical to the formation of a leftist group. Some major labor federations are included, despite few labor federations explicitly adopting anti-capitalist rhetoric, because labor federation competition is often intertwined with competition between leftist organizations.

Eras

The "eras" below describe major movements of socialists or which substantially affected the nature of socialist organizing in the United States.

• Utopian socialisms (mostly before 1900):
  • Owenism (mostly 1820s): Inspired by Robert Owen, emphasized worker cooperatives and moral economy
  • Fourierism or associationism (mostly 1840s and 1850s): Inspired by Charles Fourier and Albert Brisbane, emphasized communal living in a profit sharing phalanstère
  • Icarianism (mostly 1840s to 1890s): Inspired by Étienne Cabet and The Voyage to Icaria, emphasized communal living
  • Bellamyism or Nationalist Clubs (mostly 1880s to 1890s): Inspired by Edward Bellamy and Looking Backward: 2000–1887, emphasized public ownership of industry
• Before World War 1 (before 1917):
  • Anarchism (mostly 1860s to 1920s): Emphasized propaganda of the deed and syndicalism
  • Marxism (mostly 1870s to present): Inspired by Karl Marx, emphasized collective ownership of the means of production (against Proudhon's mutualism) and revolutionary socialism
  • Lassallism (mostly 1870s to 1890s): Inspired by Ferdinand Lassalle, emphasized winning elections through a socialist party as key to winning socialism
• First-wave feminism (until ~1920s): Emphasized women's suffrage, women's property rights, and women's legal equality
• After Bolshevik revolution (1917 to 1945):
  • Social democracy (mostly 1920s to 1960s): Emphasized reform to socialism, usually through independent socialist parties
  • Leninism (mostly 1920s to 1980s): Inspired by Vladimir Lenin, emphasized professional revolutionaries in vanguard party structured through democratic centralism
  • Marxism–Leninism (Stalinism, mostly 1930s to 1980s): Inspired by Joseph Stalin, emphasized authoritarian elements of democratic centralism and (variously) opposing social fascism (until 1933) or supporting popular front (after 1933) or supporting Actually Existing Socialism (after 1945)
  • Trotskyism (mostly 1930s to 1980s): Inspired by Leon Trotsky, criticized Soviet Union and People's Republic of China as deformed or degenerated workers' states (earlier), or as bureaucratic collectivist or state capitalist (later)
• After World War 2 (1945 to 1990):
  • Anti-revisionism (including Hoxhaism, 1950s to present): Upheld Stalinism against Khrushchev's reforms
  • Environmental movement (mostly 1960s to present): Inspired by Silent Spring, emphasized ecology and anti-nuclear
  • Maoism (mostly 1960s to 1990s): Inspired by Mao Zedong, emphasizes anti-imperialism, mass line, and people's war to revolutionary socialism
  • New Left (mostly 1960s to 1970s): Emphasized anti-racism, anti-sexism
  • Black power movement (mostly 1960s to 1980s): Emphasized anti-racism, black liberation, and black nationalism
  • Second-wave feminism (mostly 1960s to 1980s): Emphasized broad sexual equality, early intersectionality, and early women's liberation
  • New Communist movement (mostly 1970s to 1980s): Mixture of New Left with Marxism-Leninism and Maoism
  • Anarchism and libertarian socialism (mostly 1960s to present): Inspired by Murray Bookchin, David Graeber, and Noam Chomsky; emphasizes social ecology or deep ecology, communalism or Syndicalism, and community organizing or prefigurative politics
  • Democratic socialism (mostly 1970s to present): Inspired by Michael Harrington and Bernie Sanders, emphasized socialist reformism and inside-outside strategy as key
• After Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991 to present):
  • Climate movement (mostly 1990s to present): Emphasizes larger greenhouse gas emission reductions and faster decarbonization
  • Anti-globalization movement (mostly 1990s to present): Emphasizes opposition to economic globalization and multinational corporations
  • Third-wave feminism and fourth-wave feminism (mostly 1990s to present): Emphasizes broad sex positivity, strong intersectionality, and transgender rights
  • Millennial socialism: Emphasizes a rejection of older socialisms (especially authoritarian socialisms dominant from 1920 to 1990) for a variety of new, competitor socialisms
  • Multipolarity (mostly 1990s to present): Emphasizes importance of competitor hegemons against United States; negatively described as campism

List

Name	Started	Ended	History: Start, splits, merges, end
Extinction Rebellion (XR)	2018	Active	Ideology: Climate movement, civil disobedience, social democracy (minority), anti-capitalism (minority) 2016: United Kingdom environmental movement members interested in civil disobedience create Rising Up! (RU!) 2018: RU! members create Extinction Rebellion (XR) 2019: XR creates Extinction Rebellion Youth (XRY) 2021: current and former XR members create Insulate Britain 2022: current and former XR members create Just Stop Oil (JSO)
Independent Socialist Group (ISG)	2019	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism 1974: Committee for a Workers' International (CWI or CWI-74) created in United Kingdom 2018: in CWI, two factions form: In Defence of a Working Class and Trotskyist CWI (IDWCTCWI) and CWI Majority 2019: IDWCTCWI faction won control of CWI-74; CWI Majority splits from CWI-74 and retains majority of CWI-74 country affiliates, including SAlt; IDWCTCWI "refounded" CWI as Committee for a Workers' International (CWI, Refounded CWI, or CWI-19) 2019: minority of Socialist Alternative (SAlt) members who supported IDWCTCWI/CWI-19 leave and create Independent Socialist Group (ISG)
Black Hammer Party (BHP) 75px	2019	Active	Ideology: nominally Black liberation (2019), then revolutionary Black separatism and far-right politics; allegedly a cult 2019: ex-members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) created Black Hammer Organization (BHO) 2020: Gazi Kodzo emerged as leader of BHP; alleged to be a cult leader or charismatic authority 2021: in May, BHP announced purchase of 200 acres of land to create all-POC town called Hammer City; later in May, all BHP members removed by police after BHP failed to actually purchase said land 2021: BHP announced "alliance" with fascist paramilitary Proud Boys (PB) 2021: Kodzo founds Unity Church International (UCI) 2022: BHP headquarters raided by SWAT, which find the body of an 18-year-old dead from suicide
Socialist Rifle Association (SRA) 75px	2018	Active	Ideology: Multi-tendency socialism and mutual aid Peak membership: 10,000 (2020) 2013: Socialist Rifle Association (SRA) started as semi-joke Facebook page 2018: SRA restructured into organization with dues-paying members
Black Socialists in America (BSA) 75px	2018	Active	Ideology: Democratic socialism, libertarian socialism, African-American socialism 2018: Black Socialists in America (BSA) created
Sunrise Movement (SM) 75px	2017	Active	Ideology: Environmentalism (majority) and ecosocialism (minority) 2015: veterans of Momentum Community (Momentum) create Sunrise Movement (SM) 2017: SM restructured into an organization 2018: SM members sat-in Nancy Pelosi's office to demand a Green New Deal
Justice Democrats (JD) 75px	2017	Active	Ideology: Social democracy and democratic socialism 2017: created by The Young Turks members
Our Revolution (OR) 75px	2016	Active	Ideology: Democratic socialism and social democracy 2016: created by veterans of Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign
Brand New Congress (BNC) 75px	2016	2023	Ideology: Democratic socialism and social democracy 2016: created by veterans of Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign 2023: ceased operations
Colorado Springs Socialists (CSS) 75px	2016	2020	Ideology: multi-tendency socialism 2016: created 2020: dissolved into Communist Caucus (CC) of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Working Class Party (WCP) 75px	2016	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism 2011: The Spark begins campaign to organize a Working Class Party (WCP) in Michigan and Maryland 2016: WCP created
Red Guards (RG)	2015	2019	Ideology: Maoism 2015: RG Austin chapter founded 2018: RG Austin members attack an event of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) in Austin 2018: RG Austin dissolves 2019: RG Kansas City members attack an event of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in Kansas City 2019: all other RG chapters dissolve 2019: some members claim to have founded the Committee to Reconstitute the Communist Party of the United States of America (CR-CPUSA or CRCPUSA)
People's Climate Movement (PCM) 75px	2014	2020	Ideology: Climate movement, Progressive, anti-capitalism (minority) 2014: created 2014: organized 2014 People's Climate March 2017: organized 2017 People's Climate March 2020: ceased activity during COVID-19
Huey P. Newton Gun Club (HPNGC) 75px	2014	Active	Ideology: Anti-capitalism, open carry, and Black nationalism 2014: Huey P. Newton Gun Club (HPNGC) created
Black Rose Anarchist Federation (BRAF)	2000	Active	Ideology: Anarcho-communism, platformism 2000: anarchists in New England, Ontario, and Quebec created Northeastern Federation of Anarchists Communists (NEFAC) or Fédération des communistes libertaires du Nord-Est (NEFAC) 2008: Quebec section of NEFAC split to create L'Union communiste libertaire (UCL) or Libertarian Communist Union (LCU); not to be confused with Union communiste libertaire (UCL) or Libertarian Communist Union (LCU) in France 2011: Ontario and New England sections of NEFAC reorganized as Common Struggle Libertarian Communist Federation (CSLCF), usually called Common Struggle (CS) 2014: UCL dissolved 2014: NEFAC-CSLCF website stopped publishing 2014: anarchist organizations, primarily Common Struggle, merged to create Black Rose Anarchist Federation (BRRN) or Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra (BRRN), commonly called Black Rose-Rosa Negra (BRRN)
Democracy at Work (DAW)	2012	Active	Ideology: Market socialism, worker cooperative movement 2012: Democracy at Work (DAW or D@W) created by Richard D. Wolff and United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC)
Communist Party of Puerto Rico (PCPR) 75px	2010	Active	Ideology: Communism and Puerto Rican independence 1991: Puerto Rican Communist Party (Partido Comunista Puertorriqueño, PCP) dissolved, former members created Communist Refoundation (Refundación Comunista, RF) 2010: former PCP members in RF create Communist Party of Puerto Rico (Partido Comunista de Puerto Rico, PCPR)
Bash Back! (BB!)	2007	2011	Ideology: Insurrectionary anarchism 2007: Bash Back! (BB!) emerged from scattered insurrectionary anarchists 2011: BB! dissolved after internal dissent 2023: anarchists inspired by BB! held a convergence but did not form an organization
Oregon Progressive Party (OPP) 75px	2007	Active	Ideology: Democratic socialism, social democracy, progressivism 2007: Oregon Peace Party (OPP) created 2009: OPP renamed to Oregon Progressive Party
Rose City Antifa (RCA)	2007	Active	Ideology: Anti-fascism, Anti-racism, Anarchism 2007: Ad-Hoc Coalition Against Racism and Fascism (CARF) created by members of Anti-Racist Action (ARA) to oppose music festival of White Aryan Resistance (WAR) in Portland, Oregon 2007: CARF reorganized as RCA 2007: RCA was first US group to use moniker "antifa" 2013: ARA reorganized as Torch Network (Torch) 2016: RCA joined Torch
United States Pirate Party	2006	Active	Ideology: Pirate movement (non-socialist leftism), Direct democracy 2006: USPP created by university students 2012: USPP created Pirate National Committee (PNC) 2022: USPP joined Pirate Parties International (PPI)
New Students for a Democratic Society (New SDS or SDS of 2006)	2006	Active	Ideology: Multi-tendency socialism and leftism 2006: New Students for a Democratic Society (SDS of 2006) created as an anti-war student activist organization in response to the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, inspired by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), with leadership from Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS, a group of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members) and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) 2010s: leadership of new SDS becomes dominated by FRSO
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)	2006	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism (SEP youth wing) 2006: created as International Students for Social Equality, (ISSE) the youth wing of Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) 2012: renamed as International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)
New Afrikan Black Panther Party (NABPP) 75px	2005	Active	Ideology: Black nationalism, Maoism 2005: New Afrikan Black Panther Party (NABPP) created; inspired by but no organizational ties to Black Panther Party (BPP) 2020: minority split behind Kevin "Rashid" Johnson to create Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party (RIBPP)
Bayan USA (Bayan) 75px	2005	Active	Ideology: National Democracy (Philippines), from Maoism 1985: in Philippines, left-wing anti-Marcos activists create Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, lit. 'New Patriotic Alliance' (Bayan, lit. 'Nation') 2001: Bayan affiliated with International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) 2005: Bayan USA created as US affiliate of Bayan
John Brown Gun Clubs (JBGCs) 75px	2004	Active	Ideology: Libertarian socialism, open carry, and mutual aid 2004: first John Brown Gun Club (JBGC) created, with inspiration from Young Patriots Organization (YPO) 2005/2006: JBGCs became inactive 2009: JBGCs created as response to Tea Party movement with focus on Poor Whites 2016: Redneck Revolt (RR or RnR) created as national network of JBGCs 2019: RR collapsed as most JBGCs left network over sexual abuse allegations
Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)	2004	Active	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism Election results: Party for Socialism and Liberation#Election results 2001: after September 11 attacks, members closely affiliated with future PSL create A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition 2004: PSL created as split from Workers World Party (WWP) 2019: PSL joined International Peoples' Assembly (IPA)
Anarchist People of Color (APOC)	2003	2010	Ideology: Anarchism, anti-racism 2003: APOC organized by BIPOC anarchists around country; 2003 convention initially called by Black Autonomy Network of Community Organizers (BANCO), but BANCO would later boycott event 2005: after Hurricane Katrina derailed 2005 convention in New Orleans, organization fell apart 2008: APOC remnants attempted to reorganize APOC 2010: APOC website stopped publishing
Washington Progressive Party (WAPP) 75px	2002	2023	Ideology: Democratic socialism, social democracy, progressivism 2002: WAPP created 2023: WAPP website ceased publication
Federation of Revolutionary Anarchist Collectives (FRAC)	2001	2006	Ideology: Anarcho-communism 2001: some former LRRAF members associated with Anti-Racist Action create Federation of Revolutionary Anarchist Collectives (FRAC) Great Lakes (FRAC-GL) 2004: FRAC included BRICK in Chicago, IL, Burning River Revolutionary Anarchist Collective (BRRAC) in Cleveland, OH, Nightvision in Lansing, MI, and NorthStar Anarchist Collective (NSAC) in Minneapolis, MN 2005: FRAC disbanded; BRRAC and NSAC survived
North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists (NEFAC)	1999	2014	Ideology: Anarcho-communism 2000: after 1999 Seattle WTO protests, anarchists in northeast North America create North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists (NEFAC), also titled Fédération des Communistes Libertaires du Nord-Est (FCLNE); many members come from dissolved Love and Rage Network (LRN) and Atlantic Anarchist Circle (AAC) XXX: renamed Common Struggle Libertarian Communist Federation (CSLCF), or Lucha Común Federación Comunista Libertaria (LCFCL) 2014: CSLCF merged with "other anarchist organizations" and created Black Rose Anarchist Federation (BRAF)
International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) 75px	1999	Active	Ideology: Maoism, operates through numerous front groups 2001: Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) [Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP)] leader creates International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) 2005: Bayan USA created (US affiliate of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan [Bayan], which affiliated with ILPS in 2001) PCFS: 2018: ILPS creates People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) 2021: PCFS created Global People’s Caravan (GPC) APRN: 1997: ILPS created Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN) 2020: APRN created International People's Research Network (IPRN) IPF: 2019: ILPS created International Solidarity (IS) as umbrella organization for other organizations 2022: IS renamed to International Coordination Network (ICN) 2022: ICN renamed to International People's Front (IPF) PRCJ: 2021: ILPS created Southern People’s Action on COP26 (SPAC26) 2022: SPAC26 renamed to People Rising for Climate Justice (PRCJ) RUSWM: 2017: ILPS created Solidarity Fight Back (SFB) 2018: SFB renamed to Resist US-led War Movement (RUSWM): 2008: ILPS created International Migrants Alliance (IMA) 2011: ILPS created Workers International Struggles Initiatives (WORKINS) 2011: ILPS created International Women's Alliance (IWA) 2016: ILPS created People Over Profit (POP) 2018: ILPS created Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self Determination & Liberation (IPMSDL)
Left Turn (LT) 75px	1999	2011	Ideology: Trotskyism 1999: LT (organization and magazine) created by New York City members of International Socialist Organization (ISO) after 1999 Seattle WTO protests 2001: International Socialist Tendency (IST or "Cliffites") expels ISO 2001: ISO expels LT 2001: LT re-affiliates with IST 2003: LT leaves IST 2011: LT ceased publication
Critical Resistance (CR)	1998	Active	Ideology: Prison abolition, anti-capitalism 1998: created by prison abolitionist activists, including Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) member Angela Davis 2012: shifted from convention-based model to donor-based model
Left Voice (LV)	1998	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism and Morenoism 1998: led by the Socialist Workers' Party of Argentina (Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas [PTS]), the Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International (TF-FI) split from International Workers League – Fourth International (IWL-FI) 1998: TF-FI creates Left Voice (LV) as US affiliate 2022: LV created Bread and Roses (B&R), named after Pan y Rosas (Bread and Roses), the women's wing of the PTS
Black Radical Congress (BRC) 75px	1998	2015	Ideology: Racial equality, Economic justice, African-American socialism 1998: BRC created, with many founding members from socialist organizations: Communist Party USA (CPUSA) had 4, International Socialist Organization (ISO) had 3, League of Revolutionaries for a New America (LRNA) had 2, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) had 2; other members included Jamala Rogers from the Organization for Black Struggle (OBS) and Cornel West (member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)) 2003: BRC faded away 2008: BRC members held 10th anniversary meeting but failed to restart organization 2015: BRC website stopped updating
Working Families Party (WFP)	1998	Active	Ideology: Social democracy and democratic socialism 1980s: the Liberal Party of New York (LPNY) began to frequently endorse Republican and conservative candidates 1998: Working Families Party (WFP) created by coalition of unions, community organizations, New Party members, and advocacy groups including Citizen Action and Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) 2018: WFP endorsees Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley won US Congress seats 2019: the WFP endorsed Elizabeth Warren over Bernie Sanders, possibly due to the WFP's 50/50 weighting of staff and member votes 2020: WFP endorsee Jamaal Bowman won US Congress seat 2019: the WFP began holding Response to the State of the Union address 2022: WFP endorsee Delia Ramirez won US Congress seat
Fire By Night Organizing Committee (FBNOC)	1998	1999	Ideology: Maoism, Anarchism 1998: former Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation (LRRAF) members favorable to Maoism create Fire By Night Organizing Committee (FBNOC) 1999: FBNOC dissolved 1999: some former FBNOC members joined Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO)
Bring the Ruckus (BTR)	1997	2012	Ideology: Anarchism, anti-racism 1997: Pheonix, AZ anarchists create BTR 1999: former Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation (LRRAF) members joined BTR 2012: BTR dissolved
Atlantic Anarchist Circle (AAC)	1997	1999	Ideology: Anarchism, anti-globalization 1997: ACC created 1999: ACC dissolved 2000: many former ACC members join North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists (NEFAC)
Anti-Capitalist Convergences (ACCs)	1996	2004	Ideology: Anarchism, direct action, anti-globalization TODO XXX review these dates late 1990s: ACCs spring up in cities around US, usually to organize anti-globalization protests 2000: anarchists in Washington, DC create local ACC before A16 protests 2001: in Quebec, Convergence des Luttes Anti-Capitalistes (CLAC) is formed; CLAC was most successful and durable ACC 2000s: nearly all still-extant ACCs dissolve
Labor Party (LP of 1996)	1996	2007	Ideology: Social democracy (majority), democratic socialism (minority) 1989: Socialist Alternative (SAlt) creates Campaign for a Labor Party (CLP) 1989: Tony Mazzochi creates Labor Party Advocates (LPA) 1990: CLP dissolves into LPA 1996: Labor Party (LP of 1996) officially created 2000: SAlt competes for leadership of New York chapter of LP of 1996 in United Action slate, against centrist New Directions slate; alleges fraud 2002: NYC chapter of LP of 1996 shut down 2002: LP of 1996 founder Tony Mazzochi dies, party collapses 2007: LP of 1996 becomes completely defunct outside of South Carolina Workers Party (SCWP)
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)	1996	Active	Ideology: Palestinian liberation, anti-Zionism, Jewish left, anti-capitalism (minor focus) 1996: JVP created as volunteer group 2002: JVP reorganized with aims of mass membership
Green Party of the United States (Greens or GPUS)	1996	Active	Ideology: social democracy (majority), democratic socialism and ecosocialism (minority) Elected officials: List of Green politicians who have held office in the United States History: History of the Green Party of the United States 1984: Green movement leaders create Green Committees of Correspondence (GCoC) 1991: realo members of the GCoC created the Green Party Organizing Committee (GPOC) 1991: fundi members of GCoC, especially the Left Green Network (LGN), took control of GCoC and restructured it into Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) 1992: GPOC dissolved; former GPOC members create Green Politics Network (GPN) 1996: GPN hosts Third Parties National Conference for 3rd-party presidential candidates 1996: GPN helps run Ralph Nader 1996 presidential campaign 1996: GPN restructures as Association of State Green Parties (ASGP), which also includes some realo members of the G/GPUSA 2000: ASGP attempted to merge with Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) under Feinstein/Hawkins Proposal, which G/GPUSA did not adopt 2001: ASGP attempted to merge with G/GPUSA under Boston Agreement; majority faction of G/GPUSA voted for, but failed to obtain 2/3 supermajority; many G/GPUSA members left G/GPUSA for ASGP 2001: ASGP renamed and reorganized as Green Party of the United States (Greens or GPUS)
South Carolina Workers' Party (SCWP)	1996	Active	Ideology: Social democracy and democratic socialism 1991: Tony Mazzocchi, influential labor organizer, begins to organize toward a labor party 1996: a coalition of dozens of unions created as Labor Party (LP) in association with a dozen national unions, in attempt to make a national labor party 2002: Mazzocchi dies 2007: suspended active operations 2023: renamed to South Carolina Workers Party (SCWP)
CrimethInc. ex-Workers Collective (CWC)	1996	Active	Ideology: Anarchism 1996: created as a collective 2002: affiliated with Curious George Brigade (CGB)
Black Riders Liberation Party (BRLP)	1996	Active	Ideology: Revolutionary socialism and Black nationalism 1996: created 2020: designated as hate group by Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF) 75px	1995	Active	Ideology: anarchist collective network for support of political prisoner and prisoners of war (PP/POW) 1907: first US Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) chapter created in New York City in 1907 1917: ABC in NYC dissolved as members left for Soviet Union 1937: all ABC members in the Soviet Union had "disappeared" during the Great Purge 1968: an international of ABC's was reorganized 1995: Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF) was created by merger of several ABC chapters 1996: the Anarchist Black Cross Confederation (ABCC) split from the ABCF 1998: ABCC dissolved 2001: the Anarchist Black Cross Network (ABCN) run by the Break the Chains Collective (BCC) split from ABCF 2003: Break the Chains Conference helped ABCF and ABCN to coordinate 2007: ABNC/BCC ceased publication
New Panther Vanguard Movement (NPVM)	1994	2002	Ideology: Black nationalism, Intercommunalism 1994: created as New African American Vanguard Movement (NAAVM) with former Black Panther Party members as leadership 1997: renamed as New Panther Vanguard Movement (NPVM) 2002: dissolved
Black Autonomy Federation (BAF)	1994	Active	Ideology: Anarchism, Black anarchism 1994: Atlanta, GA anarchists create Let's Organize the 'Hood – Black Autonomy Federation (BAF)
Revolutionary Black Panther Party (RBPP) 75px	1992	Active	Ideology: Black nationalism, Marxism-Leninism 1992: created, with very weak link to Black Panther Party (BPP) 2017: categorized as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for anti-gay bigotry
New Party (NP of 1992) 75px	1992	1998	Ideology: Progressivism, social democracy, democratic socialism 1992: New Party (NP of 1992) created to run fusion candidates 1996: endorsed Barack Obama's Illinois Senate run 1997: NP of 1992 lost Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party, which they had hoped to use to expand electoral fusion across the US 1998: NP of 1992 dissolved; members left for Progressive Dane and Working Families Party (WFP)
Revolutionary Communists of America (RCA)	1992	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism 1974: Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) created in United Kingdom 1992: CWI expelled minority faction, who became International Marxist Tendency (IMT) 2002: IMT members in the US create Workers' International League (WIL) and Socialist Appeal newspaper 2017: Socialist Appeal renamed to Socialist Revolution (SR), the name by which the group was known 2020: SR members began entryism into Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapters 2024: WIL renamed to Revolutionary Communists of America (RCA)
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) 75px	1991	Active	Ideology: Multi-tendency democratic socialism 1991: created as demsoc faction in Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA)	1991	2019	Ideology: social democracy (majority), democratic socialism and ecosocialism (minority) 1984: Green movement leaders create Green Committees of Correspondence (GCoC) 1991: fundi members of GCoC, especially the Left Green Network (LGN), took control of GCoC and restructured it into Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) 1996: some realo G/GPUSA members split to join Association of State Green Parties (ASGP) 2000: Association of State Green Parties (ASGP) attempted to merge with Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) under Feinstein/Hawkins Proposal, which G/GPUSA did not adopt 2001: ASGP attempted to merge with G/GPUSA under Boston Agreement; majority faction of G/GPUSA voted for, but failed to obtain 2/3 supermajority; many G/GPUSA members left G/GPUSA for ASGP 2001: G/GPUSA was allowed to merge with ASGP, but would have had to drop "Party" from name, becoming Greens USA (GUSA) 2019: G/GPUSA dissolved
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)	1993	Active	Ideology: Palestinian liberation, anti-Zionism, intersectionality, anti-capitalism (minor focus) 1993: students at UC Berkley create local Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization 1999: SJP becomes inactive 2000: during Second Intifada / Al-Aqsa Intifada, SJP reactivates 2002: SJP holds first Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) 2018-19: NYC SJP chapter splits (?) and follows Nerdeen Kiswani to create Within Our Lifetime (WOL) 2024: helped organize several university encampments and protests, including Columbia encampment note: funding organized through Westchester People’s Action Committee (WESPAC)
Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation (LRRAF)	1990	1998	Ideology: Anarchism, platformism 1986-88: annual anarchist convergences spur interest in national anarchist organization 1989: Revolutionary Socialist League (RSL) dissolved 1989: anarchists and former members of RSL create Love and Rage newspaper 1991: membership around Love and Rage reorganized into more formal Love and Rage Network (LRN) 1993: LRN reorganized into more formal membership-based organization Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation (LRRAF) 1998: LRRAF split and dissolved 1998: some former LRRAF members favorable to Maoism create Fire By Night Organizing Committee (FBNOC) 1999: some former LRRAF members, especially those from RSL, joined North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists (NEFAC) 1999: some former LRRAF members joined Bring the Ruckus collective 2001: some former LRRAF members associated with Anti-Racist Action create Federation of Revolutionary Anarchist Collectives (FRAC)
Socialist Front (FS)	1990	2012	Ideology: multi-tendency Communism and Puerto Rican independence 1990: PRTP co-founded the Socialist Front (Frente Socialista, FS) coalition co-founded by Workers' Socialist Movement (Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores, MST), Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers' Party-Macheteros Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Puertorriqueños-Macheteros, PRTP), and the Political Education Workshop (Taller de Formacion Politica, TFP) 2001: Communist Refoundation (Refundación Comunista, RF) joined FS 2005: MST left FS 2008: TFP left FS 2008: PRTP left FS 2012: FS ceased publication and website closed
Profane Existence (PE)	1989	Active	Ideology: Anarchism, anarcho-punk 1989: Minneapolis anarchists create Profane Existence (PE) 1998: PE dissolves 2000: PE reforms
New Black Panther Party (NBPP)	1989	Active	Ideology: Black separatism, anti-capitalism, anti-Jewish bigotry, anti-white bigotry 1989: created with very weak link to Black Panther Party (BPP); repeatedly condemned by Huey P. Newton Foundation and former BPP members, including Bobby Seale 1996: NBPP taken over by Khalid Abdul Muhammad and other former Nation of Islam (NOI) members 2006: NBPP protested Duke University during Duke lacrosse case 2006: NBPP served as security for Cynthia McKinney, who would later adopt strong anti-Jewish views 2008: one NBPP member was charged in New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case 2012: NBPP placed $10,000 bounty for citizen's arrest of George Zimmerman 2013: NBPP split into two factions over succession crisis; faction loyal to Muhammad's successor Hashim Nzinga took new name New Black Panther Party for Self Defence (NBPP SD) and website newblackpanther.com; anti-Nzinga faction elected new leadership, chaired by Krystal Muhammad, and retained NBPP name; NBPP would mostly fade from relevance 2010s: NBPP and Black Riders Liberation Party (BRLP) share substantial leadership overlap 2015: NBPP SD members attack former original BPP member Dhoruba bin Wahad for criticizing NBPP SD 2016: former NBPP SD member perpetrated 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
Left Green Network (LGN)	1988	1993	Ideology: Ecosocialism 1988: created by fundi members of the Green Committees of Correspondence (GCoC) 1991: fundi members of GCoC, especially the Left Green Network (LGN), took control of GCoC and restructured it into Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) 1993: faded away
Anti-Racist Action (ARA) Network	1987	2022	Ideology: Multi-tendency anti-fascist collective network, mostly anarchist 1989: first ARA created in Chicago, with overlap in Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP) members 1994: first ARA annual conference organized to announce Midwest Anti-Fascist Network (MAFNET) 2005: members of ARA and the International Socialist Organization (ISO) fought the National Socialist Movement (NSM) in the 2005 Toledo riot 2007: ARA members in Portland, Oregon created the Rose City Antifa (RCA) chapter 2010s: ARA began to fizzle 2012: ARA held final national conference 2013: ARA announced its national form would be the Torch Network (TORCH) 2014: ARA website ceased publication 2018: TORCH held final national conference 2022: TORCH website ceased publication
Solidarity	1986	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism 1986: created as merger of splits from International Socialists (IS), Workers Power, and Socialist Unity
Socialist Alternative (SAlt) 75px	1986	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism Election results: List of Socialist Alternative election results Peak membership: 1,000 (2020) 1974: Committee for a Workers' International (CWI or CWI-74) created in United Kingdom 1986: CWI members moved to the United States and created the Labor and Trade Union Group (LTUG) 1980s: LTUG runs Labor Militant (LM) newspaper, which group becomes known by 1989: LM creates Campaign for a Labor Party (CLP), which Bernie Sanders supports; CLP dissolves into Labor Party Advocates (LPA) of Tony Mazzochi 1992: CWI expelled minority faction, who became International Marxist Tendency (IMT), whose US affiliate is Socialist Revolution (SR) 1996: LM renamed as Socialist Alternative (SAlt) 1996: Labor Party (LP of 1996) created with SAlt support 2000: SAlt competes for leadership of New York chapter of LP of 1996 in United Action slate, against centrist New Directions slate; alleges fraud 2002: NYC chapter of LP of 1996 shut down 2018: in CWI, two factions form: In Defence of a Working Class and Trotskyist CWI (IDWCTCWI) and CWI Majority 2018: SAlt members begin to join the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) caucus Reform and Revolution (RnR) 2019: IDWCTCWI faction won control of CWI-74; CWI Majority splits from CWI-74 and retains majority of CWI-74 country affiliates, including SAlt; IDWCTCWI "refounded" CWI as Committee for a Workers' International (CWI, Refounded CWI, or CWI-19) 2019: minority of SAlt members who supported IDWCTCWI/CWI-19 leave and create Independent Socialist Group (ISG) 2019: minority subfaction within IDWCTCWI splits from CWI-74 and CWI-19 to create International Revolutionary Left (IRL), with no obvious US affiliate 2020: CWI Majority creates second CWI-74 successor, International Socialist Alternative (ISA) 2020: SAlt members begin to join DSA while remaining in SAlt, in order to win Kshama Sawant's 2021 recall election 2022: SAlt members disengage from DSA, while RnR remains within DSA 2024: drama
Socialist Unity (SU of 1985)	1985	1986	Ideology: Trotskyism 1985: SU of 1985 created by expelled members of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) 1986: SU of 1985 merged into Solidarity
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO)	1985	Active	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism and anti-revisionism Peak membership: 1,000 (2021) FRSO-led groups: Anti-War Committee (AWC), National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR), New Students for a Democratic Society (SDS of 2006), Progressive Student Network (PSN), US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) [unclear whether FRSO-led or just FRSO-affiliated] 1985: created as merge of Revolutionary Workers Headquarters (RWH) and Proletarian Unity League (PUL) 1986: merged in Organization for Revolutionary Unity (ORU) 1996: merged in Socialist Organizing Network (SON) 1999: split in two: majority Marxist-Leninist faction and minority Left Refoundation faction; both factions used FRSO name 2006: FRSO helped create Students for a Democratic Society (SDS of 2006) 2019: Left Refoundation renamed its organizational part Liberation Road
Workers' Solidarity Alliance (WSA) 75px	1984	Active	Ideology: Anarcho-syndicalism 1984: anarchist networks, including Libertarian Workers' Group (LWG) and Anarchist Communist Federation (ACF), create Workers' Solidarity Alliance (WSA) 1984: WSA joined International Workers' Association – Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA–AIT) as a section 1997: WSA ceased publication 2010: WSA resumed publication 2009-2012: WSA organized conferences with Black Rose Anarchist Federation (BRRN) and local anarcho-communist groups 2016: WSA announced Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative to Create a Revolutionary Union Movement (ASI)
Organization for Revolutionary Unity (ORU)	1983	1986	Ideology: New Communist Movement, Marxism-Leninism 1983: ORU created as merge of Committee for a Proletarian Party (CPP) and the Communist Organization, Bay Area (COBA) 1986: ORU merged into Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO)
Maoist Internationalist Movement (MIM)	1983	2011	Ideology: Maoism–Third Worldism 1983: founded as Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM); this should not be confused with the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP)'s identically-named organization 2000s: MIM's US affiliate was named Maoist Internationalist Party - Amerika (MIP, MIP-A, or MIP-Amerika) 2011: MIM ceased publication after MIM founder died 2020s: MIM project Maoist Internationalist Ministry of Prisons (MIM-Prisons) survived MIM's collapse
Socialist Action (SAct)	1983	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism Election results: Socialist Action (United States)#Election results 1983: created as split from Socialist Workers Party (SWP) 1985: minority faction split to create Socialist Unity (SU of 1985)
North Star Network (NSN)	1983	1990	Ideology: Trotskyism (early) then democratic socialism (late) 1983: Socialist Workers Party (SWP) expels high-profile member Peter Camejo 1983: Camejo and supportive SWP members created North Star Network (NSN), a faction inside SWP 1985: NSN merges with Bay Area Socialist Organizing Committee (BASOC) 1990: NSN newsletter North Star Review ceases publication 1990: current and former members of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Communist Party USA (CPUSA), Frontline Political Organization (FPO), and NSN create Institute for Social and Economic Studies (ISES), which begins publishing Crossroads 1991: Camejo joins Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) 1996: Crossroads ceases publication
Fourth Internationalist Tendency (FIT)	1983	1995	Ideology: Trotskyism 1983: expelled Socialist Workers Party (SWP) members create Fourth Internationalist Tendency (FIT) 1995: FIT dissolved, mostly into Solidarity
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) 75px	1983	Active	Ideology: Democratic socialism Elected officials: List of Democratic Socialists of America public officeholders 1983: Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and New American Movement (NAM) merged to create Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) 1983: DSA inherited DSOC's membership in the Socialist International (SocInt) todo 2017: DSA left the SocInt todo 2023: DSA joined the Progressive International (ProgInt)
Workers' Socialist Movement (MST) 75px	1982	Active	Ideology: multi-tendency Communism and Puerto Rican independence 1982: Popular Socialist Movement (Movimiento Socialista Popular, MSP) merged with Revolutionary Socialist Party Partido Socialista Revolucionario, PSR) to create Workers' Socialist Movement (Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores, MST) 1984: the Workers' Internationalist League (Liga Internacionalista de los Trabajadores, LIT) dissolved into MST 1990: MST co-founded the Socialist Front (Frente Socialista, FS) coalition along with Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers' Party-Macheteros Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Puertorriqueños-Macheteros, PRTP) and the Political Education Workshop (Taller de Formacion Politica, TFP) 2005: MST left the FS
Internationalist Workers Party (Fourth International) [(IWP or IWP(FI) or IWPfi]	1982	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism and Morenoism 1963: Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and Morenoists leave International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) to create a new "unified" Fourth International (FI or USFI or USec) 1969: Morenoists partially withdrew from USFI 1982: Morenoists create International Workers League – Fourth International (IWLfi) 1982: America section of the IWLfi merged with Turnerites to create Revolutionary Workers Front-Frente Revolucionario de los Trabajadores (RWF or FRT) 1983: RWF renamed Internationalist Workers Party (IWP) 1984: Turnerites left IWP to create International Socialist League [ISL] 2022: Workers' Voice/La Voz de los Trabajadores (United States) created as merger of Workers’ Voice (United States) and Socialist Resurgence 2020s: Corriente Obrera (United States)
Vermont Progressive Party (VPP) 75px	1981	Active	Ideology: Democratic socialism, social democracy, progressivism 1977: Bernie Sanders resigned from Liberty Union Party (LUP) 1981: Sanders supporters and local Citizens Party (CP of 1979) members create Progressive Coalition (PC of 1981) 1999: PC reorganized as Vermont Progressive Party (VPP)
Black Workers for Justice (BWFJ) 75px	1981	Active	Ideology: social democracy and African-American socialism 1981: BWFJ created 1991: after Hamlet chicken processing plant fire, BWFJ spoke at community meetings 1996: BWFJ participated in the creation of the Labor Party (LP) 1998: BWFJ participated in the Black Radical Congress founding convention
Citizens Party (CP of 1979)	1979	1986	Ideology: Progressivism, social democracy, economic democracy 1979: created by progressives to left of Jimmy Carter, including many former members of People's Party (PP of 1971) and current members of Pennsylvania Consumer Party (PCP of 1966) 1981: Bernie Sanders and local CP of 1979 members create Progressive Coalition (PC of 1981) 1984: Socialist Party USA (SPUSA) runs on CP of 1979 ballot line and Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) endorses CP of 1979 presidential candidate 1986: after disappointing election results, CP of 1979 dissolves
Greenpeace USA (Greenpeace)	1979	Active	Ideology: Environmentalism, anti-nuclear, nonviolence, progressivism, anti-capitalism (minority) 1969: anti-nuclear protesters created The Don't Make a Wave Committee (TDMWC) 1972: TDMWC renamed to Greenpeace 1970s: early slogans include "I'm not a Red, I'm a Green" 1975: first Greenpeace chapters created in US 1979: Greenpeace USA (Greenpeace) 1995: Greenpeace lobbying encouraged and strengthened Basel Convention 2006: Greenpeace created Project Hot Seat (PHS) 2007: Greenpeace endorsed TrueMajority principles 2009: PHS renamed to Climate Rescue
John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)	1978	1991	Ideology: Anti-racism 1978: former Weathermen (WUO) and May 19th Communist Organization (M19CO) members create John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC) 1983: joined with Brown Berets to oppose Ku Klux Klan march in Austin, Texas 1991: JBAKC ceases publication
May 19th Communist Organization (M19CO)	1978	1985	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism, propaganda of the deed Note: Name is reference to shared birthday of Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh, not a date in organization's history. 1978: M19CO created by former Weathermen (WUO) members 1979: freed Assata Shakur from Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women 1981: robbed Brink's armored van 1983: bombed United States Senate 1985: nearly all M19CO members arrested
Center for Democratic Renewal (CDR)	1978	1980	Ideology: anti-fascism 1979: created as National Anti-Klan Network (NAKN) in response to Greensboro massacre of Communist Workers' Party (CWP) members by Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and American Nazi Party (ANP) members 1985: NAKN renames to Center for Democratic Renewal (CDR) 2007: CDR ceased publication
Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party (CRSP)	1978	1980	Ideology: Trotskyism 1978: created as united front alliance of Freedom Socialist Party (FSP), former Socialist Union members (SU of 1974), Weiss-Weiss tendency, and Turnerites 1980: attempted to reorganize from united front to democratic centralist organization 1980: dissolved after SU and Turnerites left; Weiss-Weiss tendency joined FSP
League of Revolutionary Struggle (Marxist–Leninist) [LRS or LRS(ML) or LRS(M-L)]	1978	1990	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism, New Communist movement 1979: League of Revolutionary Struggle (Marxist–Leninist)]] (LRS) created as merge of August 29th Movement (ATM; from Raza Unida Party) and I Wor Kuen (IWK; worked with Red Guard Party [RGP]); part of broader The Trend movement 1980: LRS merged in the Revolutionary Communist League (Marxist-Leninist-Mao Tse-tung Thought) [RCL(ML-MZT)] 1990: LRS split into Unity Organizing Committee (UOC) and Socialist Organizing Network (SON) 1994: SON remnants merged into Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO)
Organizing Committee for an Ideological Center (OCIC)	1978	1982	Ideology: Maoism and New Communist Movement 1978: five Maoist local organizations ("Committee of Five") convened to create OCIC, part of the broader The Trend movement 1981: OCIC organizations split and most membership left 1982: OCIC dissolved
Anarchist Communist Federation (ACF)	1978	1984	Ideology: Anarchism 1977: SRAF members form Anarchist Communist Tendency (ACT) faction 1978: ACT faction splits from SRAF to create Anarchist Communist Federation (ACF) 1984: anarchist networks, including ACF and Libertarian Workers' Group (LWG), create Workers' Solidarity Alliance (WSA)
Revolutionary Workers Headquarters (RWH or RWHq)	1977	1985	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism 1974: Attica Brigade created as youth wing of Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP) 1977: upon Mao's death, RWH created as split from RCP split; RWH took RSB, renamed Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade (RCYB) 1979: absorbed Bay Area Communist Union (BACU) 1980's: attempted to merge with Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) CP(ML), which collapsed 1985: merged with Proletarian Unity League (PUL) and the Organization for Revolutionary Unity (ORU) to form the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) 1990s: RCYB slowly dissolves
Workers Power	1977	1986	Ideology: Trotskyism Late 1970's: created as split from International Socialists (IS) 1986: merged with International Socialists (IS) to form Solidarity
Line of March (LOM)	1976	1996	Ideology: moderate between pro-Soviet and pro-China (New Communist Movement) views 1976: Line of March (LOM) created to publish CrossRoads (CR) magazine, part of broader The Trend movement 1989: LOM reorganized as Frontline Political Organization (FPO) 1996: FPO dissolves, members join North Star Network (NSN), Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS), Communist Party USA (CPUSA), and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Revolutionary Workers League (RWL of 1976)	1976	2006	Ideology: Trotskyism 1976: Revolutionary Workers League (RWL of 1976) created; some members had loose contact with Spartacist League (SLUS) 1979: joined Trotskyist International Liaison Committee (TILC) 1981: RWL absorbs Socialist League (Democratic-Centralist) [SL(DC)], composed of former Socialist Equality Party (SEP) members 1984: to fight for control of 1984 Peace and Freedom Party convention, RWL allied with Internationalist Workers Party (Fourth International) [IWP or IWP(FI)] against the majority Communist Party USA (CPUSA) bloc 1984: RWL left TILC and helped create International Trotskyist Committee for the Political Regeneration of the Fourth International (ITC) 1991: minority of RWL members split to create Trotskyist League 1995: RWL created Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights, and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) 2006: RWL ceased publication, though ITC and BAMN continued
Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRTP or PRTP-Macheteros)	1976	Active	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism and Puerto Rican independence movement 1976: Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Puertorriqueños, PRTP) created 1978: PRTP creates Boricua Popular Army (Ejército Popular Boricua, EPB or Macheteros, lit. 'machete wielders') 1984: EPB split from PRTP 1990: PRTP co-founded the Socialist Front (Frente Socialista, FS) coalition along with Workers' Socialist Movement (Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores, MST) and the Political Education Workshop (Taller de Formacion Politica, TFP) 2008: PRTP left FS
League for the Revolutionary Party (LRP)	1976	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism 1976: minority faction splits from Revolutionary Socialist League (RSL) to create League for the Revolutionary Party (LRP)
International Socialist Organization (ISO) 75px	1976	2019	Ideology: Trotskyism Peak membership: 1,500 (2013) 1976: Left Tendency forms within International Socialists (IS) 1977: IS expels Left Tendency faction members, who create International Socialist Organization (ISO) 1977: ISO aligned with the International Socialist Tendency (IST or "Cliffites") 2001: IST expelled ISO over conflicting views on 1999 Seattle WTO protests 2001: ISO expels Left Turn (LT) minority faction, who remained aligned with IST 2013: Renewal Faction formed within ISO 2014: ISO expelled Renewal Faction 2017: ISO members began to join Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) 2019: after news broke that ISO's leadership had mishandled a sexual assault accusation in 2013, the ISO dissolved 2019: many former ISO members join the DSA caucus Bread and Roses (BnR)
Combahee River Collective (CRC)	1974	1980	Ideology: Women's liberation, Black liberation, anti-capitalism 1974: CRC split from National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO) to create a socialist organization 1977: Combahee River Collective Statement is first document to use term identity politics, boosts intersectionality into academia 1980: CRC dissolved
Popular Socialist Movement (MSP)	1974	1982	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism, Guevarism, and Puerto Rican independence 1974: former Puerto Rican Independence Party (Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, PIP) youth wing members split and create Popular Socialist Movement (Movimiento Socialista Popular, MSP) 1982: MSP merged with Revolutionary Socialist Party Partido Socialista Revolucionario, PSR) to create Workers' Socialist Movement (Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores, MST)
Democratic Workers Party (DWP)	1973	1975	Ideology: New Communist movement, alleged political cult 1972: Marlene Dixon leads group of ex-Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) students to create Workers Party for Proletarian Socialism (WPPS) 1974: WPPS renamed to Workers Party (WP) 1976: WP renamed to Democratic Workers Party (DWP) 1978: DWP created Grass Roots Alliance (GRA) as front organization 1980: began working with Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) 1986: members expelled Dixon and dissolved DWP
Class Struggle League (CLS)	1973	1975	Ideology: Trotskyism 1972: Socialist Workers Party (SWP) expels Leninist Faction, a subfaction in Proletarian Orientation Tendency (POT) faction 1973: Turnerites and Leninist Faction create Class Struggle League (CSL) 1975: CSL dissolves, members join Trotskyist Organization of the United States (TOUS)
Communist Workers' Party (CWP)	1973	1987	Ideology: New Communist Movement and Maoism (until 1980), then social democracy 1973: former Progressive Labor Party (PLP) member creat Asian Study Group (ASG) 1976: ASG renamed Workers' Viewpoint Organization (WVO) 1979: WVO renamed Communist Workers' Party (CWP) 1979: CWP members killed in Greensboro massacre by Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and American Nazi Party (ANP) members 1985: CWP renamed as New Democratic Movement (NDM) and adopted social democracy 1987: NDM dissolved, except for Greensboro Justice Fund
Revolutionary Socialist League (RSL)	1973	1989	Ideology: Trotskyism (until 1985), platformist anarchism (1985-1989) 1973: RSL created as split from International Socialists (IS) 1974: Soviet Defensist Minority faction split from RSL to form Trotskyist Organization of the United States (TOUS) 1975: Revolutionary Marxist Caucus faction split from RSL to form Revolutionary Marxist Organizing Committee (RMOC) 1976: minority faction splits from RSL to create League for the Revolutionary Party (LRP) 1977: minority faction of Red Flag Union (RFU) members merged into RSL 1978: RMOC merges into SWP 1985: RSL begins to officially adopt anarchist beliefs 1989: RSL dissolved 1989: minority of RSL members help create Love and Rage Network (LRN)
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)	1973	1975	Ideology: Maoism 1973: Venceremos members split and create Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 1975: SLA dissolved after many members arrested
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) 75px	1972	1983	Ideology: Democratic socialism 1972: Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and Socialist Party USA (SPUSA) 1982: DSOC joined the Socialist International (SocInt) 1983: DSOC merged with New American Movement (NAM) to create Democratic Socialists of America (DSA); subfaction Committee Against the NAM Merger (CATNAM) voted against merging but largely stayed within DSA
Social Revolutionary Anarchist Federation (SRAF)	1972	1988	Ideology: Multi-tendency anarchism, network of anarchist writers 1972: created 1977: Social Revolutionary Anarchist Federation (SRAF) members form Anarchist Communist Tendency (ACT) faction 1978: ACT faction splits from SRAF to create Anarchist Communist Federation (ACF) late 1980s: SRAF faded away
Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA) 75px	1972	Active	Ideology: Social democracy 1972: SDUSA created as reorganization of Socialist Party of America (SPA); dissident factions of SPA created Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and Socialist Party USA (SPUSA) 1994: SDUSA held final national convention 1999: SDUSA created New Economy Information Service (NEIS) 2005: national SDUSA became inactive after leader Penn Kemble died 2008: Pennsylvania SDUSA members relaunched organization 2008: minority faction with Gabe Ross splits to create Social Democrats, USA – Socialist Party USA (SDUSA-SPUSA)
Socialist Party USA (SPUSA) 75px	1972	Active	Ideology: Democratic socialism 1972: "Debs Caucus" minority faction in Socialist Party of America (SPA) rejects SPA's reorganization into Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA) and creates Union for Democratic Socialism (UDS) 1973: UDS reorganizes as Socialist Party USA (SPUSA)
African People's Socialist Party (APSP) 75px	1972	Active	Ideology: African socialism 1968: former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizer Omali Yeshitela creates Junta of Militant Organizations (JOMO) 1972: JOMO merges with the Black Rights Fighters (BRF) and Black Study Group (BSG) to create a legal party, African People's Socialist Party (APSP), and the more general Uhuru Movement organization 1976: APSP created African People's Solidarity Committee (APSC) 1979: APSP created African National Prison Organization (ANPO) 1982: APSP created African Socialist International (ASI) 1982: APSP created African National Reparations Organization (ANRO) 1991: ASI creates International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) 1999: ASI attempts to create unified African socialist organization, but fails ????: APSP creates African National Women's Organization (ANWO) ????: APSP creates African People's Education and Defense Fund (APEDF) 2019: former APSP members create Black Hammer Party (BHP)
Communist Party USA (Provisional) [CPUSA(P)]	1972	Active	Ideology: likely Marxist–Leninist; alleged cult led by charismatic leaders; unlike most groups on this list, is extremely secretive and builds mass membership through targeted recruitment and cold calling through a list of several dozen "entities" (front organizations) 1972: Gino Perente creates National Labor Federation (NATLFED) 1973: Perente joins Lyndon LaRouche's National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC), leaves in 1974 1973: Perente creates Communist Party USA (Provisional) [CPUSA(P)] to organize volunteers recruited through NATLFED 1974: Perente elected president of Nationwide Unemployment League (NUL), a front organization for Fred Newman's International Workers Party (IWP) 1976: NATLFED discusses merging with IWP, but does not 1995: Perente dies, Margaret Ribar likely assumes leadership
Movement for a New Society (MNS)	1971	1988	Ideology: A radical pacifist, anti-racist, and feminist collective network, influential in anarchist movements 1966: A Quaker Action Group created by pacifist Quakers 1971: MNS created by former members of AQAG 1988: MNS dissolved, former members created New Society Publishers 1996: NSP dissolved
New American Movement (NAM)	1971	1983	Ideology: Democratic socialism 1971: as Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) disintegrates, democratic socialist members created New American Movement (NAM) 1983: NAM merged with Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) to create Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP) 75px	1971	1993	Ideology: Socialism and Puerto Rican independence 1956: the unrelated pro-statehood Socialist Party of Puerto Rico (PS) is dissolved 1959: former members of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), militants of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico (PNPR), militants of the Communist Party of Puerto Rico (PCPR), and members of the University Pro-Independence Federation of Puerto Rico (FUPI) create the Pro-Independence Movement (Movimiento Pro-Independencia, MPI) 1971: MPI is reorganized as Puerto Rican Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño, PSP) 1970s: PSP was attacked during COINTELPRO 1982: PSP split in two between nationalists and socialists 1993: PSP dissolved
Sojourner Truth Organization (STO)	1971	1985	Ideology: Anti-racism and workplace organizing 1971: ex-Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM) II members create Sojourner Truth Organization (STO) 1985: faded away
People's Party (PP of 1971)	1971	1977	Ideology: left-wing populism, social democracy, and democratic socialism has no organizational ties to People's Party (1892-1900) 1971: People's Party of 1971 created by Peace and Freedom Party (PFP), Commongood People's Party (CPP), Country People's Caucus (CPC), Human Rights Party (HRP), Liberty Union (LU), New American Party (NAP), New Party of Arizona (NP), and No Party (NP) 1977: PP of 1971 dissolves 1979: after dissolution, many PP of 1971 members joined the Citizens Party (CP of 1979)
Trotskyist Organization of the United States (TOUS)	1971	1985	Ideology: Trotskyism 1971: Socialist Workers Party (SWP) expels Communist Faction, who joined the Turnerites or International Socialists (IS) 1973: IS dissolves, former Communist Faction XXX 1973: the Class Struggle League (CSL), also formed by ex-SWP members, collapses; Leninist Faction joins TOUS 1974: TOUS created from Soviet Defensist Minority faction purged from Revolutionary Socialist League (RSL) 1975: CSL dissolves; Leninist faction joins TOUS 1980s: TOUS fades away
Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) [CP(ML)]	1971	1982	Ideology: New Communist Movement (NCM), Marxism-Leninism 1969: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) fragments 1971: ex-SDS members create October League (Marxist–Leninist) [OL or OL(ML)] 1977: renamed Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) [CP(ML)] 1982: collapsed, did not merge with Revolutionary Workers Headquarters (RWH)
Liberty Union Party (LUP) 75px	1971	Active	Ideology: Democratic socialism, social democracy, progressivism 1970: Liberty Union Party (LUP) created 1971: Bernie Sanders joined LUP 1977: Sanders resigned from LUP 2016: began supporting Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) candidates for President 2021: LUP renamed to Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party (GMPJP)
Congress of Afrikan People (CAP)	1970	1980	Ideology: Black nationalism and Maoism 1970: first Congress of Afrikan People (CAP) meeting held 1974: CAP reorganized as Revolutionary Communist League (Marxist-Leninist-Mao Tse-tung Thought) [RCL(ML-MZT) or RCL of 1974] 1980: RCL merges into League of Revolutionary Struggle (Marxist–Leninist) [LRS or LRS(ML)]
La Raza Unida Party (LRUP)	1970	1978	Ideology: Democratic socialism and Chicano nationalism 1970: created by members of Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) as its political party 1974 & 1976: performed poorly in elections 1978: dissolved
Human Rights Party of Michigan (HRP) 75px	1970	1977	Ideology: Democratic socialism, social democracy 1970: HRP created 1971: Radical Independent Party of Ann Arbor, Michigan (RIP), which was created by former Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) members, the New University Conference, and the local local International Socialists (IS) merged into the HRP 1971: HRP co-created People's Party of 1971 1975: HRP renamed to Socialist Human Rights Party (SHRP) 1977: SHRP merged with Socialist Party of Michigan (SPMI) of the Socialist Party USA (SPUSA)
El Comité-MINP (El Comité or MINP)	1970	1981	Ideology: Puerto Rican organizing (early), then New Communist movement (later) 1970: after Young Lords Organization (YLO) began to collapse, Puerto Ricans created El Comité (lit. 'The Committee'), as part of broader The Trend movement 1975: El Comité reorganized as Movimiento de Izquierda Nacional Puertorriquena (MINP) [National Puerto Rican Leftist Movement] 1982: MINP faded away
Black Liberation Army (BLA) 75px	1970	1981	Ideology: Black liberation; direct action 1970: created by members purged from Black Panther Party (BPP) and former Republic of New Afrika members 1981: dissolves after failed Brink's truck robbery with Weathermen (WUO) support
Malcolm X Liberation University (MXLU)	1969	1973	Ideology: Black nationalism, anti-capitalism 1969: MXLU created by Howard Fuller Owusu Sadaukai 1972: Sadaukai visited FRELIMO insurgency in Mozambique; on his return, laid out plans to create African Liberation Support Committee 1973: MXLU dissolved
Gay Liberation Front (GLF)	1969	1980	Ideology: Gay liberation, various flavors of socialism (majority) 1969: after Stonewall riots, leftist gay activists in New York City coalesce into Gay Liberation Front (GLF) to organize marches 1969: GLF published Come Out! 1969: dissident GLF members split to create Gay Activists Alliance, a liberal gay rights organization 1972: GLF dissolved 1980s: former GLF members help create ACT UP, Lesbian Avengers, Queer Nation, and Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Socialist Union (SU of 1969)	1969	1980	Ideology: Trotskyism 1969: SU of 1969 created as Friends of the Panthers, led by Milton Zaslow and former members of the Socialist Union of America (SUA or Cochranites) 1969: SU of 1969 renamed as Liberation Union (LU) 1974: LU merged in Internationalist Tendency (IT), who had been expelled from the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) 1974: LU renamed as Socialist Union (SU of 1974) 1974: SU of 1974 attempted to re-join the SWP, then broke off negotiations; many IT members rejoined SWP 1978: SU of 1974 merged into Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party (CRSP) 1980: SU of 1974 withdrew from CRSP; no longer mentioned in historical records, likely faded away
I Wor Kuen (IWK) [义和拳; 義和拳; Yìhé quán, lit. 'Fists of Harmony and Justice'] 75px	1969	1978	Ideology: Maoism 1969: IWK created, inspired by Black Panther Party (BPP) and Young Lords; named after the Boxers of the Boxer Rebellion 1972: IWK worked with Red Guard Party (RGP) to create national organization 1979: IWK merged into League of Revolutionary Struggle (Marxist–Leninist) [LRS or LRS(ML)]
Venceremos Organization (VO)	1969	1973	Ideology: Maoism and Chicano nationalism 1966: Venceremos created 1969: Venceremos joined by members who split from Bay Area Revolutionary Union (BARU) 1973: collapsed after many members arrested 1973: former Venceremos affiliates split in two: armed struggle supporters joined Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), clandestine party supporters joined Communist Party USA (Provisional) [CPUSA(P)]
Weathermen or Weather Underground Organization (WUO)	1969	1977	Ideology: Communism, direct action, and New Left 1969: Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM) splits into RYM I, many of which would become Weathermen, and RYM II, many of which would join the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP) Late 1970's: split into factions: Prairie Fire Collective (PFC), which came "aboveground", and May 19th Communist Organization (M19CO), which worked with the Black Liberation Army (BLA) 1977: Weathermen organization mostly inactive, M19CO remains active 1978: former Weathermen create John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC) 1985: all M19CO members arrested
League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW)	1969	1971	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism and Black liberation 1969: in June 1969, created as merger of various Revolutionary Union Movements (RUMs), including the White counterpart Motor City Labor League (MCLL) 1970: Black Workers Congress (BWC) created to expand LRBW activity 1971: in April 1971, dissolved after members split into BWC and Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) 1975: DRUM ceased to function 1970's: BWC ceased to function
Rainbow Coalition	1969	1974	Ideology: Revolutionary socialism, anti-racism 1969: in April 1969, created with initial members Black Panther Party (BPP), Young Patriots Organization (YPO), and Young Lords 1969: joined by Brown Berets, American Indian Movement (AIM), Red Guard Party (RGP) 1970: joined by Rising Up Angry 1974: collapses after BPP Chicago chapter dissolves 1984: National Rainbow Coalition (NRC) created; NRC has no organizational links to Rainbow Coalition
Revolutionary Communist League (Internationalist) [RCL or RCL(I) or RCL of 1968]	1968	1995	Ideology: Trotskyism and Marcyism 1968: split from Spartacist League (SLUS) to create Revolutionary Communist League (RCL or RCL of 1968) 1968: RCL merged with Workers World Party (WWP) 1971: RCL members drifted out of WWP to create New York Revolutionary Committee (NYRC) 1972: NYRC reorganized into the Revolutionary Communist League (Internationalist) [RCL(I)] 1982: RCL attempted to merge into WWP again, but was rejected 1986: RCL merged into Socialist Action (SAct) late 1980s: RCL expelled from SAct 1995: RCL merged into Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
American Workers Communist Party (AWCP)	1968	1979	Ideology: anti-revisionist Marxism-Leninism or Maoism 1968: the Provisional Organizing Committee to Reconstitute a Marxist–Leninist Party (POC) splits in two: majority faction stays and creates California Communist League (CL), minority faction leaves and creates American Workers Communist Party (AWCP) 1979: AWCP fades away
Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM)	1968	1975	Ideology: African-American socialism, unionism 1968: DRUM created by Black United Auto Workers (UAW) members opposed to racism within UAW 1969: DRUM members create League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW), which would later split DRUM 1975: non-LRBW portion of DRUM faded away
Republic of New Afrika (RNA)	1968	1973	Ideology: African-American socialism, Black separatism 1968: members of Malcolm X Society (MXS) and the Group on Advanced Leadership (GOAL) create Republic of New Africa (RNA) organization 1968: RNA created military wing, Black Legion 1969: after RNA rents New Bethel Church, police shoot out church in New Bethel incident 1971: police shootout results in imprisonment of RNA 11 1973: RNA activity neared zero 1974: RNA faded away 1989: two former RNA members found National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA)
LaRouche movement (LaRouchites)	1968	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism (1968-1975); after 1975, increasingly a syncretic LaRouchism: economic nationalism and far-right anti-NWO; allegedly similar to National Bolshevism; allegedly a political cult 1946: LaRouche adopted Trotskyism 1949: LaRouche joined Socialist Workers Party (SWP), working under pseudonym "Lyn Marcus" 1964: within the SWP, LaRouche joined Revolutionary Tendency (RT) faction that supported the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) 1964: SWP purged RT members, including LaRouche 1968: during 1968 Columbia University protests, LaRouche created National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC) in attempt to win control of Columbia's Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) branch 1973: the NCLC and LaRouchites create U.S. Labor Party (USLP) 1974: LaRouchites create Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) and New Solidarity International Press Service (NSIPS) 1974: LaRouchites create Fusion Energy Foundation (FEF) 1975: LaRouche begins to openly reject Trotskyism and embrace his "Theory of Hegemony" 1977: Lyndon LaRouche marries Helga Zepp-LaRouche 1979: USLP dissolved and reorganized as National Democratic Policy Committee (NDPC) 1984: FEF dissolves 1984: LaRouchites create Schiller Institute 1986: LaRouchites support 1986 California Proposition 64 1996: LaRouchites create FDR PAC 2000: FDR PAC renamed LaRouche PAC 2000: LaRouchites create Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement (WLYM or LYM) 2010: Tea Party movement distances itself from LPAC 2021: Helga Zepp-LaRouche denounces LPAC as anti-LaRouche 2022: LPAC endorses Donald Trump in his 2024 presidential campaign 2023: LaRouchites endorse People's Party (2017) candidate Cornel West In Australia: 1988: LaRouchites create Citizens Electoral Council of Australia (CEC) 2020: CEC reorganized as Australian Citizens Party (ACP) In Canada: 1970s: LaRouchites create North American Labour Party (NALP) 1983: LaRouchites create Party for the Commonwealth of Canada (PCC) and Party for the Commonwealth of Canada (Quebec) [PCC(Q)] In Europe: 1974: LaRouchites create Europäische Arbeiterpartei (EAP) / European Workers Party (EWP) 1980s: LaRouchites create Patrioten für Deutschland (PfD) / Patriots for Germany (PfG) 1992: in Germany, LaRouchites create Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität (BüSo) / Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (CRMS)
Third World Liberation Front (TWLF)	1968	1969	Ideology: Socialism and anti-racism 1968: formed at San Francisco State University and University of California, Berkeley 1968: led Third World Liberation Front strikes of 1968 1969: achieved most demands and dissolved
Young Patriots Organization (YPO)	1968	1973	Ideology: Revolutionary socialism, anti-racism, and left-wing nationalism 1968: created as White Southerner association 1969: joined Rainbow Coalition 1970: YPO created Patriot Party (PP) 1973: dissolved
Young Lords 75px	1968	1976	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism and Puerto Rican independence 1960: Young Lords Organization (YLO) created as leftist Puerto Rican group 1968: YLO reorganized as socialist organization 1969: YLO joined Rainbow Coalition 1971: former YLO members create Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization (PRRWO) 1976: most YLO chapters dissolved; Chicago and New York chapters re-emerged but far smaller
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP or RCPUSA)	1968	Active	Ideology: Maoism and New Communist movement; allegedly a political cult centered on Bob Avakian 1968: the Bay Area Revolutionary Union (BARU) faction formed to support the Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM) faction to oppose the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) faction inside the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) 1969: SDS mostly dissolved; RYM split into RYM I/Weathermen (WUO) and RYM II 1969: BARU dominated RYM II; BARU absorbed other similar groups 1971: militant faction split from BARU to join Venceremos 1971: renamed as Revolutionary Union (RU) 1972: RU created Attica Brigade (AB) as its youth group, largely descended from SDS 1973: RU became popular faction in Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) after the Vietnam War ended 1974: AB renamed to Revolutionary Student Brigade (RSB) 1975: the RU faction in VVAW took control, expelled non-Maoists, and reorganized remaining VVAW members into the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) 1977: upon Mao's death, RCP splits into two: majority anti-Guofeng faction remains in RCP, minority pro-Guofeng faction left RCP and formed Revolutionary Workers Headquarters (RWH) and took RSB name 1977: RCP creates Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade (RCYB) to replace lost RSB 1980: remaining RSB members merge RSB into Progressive Student Network (PSN) 1984: the RCP founded the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) 1996: PSN dissolves 2006: RIM ceased publication
Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM)	1968	1970	Ideology: multi-tendency communism 1968: formed as faction inside the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) to oppose the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) faction 1968: Bay Area Revolutionary Union (BARU) faction formed within RYM 1969: SDS mostly dissolved; RYM has partial control of SDS; RYM split into two sections, RYM I and RYM II 1969: RYM I controlled SDS national offices; many RYM I members join the Weathermen (WUO) 1970: RYM II controlled some SDS local chapters 1970: nearly all RYM-controlled SDS chapters cease to function 1971: ex-SDS RYM II members create proto-Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) CP(ML) and Sojourner Truth Organization (STO) 1975: ex-SDS RYM II members in BARU create Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP) 1977: ex-SDS RYM II members create Proletarian Unity League (PUL)
The Spark	1968	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism and Voix Ouvrière 1968: created as split from Spartacist League (SLUS) 2011: helped create Working Class Party (WCP)
White Panther Party (WPP) 75px	1968	1983	Ideology: Communism and anti-racism 1968: created, inspired by Black Panther Party (BPP) 1983: dissolved
All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) 75px	1968	Active	Ideology: Communism, Black nationalism, African socialism 1968: A-APRP created by Kwame Nkrumah in Guinea 1972: A-APRP expanded to United States under leadership of Kwame Ture Stokely Carmichael 1980: A-APRP created All-African Women's Revolutionary Union (A-AWRU or AAWRU)
Turnerites or Vanguard Newsletter Group (VNL or VNG)	1967	1989	Ideology: Trotskyism 1967: members expelled from Spartacist League (US) (SL) created unstructured group led by Harry Turner (Turnerites) 1968: Turnerites considered but did not merge with Socialist Equality Party (SEP) or LaRoucheite SDS-Labor Committee (SDS-LC) 1968: Turnerites created newsletter Vanguard Newsletter (VNL) around which a group formed (VNG) 1972: Turnerites joined Leninist Faction to create Class Struggle League (CSL) 1975: CSL dissolved, Turnerites created Trotskyist Organizing Committee (TOC) 1978: TOC joined Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party (CRSP) 1980: CRSP collapsed, TOC left and reorganized as Revolutionary Unity League (RUL) 1982: RUL merged with American section of the International Workers League – Fourth International (IWLfi) to create Revolutionary Workers Front-Frente Revolucionario de los Trabajadores (RWF or FRT) 1983: RWF renamed Internationalist Workers Party (Fourth International) [(IWP or IWP(FI)] 1984: Turnerites left IWP to create International Socialist League [ISL or ISL(FI)] 1980s: Turnerites faded away 1990: ISL(FI)'s newspaper, Working Class Opposition, ceased publication 2019: unrelated organization with similar name, International Socialist League (ISL) is formed
Marxist–Leninist Party, USA (MLP)	1967	1993	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism 1967: Cleveland Draft Resistance Union (CDRU) created as US wing of Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) [CPC(ML)] 1968: CDRU reorganized as Workers Action Committee (WAC) 1969: WAC renamed as American Communist Workers' Movement (Marxist-Leninist) [ACWM(ML)] 1973: ACWM(ML) renamed as Central Organization of US Marxist–Leninists [COUS(ML)] 1980: COUS(ML) split into Marxist–Leninist Party USA (MLP) and US Marxist-Leninist Organization (MLO) 1993: MLO dissolved, many remnant members joined Communist Voice Organization (CVO)
Black Panther Party (BPP) 75px	1966	1982	Ideology: Maoism, intercommunalism, and mutual aid 1966: in October 1966, created as Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) by former members of Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM), with logo and name inspired by black panther of Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) third party 1968: renamed to Black Panther Party (BPP) 1968: attempted to merge with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); failed 1968: inspired creation of White Panther Party (WPP) 1969: joined Rainbow Coalition 1969: hosted United Front Against Fascism (UFAF) conference with attendees from the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), Peace and Freedom Party (PFP), Progressive Labor Party (PLP), Red Guard Party (RGP) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Third World Liberation Front (TWLF), Young Lords, Young Patriots Organization (YPO), and Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) 1969: COINTELPRO misinformation spurs non-socialist Black nationalist group US Organization (USO) to enter gun battle with BPP and kill 4 BPP members 1971: BPP expels members who later create Black Liberation Army (BLA) 1974: most BPP leadership arrested or flee from US 1982: Oakland Community School closes, BPP dissolves Descendant organizations: 1994: former BPP members create New Panther Vanguard Movement (NPVM); a socialist, intercommunalist, Black nationalist org Inspired organizations: 1990: New Black Panther Party (NBPP) created; a non-socialist Black nationalist org; the NBPP has no organizational ties to BPP; listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) 1992: Revolutionary Black Panther Party (RBPP) created; a Marxist-Leninist Black nationalist org; RBPP was created by a childhood BPP member, but has no other connections to BPP; the RBPP is considered a hate group by the SPLC 1996: Black Riders Liberation Party (BRLP) created; a socialist Black nationalist org; the BRLP has no organizational ties to BPP; listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) 2005: New Afrikan Black Panther Party (NABPP) created; a Maoist org; the NABPP has no organizational ties to BPP 2014: Huey P. Newton Gun Club (HPNGC) created; a socialist, Black nationalist, open cary org; the HPNGC has no direct ties to BPP 2017: Not Fucking Around Coalition (NFAC) created, a non-socialist Black ethnonationalist org; despite comparison, the NFAC has no ties to BPP and actively rejects ties to the BPP or the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement
Jews for Urban Justice (JUJ)	1966	1971	Ideology: Socialism, anti-racism, Jewish left 1966: JUJ created 1971: JUJ dissolved
Freedom Socialist Party (FSP)	1966	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism 1957: began as Kirk-Kaye tendency in Socialist Workers Party (SWP) 1966: Seattle chapter split from SWP and created Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) 1967: FSP created Radical Women (RW) organization 1978: FSP joined Committee for a Revolutionary Socialist Party (CRSP) 1980: CRSP dissolved, FSP left 1988: FSP created United Front Against Fascism (UFAF) organization 1990's: UFAF fades away
Newman Tendency 75px	1966	Active	Ideology: an (alleged) therapy cult led by Fred Newman on the basis of social therapy; nominally Maoist (1960-1976), socialist (1979-1993), then supported centrist and far-right candidates late 1960s: Newman created the Centers for Change (CFC) 1974: CFC briefly merged with Lyndon LaRouche's National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC), but quickly left 1974: CFC reorganized as the International Workers Party (IWP) 1975: IWP joined the People's Party (PP) 1974: Gino Perente, future Communist Party USA (Provisional) [CPUSA(P)] leader, elected president of Nationwide Unemployment League (NUL), a front organization for the IWP 1976: the IWP discusses merging with Perente's National Labor Federation (NATLFED), a front organization for the CPUSA(P), but do not 1976: IWP publicly disbanded, but non-publicly continued as a "core collective" 1979: Newmanites create the New Alliance Party (NAP) 1980: the PP expelled former IWP members 1980: Newman began working with Lenora Fulani 1992: Newmanites in California joined Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) in failed attempt to control its ballot line 1993: NAP dissolves 1994: Newmanites enter Independence Party of New York (IPNY) 1997: Fulani helps to found Reform Party of the United States of America (Reform Party) 1999: Newmanites promoted Pat Buchanan as 2000 Presidential candidate within the Reform Party 2004: Newman promotes Ralph Nader 2005: IPNY attempts to expel Newmanites, but fails 2011: Newman dies
Black Mask	1966	1971	Ideology: Anarchism 1966: Black Mask formed by New York anarchists 1967: Black Mask marched through New York in black balaclavas with "Wall St. Is War St." signs, in first documented instance of black bloc tactics 1967: Black Mask defended Valerie Solanas's attempted killing of Andy Warhol 1968: Black Mask began primarily using name Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker! (UAW/MF, UAWMF, or UAW-MF); also used names "International Werewolf Conspiracy" (IWC) externally and "The Family", internally 1969: UAW/MF cut fences at Woodstock to allow people in for free 1971: UAW/MF left New York and appeared to fizzle out
Pennsylvania Consumer Party (PCP of 1966)	1966	2000	Ideology: Progressivism, social democracy, economic democracy 1966: created as Consumer Education and Protective Association (CEPA) as progressive consumer advocacy organization in Philadelphia, PA 1967: CEPA created Pennsylvania Consumer Party (PCP of 1966) 1979: members of PCP of 1966 helped create Citizens Party (CP of 1979) 1998: key leaders of CEPA left organization after 2000: PCP faded away TODO
Communist Party USA (Marxist–Leninist) [CPUSA(ML)]	1965	1969	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism 1965: created as split of Provisional Organizing Committee to Reconstitute a Marxist–Leninist Party (POC) 1969: CPUSA(ML) split: majority faction joined Proletarian Revolutionary Party (PRP), minority faction created new org with same name [CPUSA(ML)]
New York Federation of Anarchists (NYFA)	1964	1967	Ideology: Anarchism 1964: created by Murray Bookchin; sometimes called Anarchist Federation (AF) 1967: dissolved
Socialist Equality Party (SEP) 75px	1964	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism Election results: Socialist Equality Party (United States)#Election results 1962: proto-SEP began as created as Reorganized Minority Tendency (RMT) faction split from the Revolutionary Tendency (RT) faction, which was a faction within Socialist Workers Party (SWP) that supported the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) 1964: SWP purged RT members 1964: RT members created American Committee for the Fourth International (ACFI) 1966: ACFI renamed as Workers League (WL) 1995: WL renamed as Socialist Equality Party (SEP) 2006: SEP created youth wing as International Students for Social Equality (ISSE)
Spartacist League (SLUS)	1964	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism 1962: proto-SLUS began as Revolutionary Tendency (RT) faction within Socialist Workers Party (SWP) 1964: Spartacist League of the United States (Sparts, SL-US, or SLUS) created by members of RT purged from SWP 1967: members expelled from SLUS created Turnerites 1968: members split from SLUS created The Spark 1977: majority faction of Red Flag Union (RFU) members merged into SLUS
Facing Reality (FR)	1962	1970	Ideology: Trotskyist, mostly focused on publication 1962: Facing Reality (FR) created as split from Correspondence Publishing Committee (CPC) 1970: FR dissolved
Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)	1962	1969	Ideology: Revolutionary socialism and black nationalism 1962: created as conglomerate group of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 1968: renamed as Black Liberation Party (BLP) 1969: dissolved
Progressive Labor Party (PLP or PL)	1961	Active	Ideology: Maoism and Anti-revisionism 1961: in December 1961, informal "Call Group" created by members purged from Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1962: formalized as Progressive Labor Movement (PLM) 1965: renamed as Progressive Labor Party (PLP) 1960's: supported Worker Student Alliance (WSA) caucus inside the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) against Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM) faction 1969: SDS mostly dissolved; WSA retained control of some local chapters (SDS-WSA) 1970: remaining SDS chapters all WSA-controlled 1974: SDS-WSA reorganized as Committee Against Racism (CAR), soon renamed as International Committee Against Racism (InCAR) 1996: InCAR dissolved and merged into PLP
Revolutionary Organization of Labor, USA (ROL or ROLUSA)	1961	2020	Ideology: Anti-revisionist Marxism-Leninism, Hoxhaism 1961: former Communist Party USA (CPUSA) members split (based on disagreement with Khrushchev's 1953 Secret Speech) and created Hammer & Steel (H&S) and Hammer and Steel Newsletter 1968: renamed to Youth for Stalin (YfS) 1969: renamed to Stalinist Workers Group for African-American Liberation & a New Communist International (SWG) and Stalinist Workers Group Bulletin 1976: renamed to Ray O. Light Group (ROL) and Ray O. Light Newsletter 2008: renamed to Revolutionary Organization of Labor, USA (ROL) 2020: ROL newsletter ceased publication
Young Socialist Alliance (YSA)	1960	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism (youth group of SWP) 1960: Socialist Workers Party (SWP) created youth group, the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) 1968: YSA gained near-complete control over the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (the Mobe) 1969: the Mobe dissolved 1970: YSA members attempt to take control of Cell 16 1992: YSA dissolved 1994: SWP recreated YSA as Young Socialists (YS) 1999: YS affiliated with the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY)
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)	1960	1969	Ideology: Multi-tendency leftism, socialism, and communism Peak membership: 35,000 (1968) 1959: Student League for Industrial Democracy (SLID) reorganized into Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) 1962: SDS published Port Huron Statement, which alienated League for Industrial Democracy (LID) 1965: SDS removed "exclusion clause", which allowed communist members ("advocates of or apologists for totalitarianism"); as a result, SDS and LID fully separated 1968: Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM) faction created (holds that students and "middle class" are part of working class) 1969: in opposition to RYM, Worker Student Alliance (WSA) faction created (held that students and workers could cooperate but students were not working class), with support by the Progressive Labor Party (PLP or PL) 1969: SDS splinters into three at 1969 national convention: Minority splinter: WSA: Some PLP-controlled chapters survived and continued to run a small rump organization, informally called SDS-WSA, until 1974 Minority splinter: RYM: After convention, RYM splits in two (RYM I and RYM II) and then dissolves; many would eventually join or create other radical organizations 1969: RYM I controlled SDS national offices; many RYM I members join the Weathermen (WUO) 1970: RYM II controlled some SDS local chapters; the largest RYM II group was Bay Area Revolutionary Union (BARU) Majority splinter: Most members, who were uncaucused, simply left SDS; many would eventually join or create other radical organizations 1970: nearly all RYM-controlled SDS chapters cease to function; all remaining chapters controlled by SDS-WSA, with dramatically reduced membership 1971: ex-SDS uncaucused members create New American Movement (NAM) 1971: ex-SDS RYM II members create proto-Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) CP(ML) 1971: ex-SDS RYM II members create Sojourner Truth Organization (STO) 1974: SDS-WSA reorganized as Committee Against Racism (CAR) under the PLP 1975: ex-SDS RYM II members in BARU create Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP) 1977: ex-SDS RYM II members create Proletarian Unity League (PUL)
Workers World Party (WWP) 75px	1959	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism and Marcyism 1948: the Global Class War Tendency (GCWT) formed within the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) 1959: the GCWT split from the SWP 1960: renamed as Worker's World Party (WWP) 2004: Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) created as split from WWP 2011: WWP created United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) 2014: Caleb Maupin left WWP and would go on to create Center for Political Innovation (CPI)
International Socialists (IS)	1958	1986	Ideology: Trotskyism 1958: in August 1958, created as split named Independent Socialist Club (ISC) from Independent Socialist League (ISL) 1967: ISC reorganized as Independent Socialist Clubs of America (ISCA) 1968: ISCA helped create Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) 1969: ISCA renamed as International Socialists (IS) 1977: IS expels Left Tendency faction members, who create International Socialist Organization (ISO) late 1970's: Worker Power created as split from IS 1986: IS merged with Worker Power to form Solidarity
League of Revolutionaries for a New America (LRNA)	1958	Active	Ideology: anti-revisionist Marxism-Leninism 1958: members of Communist Party USA (CPUSA) split to create the Provisional Organizing Committee to Reconstitute a Marxist–Leninist Party (POC) 1965: POC splits in two: majority faction stays in POC, minority faction joins Communist Party USA (Marxist–Leninist) [CPUSA(ML)] 1968: POC splits in two: majority faction stays and creates California Communist League (CL), minority faction leaves and creates American Workers Communist Party (AWCP) 1968: a split from League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW) merged into CL 1974: CL reorganized as Communist Labor Party of North America [CLP or CLP(USNA)] 1993: CLP dissolved 1993: remnants of CLP create National Organizing Committee (NOC) 1993: NOC reorganized into League of Revolutionaries for a New America (LRNA)
Democratic Socialist Federation (DSF)	1957	1972	Ideology: Democratic socialism 1957: DSF split from Social Democratic Federation (SDF of 1936) after SDF decided to merge with Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1972: DSF merged with Socialist Party of America (SPA)
Independent-Socialist Party (ISP)	1956	1960	Ideology: Communism, united front 1956: after Khrushchev's Secret Speech, Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) splintered; the National Guardian (NG) became independent from CPUSA 1956: Socialist Workers Party (SWP) began organizing for a United Independent-Socialist Party (UISP) 1958: SWP organizes first UISP conference; receives support from NG members (including John T. McManus join), some CPUSA members, some former American Labor Party (ALP) members, and some former Progressive Party of 1948 (PP of 1948) members; opposed by Socialist Party of America (SPA) and Socialist Labor Party (SLP); SPA threatened lawsuit, forcing UISP to be renamed to Independent-Socialist Party (ISP) 1958: performed poorly in 1958 New York state election 1960: performed poorly, dissolved
University Pro-Independence Federation of Puerto Rico (FUPI)	1956	Active	Ideology: Socialism and Puerto Rican independence 1956: created as University Pro-Independence Federation (Federación de Universitarios Pro Independencia, FUPI)
News and Letters Committees (NLCs)	1955	Active	Ideology: Trotskyist, focused on publication 1955: NLCs created by Raya Dunayevskaya after a split in the Correspondence Publishing Committee (CPC)
Socialist Union of America (SUA or Cochranites)	1953	1959	Ideology: Trotskyism and Pabloism Early 1953: created as split from the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) 1957: minority faction led by Milton Zaslow and Irving Beinin split from SUA to join remnants of American Labor Party (ALP) around National Guardian (NG) newspaper 1959: in December 1959, dissolved
Johnson-Forest Tendency (JFT)	1951	1962	Ideology: Trotskyism, focused on publication 1951: members of Johnson–Forest Tendency (JFT) within Socialist Workers Party (SWP) led by C. L. R. James ("J. R. Johnson"), Raya Dunayevskaya ("Freddie Forest"), and Martin Glaberman split 1951: members create CPC to publish newspaper Correspondence 1955: CPC split, with a portion forming News and Letters Committees (NLC) to publish News and Letters 1962: CPC split, with a portion forming Facing Reality to publish Speak Out 1962: James ("Johnson") arrested and deported, JFT dissolves 1960s: CPC winds down
National Guardian (NG)	1948	1992	Ideology: Progressive and Socialist (until 1968), then New Communist movement 1948: created alongside Henry Wallace's presidential campaign on the Progressive Party of 1948-1955 (PP of 1948) line 1948: alleged to be a front for the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), but not substantiated 1958: many members join with Independent-Socialist Party (ISP) in New York 1960: ISP dissolves 1968: National Guardian renamed to The Guardian, began to support New Communist movement and joined The Trend 1970: minority split from The Guardian to create The Liberated Guardian, which quickly folded but permanently damaged The Guardian 1979: The Guardian began creating Guardian Clubs 1979: Irwin Silber left The Guardian to focus on Guardian Clubs and to work with Line of March (LOM), where he published Frontline, a competitor newspaper 1992: The Guardian dissolved
Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) 75px	1946	Active	Ideology: democratic socialism (1970s), Social democracy (modern), Puerto Rican independence 1946: Puerto Rican Independence Party (Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, PIP) created 1959: former PIP members create Pro-Independence Movement (Movimiento Pro-Independencia, MPI) 1972: PIP runs democratic socialist candidate Rubén Berríos 1974: Marxist-Leninist minority splits from PIP and joins Puerto Rican Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño, PSP) or Popular Socialist Movement (Movimiento Socialista Popular, MSP) 2003: FBI admitted that it had surveilled PIP and other pro-independence groups from the 1930s to 1990s
Progressive Party of 1948-1955 (PP of 1948)	1946	1955	Ideology: Progressive capitalism, Social democracy, democratic socialism Not formally connected with Roosevelt's Progressive Party of 1912-1920 (PP of 1912) or La Follette's Progressive Party of 1924-1934 (PP of 1924) 1946: Progressive Citizens of America (PCA) created by Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions (ICCASP) and Elinor S. Gimbel's National Citizens Political Action Committee (NC-PAC), formerly the Non-Partisan Committee, and guided by The New Republic founder Herbert Croly 1946: Henry A. Wallace and Fiorello LaGuardia spoke at PCA's founding convention 1946-47: opposed Truman's Temporary Commission on Employee Loyalty (TCEL) and the Loyalty Boards of Executive Order 9835 1947: Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) was created, in part, to oppose the PCA 1948: PCA reorganized as Progressive Party (PP), also called New Party (NP) 1948: PP backs Henry A. Wallace in 1948 presidential election 1948: House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) attacks nearly all PP members in Second Red Scare 1952: PP runs final presidential campaign 1955: national PP dissolved; state PPs remain
National Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions (ASP)	1945	1950	Ideology: Anti-war, liberalism (majority), socialism (minority) 1945: Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions (ICCASP) 1945: ICCASP members in Hollywood create Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions (HICCASP), whose members included Hollywood Ten 1946: ICCASP merged into Progressive Citizens of America (PCA) 1948: remnants of ICCASP in PCA reorganized as National Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions (ASP or NCASP) 1949: ASP sent W. E. B. Du Bois as representative for World Peace Council (WPC) or World Congress of the Partisans of Peace (WCPP) 1950: ASP dissolved
Libertarian League and Book Club (LLBC)	1945	1965	Ideology: Anarchism 1945: Libertarian Book Club (LBC) created by New York anarchists 1954: Libertarian League (LL) created by LBC members 1965: LL and LBC dissolved
An Anarchist Quarterly (AAQ)	1942	1951	Ideology: Anarchism 1942: group of New York anarchists begin publishing Retort 1947: Retort renamed to An Anarchist Quarterly (AAQ) 1951: AAQ ceases publication
Why? Group	1942	1954	Ideology: Anarchism 1942: New York anarchists create Why? Group to publish Why? An Anarchist Bulletin 1940s: worked closely with An Anarchist Quarterly (AAQ), then Retort 1947: Why? Group renames itself to Resistance Group and its publication to Resistance 1954: Resistance Group dissolves
National Federation for Constitutional Liberties (NFCL)	1940	1946	Ideology: Progressive legal advocacy, allegedly Communist Party USA (CPUSA) front 1940: NFCL created 1946: NFCL merged into Civil Rights Congress (CRC)
Workers Party (WP) or Schachtmanites	1940	1958	Ideology: Trotskyism and Shachtmanism 1940: in April 1940, created as split of the pro-Max Shachtman faction split from the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) 1947: the Johnson–Forest Tendency split from the WP to rejoin the SWP 1949: renamed as Independent Socialist League (ISL) 1958: in August 1958, the ISL merged with the Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1958: International Socialists (IS) created as split from ISL
Socialist Workers Party (SWP)	1938	Active	Ideology: Trotskyism 1936: proto-SWP began as Socialist Appeal tendency after Workers Party of the United States (WPUS of 1934) entryism into Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1938: in January 1938, the Socialist Appeal tendency split from the SPA to create the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) 1938: Revolutionary Marxist League (RML) split from SWP; in 1940 they merged with remnants of Communist League of Struggle (CLS) and Marxist Workers League (MWL) to create Workers Party of 1940, which quickly faded away 1940: pro-Shachtman faction split from the SWP to create the Worker's Party (WP) 1956: SWP begins organizing Independent-Socialist Party (ISP) 1959: proto-Worker's World Party (WWP) split from SWP 1960: SWP created Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) as SWP youth group [todo did YSA exist earlier?] 1960: ISP dissolves 1963: SWP worked closely with Malcolm X, then a member of the Nation of Islam (NOI) 1963: SWP and Group for Advanced Leadership (GOAL) created Freedom Now Party (FNP) during March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 1964: proto-Spartacist League (US) (SLUS) created by members purged from Revolutionary Tendency (RT) from SWP 1964: SWP expelled Reorganized Minority Tendency (RMT) members, who create proto-Socialist Equality Party (SEP) 1965: FNP dissolved 1966: Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) created as split from SWP 1972: SWP expelled Leninist Faction of Proletarian Orientation Tendency (POT) faction 1974: Internationalist Tendency (IT) faction emerged from POT 1974: SWP expelled some members of IT faction, who joined Liberation Union (LU) 1974: LU attempted to merge into SWP; after negotiations failed, many IT members in LU rejoined SWP 1983: SWP expelled high-profile member Peter Camejo; Camejo and supportive SWP members created North Star Network (NSN), a faction inside SWP 1983: expelled SWP members create Fourth Internationalist Tendency (FIT) 1983: expelled SWP members create Socialist Action (SAct) 1980s: SWP began to reject the Fourth International (FI) mainstream 1990: SWP formally left FI and created Pathfinder tendency 1992: SWP youth group YSA dissolves 1994: SWP creates new youth group Young Socialists (YS)
Jewish Culture Association (JCA) [יידישער קולטור-פאַרבאַנד or Yidisher Kultur Farband (YKUF)]	1938	2006	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism (CPUSA ethnic association) 1922: created as Morgen Freiheit [Morning Freedom] newspaper 1929: Proletpen created to organize Freiheit-associated writers 1938: Proletpen replaced by Yidisher Kultur-Farband (YKUF) 1988: Morgen Freiheit halts publication 1990s: began working with Congress for Jewish Culture 2006: ceased operation
Marxist Workers Party (MWP)	1937	1940	Ideology: Communism 1937: created by members who split from Proletarian Party of America 1940: ceased operation
American Labor Party (ALP of 1936)	1936	1956	Ideology: Social democracy, Labour movement 1936: Old Guard faction of the Socialist Party of America (SPA) split to create Social Democratic Federation (SDF of 1936) 1936: SDF created Labor's Non-Partisan League (LNPL) 1936: LNPL reorganized into American Labor Party (ALP) to reduce SPA vote share 1944: August Claessens worked with SPA to defeat Communist Party USA (CPUSA) faction that had won control of ALP; Claessens failed and created Liberal Party of New York (LPNY) 1956: before and after its demise, many ALP members joined the Liberal Party of New York (LPNY) and the Progressive Party (PP of 1948) 1956: ALP dissolved 1958: some former ALP members join Independent-Socialist Party (ISP)
Revolutionary Workers League (RWL of 1935 or Oehlerites)	1935	1946	Ideology: Trotskyism (until 1938), then Leninism 1934: members of Workers Party of the United States (WPUS) began discussing entryism into Socialist Party of America (SPA); faction led by Hugo Oehler opposed, and instead suggested having the Revolutionary Policy Committee (RPC, the left wing of the SPA) join the WPUS 1935: Oehlerite members censored by WPUS leadership split and created Revolutionary Workers League (RWL of 1935) 1936: first Marxist Workers League (MWL of 1936) split from RWL of 1935 to rejoin WPUS 1938: second Marxist Workers League (MWL of 1938) split from RWL; in 1940 they merged with remnants of Communist League of Struggle (CLS) and Revolutionary Marxist League (RML) to create the Workers Party of 1940, which quickly faded away 1938: RWL renounced Trotskyism 1938: strongly anti-Trotskyist members split to create Leninist League, also called Marlenites, renamed Workers League for a Revolutionary Party (WLRP) in 1946, dissolved in 1950 1940: Revolutionary Communist Vanguard (RCV) split from RWL to argue with the Leninist League
Council Communists (CC)	1934	1943	Ideology: Left communism 1934: created as United Workers Party (UWP) by dissident members of Industrial Workers of the World and of the Proletarian Party of America (PPA) 1934: renamed as Groups of Council Communists 1943: membership dropped too low to keep publishing magazine, dissolved
Puerto Rican Communist Party (PCP) 75px	1934	1991	Ideology: Communism and Puerto Rican independence 1934: Puerto Rican Communist Party (Partido Comunista Puertorriqueño, PCP) created with Communist Party USA (CPUSA) support 1991: PCP dissolved, former members created Communist Refoundation (Refundación Comunista, RF or RFPR) 2010: former PCP members in RF create Communist Party of Puerto Rico (Partido Comunista de Puerto Rico, PCPR)
Social Democratic Federation (SDF of 1936)	1934	1957	Ideology: Democratic socialism Note: An earlier organization, also named Social Democratic Federation (SDF), existed from 1889 to 1897. 1919: Old Guard faction (Regulars) of the Socialist Party of America (SPA) formed to oppose Militant faction (Militants) 1934: opposed to the direct action called for by Militant faction, Old Guard faction of SPA created Committee for the Preservation of the Socialist Party (CPSP) 1936: CPSP split from the SPA and reorganized as People's Party of New York (PPNY), affiliated with American Labor Party (ALP of 1936) 1937: PPNY reorganized as Social Democratic Federation (SDF) 1937: SDF affiliated with Labour and Socialist International (LSI) 1940s: SDF membership rapidly declined 1956: ALP dissolves, many members join Liberal Party of New York (LPNY) 1956: SDF merged with Socialist Party of America to form the Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation (SP-SDF) 1956: holdout faction refused to merge and created Democratic Socialist Federation (DSF)
Workers Party of the United States (WPUS of 1934)	1934	1936	Ideology: Trotskyism 1934: in December 1934, created as merge of Communist League of America (CLA) and American Workers Party (AWP) 1936: in June 1936, dissolved as members joined Socialist Party of America (SPA) en masse to become Socialist Appeal tendency of SPA
End Poverty in California (EPIC)	1933	1938	Ideology: Social democracy, job guarantee 1933: popular Socialist Party of America (SPA) member Upton Sinclair switched to California Democratic Party 1934: Sinclair won Democratic primary for Governor of California and lost general election, albeit with highest vote for Democrat in history 1936: EPIC faded away after more election losses
Catholic Worker Movement (CWM)	1933	Active	Ideology: Christian pacifism, Christian anarchism 1933: created by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin to support Catholic Worker newspaper's goals of Christian anarchism and Christian pacifism; historically worked with many anarchist groups
American Workers Party (AWP)	1933	1934	Ideology: Socialism and unionism 1929: Conference for Progressive Labor Action (CLPA) formed 1933: in December 1933, reorganized and renamed as American Workers Party (AWP) 1934: in December 1934, merged with Communist League of America (CLA) to create Workers Party of the United States (WPUS of 1934)
Vanguard Group	1932	1939	Ideology: Anarchism 1932: New York anarchists around Road to Freedom create Vanguard Group to publish Vanguard: A Libertarian Communist Journal 1939: Vanguard Group dissolves 1942: former Vanguard Group members join Why? Group
American Labor Party (ALP of 1932)	1932	1935	Ideology: Marxism, De Leonism 1932: expelled members of Industrial Union League (IUL) split to create Industrial Union Alliance (IUA) 1933: original IUL began reorganizing into a political party; in response, IUA renamed to Industrial Union Party (IUP) 1933: original IUL also renamed to Industrial Union Party (IUP) and sued IUA to prevent them from using that name 1933: IUL renamed to American Labor Party (ALP of 1932) 1935: ALP of 1932 paper ceased publication
National Student League (NSL)	1931	1935	Ideology: Communism 1931: emerges as grassroots students organizing group New York Intercollegiate Student Council, renamed New York Student League 1932: renamed National Student League (NSL) 1935: merges with Student League for Industrial Democracy (SLID) to form American Student Union (ASU)
Communist League of Struggle (CLS)	1931	1937	Ideology: Trotskyism 1931: in March 1931, Communist League of Struggle (CLS) created as split from Communist League of America (CLA) 1937: in May 1937, CLS dissolved 1940: remnants of CLS merge with second Marxist Workers League (MWL of 1938) and Revolutionary Marxist League (RML) to create the Workers Party of 1940, which quickly faded away
International Workers Order (IWO) 75px	1929	1956	Ideology: mutual aid organization led by Communist Party of America (CPUSA) members Peak membership: 155,000 (1941) 1922: emerged as Left Wing faction of The Workers Circle 1925: Left Wing faction reorganized as Left Wing Alliance, in control of ~1 in 4 chapters 1929: CPUSA members split Circle to create International Workers Order (IWO) after Socialist Party of America (SPA) members (who dominated leadership) repeatedly expelled Left Wing faction members and chapters; just ~5,000 members of Circle joined IWO 1930's: IWO grew dramatically, to >150,000 members 1954: under pressure from House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the New York State Insurance Department (NYSID) forced the IWO to liquidate
Lovestoneites	1929	1941	Ideology: Communism, Right Opposition, Bukharinism late 1920s: faction formed within the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) to support Nikolai Bukharin (of the Right Opposition) against Joseph Stalin (of the "center") 1929: faction members expelled from CPUSA, attempted to rejoin, were rejected 1929: faction members create Communist Party (Majority Group) [CPMG or CP(MG)] led by Jay Lovestone which endorses CPUSA candidates until 1932 1931: minority faction left CPMG to join Conference for Progressive Labor Action (CPLA) 1932: CPLA renamed as Communist Party of the USA (Opposition) [CPO or CP(O) or CPUSA(O)] 1933: minority faction led by Benjamin Gitlow left CPO to join Workers Communist League (WCL) 1937: CPO renamed as Independent Communist Labor League (ICLL) 1938: ICLL renamed as Independent Labor League of America (ILL or ILLA) 1941: dissolved
League for Independent Political Action (LIPA)	1928	1936	Ideology: alliance of progressive liberals and socialists Peak membership: 6062 (1931) 1928: LIPA created as organizing alliance of progressive organizations, inspired by Robert M. La Follette's campaign organization, the League for Progressive Political Action (LPPA) 1930: alliance cooperated with Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota (FLP of MN) and Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1933: LIPA newspaper merged into Common Sense, organization rapidly dwindled 1936: terminated after early successes of New Deal
Communist League of America [CLA or CLA(O)]	1928	1934	Ideology: Communism, Left Opposition, Trotskyism late 1920s: faction formed within the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) to support Leon Trotsky (of the Left Opposition) against Joseph Stalin (of the "center") 1928: in October 1928, Communist League of America (CLA) created by members purged from CPUSA, led by James P. Cannon, Max Shachtman, and Martin Abern 1931: minority faction split from CLA and created Communist League of Struggle (CLS) 1934: in December 1934, CLA merged with American Workers Party (AWP) to create Workers Party of the United States (WPUS of 1934)
Socialist Labor Party dissidents	1927	2005	Ideology: De Leonism and revolutionary industrial unionism Note: The Socialist Labor Party (SLP) expelled many dissidents, most of whom still held to De Leonism, and who almost all accumulated into one parallel organization. 1927: SLP expels many Section Bronx members (key among them Sam Brandon and Joseph Brandon) 1928: Section Bronx members create Industrial Union League (IUL) 1932: IUL creates Industrial Union Party (IUP) 1932: expelled IUL members create American Labor Party (ALP of 1932) 1935: SLP expels more members, key among them Abraham Ziegler 1939: Ziegler splits from IUP to create Socialist Union Party (SUP) 1941: SUP dissolved 1950: IUP dissolves but retains informal membership 1967: SLP expels dissident members (key among them Eric Hass) 1969: expelled members create the Socialist Committee of Correspondence (SCC) with former IUP members 1970: SCC reorganizes as Daniel De Leon League (DDDL) 1971: DDDL reorganizes as Socialist Reconstruction (SR), later renamed League for Socialist Reconstruction (LSR) 1980: SLP members in Minnesota split to create New Unionists (NU) 1980: New Unionists and League for Socialist Reconstruction (LSR) merge to create New Union Party (NUP) 2005: NUP ceased newspaper publication
International Labor Defense (ILD)	1925	1956	Ideology: , civil rights advocacy, allegedly CPUSA front 1920: Communist Party of America (CPA) and Communist Labor Party of America (CLPA) create National Defense Committee (NDC) after Palmer raids during First Red Scare 1920: NDC cooperated with Workers Defense Committee (WDC) to oppose deportations from Palmer raids 1922: after 1922 Bridgman Convention raids, CPA creates Labor Defense Council (LDC) 1922: on advice of Bill Haywood ("Big Bill"), ComIntern creates International Red Aid (MOPR or IRA) 1925: Workers Party of America (WPA) merges defense activities into International Labor Defense (ILD); unclear if NDC, WDC, or LDC were still operating independently 1946: ILD and National Federation for Constitutional Liberties (NFCL) merged into the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) 1947: National Negro Congress (NNC) merged into CRC 1951: CRC presents We Charge Genocide petition to United Nations 1951: CRC targeted by House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) 1956: CRC dissolves
War Resisters League (WRL)	1923	Active	Ideology: Radical pacifism and anti-racism; has included anti-war progressives, anarchists, socialists, and other pacifists 1921: War Resisters' International (WRI) created 1923: World War 1 resisters created War Resisters League (WRL) has opposed nearly every war since then
United Farmers Educational League (UFEL)	1923	1935	Ideology: Progressive capitalism, Social democracy, democratic socialism TODO XXX end date needs confirmation 1923: Farmer-Labor Party of North Dakota (FLP of ND) reorganized by Communist Party USA (CPUSA) member Alfred Knutson into United Farmers Educational League (UFEL) as United States affiliate of Red Peasant International (RPI or Krestintern); this paralleled CPUSA labor group Trade Union Educational League (TUEL) 1923: FLP of ND included many current and former members of Non-Partisan League (NPL) of North Dakota (NPL of ND) 1924: after Federated Farmer–Labor Party (FFLP) ceased to exist, UFEL collapsed 1926: UFEL restarted 1928: UFEL membership collapsed 1929: UFEL renamed to United Farmers League (UFL), mirroring TUEL rename to Trade Union Unity League 1930s: UFL faded away [todo]
Progressive Party of 1924-34 (PP of 1924)	1924	1924	Ideology: Progressive capitalism, Social democracy, democratic socialism Not formally connected with Roosevelt's Progressive Party of 1912-1920 (PP of 1912) or Progressive Party of 1948-1955 (PP of 1948). 1924: La Folette receives CPPA Conference for Progressive Political Action (CPPA) endorsement for 1924 United States presidential election 1924: La Folette loses election 1924: PP dissolves 1934: La Folette's sons founded Wisconsin Progressive Party (WPP) with splitters from Progressive faction in Republican Party of Wisconsin (WIGOP) 1930s: WPP would sometimes work in a Farmer-Labor-Progressive Federation with the Social-Democratic Party of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin branch of the Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1946: WPP faded away, most members rejoined WIGOP
Conference for Progressive Political Action (CPPA)	1922	1925	Ideology: Progressive capitalism, Social democracy, democratic socialism 1922: Conference for Progressive Political Action (CPPA) created by union members, Socialist Party of America (SPA) members, Farmer–Labor Party (FLP) members, Workers Party of America (WPA) members, and remnants of the Committee of 48 1922: CPPA prevents WPA (Communist) members from attending convention; WPA withdraws from CPPA 1923: SPA votes to formally affiliate with CPPA ("left wing" of farmer-labor movement) 1923: after CPPA voted not to create independent party, FLP withdraws from CPPA 1924: CPPA members endorsed Robert M. La Follette's campaign in the 1924 United States presidential election at the 1924 Progressive National Convention 1925: after La Follette loses 1924 election, CPPA members vote not to create independent political party (on the umbrella model of the Labor Party of Britain) but did support local Progressive Parties; as a result, SPA withdraws from CPPA 1925: CPPA adjourned sine die, abruptly ending it
Workers' Council of the United States (WCUS)	1921	1921	Ideology: Communism 1920: created as Committee for the Third International (CTI), a faction in the Socialist Party of America (SPA) that supported joining the Third International (ComIntern) 1921: in September 1921, CTI left SPA after SPA voted against joining the ComIntern; renamed to Workers Council of the United States (WCUS) 1921: in December 1921, WCUS joined Workers Party of America (WPA), the legal party for the Communist Party of America (CPA)
Workers' Council of 1921 (WC of 1921)	1921	1921	Ideology: Communism 1921: Socialist Party of America (SPA) dissidents create Workers' Council (WC of 1921); WC supported turning the underground Communist Party of America (CPA) into an aboveground party 1921: WC of 1921 merged in CPA, which soon create the Workers Party of America (WPA)
Communist Party of America (Central Caucus) [CPA-CC]	1921	1922	Ideology: Communism 1921: led by Charles Dirba, faction split from below-ground Communist Party of America (CPA) to oppose creation of above-ground Workers Party of America (WPA) for fear of deportation of party members; organization also called itself Communist Party of America (CPA), noted here as CPA-CC 1922: CPA-CC merged into CPA at 1922 Bridgman Convention
Western Progressive Farmers (WPF)	1921	1936	Ideology: Progressivism (factions), Socialism (factions), Communism (factions) 1921: Western Progressive Farmers (WPF) created by members of Washington State Grange, with key leader William Morley Bouck, who ran in 1920 United States House of Representatives elections as Farmer-Labor Party (FLP) candidate 1926: WPF reorganized itself as Progressive Farmers of America (PFA) with unofficial Communist Party USA (CPUSA) assistance 1926: PFA rapidly fell apart 1930s: PFA faded away [todo]
Jewish Socialist Verband (JSV) [Yidisher Sotsyalisṭisher Farband (YSF), lit. 'Jewish Socialist Association' (JSA)]	1921	1972	Ideology: Socialism, Jewish leftism 1921: Socialist Party of America (SPA) split between socialists and communists; majority Jewish Socialist Federation (JSF) faction joins Communist Party USA (CPUSA) as Jewish Communist Federation (JFC), minority JSF faction creates Jewish Socialist Verband (JSV) 1936: SPA split; JSV followed the Social Democratic Federation (SDF of 1936) 1957: SDF of 1936 merged into SPA; the Democratic Socialist Federation (DSF) and the JSV rejected this merge 1972: DSF and the JSV merged into SPA
United Toilers of America (UTA)	1921	1929	Ideology: Communism 1921: proto-UTA faction developed in Communist Party of America (CPA) 1922: UTA split from CPA 1922: after Third International (ComIntern) demands, vast majority of UTA members join CPA; small remainder stayed "underground" 1929: underground is still active
Communist Party USA (CPUSA or CPA)	1921	Active	Ideology: Communism and Marxism-Leninism (until 2000), then democratic socialism Elected officials: List of Communist Party USA members who have held office in the United States History: History of the Communist Party USA Subgroups and front groups: Young Communist League USA (YCL or YCLUSA), United Farmers Educational League (UFEL), Trade Union Educational League (TUEL) Peak membership: 66,000 (1939) Current membership: 5,000 (2017) 1921: in May 1921, Communist Party of America (CPA of 1919) and Communist Labor Party of America (CLPA) merge to create Communist Party of America (CPA) 1921: CPA's legal party created as Workers Party of America (WPA) 1921: Charles Dirba's Central Caucus or Left Opposition faction splits with half of membership, creates new org also named Communist Party of America (CPA-CC), to oppose creation of CPA legal party 1922: CPA-CC merged into CPA at 1922 Bridgman Convention 1925: WPA renamed as Workers (Communist) Party (WCP) 1928: WCP purged Left Opposition supporters of Leon Trotsky, who created Communist League of America (CLA) 1928: WCP purged Right Opposition supporters of Nikolai Bukharin, who created Lovestoneites 1929: renamed as Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1933: created the American League Against War and Fascism (ALAWF) 1937: ALAWF renamed to American League for Peace and Democracy (ALPD) 1939: ALPD dissolved after Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Soviet Union and Nazi Germany 1943: CPUSA "dissolved" itself in order to better support FDR (and the Soviet Union) against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan; however, the CPUSA retained its party structure as the Communist Political Association (CPA or CPA of 1943) 1946: CPUSA recreated itself 1946-1950s: CPUSA fell victim to the Second Red Scare and lost most of its membership 1956: after Khrushchev's Secret Speech, CPUSA splintered and lost most remaining members; the National Guardian (NG) became independent from CPUSA 1958: proto-Communist Labor Party of North America (CLP) created as split from CPUSA 1961: proto-Progressive Labor Party (PLP or PL) created by members purged from CPUSA 1991: Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) created as tendency within CPUSA 2014: Stalinist faction splits to create Party of Communists USA (PCUSA) 2021: unrelated conservative communist organization Center for Political Innovation (CPIUSA or CPI) created by Caleb Maupin 2024: conservative communist faction splits to create American Communist Party (ACP), headed by Jackson Hinkle
Trade Union Educational League (TUEL) / Trade Union Unity League (TUUL)	1920	1935	Ideology: Communism, Boring from within (1920-1929), Dual unionism (1929-1935) 1920: Trade Union Educational League (TUEL) created by William Z. Foster and the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) as the United States branch of the Red International of Labor Unions (RILU or ProfIntern) 1929: as result of Third Period in Soviet Union, TUEL abandoned boring from within, became the Trade Union Unity League (TUUL), and adopted dual unionism 1935: as a result of popular front approach of Soviet Union and CPUSA, TUUL dissolved
Young Communist League USA (YCL or YCLUSA)	1920	2015	Ideology: Marxism-Leninism (until 2000), then democratic socialism (CPUSA youth wing) 1920: created as below-ground youth section of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) by dissident splitters from Young People's Socialist League (YPSL), the youth section of the Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1922: above-ground youth section recreated as Young Workers League of America (YWL) 1922: children's section created as Junior Section of the YWL 1923: below-ground YCL dissolved 1925: youth section renamed Young Workers (Communist) League (YWCL) 1925: children's section renamed as Young Pioneers of America (YPA) 1936: children's section dissolved, replaced with Junior Section of the International Workers Order (IWO) 1943: YWL "dissolved" itself in order to better support FDR (and the Soviet Union) against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan; it was renamed as American Youth for Democracy (AYD) 1946: AYD entered the Young Progressives of America (YPA) of the Progressive Party (PP of 1948) 1949: the AYD was recreated as Labor Youth League (LYL) 1963: CPUSA funded youth clubs, W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs of America (Du Bois Clubs), in dozens of colleges 1970: Du Bois Clubs renamed Young Workers Liberation League (YWLL) 1984: YWLL renamed as Young Communist League (YCL) 2015: CPUSA delegates voted to absorb and dissolve the YCL 2019: CPUSA votes to re-establish the YCL
Proletarian Party of America (PPA)	1920	1971	Ideology: Communism 1920: SPA expelled Michigan chapter, led by Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party, who created Proletarian Party of America (PPA) 1920: PPA initially joined Communist Party of America (CPA of 1919) federation 1920: CPA attempted to take over PPA's Proletarian Universities by force, failed, expelled PPA as "Mensheviks" 1921: CPA sought unification; PPA grew increasingly apart from CPA 1928: PPA gained majority control of Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company 1934: members split to create proto-Council Communists (CC) 1937: members split to create Marxist Workers Party (MWP) 1971: dissolved
Rummagers League (RL)	1919	1923	Ideology: Communism 1919: in November 1919, created as Industrial Communists (IC) 1921: renamed as Proletarian Socialist Party (PSP) 1922: in December 1922, renamed as Rummagers League (RL) 1923: dissolved, members joined Communist Party, USA (CPUSA)
Communist Party of America (CPA of 1919)	1919	1921	Ideology: Communism 1919: in September 1919, CPA of 1919 created by members purged from Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1919-20: many CPA of 1919 members arrested during Palmer Raids 1920: on orders from Comintern, many CPA of 1919 members (behind C. E. Ruthenberg and Jay Lovestone) split to join Communist Labor Party of America (CLPA), which was renamed United Communist Party of America (UCPA); others remain in CPA, behind Nicholas Hourwich and Alexander Bittelman 1921: in May 1921, CPA of 1919 merged with UCPA to create Communist Party of America (CPA), now known as Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
Communist Labor Party of America (CLPA)	1919	1921	Ideology: Communism 1919: in August 1919, CLPA created by members purged from Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1920: in April 1920, CLPA merged with dissidents from Communist Party of America (CPA of 1919) to create United Communist Party of America (UCPA) 1919-20: many UCPA members arrested during Palmer Raids 1921: in May 1921, UCPA merged with CPA of 1919 to create United Communist Party of America (UCPA), now known as Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party (FLP or MFLP)	1918	1944	Ideology: Left-wing populism, social democracy, democratic socialism 1918: Non-Partisan League (NPL) of North Dakota (NPL of ND) expands into Minnesota (NPL of MN) 1918: Union Labor Party of Duluth (ULP of Duluth 1918) created by Minnesota Federation of Labor (of the AFL) and Socialist Party of Minnesota (SPMI) 1918: William Leighton Carss won United States Congress seat on ULP of Duluth 1918 ticket 1919: NPL of MN reorganizes with American Federation of Labor (AFL) support to become Working People's Non-Partisan League (WPNPL) 1919: ULP of Duluth 1918 joins WPNPL 1920: WPNPL reorganizes to become Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party (FLP or MFLP) 1920s and 1930s: FLP became largest party in Minnesota and most successful statewide 3rd party in US history 1930s: FLP grew increasingly close with Democratic Party as part of New Deal coalition 1944: FLP merged with Minnesota Democratic Party to create Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL)
Farmer–Labor Party of the United States (FLP or FLPUS)	1918	1936	Ideology: Democratic socialism, social democracy Illinois: 1918: Labor Party of Cook County created by Chicago Federation of Labor 1919: Labor Party of Illinois created in Illinois by Illinois Federation of Labor Connecticut: 1919: American Labor Party of Connecticut created New York state: 1919: American Labor Party of Greater New York (ALP GNY) created in New York City 1919: ALP GNY renamed to American Labor Party of New York State (ALP NYS) 1919: local labor parties mentioned above merge into Labor Party of the United States (LPUS) 1920: majority of Committee of 48 splits to join LPUS 1920: LPUS reorganized as Farmer-Labor Party of the United States (FLPUS) 1920: FLP ran Parley Parker Christensen (Committee of 48 convention chairman) for President and Max S. Hayes (LPUS stalwart) for Vice-President 1920s: only successful FLP local was the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party (MFLP) 1923: members of the Workers Party of America (WPA), the legal party for the Communist Party of America (CPA), dominated FLP convention and created a national party, the Federated Farmer–Labor Party (FFLP) 1924: due to Communist involvement, Robert M. La Follette rejected FFLP endorsement and ran on Progressive Party of 1924-34 (PP of 1924) ballot line 1924: Federated FLP (FFLP) ceased to exist while state FLPs continued on 1936: Remnant national FLP structure dissolves 1944: Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party (MFLP) merges with Minnesota Democratic Party to create Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL)
Committee of 48 (48ers) 75px	1919	1923	Ideology: Social democracy, American liberalism 1919: Committee of 48 created by liberals and social democrats 1920: majority of Committee of 48 national convention delegates split to join Labor Party of the United States (LPUS) national convention to create Farmer-Labor Party of the United States (FLPUS); minority rejects merger and seeks to create new party on progressive capitalist terms 1922: Committee of 48 worked within Conference for Progressive Political Action (CPPA) to create a progressive third party, but failed 1923: Committee of 48 became defunct
Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party (Left Wing)	1919	1919	Ideology: Communism 1915: proto-Left Wing created as Socialist Propaganda League of America (SPLA or SPL), which published The Revolutionary Age 1919: in February 1919, Left Wing created as tendency within Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1919: in August 1919, Left Wing split from SPA 1919: Left Wing split in two; majority faction and SPLA created Communist Party of America (CPA of 1919), minority created Communist Labor Party of America (CLPA)
African Blood Brotherhood (ABB) and CPUSA successors	1919	1947	Ideology: Communism, African-American leftism, decolonization, and black repatriation 1919: in September 1919, ABB created by Cyril Briggs 1920: ABB began to organize within Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) 1920: ABB targeted in the First Red Scare 1921: Briggs joined Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1921: Tulsa, Oklahoma ABB chapter resisted Tulsa race massacre 1922: after Garvey met with Ku Klux Klan leadership, ABB openly sought to convert UNIA-ACL members to ABB members 1923: ABB fully merged into CPUSA 1925: CPUSA creates American Negro Labor Congress (ANLC) as ABB successor 1930: ANLC renamed League of Struggle for Negro Rights (LSNR) 1931: LSNR leads efforts to defend Scottsboro Boys 1936: LSNR renamed National Negro Congress (NNC) 1947: NNC merged into Civil Rights Congress (CRC)
Farmer–Labor Party (FLP)	1918	1944	Ideology: todo 1918: Union Labor Party of Duluth (ULP of Duluth 1918) forms in Duluth, Minnesota 1919: local labor parties join Labor Party of the United States todo
National Party (NP of 1917)	1917	1919	Ideology: Progressivism and social democracy 1917: members of the Social Democratic League of America (SDLA), of Roosevelt's Progressive Party of 1912-20 (PP of 1912), of the Non-Partisan League (NPL), of the Prohibition Party, of the Single Tax Movement, and suffragettes attempted to organize a new party 1918: NP of 1917 began to collapse 1919: NP of 1917 faded away
Social Democratic League of America (SDLA)	1917	1920	Ideology: Social democracy, pro-war patriotism 1917: pro-war members split from Socialist Party of America (SPA) to create Social Democratic League of America (SDLA) 1917: SDL members help create National Party (NP of 1917), which flops 1919: SDL members help create Committee of 48 1920: SDL faded away
American Alliance for Labor and Democracy (AALD)	1917	1919	Ideology: pro-war patriotism 1917: pro-war members of American Federation of Labor, led by Samuel Gompers, split from Socialist Party of America (SPA) to create American Alliance for Labor and Democracy (AALD) with Committee on Public Information (CPI) assistance 1917: planned counter-demonstrations to People's Council of America for Democracy and the Terms of Peace (People's Council) events 1919: AALD members help create Committee of 48 1919: without CPI funding, AALD faded away
People's Council of America for Democracy and the Terms of Peace (People's Council)	1917	1920	Ideology: anti-war, contained socialists and pacifists 1917: created as coalition of Chicago Emergency Peace Federation (EPP) [from the Woman's Peace Party], New York Emergency Peace Federation (EPF), and American Union Against Militarism (AUAM) 1917: AUAM left coalition 1917: during American entry into World War I, People's Councils faced police and military repression across the country 1919: remnants reorganized as People's Freedom Union (PFU), which shared an office with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 1920: PFU dissolves
World Socialist Party of the United States (WSPUS) 75px	1916	Active	Ideology: Impossibilism, Orthodox Marxism 1916: members split from Socialist Party of America (SPA) to create the Socialist Party of the United States (SPUS), inspired by Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) 1920: SPUS renamed to Socialist Educational Society (SES) 1927: SES renamed to Workers' Socialist Party (WSP) 1947: WSP renamed to World Socialist Party of the United States (WSPUS)
Non-Partisan League of North Dakota (NPL)	1915	1956	Ideology: Left-wing populism, social democracy, democratic socialism 1902: Socialist Party of North Dakota (SPND) created by Scandinavian immigrants 1912: SPND sees widespread success 1914: SPND expelled party organizer Arthur C. Townley 1915: Townley creates Non-Partisan League (NPL) of North Dakota (NPL of ND), which sees incredible success 1916: NPL of ND begins running candidates on North Dakota Republican Party (NDGOP) line 1917: NPL of ND member John M. Baer wins election to United States House of Representatives 1918: NPL of ND wins control of both chambers of North Dakota legislature 1918: anti-NPL faction Independent Voters Association (IVA) created in NDGOP 1919: NPL of ND created Bank of North Dakota 1918: Non-Partisan League (NPL) of North Dakota (NPL of ND) expands into Minnesota (NPL of MN) 1921: IVA wins 1921 North Dakota gubernatorial recall election of Lynn Frazier, the first gubernatorial recall in US history, by less than 2% 1922: NPL began construction of North Dakota Mill and Elevator 1920s: NPL slowly lost power until Great Depression 1930s: NPL sees great success 1950: two large NPL factions begin to emerge, the pro-union and liberal Insurgents, and the anti-union and conservative Old Guard 1956: NPL splits in two, with Insurgents merging with North Dakota Democratic Party (NDDP) to create North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party (D-NPL) and Old Guard merging into North Dakota Republican Party (NDGOP)
Russian Socialist Federation (RSF) [Российская Социалистическая Федерация or Rossiyskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Federatsiya (RSF)]	1915	1921	Ideology: Communism and Russian American leftism 1915: created as Russian section of Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1917: had both Nikolai Bukharin and Leon Trotsky as paper editors 1919: when the Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party (Left Wing) was expelled, the RSF followed; both the Communist Party of America (CPA of 1919) and Communist Labor Party of America (CLPA) had a Russian Federation 1921: when the CPA and CLPA merged, the two Russian Federations became the Russian Communist Federation (RCF)
Non-Partisan League (NPL)	1915	1956	Ideology: left-wing populism, democratic socialism, and agrarianism 1902: Socialist Party of North Dakota (SPND) created 1914: successful recruiter Arthur C. Townley expelled 1915: Townley creates Non-Partisan League (NPL) of North Dakota (NPL of ND), SPND loses 7/8ths of members to NPL 1916: SPND fades away 1921: Canadian equivalent of NPL, the Progressive Party of Canada (PPC), withers away; members join the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) or the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), which would become the New Democratic Party (NDP) 1920s: NPL rapidly lost power during the Great Depression 1950: factions emerged: Insurgents (who wanted NPL to work with North Dakota Democratic Party) and Old Guard (who wanted NPL to work with North Dakota Republican Party) 1956: split: majority of members joined Republican Party, minority faction and NPL formally joined Democratic Party
Jewish Socialist Federation (JSF)	1912	1921	Ideology: Communism (faction), Socialism (faction), Jewish leftism 1912: JSF created as the Yiddish language federation of the Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1921: SPA split between socialists and communists; majority JSF faction joins Communist Party USA (CPUSA) as Jewish Communist Federation (JFC), minority JSF faction creates Jewish Socialist Verband (JSV)
Poale Zion (פועלי ציון‎), lit. 'Workers of Zion'	1903	1971	Ideology: Socialism, Jewish leftism, and Labor Zionism 1903: first Poale Zion chapter created in New York City 1907: World Union of Poale Zion created 1912: Jewish National Workers Alliance (NJWA) [Yidish Natsionaler Arbeter Farband (YNAF)] created as Poale Zion mutual aid society 1971: Poale Zion and NJWA/YNAF merged with Labor Zionist Organization of America and American Habonim Association to create Labor Zionist Alliance (LZA) 2004: LZA renames as Ameinu
Wage Workers Party (WWP of 1909)	1909	1910	Ideology: Socialism 1909: WWP of 1909 created as split from Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1910: WWP of 1909 dissolved, most members joined Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Federation of the Union of Russian Workers (URW, UORW, or FURW) [Союз Русских Рабочих (SRR)]	1908	1919	Ideology: anarcho-communism (until 1912), then anarcho-syndicalism Peak membership: 10,000 (1917) 1908: URW created by anarchist Russian emigres expelled after Russian Revolution of 1905 1912: URW affiliated with Industrial Workers of the World and shifted from revolutionary approach to syndicalist, unionizing approach 1919: URW destroyed by Palmer Raids; thousands of URW members were deported, including hundreds on the USAT Buford
Irish Socialist Federation (ISF)	1907	1910	Ideology: Socialism and Irish republicanism 1907: ISF created by former Irish Socialist Republican Party (ISRP) members including James Connolly 1909: ISF supported Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1910: after Connolly returned to Ireland, ISF faded away
Finnish Socialist Federation (FSF) [Suomalainen Sosialisti Järjestö (SSJ)]	1906	1983	Ideology: Socialism (1906-1936), then social democracy (1936-1980) 1906: FSF created as language federation in the Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1936: Social Democratic Federation (SDF of 1936) split from SPA, FSF also split from SPA to create an unaffiliated Finnish American League for Democracy (FALD) [Amerikan Suomalainen Kansanvallan Liitto (ASKL)], also translated Finnish-American Democratic League (FADL) 1980s: FALD faded away 2009: former party newspaper Raivaaja, lit. 'Pioneer', ceased publication
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or "Wobblies")	1905	Active	Ideology: General unionism and industrial unionism 1905: inspired by the defunct Knights of Labor (KofL), IWW created as a merger or with participation from: Socialist Labor Party (SLP) and its union Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance (STLA) Socialist Party of America (SPA) Western Federation of Miners (WFM) 1906 split: after IWW abolishes its own presidency, SPA and WFM members split to create a rump IWW, which collapses within the year 1908 split: STLA and SLP members split to create proto-Workers' International Industrial Union (WIIU) 1919-20: many members arrested during Palmer Raids 1921: American IWW considers joining Red International of Labor Unions (Profintern) 1922: American IWW rejects Profintern and fails to join International Workers' Association – Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA–AIT) 1924 split: James Rowan of the Lumber Workers Industrial Union (LWIU) led a "decentralizer" faction, which failed to take control of the IWW headquarters and the Emergency Program (EP or E-P) faction 1925: significant numbers of IWW members join the proto-Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) 1931: EP faction dissolves, most members drift back into main IWW 1936: American IWW rejects joining IWA–AIT 1967-1969: IWW led libertarian caucuses at Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) conventions 2018: American IWW joins International Confederation of Labor (ICL-CIL), an organization of dissidents to the IWA-AIT.
League for Industrial Democracy (LID)	1905	2012	Ideology: Democratic socialism (SPA youth wing) 1905: created as Intercollegiate Socialist Society as unofficial student wing of Socialist Party of America (SPA) 1921: renamed as League for Industrial Democracy (LID) 1933: reorganized the college section Intercollegiate League for Industrial Democracy (ILID) into Student League for Industrial Democracy (SLID) 1935: SLID merged with National Student League (NSL) to form American Student Union (ASU) 1941: ASU dissolved 1945: reformed the college section Student League for Industrial Democracy (SLID) 1959: SLID reorganized into Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) 1965: SDS separated from LID 2012: LID website became inactive
Union Labor Party of California 1901 (ULP of California 1901)	1901	1912	Ideology: Unionism, anti-Chinese bigotry 1901: San Francisco, CA employer association, the Draymen's Association, organizes lockout of union workers; nominally pro-labor Democrat James D. Phelan used police to crush sympathy strikes 1901: local unions create Union Labor Party (ULP of California 1901); shares similar mix of pro-labor, anti-immigrant politics as Workingmen's Party of California (WPC) 1901: in 1901 San Francisco mayoral election, ULP of California 1901 candidate Eugene Schmitz wins; again in 1903 and 1905 1907: in 1907 San Francisco mayoral election, ULP of California 1901 candidate P. H. McCarthy loses; McCarthy was more conservative pro-union candidate 1909: in 1909 San Francisco mayoral election, ULP of California 1901 candidate P. H. McCarthy wins 1911: in 1911 San Francisco mayoral election, ULP of California 1901 candidate P. H. McCarthy loses 1911: ULP of California 1901 candidate fades away
Socialist Party of America (SPA)	1901	1972	Ideology: Democratic socialism Peak membership: 113,000 (1912) 1901: SPA created as a merger of the Social Democratic Party of America (SDP or Chicago SDP) and disaffected splitters from the Socialist Labor Party of America (SLP), who had created an organization also named Social Democratic Party of America (Springfield SDP) 1913: SPA expelled Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) leader Bill Haywood from leadership; Haywood and thousands of IWW members left the SPA 1917-18: many SPA members arrested during First Red Scare under Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918 1919-20: many SPA members arrested during Palmer Raids 1919: SPA expelled minority faction, Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party (Left Wing), which would go on to create Communist Party of America (CPA of 1919) and Communist Labor Party of America (CLPA) 1920: SPA expelled Michigan chapter, which created Proletarian Party of America (PPA) 1923: SPA votes to formally affiliate with Conference for Progressive Political Action (CPPA), as "left wing" of farmer-labor movement 1934: sharply divided factions emerge within SPA: Old Guard faction (reformist socialists), Militant faction (revolutionary socialists), and Revolutionary Policy Committee (RPC) [revolutionary socialists]; the Old Guards create Committee for the Preservation of the Socialist Party (CPSP) 1936: CPSP split from the SPA and reorganized as People's Party of New York (PPNY), quickly renamed to Social Democratic Federation (SDF of 1936), and affiliated with American Labor Party (ALP of 1936) 1941: SPA members A. Philip Randolph and A. J. Muste organized March on Washington Movement (MOWM) 1940s: SPA ran some candidates in New York on the Liberal Party ballot line 1957: Social Democratic Federation (SDF of 1936) merged into SPA, renamed the Socialist Party of America-Social Democratic Federation (SP-SDF or SPA-SDF, here called SPA); however, Democratic Socialist Federation (DSF) split from SDF and refused to merge 1958: Independent Socialist League (ISL) merged into SPA 1963: SPA members A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin organized March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 1972: Democratic Socialist Federation (DSF) merged into SPA, renamed the Socialist Party of America-Democratic Socialist Federation (SP-DSF or SPA-DSF, here called SPA) 1972: SPA split in three: majority faction (Unity Caucus) reorganized into the Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA); a minority faction (Coalition Caucus) created the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC); another minority faction (Debs Caucus) created Union for Democratic Socialism (UDS)
Socialist Party of Puerto Rico (SP)	1899	1956	Ideology: Socialism and Puerto Rico statehood 1899: Free Federation of Workers (Federación Libre de Trabajadores, FLT) members create the Labor Party (Partido Obrero, PO) of Puerto Rico, also known as the Socialist Labor Party (Partido Obrero Socialista, POS) 1915: PO formally re-founded as the Socialist Party (Partido Socialista, PS) 1956: PS dissolved, encouraged voters to voter for Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (Partido Popular Democrático, PPD). 1959: the unrelated pro-independence Puerto Rican Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño, PSP) is formed
Social Democratic Party of America (SDP or Chicago SDP)	1898	1901	Ideology: Democratic socialism 1898: TODO
United Christian Party (UCP)	1897	1924	Ideology: Socially conservative social democracy 1897: founded 1916: final UCP convention 1927: final UCP meeting
Social Democracy of America (SDA)	1897	1924	Ideology: Democratic socialism 1893: American Railway Union (ARU) won a strike against the Great Northern Railway 1894: ARU lost lost a strike against the Pullman Company after Grover Cleveland used 20,000 troops to suppress strikers; this radicalized union leader Eugene Debs to become a socialist and pursue political action 1897: the ARU merged with a faction of the Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth (BCC) to create the Social Democracy of America (SDA) 1897: dissident and expelled sections of the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) joined SDA 1897: remnants of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF of 1889) merged into SDA 1898: factions formed within SDA: colonizationists, who wanted to create socialist intentional communities, and political actionists, who wanted to win elections and political power 1898: at the 1898 SDA convention, the colonizationist platform won a narrow majority; the political actionists walked out and created the Social Democratic Party of America (SDP or Chicago SDP) 1898: SDA reincorporated as Cooperative Brotherhood (CB) 1898: CB colonized Burley, Washington with a settlement named Brotherhood 1904: CB reorganized as a joint-stock company 1913: CB legally ordered to dissolve 1924: all CB properties sold
Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth (BCC)	1894	1906	Ideology: socialist electoral victory through colonization of intentional communities; Bellamyism 1895: first local organization created 1896: national organization National Union of the Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth (BCC) created 1897: Equality Colony created, named after Equality 1899: national organization mostly dissolved 1906: major fire destroyed barn and cattle, ending Equality Colony
The Workers Circle 75px	1892	Active	Ideology: democratic socialism/social democracy (before 1940's), liberalism (after 1940's), mutual aid (until 2000's), Jewish leftism Peak membership: 84,000 (1920) Current membership: 10,000 (2010) 1892: created as Workingmen's Circle Society of New York, a 1900: reorganized as The Workmen's Circle [Der Arbeter Ring], a national organization 1929: Communist Party of America (CPUSA) members split to create International Workers Order (IWO) after Socialist Party of America (SPA) members (who dominated Circle leadership) repeatedly expelled Left Wing faction members and chapters 1940's: during New Deal, shifted from democratic-socialist and social-democratic politics to progressive and liberal politics 2000's: closed down most mutual aid programs 2019: renamed as The Workers Circle
People's Party or Populist Party (PP of 1892 or Populists)	1892	1900	Ideology: Agrarianism, bimetallism, left-wing populism, and social democracy Peak membership: "anywhere from 25 to 45 percent of the electorate in twenty-odd states" (1893) Background: Farmers' Alliance organizations: 1875: National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union ("Southern Alliance") created as farmers' association of White Southerners 1877: National Farmers' Alliance among White and Black Midwesterners ("Northern Alliance") created as farmers' association of Midwestern and Great Plains farmers (White and Black), organized by former members of the Grange movement 1886: Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union ("Colored Alliance") created as farmers' association of Black Southerners Background: Precursor third parties (including many Labor Parties): Anti-Monopoly Party (AMP), ideology: unionism, anti-monopolism, and inflationism 1874: AMP created 1884: AMP wins zero seats and mostly fades away 1886: AMP dissolved National Labor Reform Party (NLRP), ideology: unionism 1866: National Labor Union (NLU) created 1870: NLU creates National Labor Reform Party (NLRP) 1873: LRP ceased to function 1873: NLU dissolved 1878: LRP dissolved Workingmen's Party of California (WPC), ideology: unionism and anti-Chinese bigotry 1877: WPC formed 1883: WPC dissolved 1892: in February 1892, People's Party (PP of 1892) created with support from current and former members of the Union Labor Party (ULP of 1886), Greenback Labor Party (GLP), Prohibition Party, Anti-Monopoly Party (AMP), National Labor Reform Party (NLRP), United Labor Party (ULP of New York 1886), Workingmen's Party of California (WPC), and dozens of other minor parties, as well as Nationalist Clubs (Nationalists) and Knights of Labor leadership 1892: supported Populist candidate James B. Weaver in 1892 United States presidential election, where he got 5 of 444 electoral votes and 8.5% of votes 1896: after William Jennings Bryan endorsed bimetallism in Cross of Gold speech and Bryan won 1896 DNC, PP of 1892 fused with Dems by endorsing Bryan, who got 176 of 447 electoral votes and 46.7% of votes 1890's: in the Midwest, most Populist groups fuse into Democratic Party; in the South, Populist-Republican coalitions were destroyed by Democratic-led white nationalist electoral and mass violence campaigns, such as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 1900: most Populist voters again supported Byran in 1900 United States presidential election, where he got 155 electoral votes and 45.5% of votes 1900: after repeated losses and party orgs fused into Democratic Party, the People's Party disbanded 1900: most Populist members left politics, joined Socialist Party of America (SPA), or joined a major party 1904: People's Party recreated to support Thomas E. Watson in 1904 United States presidential election, where he got 0 electoral votes and 0.84% of votes 1908: supported Thomas E. Watson in 1908 United States presidential election, where he got 0 electoral votes and 0.19% of votes 1908: after two more losses, People's Party disbanded again 1913: final People's Party convention held 1971: People's Party of 1971 (PP of 1971) created; has no organizational ties to People's Party 1977: PP of 1971 dissolved 1984: white nationalist Populist Party of 1984 (PP of 1984) created; also known as "America First Party (AFP)"; has no organizational ties to People's Party 1996: PP of 1984 dissolved
Social Democratic Federation (SDF of 1889)	1889	1898	Ideology: Democratic socialism Note: A later organization, also named Social Democratic Federation (SDF), existed from 1936 to 1957. 1889: in September 1889, proto-SDF created by minority split from Socialist Labor Party (SLP) into "Rosenberg Group" or "SLP of the Cincinnati Persuasion" 1896: SDF renamed as Social Democratic Federation (SDF) 1898: in August 1898, SDF merged into Social Democracy of America (SDA)
Society of Christian Socialists (SCS)	1889	1891	Ideology: Christian socialism 1889: in February 1889, created by followers of Reverend Bliss, many former members of Bellamy's Nationalist Clubs 1890: SCS founds Church of the Carpenter 1891: in May 1891, faded away 1896: Church of the Carpenter dissolves
Nationalist Clubs (Nationalists)	1888	1896	Ideology: Democratic socialism and social democracy 1888: in October 1888, created as network of clubs, inspired by Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward 1892: most Nationalists joined or supported the People's Party (PP of 1892) 1896: faded away
Union Labor Party (ULP of 1886)	1886	1892	Ideology: Unionism, social democracy (majority), socialism (minority) 1886: in Milwaukee, WI after Bay View massacre, local Knights of Labor and Central Labor Union chapters led by Robert Schilling create local People's party (PP of Milwaukee 1886) 1886: in 1886 United States House of Representatives elections in WI-4, PP of Milwaukee 1886 elects Henry Smith to Congress 1886: PP of Milwaukee 1886 renames to Union Labor Party (ULP of 1886) and creates national party, merging in many members of Knights of Labor (KofL), Greenback Labor Party (GLP), other trade unions, Farmers' Alliance groups, the Grangers, and the Anti-Monopoly Party (AMP); had 189 locals in 34 states and 4 territories 1888: in Milwaukee, ULP of 1886 fails to elect Herman Kroeger against Democratic-Republican fusion ticket Thomas Brown and loses momentum 1891: ULP of 1886 and Schilling organize convention to create national People's party 1892: ULP of 1886 helps create People's Party (PP of 1892)
Italian-American anarchist circoli and gruppi in New York City	1886	1887	Ideology: Anarchism, Italian-American leftism note: circoli lit. 'circles' and gruppi lit. 'groups' are better translated as "clubs", circolo lit. 'circle' and gruppo lit. 'group' as "club" 1897: Ninfa Baronio and other anarchists create Gruppo Diritto all'Esistenza (GDaE), or Right to an Existence Group 1897: Gaetano Bresci briefly joined GDaE, but thought it was too moderate and left; in 1900, after insulting an anarchist group as cowards and being called a police spy, Bresci would kill King of Italy Umberto di Savoia ("Umberto I") in reprisal for the 1898 Milan massacre of workers seeking food 1900: New York anarchists create Circolo Bresci, or Bresci Circle 1901: Leon Czolgosz killed US President William McKinley, explicitly inspired by Bresci's killing of Umberto I 1901: Luigi Galleani migrates to US, begins promoting propaganda of the deed (or ""); those inspired by his words are Galleanisti (Galleanists) 1903: Galleani begins publishing Cronaca Sovversiva lit. 'Subversive Chronicle' 1906: Galleani begins publishing bomb-making manual La Salute è in voi! lit. 'Salvation Is within You!'; however, few anarchists without a background in chemistry would use its instructions 1914: Bresci Circle member attempts to bomb John D. Rockefeller estate, fails, accidentally explodes building with three anarchists inside 1914-1915: Bresci Circle members bomb St. Patrick's Cathedral, Bronx County Courthouse and The Tombs jail 1915: Bresci Circle members framed by police in attempted to bomb St. Patrick's Cathedral again; this helps spur First Red Scare and sensationalist anti-anarchist media 1917: during First Red Scare and Palmer Raids, most anarchist groups collapsed 1917: Galleani's Subversive Chronicle banned 1919: several Galleanists conduct 1919 United States anarchist bombings 1919: Galleani deported to Italy 1920: Sacco and Vanzetti allegedly kill two during armed robbery; Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Committee (SVDC) emerges to defend the pair 1927: Sacco and Vanzetti executed 1900s-1930s: other groups created include Carlo Tresca's Il Martello lit. 'The Hammer', Circolo Volontà lit. 'The Will Circle', I Refrattari lit. 'The Refractories', and Gruppo Berneri lit. 'Berneri Group' after Camillo Berneri (killed by NKVD during Spanish Civil War) 1945: Italian anarchists create Libertarian League and Book Club (LLBC)
United Labor Party (ULP of New York 1886)	1886	1887	Ideology: unionism, democratic socialism (until 1887), and Georgism 1886: ULP of New York 1886 created as alliance of Socialist Labor Party (SLP), Central Labor Union (CLU), and New York Knights of Labor; unclear association with Union Labor Party (ULP of 1886) 1886: ULP of New York 1886 ran Single Tax candidate Henry George for New York City mayor election, lost 1887: ULP of New York 1886 split in two: pro-Georgist elements stayed, while pro-SLP elements joined SLP and ran as the Progressive Labor Party (PLP of 1887), which would later run simply under the SLP from 1888 onward 1888: ULP of New York 1886 ran a Presidential campaign, which did terribly; fades away 1892: remnants from ULP of New York 1886 joined People's Party (PP of 1892)
International Working People's Association (IWPA or Black International)	1881	1887	Ideology: Revolutionary socialism, anarchism, and syndicalism inspired by International Workingmen's Association (the First International), which split in 1872 and dissolved in 1876 late 1870s: disaffected revolutionary socialists split from the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) to create local "revolutionary clubs", called "Social Revolutionists" (SRs) 1880: New York Social Revolutionary Club (NYSRC) created by SLP splitters 1881: NYSRC holds 1881 Chicago Social Revolutionary Congress and creates the Social Revolutionaries, whose party is called either the Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party (RSLP) or Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP); this group did not yet merge in local revolutionary clubs 1883: RSLP merged together various anarchist and social revolutionary groups to create International Working People's Association (IWPA) in the United States 1883: SLP proposed merger with IWPA, SLP offer is rejected 1886: Haymarket affair occurs, which police blamed on anarchists associated with IWPA 1887: after executions of Haymarket leaders, IWPA collapsed and many moderates rejoined SLP 1887: anarchist communities continue to exist after IWPA collapses, especially around Freiheit newspaper 1910: Freiheit ceases publication until today: several movements have attempted to organize International Anarchist Congresses, including: International Workers Association (IWA–AIT) International of Anarchist Federations (IAF)
New York Social Revolutionary Club (NYSRC)	1880	1883	Ideology: Revolutionary socialism, anarchism, and syndicalism 1880: disaffected revolutionary socialists split from Socialist Labor Party (SLP) to create New York Social Revolutionary Club (NYSRC) 1881: NYSRC holds 1881 Chicago Social Revolutionary Congress and creates the Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party (RSLP) 1883: NYSRC and RSLP merged into International Working People's Association (IWPA) in the United States
International Labor Union (ILU)	1878	1887	Labor union federation; Ideology: unionism and Marxism/revolutionary socialism 1878: created as split from Socialist Labor Party (SLP) 1881: reduced to one chapter 1887: dissolved
Socialist Labor Party (SLP or SLPA or SLPUS) 75px	1876	2011	Ideology before 1883: Multi-tendency socialism, Lassallism/democratic socialism (majority) and Marxism/revolutionary socialism (minority) and anarchism/propaganda of the deed (minority); revolutionary industrial unionism Ideology after 1883: De Leonism and revolutionary industrial unionism 1876: created as Workingmen's Party of the United States (WPUS of 1876) from current or former members of: American chapters of the International Workingmen's Association (IWA or 1st International / First International) Workingmen's Party of Illinois (WPI) Social Political Workingmen's Society of Cincinnati (SPWS or SPWSC) Social Democratic Workingmen's Party of North America (SDWP or SDWPNA) 1877: WPUS of 1876 renamed as Socialist Labor Party of North America (SLP or SLPNA), often spelled as "Socialistic Labor Party" from its German title, Sozialistichen Arbeiterpartei 1878: minority faction split from SLP and created International Labor Union (ILU) 1880: SLP works with Greenback Labor Party (GLP) to do electoral fusion for GLP/SLP candidates 1881: after SLP banned co-membership with Lehr und Wehr Verein (LWV), minority faction split and created the Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party (RSLP), which merged into the International Working People's Association (IWPA) 1883: SLP proposed merger with International Working People's Association (IWPA), proposal rejected 1886: SLP joined United Labor Party (ULP of New York 1886) alliance alongside Central Labor Union (CLU) and Knights of Labor (KofL) 1887: SLP renamed as Socialist Labor Party of the United States (SLP) 1887: ULP alliance dissolves 1889: dissident and expelled sections from SLP create Social Democratic Federation (SDF of 1889) 1890: Daniel De Leon entered and dramatically expanded SLP 1895: after KofL refused to seat De Leon as a delegate, SLP broke with KofL 1895: SLP created Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance (STLA or ST&LA) 1897: dissident and expelled sections join Social Democracy of America (SDA) 1905: STLA merges into the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) 1908: STLA and SLP members of IWW split, which created Detroit IWW (nicknamed "Yellow IWW") 1915: Yellow IWW renamed to Workers' International Industrial Union (WIIU) 1924: WIIU dissolves 1927: SLP expels many Section Bronx members (key among them Sam Brandon and Joseph Brandon), who eventually create Industrial Union Party (IUP) 1935: SLP expels more members, who also join IUP 1967: SLP expels dissident members (key among them Eric Hass), who eventually create League for Socialist Reconstruction (LSR) 1976: SLP runs final presidential candidate 1980: SLP members in Minnesota split to create New Unionists (NU), who eventually create New Union Party (NUP) 2008: SLP closed national offices 2011: The People ceased publication
Lehr und Wehr Verein (LWV), lit. 'Education and Defense Society'	1875	1887	Ideology: Marxism and German American leftism 1875: LWV created to oppose Pinkerton private armies 1879: LWV leader arrested for carrying saber without license, which lead to Presser v. Illinois 1887: LWV faded away after the executions of Haymarket affair leaders
Social Democratic Workingmen's Party of North America (SDWP or SDWPNA)	1874	1876	Ideology: Marxism and German American leftism 1874: dissident members of International Workingmen's Association (IWA) or First International create Social Democratic Workingmen's Party of North America (SDWP or SDWPNA) 1876: SDWP merges into Workingmen's Party of the United States (WPUS of 1876)
Greenback Labor Party (GLP)	1873	1888	Ideology: unionism, anti-monopolism, and inflationism) 1873: Independent Party (IP of 1874) created in Indiana 1874: IP of 1874 attempted to organize prospective National Independent Party (NIP) 1876: NIP formally organized as national party, either "National Independent Party" (NIP) or "National Party" (NP) 1878: NIP formally renamed to Greenback Labor Party (GLP) 1874-1880: local NIP/GLP affiliates used variety of names, including "Greenback Party" (GP), "Greenback Labor Party" (GLP), and "Greenback Labor and Socialist Party" (GLSP) 1884: in 1884 United States House of Representatives elections, GLP wins zero seats 1884-1888: GLP slowly fades away 1888: GLP defunct after convention made no nominations 1888: in Milwaukee, WI GLP merged into Union Labor Party (ULP of 1886) in alliance with urban trade unions 1892: across country, many former GLP members join People's Party (PP of 1892)
Workingmen's Party of Illinois (WPI)	1873	1876	Ideology: Marxism and German American leftism 1873: created by unionists and socialists during Panic of 1873 1876: WPI merges into Workingmen's Party of the United States (WPUS of 1876)
Knights of Labor (K of L, KofL, KOL)	1869	1949	Labor union federation; Ideology: unionism, progressivism, and anti-Chinese bigotry 1869: created as Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor (KofL) 1886: New York KofL joined United Labor Party (ULP of New York 1886) 1873: after National Labor Union (NLU) collapsed, many joined KofL 1885: Knights of Labor members commit anti-Asian Rock Springs massacre 1886: KofL organize Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886, which collapses within 2 months 1886: as a result, many KofL unions shift to American Federation of Labor (AFL) 1887: several Black KofL members killed in Thibodaux massacre 1886-1893: KofL loses 90% of membership 1892: many KofL members joined People's Party (PP of 1892) 1893: Panic of 1893 leaves KofL with few important unions 1949: final KofL local drops affiliation with organization
Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein (ADAV)	1867	1869	Ideology: Socialism and German American leftism 1867: Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein (ADAV, General German Labor Association) created as New York City branch of Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein (ADAV) 1869: ADAV joins the National Labor Union (NLU) as "Labor Union No. 5 of New York" 1869: ADAV joins the International Workingmen's Association (IWA) and becomes Section 1 of the IWA in America 1870: ADAV leaves NLU 1874: ADAV dissolved (members remained in IWA)
National Labor Union (NLU)	1866	1873	Labor union federation; Ideology: Eight-hour day movement, unionism 1866: NLU was created 1866: NLU adopted eight-hour day as its first demand 1869: Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein (ADAV, General German Labor Association) joins the NLU as "Labor Union No. 5 of New York" 1869: ADAV joins the International Workingmen's Association (IWA) and becomes Section 1 of the IWA in America 1870: ADAV leaves NLU 1870: NLU creates National Labor Reform Party (NLRP) 1873: NLU dissolved during Panic of 1873 1873: NLRP ceased to function 1873: many former NLU members join Knights of Labor (KofL) 1878: NLRP dissolved
Eight-Hour Leagues	1865	1873	Ideology: Eight-hour day movement 1835: first general strike in the United States, 1835 Philadelphia general strike, successfully strikes for eight-hour day 1865: many local Eight-Hour Leagues formed, including the Grand Eight Hour League of Massachusetts led by Ira Steward, among others 1867: California employers, led by Pacific Mail Steamship Company, expelled workers who had fought for eight-hour days and created Ten Hour League Society 1868: Congress passes eight-hour day for federal workers 1873: Leagues often collapsed during Panic of 1873 1880: Chicago Eight-Hour League appointed Albert Parsons as secretary
International Workingmen's Association (IWA) or First International	1864	1876	Ideology: Eight-hour day movement; would split between Marxism/revolutionary socialism and Bakunism/anarchism 1864: the London-based International Workingmen's Association (London IWA), also known as the First International (FI), is established at St. Martin's Hall 1866: 1st Congress of the IWA is held at Geneva Congress (1866) 1867: New York Communist Club (NYCC) becomes Section 1 of the IWA 1867: supporters in New York create Social Party of New York and Vicinity (SPNY), also inspired by National Labor Union (NLU) 1868: SPNY fails, dissolves; German-speaking members join Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein (ADAV, General German Labor Association 1869: ADAV affiliates with the London IWA and becomes Section 1 of the IWA in America 1871: American-dominated Section 12 and German-dominated Section 1 vie for control of the American IWA 1872: IWA shifted headquarters to New York City 1872: IWA split in two; Marxist faction controls NYC IWA, anarchist faction holds St. Imier Congress and creates Anarchist St. Imier International 1872: over thirty sections convene to create North American Federation of the International Workingmen's Association (NAF IWA) 1874: dissident Lassallean members of IWA, led by the ADAV, split to create Social-Democratic Workingmen's Party of North America (SDWP) 1876: remnants of IWA merge, alongside the SDWP, into Workingmen's Party of the United States (WPUS of 1876) 1876: IWA dissolved
Chicago Workers' Society (CWS)	1857	1904	Ideology: Communism, humanism, abolitionism, and German American leftism 1857: Chicago Workers' Society (CWS, Chicago Arbeiter-Verein [CAV]) created by German American immigrants 1858: joined the 1858 convention of the General Working-Men's League (AAB) 1860: New York committee dissolves TODO WHAT DOES HTIS MEAN (Obermann 1947) 1860: Joseph Weydemeyer joined CWS 1860: Allgemeiner Arbeiterbund (AAB, General Working-Men's League) executive committee resigns; Chicago Workers' Society takes leadership role 1860: CWS helped organize the Deutsches Haus Conference (lit. 'German House' Conference), whose working class elements overwhelmingly (and decisively) sided with Abraham Lincoln at the 1860 Republican National Convention 1863: joined convention with New York Communist Club (NYCC) and others to found an "organization of radical Germans", which did not materialize 1887: became far smaller after Haymarket Affair, refocused toward mutual aid 1904: disolved
New York Communist Club (NYCC)	1857	1867	Ideology: Communism, humanism, abolitionism, and German American leftism 1857: New York Communist Club (NYCC) created by German American immigrants, including Joseph Weydemeyer 1860-65: NYCC members participated heavily in Union Army 1863: joined convention with Chicago Workers' Society (CWS) and others to found an "organization of radical Germans" 1867: NYCC becomes Section 1 of the International Workingmen's Association in America (IWA)
American Workers League (AWL)	1852	1855	Ideology: Marxism and German American leftism 1852: Proletarierbund (PB, Proletariat's League [PL]) was created by Joseph Weydemeyer as explicitly Marxist organization 1853: PB reorganized as Amerikanische Arbeiterbund (AAB, American Workers League [AWL]), with membership largely German American, many of whom 48'ers 1855: AWL and other immigrant groups came under attack from Know Nothing Party 1855: Wedyemeyer left AWL leadership, which faded away 1857: Weydemeyer joins New York Communist Club (NYCC)
General Working-Men's League (AAB)	1850	1860	Ideology: Utopian socialism (akin to Owenism) and German American leftism 1850: Wilhelm Weitling creates Central Committee of United Trades (CCUT) in New York City, with membership largely German American, many of whom 48'ers 1850: CCUT reorganized as Allgemeiner Arbeiterbund (AAB, General Working-Men's League) 1853: organization fails to organize 2nd convention 1857: after period of inactivity, AAB re-founded 1860: AAB executive committee resigns; Chicago Workers' Society takes leadership role
Turnvereine (Turners)	1850	1917	Ideology: Fitness culture and German American leftism 1842: Prussia establishes gymnastics as part of curricula across country; turnen means "to practice gymnastics" in German 1848: first Turnverein (Gymnastics Union) opened in Cincinnati, Ohio 1850: first national Turner organization created, Vereinigte Turnvereine Nordamerica (VTVNA, United Gymnastic Unions of North America) 1851: VTVNA renamed to Socialistischer Turnerbund von Nordamerika (STBNA, Socialist Gymnastic Union of North America) 1850s: Turners associate with Free-Soil Party (FSP) 1861: STBNA loses strength during Civil War years 1865: STBNA reorganized and renamed to Nordamerikanischer Turnerbund (NATB, North American Gymnastic Union) 1860s: Turners become substantially more conservative after civil war 1892: many socialist Turners supported People's Party (PP of 1892) 1894: Turners reach high point of membership 1900: Turners begin to fade away 1917: most Turnvereine collapse during anti-German bigotry during World War 1
Icarian movement	1840	1898	Ideology: Communitarianism, intentional community, profit sharing 1840: Étienne Cabet published The Voyage to Icaria 1848: 1st Icarian intentional community created in Denton County, Texas 1898: last intentional community in Corning, Iowa fails
Fourier movement	1840	1892	Ideology: Communitarianism, intentional community, phalanstère, profit sharing 1840: Albert Brisbane began to popularize Fourierism in the United States 1841: 1st wave of Fourierist intentional communities begins with Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education 1843: The Phalanx created 1846: American Union of Associationists (AUA) created 1847: The Phalanx ceases publication 1848: 1st wave ends with Spring Farm Association, though the North American Phalanx persists 1849: AUA ceases publication 1851: AUA holds final meeting 1853: 2nd wave of Fourierist intentional communities begins Raritan Bay Union 1860: 2nd wave ends with Raritan Bay Union 1892: last intentional community in Silkville, Kansas fails
Working Men's Party (WMP)	1829	1831	Ideology: Communitarianism, utopian socialism, anti-corruption 1829: formed in response to long working days and corruption (such as Tammany Hall) 1829: performed well in New York and Philadelphia 1830: split into three 1830: performed poorly in elections 1831: dissolved; some members joined Locofoco faction of Democratic Party
Owenite movement	1825	1829	Ideology: Communitarianism, intentional community, worker cooperatives, profit sharing 1825: 1st wave of Owenite intentional communities begins with New Harmony, Indiana 1830: 1st wave ends with Nashoba Community

Notable socialist organizations with no mass membership

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  • Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP): An anti-racist, anti-fascist skinhead collective network. Created in 1987 among Traditional skinheads (Trads). In 1987, helped found Anti-Racist Action (ARA) Network. Inspired Red and Anarchist Skinheads (RASH). Remains active.
  • Red and Anarchist Skinheads (RASH), a leftist anti-fascist skinhead collective network. Created in 2004 inspired by Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP). Remains active.
  • Food Not Bombs (FNB): A large leftist mutual aid collective network. Created in 1980. Remains active.
• Had no clear organization structure:
  • Youth International Party (YIP or Yippies): A counter-cultural and hippie movement. Created in 1967. As late as 1979, pied several politicians. Faded away in 1980's.
• Structured as cells or network of small collectives:
  • Climate Emergency Movement: Climate activist organizations associated with Margaret Klein Salamon. After 2014 People's Climate March, Salamon co-created The Climate Mobilization (TCM) [created 2014, active], in 2016 Salamon pushed for Climate emergency declarations (started 2016, active), Salamon led since 2021 Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) [created 2019-present], Salamon funded through CEF Climate Defiance (CD) [created 2023, active]. No organizations have clear mass membership, but instead focus on direct action for climate change mitigation.
  • CODEPINK: A leftist anti-war collective network. Created in 2002 by Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin to oppose the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Medea was previously a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) member and created Global Exchange in 1988. In 2007, began strongly supporting Venezuelan government. In 2020, began boosting Qiao Collective. In 2019, joined International Peoples' Assembly (IPA). In 2021, joined Progressive International (ProgInt). In 2022, condemned Russian invasion of Ukraine and opposed military aid to Ukraine. Remains active.
  • Copwatch: A leftist anti-police brutality collective network. Created in 1990, inspired by the Black Panther Party (BPP). Remains active.
  • Earth Liberation Front (ELF): A leftist ecodefense clandestine cell network. Created in 1992. Faded away by 2009.
  • Armed Forces of National Liberation (Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña, FALN): A clandestine cell network that supported Marxism-Leninism and Puerto Rican independence. In 1950, created. In 1974, did Fraunces Tavern bombing. In 1983, dissolved. Remnants joined Boricua Popular Army (Ejército Popular Boricua, EPB or Macheteros, lit. 'machete wielders'). In 1999, Bill Clinton commuted the sentences of 16 FALN members.
  • Institute for Anarchist Studies (IAS): A collective of anarchist-communist writers. Created in 1996. Still active.
  • Unicorn Riot (UR): A small leftist anti-fascist media-making collective network. Created in 2015. Remains active.
  • United Freedom Front (UFF): A small Marxist-Leninist terrorist group. Created in 1975. Dissolved in 1984.
  • ZNetwork: A libertarian socialist media network. Created in 1986 by Michael Albert and others.
• Structured primarily as a single large collective:
  • MOVE: A commune. In 1972, created as Christian Movement for Life. In 1985, MOVE was bombed by Philadelphia police. Remains active.
  • National Conference on Organized Resistance (NCOR): An annual gathering of socialists, anarchists, and greens led by a student collective. Started in 1998. Ended in 2008.
  • Peoples Temple: A Pentecostal communist destructive cult led by Jim Jones. In 1954, Jones opened his first church in Indianapolis, Indiana, Community Unity Church (CUC). In 1955, Jones reorganized CUC in a new building as Wings of Deliverance, then renamed the org to Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. In 1956, Jones joined the Independent Assemblies of God (IAoG). In 1959, Jones renamed the org to Peoples Temple Christian Church Full Gospel. In 1963, Jones moved the church to Redwood Valley, California. In 1960s, Jones began to preach "Apostolic Socialism". In 1971, Jones opened a church in San Francisco, California. In 1972, Jones opened a church in Los Angeles, California. In 1970s, Jones founded Truth Enterprises for direct mail sales. In 1973, a "Gang of Eight" defectors fled the church to Montana; in response, Jones began conducting fake suicide rituals. In 1977, Jones moved about 1000 followers to the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project in Jonestown, Guyana. In 1978, Jones attempted to force all Jonestown residents to commit suicide.

Non-notable socialist organizations

These groups are not notable and are also not clearly tied to any notable groups:

• User:SocDoneLeft/American Communist Party (ACP): A conservative communist organization. In 2024, created as merger of splits from Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and Party of Communists USA (PCUSA), with Jackson Hinkle in leadership. Remains active.
• American Party of Labor: A Hoxhaist, Stalinist organization. In 2008, APL created by former members of Alliance! (Marxist–Leninist) [AML] and International Struggle Marxist–Leninist (ISML). In 2018, APL gained observer status in the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (ICMLPO). Remains active. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Party of Labor (3rd nomination)
• Center for Political Innovation (CPIUSA or CPI): A conservative Communist (or national Bolshevik) group. Allegedly a political cult. Created in 2021 and led by Caleb Maupin, a former RT employee. Briefly dissolved, then reformed, in 2022, after Maupin was accused of sexual abuse. See Draft:Caleb Maupin
• Communist Workers' Platform (CWPUSA): A Marxist-Leninist organization. Former in 2023 as split from Party of Communists USA (PCUSA). Splitters opposed PCUSA working with Caleb Maupin's Center For Political Innovation (CPIUSA or CPI). Remains active.
• Group on Advanced Leadership (GOAL): A Black liberation organization. In 1961, GOAL created. In 1963, GOAL member Albert Cleage broke with C. L. Franklin, who was attempting to create a Northern Christian Leadership Conference (NCLC) to parallel Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and created a rival Northern Negro Grassroots Leadership Conference (NNGLC) that invited the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), the Nation of Islam, and UHURU. In 1963, Malcolm X delivered Message to the Grass Roots at the NNGLC. In 1963, Cleage helped found Freedom Now Party (FNP). In late 1960's, GOAL dissolved. In 1968, former GOAL members helped found Malcolm X Society (MXS) and then Republic of New Afrika (RNA).
• In Defense of Communism (IDoC): Unclear origins. Marxist-Leninist newspaper. Remains active.
• Maoist Communist Group (MCG): A Maoist organization. In 2013, Maoists create New Communist Party [NCP or NCPOC or NCP(OC)]. In 2014, members split to create New Communist Party (Liason Committee) [NCP or NCPLC or NCP(LC)]. In 2016, Red Guards (RG) published document alleging that NPC(LC) leadership were guilty of sexual assault; NPC(LC) collapses. In 2016, NPC(OC) renamed to Maoist Communist Group (MCG). In 2020, MCG stopped posting updates. Defunct.
• Maoist Communist Party Organizing Committee (MCPOC or MCP-OC or MCP(OC)): A Maoist organization. In 2017, created. In 2020, stopped publishing.
• Maoist Communist Union (MCU): A Maoist organization. In 2016, Mass Proletariat organization (MPO) created by Maoists, mostly in Boston, Massachussetts. In 2019, MPO became inactive. In 2020, MCU created from MPO remnants. In 2023, MCU created Revolutionary Marxist Students (RMS). Remains active.
• User:SocDoneLeft/Party of Communists USA (PCUSA): A Stalinist organization. In 2014, PCUSA created as split from Communist Party USA (CPUSA). In 2022, left-wing faction American Council of Bolsheviks (ACB) split. In 2023, began working with Caleb Maupin's Center For Political Innovation (CPIUSA or CPI). As a result, in 2023, anti-Maupin faction split to create Communist Workers' Platform (CWPUSA). In 2024, conservative communist faction merged into American Communist Party (ACP). Remains active.
• Revolutionary Maoist Coalition (RMC): A Maoist organization. In 2021, created from unclear origins. Includes several former Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) members. Remains active.
• Revolutionary Student Coordinating Committee (RSCC): A Maoist organization. Variously overlapped with the Maoist Communist Group (MCG) and the Red Guards (RG). In 2012, Maoists in New York City create Revolutionary Student Coordinating Committee (RSCC). In 2016, after RSCC leadership expelled from university, dissolved. Defunct.
• Social Democrats of America (SDA): A social democratic organization. Likely created in 2021 as a split from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Remains active.
• Socialist Party of America (SPA of 2022): A communist organization. Created in 2022. No links to Socialist Party of America (SPA), created in 1901. Remains active.
• UHURU: A Black liberation organization. Created in early 1960's. Helped create Group on Advanced Leadership (GOAL), Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM), and League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW). Dissolved in late 1960's.
• Ujima People's Progress Party (UPPP): A Black liberation political party in Baltimore, Maryland. Created in 2010's. Remains active.

Notable non-socialist organizations sometimes labelled as socialist

The organizations below have sometimes been, incorrectly, described as having socialist politics:

• Progressives:
  • Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), a progressive activist group created by former socialists and members of Union for Democratic Action (UDA) and Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (CDAAA); the group was most powerful in the 1940's to 1960's but remains active
  • Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN): A progressive community organization network. Peak members 500,000. In 1970, ACORN was founded. In 2010, ACORN US filed for bankruptcy. In 2012, some former organizational members of ACORN created Center for Popular Democracy (CPD).
  • Citizen Action: A liberal activist organization. Created in 1980. Former members of Massachusetts Fair Share created some chapters. Dissolved in 1999. Succeeded by USAction from 1999 to 2016, when USAction merged into People's Action. May have had ~1.7 million members (600,000 / 0.35).
  • Connecticut Citizen Action Group (CCAG): A progressive activist organization. At peak, 50000 dues-paying members. In 1970, created by Ralph Nader. Still active.
  • Massachusetts Fair Share: A progressive activist organization. At peak, 110000 dues-paying members. Unclear creation and dissolution dates; 1970s and 1983 likely. Unclear if modern Fair Share Alliance is related.
  • National Civil Liberties Bureau (NCLB), which would become the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), both founded by former IWW member and anti-Stalinist Roger Nash Baldwin, who was a victim of the First Red Scare and the Palmer Raids
  • National Action Network (NAN): Progressive organization. In 1991, NAN was created by Al Sharpton. Remains active.
  • National Black Political Convention (NBPC or Gary Convention): Progressive gathering of Black political leaders in 1972 which issued Gary Declaration. Inspired Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to be more aggressive.
  • National Equal Rights Party (NERP): Pro-labor feminist party.
  • Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO): Pro-racial equality third party. Created in 1965. After Voting Rights Act of 1965, LCFO third party created by staff of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) under leadership of Kwame Ture Stokely Carmichael, opposed to the openly white supremacist Alabama Democratic Party under George Wallace. In 1965, LCFO adopted black panther as icon, opposed to white chicken (symbol of Alabama Democratic Party). In 1966, LCFO inspired Black Panther Party (BPP). In 1970: LCFO merged into Alabama Democratic Party.
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a progressive civil rights movement organization. Created in 1960. In 1968, Black Panther Party (BPP) attempted to merge with SNCC. In June 1968, after BPP members allegedly put gun into James Forman's mouth, SNCC distanced itself from BPP. Essentially defunct in 1968.
  • TrueMajority: A progressive organization founded by Ben & Jerry's cofounder Ben Cohen. Created in 2002. Merged with USAction in 2007.
• Black Nationalists:
  • US Organization (USO): A Black nationalist organization led by Hakim Jamal and Maulana Karenga. Created in 1965. In late 1960s, Jamal (and his leftist politics) left organization, replaced by Karenga's Black/Pan-African cultural educationalism. In 1966, created Kwanzaa. In 1969, on misinformation from COINTELPRO, entered gunfight with Black Panthers Party (BPP) and killed 4 BPP members. BPP called the USO "United Slaves". In 1971, Karenga convicted of assault and kidnapping two women. USO fell apart. In 1974, USO dissolved.
• Conservatives:
  • Nation of Islam (NOI), a conservative new religious movement led by Louis Farrakhan that promotes Black nationalism, Black capitalism, social conservatism, and the Yakub myth
• Syncretic:
  • Women's Liberation Front (WoLF): A nominally second wave feminist and women's liberation organization. In practice, supports anti-trans policies and conservative commentators. Created in 2014 by Lierre Keith, who supports the anti-civilization Deep Green Resistance movement. Remains active.
  • Huey Long's Share Our Wealth Society (SOWS): A group of progressive wealth redistribution organizations. Created in 1934. After Long's assassination, was repurposed to support social conservative, economic leftist Union Party of Charles Coughlin ("Father Coughlin"), which collapsed in 1936.

TODO: """ACORN in the West, Massachusetts Fair Share in the East, the Highlander Center in Appalachia, TWO in Chicago, SEASHA and the Federation of Southern Cooperatives in the South are some of the many ongoing democratic experiments that deserve support and encouragement. [....] The lesson of recent history is that such programs need to be shaped and instituted by citizens themselves. This requires marshalling of power at the ballot box and within the only political party at all receptive to the needs of the disenfranchised, the Democratic party.""" https://democracyjournalarchive.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/berman_mainstream-politics-democracy-3-2_-may-1983.pdf

Trade unions without substantial socialist leadership

• American Federation of Labor: In 1881, created as Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (FOTLU or FOOTLU). In 1886, reorganized as American Federation of Labor (AFL or AF of L). In 1955, merged into AFL-CIO. Ideology: "pure and simple" unionism.
• Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO): TODO
  • United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA): TODO

Other acronyms

• J18: international anti-G8 event, during 25th G8 summit, "Carnival Against Capital", on June 18, 1999
• N30: 1999 Seattle WTO protests, "Battle of Seattle", from November 30, 1999 to December 3, 1999
• A16: Washington A16, 2000, anti-IMF protests, on April 16, 2000

todo

• Southern Workers Assembly
• list of radical groups Dyson 1971 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3742075

prog ? =

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) https://jacobin.com/2021/10/socialism-1950s-civil-rights-montgomery-boycott-rustin-muste-randolph
• CORE -> National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) -- earlier Poverty Rights Action Center (PRAC) and National Coordinating Committee of Welfare Rights Groups (NCC)
• Rathke was member of SDS and NWRO -> Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), History of ACORN in the United States, ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy, ACORN International https://newpol.org/review/rise-and-fall-acorn/
• ACORN -> Working Families Party (WFP)

black lib ?

• Network of Black Organizers (NBO)
• Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM)
• Hampton Institute (2013) (HI) 2013-2023

black crm

https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Draft:Caleb_Maupin https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Colored_Conventions_Movement https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/National_Equal_Rights_League https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Booker_T._Washington https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/American_Negro_Labor_Congress https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Colored_National_Labor_Union https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/NAACP https://www.jstor.org/stable/27557254

anarchist

• 1970s: Black Panther Party (BPP) member and former SNCC organizer Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin imprisoned
• 1970s: in prison, Ervin began working with [Social Revolutionary Anarchist Federation]] (SRAF)
• 1979: Ervin released, started working with African People's Socialist Party (APSP)
• 1990s: Ervin, then a member of Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation (LRRAF) helps create Black Autonomy Network of Community Organizers (BANCO)
• 2003: BANCO appears to have been renamed Black Autonomy Network Community Organization (BANCO)
• 1994: Ervin helps create Federation of Black Community Partisans (FBCP), which seems to run through 1997 and publishes Black Autonomy
• """The emergence of radical feminism, with its anti-hierarchical ethos, afforded another opportunity for the rediscovery of anarchism. Throughout the 1970s, Peggy Kornegger and others contributed to a growing body of anarcho-feminist theory. Meanwhile, although black radicals tended to take Third World Marxist movements as their model, some looked back to anarchism; the Black Panthers reprinted Nechaev’s Catechism of the Revolutionary, and in 1979, a former Panther disenchanted with communism, Lorenzo Komboa Ervin (b. 1947), published his seminal pamphlet, Anarchism and the Black Revolution, introducing the concept of a “Black Anarchism” to radical debate. Another ex-Panther, Ashanti Alston Omowali (b. 1954), began publishing a zine titled Anarchist Panther in 1999."""
• terminology note: Black autonomy used as anarchist alternative to Black nationalism and Black separatism; sometimes quilombo mentioned
• terminology note: "anarchistic franchise organizations" (AFOs): anarchist inspired groupings with the same name, yet no centralized coordination (Williams 2012)

Black Autonomy Network Community Organization

labor

• Labor federation competition in the United States
• AFL-CIO group: Working America

See also

• Summaries and history:
  • American Left
  • History of the socialist movement in the United States
• Other lists:
  • List of socialist members of the United States Congress
  • List of elected socialist mayors in the United States
  • List of Democratic Socialists of America public officeholders
  • List of Communist Party USA members who have held office in the United States
• Categories:
  • Category:Socialist organizations in the United States
  • Category:Socialist parties in the United States
  • Category:Socialism in the United States
  • Category:Communist organizations in the United States
  • Category:Anarchist organizations in the United States
  • Category:Left-wing organizations in the United States

External links

• "Mapping US Trotskyism 1928-2023", a flowchart of Trotskyist groups
• "A trees/charts for all US Trotskyist organizations", a flowchart of Trotskyist groups
• Isserman 1997, includes a flowchart of US left groups
• Oakland Museum of California flowchart of Black Panther Party inspirations and inspired, plus context on piece

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