Industrial Union Party
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The Industrial Union Party (IUP) was a US DeLeonist
political party
. The party proclaimed itself on 7 July 1933 at 1032 Prospect Avenue
, Bronx, Branch headquarters of its predecessor Industrial Union League (IUL). The new IUP immediately announced candidates in the New York City elections: Adolph Silver for Mayor
, Irving Oring for Comptroller, and Sam Brandon for President of Alderman
.
The party's publication, the Industrial Unionist, was published first in May 1932 with its final issue in 1950. Most of the IUP would later to reconstitute itself as the League for Socialist Reconstruction
Noting the roots of IUP in the Socialist Labor Party
(SLP), IUP's split from the SLP reflected the impact of the Great Depression and the inability of the SLP to adjust to new events. Yet the immediate roots of the Industrial Union League were in the SLP's mass expulsion of Section Bronx during the 1920s. (Industrial Unionist did not appear until 1932, but its first issue included Louis Lazarowitz's review of Walter H. Senior's The Bankruptcy of Reform, published by the Industrial Union League itself).
In November 1933 a furniture union in Jamestown, New York
, the United Workers of America, was founded on industrial unionist principles compatible with the views of the IUP. The union affiliated with the Bronx based party in December of that year, and soon formed a "mixed trades" local in Erie, Pennsylvania
.
De Leonism
De Leonism, occasionally known as Marxism-Deleonism, is a form of syndicalist Marxism developed by Daniel De Leon. De Leon was an early leader of the first United States socialist political party, the Socialist Labor Party of America....
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Political party
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. The party proclaimed itself on 7 July 1933 at 1032 Prospect Avenue
Prospect Avenue
Prospect Avenue may refer to:*Prospect Avenue , a street that runs close to U.S. Route 71-New York City Subway stations:*Prospect Avenue , in the Bronx; serving the trains...
, Bronx, Branch headquarters of its predecessor Industrial Union League (IUL). The new IUP immediately announced candidates in the New York City elections: Adolph Silver for Mayor
Mayor of New York City
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, Irving Oring for Comptroller, and Sam Brandon for President of Alderman
Alderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council...
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The party's publication, the Industrial Unionist, was published first in May 1932 with its final issue in 1950. Most of the IUP would later to reconstitute itself as the League for Socialist Reconstruction
League for Socialist Reconstruction
League for Socialist Reconstruction was a DeLeonist political organization with sections in New York City and Michigan. Joseph Brandon, Louis Lazarowitz, Sam Brandon and other LSR members had been active in the Industrial Union Party after mass expulsion of the Socialist Labor Party's Section...
Noting the roots of IUP in the Socialist Labor Party
Socialist Labor Party of America
The Socialist Labor Party of America , established in 1876 as the Workingmen's Party, is the oldest socialist political party in the United States and the second oldest socialist party in the world. Originally known as the Workingmen's Party of America, the party changed its name in 1877 and has...
(SLP), IUP's split from the SLP reflected the impact of the Great Depression and the inability of the SLP to adjust to new events. Yet the immediate roots of the Industrial Union League were in the SLP's mass expulsion of Section Bronx during the 1920s. (Industrial Unionist did not appear until 1932, but its first issue included Louis Lazarowitz's review of Walter H. Senior's The Bankruptcy of Reform, published by the Industrial Union League itself).
In November 1933 a furniture union in Jamestown, New York
Jamestown, New York
Jamestown is a city in Chautauqua County, New York in the United States. The population was 31,146 at the 2010 census.The City of Jamestown is adjacent to Town of Ellicott and is at the southern tip of Chautauqua Lake...
, the United Workers of America, was founded on industrial unionist principles compatible with the views of the IUP. The union affiliated with the Bronx based party in December of that year, and soon formed a "mixed trades" local in Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...
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See also
- List of political parties in the United States
- Political parties in the United StatesPolitical parties in the United StatesThis article presents the historical development and role of political parties in United States politics, and outlines more extensively the significant modern political parties. Throughout most of its history, American politics have been dominated by a two-party system...