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(Sam Marcy was a trotskyist who shared some deviations from traditional trot ideology via endorsing Mao. This doesn't make him an ML, and he never called himself one. He was a member of one trot party, and founded another officially trot party.) |
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{{Infobox revolutionary|name=Sam Marcy| | {{Infobox revolutionary|name=Sam Marcy|birth_name=Sam Ballan|birth_date=1911|birth_place=[[Russian Empire]]|death_date=February 1, 1998|death_place=[[New York City]], [[United States of America|United States]]|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]<br>[[Anti-imperialism]]|political_party=[[Workers World Party]]|image=Sam Marcy.png}} | ||
'''Sam Ballan''' (1911 – February 1, 1998), better known as '''Sam Marcy''', was a Statesian Marxist-Leninist who founded the Workers World Party in 1959.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Monica Moorehead|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=International webinar on Sam Marcy’s legacy for today’s struggles|date=2023-01-24|url=https://www.workers.org/2023/01/68762/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125025129/https://www.workers.org/2023/01/68762/|archive-date=2023-01-25|retrieved=2023-01-25}}</ref> He advocated for [[revolutionary defeatism]] against [[Imperialism|imperialist]] governments as well as revolutionary defencism of the [[Proletarian internationalism|international]] [[proletariat]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=Arjae Red|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=What Marcyism means to me|date=2023-02-08|url=https://www.workers.org/2023/02/69206/|retrieved=2023-02-09}}</ref> and supported [[decolonization]] and [[self-determination]] for [[Settler colonialism|colonized]] peoples.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kisha James|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Sam Marcy’s defense of self-determination for Native nations|date=2023-02-13|url=https://www.workers.org/2023/02/69289/|retrieved=2023-02-16}}</ref> | '''Sam Ballan''' (1911 – February 1, 1998), better known as '''Sam Marcy''', was a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Trotskyism|"Marxist-and-Leninist"]] who founded the [[Workers World Party]] in 1959.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Monica Moorehead|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=International webinar on Sam Marcy’s legacy for today’s struggles|date=2023-01-24|url=https://www.workers.org/2023/01/68762/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125025129/https://www.workers.org/2023/01/68762/|archive-date=2023-01-25|retrieved=2023-01-25}}</ref> He advocated for [[revolutionary defeatism]] against [[Imperialism|imperialist]] governments as well as "revolutionary defencism" of the [[Proletarian internationalism|international]] [[proletariat]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=Arjae Red|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=What Marcyism means to me|date=2023-02-08|url=https://www.workers.org/2023/02/69206/|retrieved=2023-02-09}}</ref> and supported [[decolonization]] and [[self-determination]] for [[Settler colonialism|colonized]] peoples.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kisha James|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Sam Marcy’s defense of self-determination for Native nations|date=2023-02-13|url=https://www.workers.org/2023/02/69289/|retrieved=2023-02-16}}</ref> | ||
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Sam Marcy | |
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| Born | Sam Ballan 1911 Russian Empire |
| Died | February 1, 1998 New York City, United States |
| Political orientation | Marxism-Leninism Anti-imperialism |
| Political party | Workers World Party |
Sam Ballan (1911 – February 1, 1998), better known as Sam Marcy, was a Statesian "Marxist-and-Leninist" who founded the Workers World Party in 1959.[1] He advocated for revolutionary defeatism against imperialist governments as well as "revolutionary defencism" of the international proletariat[2] and supported decolonization and self-determination for colonized peoples.[3]
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- ↑ Monica Moorehead (2023-01-24). "International webinar on Sam Marcy’s legacy for today’s struggles" Workers World. Archived from the original on 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ↑ Arjae Red (2023-02-08). "What Marcyism means to me" Workers World. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- ↑ Kisha James (2023-02-13). "Sam Marcy’s defense of self-determination for Native nations" Workers World. Retrieved 2023-02-16.