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Progressive Labor Party | |
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| Abbreviation | PLP |
| Founded | January 1962 |
| Newspaper | Challenge |
| Political orientation | Maoism |
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| www.plp.org | |
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The Progressive Labor Party (PLP) is an ultra-left communist party in the United States.
History
The PLP was founded by leftists expelled from the CPUSA around 1960. It identified with China and initially supported the Vietnamese and Cuban revolutions. It was a leading force in the progressive student movement of the 1960s.[1]
The PLP became increasingly dogmatic and sectarian throughout the 1960s. It sided with the ultra-left of the Cultural Revolution in China and attacked the Black Panthers, Students for a Democratic Society, and the Cuban and Vietnamese revolutions. In 1969, it took over the SDS. It eventually isolated itself from all other foreign and domestic progressive groups.[1]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Albert Szymanski (1977). Critique of Ultra-Leftism, Dogmatism and Sectarianism. https://archive.org/details/critiqueszymanski/mode/1up.