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= * Peace obi lization conr RENT EAL : April 4 ~ 6, 1969 APPENDIX 1. WORKERS WORLD a 670 ‘on February 12, 1959, a Socialist Workers Party ——————————EEEa. minority group under the leadership of National Committee member SAM BALLAN, split from the SWP. ee: this minority group, referred to as the Marcyites, arter many years of program and policy differences on varied issues concerninp tactics and inter- pretation of political events, split from the SWP on the grounds that the Party was liquidating itself by departing ig | from the Narxist precepts of LEON TROTSKY and retreating | “ a) ih pena av. Peet. from the fight for the world Socialist revolution. The final issue which ultimately forced the split was the minority 's opposition to the SWP regroupment policy which involved oe cooperation with the Communist Party (CP) periphery- 4 ‘ individuals characterized by the minority as petty-bourgeois. unconditional defense of the Soviet Union and has as its goal the building of a revolutionary party with a complete proletarian orientation for the purpose of overthrowing capitalism in the United States and throughout the world. pea repre eer ers this minority group had chosen the name Workers World Party. —=atstataitanae The minority program, according to the _ Source » advocated that the Workers World Party, which maintains headquarters at 46 West 21st Street, New York, New York, supports the People's Republic of China in its ideological dispute with the Soviet Union. The SWP and CP have been designated pursuant to Executive Order 10450.