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Abbie Hoffman — Part 30
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PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY (PLP)
"The New York Times" city edition, Tuesday, April 20,
1965, page 27, reported that a new part of "revolutionacy
socialism" was formally founded on April 18, 1965, under the
name of the PLP which had been known as the Progressive Labor
Movement.
According to the article, "The Progressive Labor
Movement was founded in 1962, by Milton Rosen and Mortimer Scheer
after they were expelled from the Communist Party of the United
States for assertedly following the Chinese Communist line."
A source advised on June 3, 1968, that the PLP held
its Second National Convention in New York City, May 31 to June 2,
1968, at which time the PLP reasserted its objective of the
establishment of a militant working class movement based on
Marxism-Leninism. This is to be accomplishéd thréugh the rarty's” ~~
overall revolutionary strategy of raising the consciousness of
the people and helping to provide ideological leadership in the
working class struggle for state power.
The source also advised that at the Second National
Convention Milton Rosen was unanimously reelected National
Chairman of the PLP and Levi Laub, Fred Jerome, Jared Israel,
William Epton, Jacob Rosen, Jeffrey Gordon and Walter Linder
were elected as the National Committee to lead the PLP until the
next convention.
The PLP publishes "Progressive Labor," a bimonthly
magazine; “World Revolution," a quarterly periodical; and
"Challenge-Desafio," a monthly newspaper.
The April, 1969, issue of "Challenge-Desafio" sets
forth that "Challenge is dedicated to the people's fight for a
new way of life--where the working men and women control their
own homes and factories; where they themselves make up the entire
government on every level and control the schools, courts, police
and all institutions which are now used to control them."
Source advised on May 8, 1969, that the PLP utilizes an
address of General Post Office Box 808, Brooklyn, New York, and
aiso utilizes an office in Room 617, 1 Union Square West, New York,
New York.
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