[D66] James P. Cannon Speaks! "The New Left"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h41sXPy9AAg

Published on May 16, 2015

James P Cannon Speaks! "The New Left". A 1966 discussion with Cannon in
Los Angeles members of the Socialist Workers Party and the Young
Socialists reflecting on the history of the American revolutionary
movement and the mid-sixties rise of the New Left internationally.
James "Jim" Cannon (February 11, 1890 – August 21, 1974) was an American
Trotskyist and a leader of the Socialist Workers Party. Born in
Rosedale, Kansas, he joined the Socialist Party of America in 1908 and
the Industrial Workers of the World in 1911. He was IWW organizer
throughout the Midwest.

A founding and leading member of the Communist Party, Cannon was
expelled from the CP for his Trotskyism in 1928. Cannon was national
secretary of the Communist League of America, Workers Party of the
United States and Socialist Workers Party until his retirement and move
to California in 1953.

He was national chairman emeritus of the SWP when he died in Los Angeles
on August 21, 1974.

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