International Socialists collection, 1972-1975

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Summary

Abstract:
The collection contains bulletins and reports by International Socialists, a third camp Trotskyist organization in the United States.
Extent:
1 box and .42 Linear Feet
Language:
Collection material is in English.
Preferred citation:

For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains reports and bulletins published by International Socialists.

Biographical / historical:

International Socialists was established when fragments of the splintered Students for a Democratic Society joined the Independent Socialist Clubs of America (ISCA), thereby renaming the organization International Socialists. The ISCA was an amalgamation of various clubs from around the United States which emulated the Berkeley International Socialist Club (ISC), a student organiztion involved with black liberation, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women's and gay liberation, union organizing, the Peace and Freedom Party, and the Black Panther Party. International Socialists' newspaper, Workers' Power, highlighted rank-and-file organizing and civil rights activism, among other topics.

Bibliography:

Geier, J. Workers Power and Independent Socialist and International Socialists. Encyclopedia of Trotskyists Online: Trotskyist periodicals. Retrieved from https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/workerspower/index.htm

Custodial history:

The International Socialists collection was donated to the Holt Labor Library in San Francisco, California between 1992 and 2019, and was acquired by the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2019.

Processing information:

Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in September 2020.

Arrangement:

The collection is alphabetically arranged in one series.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Location of this collection:
University Library, 5th Flr (5039)
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747, US
Contact:
(310) 243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
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