Daniel De Leon
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Daniel De Leon, alternatively spelled Daniel de León, was a Curaçao-born American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theoretician, and trade union organizer. He is regarded as the forefat
De Leon in 1902
De Leon in 1895
DeLeon was the editor of the official newspaper of the Socialist Labor Party from 1890 until his death in 1914.
De Leon later in life
The Socialist Labor Party is a political party in the United States. It was established in 1876, and was the first socialist party formed in the country.
Daniel De Leon
…theoretician, and trade union organizer. He is regarded as the forefather of the idea of revolutionary industrial unionism and was the leading figure in the Socialist Labor Party of America from 1890 until the time of his death. De Leon was a co-founder of the Industrial Workers of the World and much of his ideas and philosophy contributed…
The SLP does not seem to have used its distinctive arm and hammer logo until it appeared on the front page of The Workmen's Advocate in 1885
Dutch-American radical Philip Van Patten was the first National Secretary of the SLP
Daniel De Leon in 1902
National Secretary Henry Kuhn was the top political official of the SLP "regulars" in the faction fight of 1899