The Minneapolis general strike of 1934 grew out of a strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, the major distribution center for the Upper Midwest. The strik
Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis
Trotskyist leaders Max Shachtman (left) and James P. Cannon following their arrest, July 27, 1934
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The Communist League of America was founded by James P. Cannon, Max Shachtman and Martin Abern late in 1928 after their expulsion from the Communist Party USA for Trotskyism. The CLA was the United St
Minneapolis general strike of 1934
…periodically throughout the summer. The strike was formally ended on August 22. With a coalition formed by local leaders associated with the Trotskyist Communist League of America, a group that later founded the Socialist Workers Party (United States), the strike paved the way for the organization of over-the-road drivers and the…
The Militant, edited by James P. Cannon, Martin, Abern, and Max Shachtman, was the official organ of the Communist League of America throughout its six years of existence.
The Communist League of America published more than a dozen books and pamphlets by Leon Trotsky during its six years of existence.