The Social Democratic Federation of the United States of America was a political party in the United States, formed in 1936 by the so-called "Old Guard" faction of the Socialist Party of America. The
Norman Thomas c. 1937
The Socialist Party of New York issued its own dues stamps for several months during the first half of 1936.
The National Executive Committee of the SDF, 1937. Seated (L-R): Carl M Rhodin, Louis Waldman, Sarah Limlach, Darlington Hoopes, Algernon Lee. Standing: David B. Gertler, Edward Charles Thompson, Leo Meltzer, Samuel M. Neistadt. Inset: Jasper McLevy.
Delegates to the National Convention of the SDF, 1937
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Election poster for Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party of America candidate for President, 1904
Debs was the founding member of the Socialist Party of America.
Executive Secretary Adolph Germer was one of top five Socialist of America leaders prosecuted by the Department of Justice in 1919.
Alfred Wagenknecht, top leader of the 1919 Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party