The Social Democratic League of America was a short-lived social-democratic political party established in 1917 by electorally-oriented socialists who favored the participation of the United States in
The Social Democratic League of America was the brainchild of John Spargo, a pro-war member of the Socialist Party of America who quit the organization in May 1918.
Founders of the Social Democratic League of America c. 1918. (L-R): T. J. Mead, Nicholas Klein, W. J. Ghent, Lucien Sanial, Judge Levy, Nachman Syrkin, Maurice Kass, Henry Slobodin, William Edlin, W. F. Cochran, John Spargo.
Allan L. Benson
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Allan Louis Benson was an American newspaper editor and author who was the Socialist Party of America nominee for President of the United States in 1916. Known for his outspoken anti-war views, Benson
Social Democratic League of America
…membership, nor a coherent program, nor financial resources, the Social Democratic League rapidly withered and died during the first half of 1920. Allan L. Benson Frank Bohn…
Benson c. 1916
Benson c. 1905
Cover of the June 1920 issue of Benson's magazine, Reconstruction