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Trotskyist Movement Mg 28 Iv 11 LIBRARY AND BIBLIOTHÈQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA ARCHIVES CANADA Canadian Archives and Direction des archives Special Collections Branch canadiennes et collections spéciales TROTSKYIST MOVEMENT MG 28 IV 11 Finding Aid No. 2084 / Instrument de recherche no 2084 Prepared in 2005 by John Bell of the Préparé en 2005 par John Bell de la Political Archives Section Section des archives politique. TABLE OF CONTENTS Workers Party of Canada ............................................................................................................... 1 Socialist Workers League .............................................................................................................. 1 Revolutionary Workers Party ......................................................................................................... 2 Socialist Educational League ......................................................................................................... 3 League for Socialist Action / Ligue Socialiste Ouvrière ................................................................ 5 Young Socialists / Ligue des Jeunes Socialistes ........................................................................ 120 Revolutionary Marxist Group .................................................................................................... 158 Ross Dowson Correspondence .................................................................................................. 183 Vietnam Mobilization Committee ............................................................................................ 187 Leninist-Trotskyist Faction ........................................................................................................ 193 Revolutionary Workers League ................................................................................................. 194 Canadian Women's Coalition to Repeal the Abortion Laws ...................................................... 196 Bulletins and Discussion Documents ......................................................................................... 202 Communist League (CL) / Ligue communiste (LC) .................................................................. 211 22 TROTSKYIST MOVEMENTTitle FONDS MGMG 28 or IV R# 11 ConContaitainerner FFile/Dossierile/Dossier SubSubject/Sujetject/Sujet Date Date TROTSKYIST MOVEMENT FONDS MG 28 IV 11 Container File/Dossier Subject/Sujet Date WORKERS PARTY OF CANADA SERIES 1 1 Constitution of the Workers Party of Canada n.d. 1 2 Executive Committee Minutes 1935 1 3 Internal Bulletin n.d. 1 4 International Secretariat n.d., 1934-1935 1 5 Miscellaneous Resolutions, Statements, and Theses n.d., 1935 1 6 Reunification of Canadian Section 1938 1 7 Spanish Civil War 1937 1 8 Spartacus Youth League n.d., 1934 1 9 Toronto Branch Report 1934 1 10 Winnipeg Branch n.d. SOCIALIST WORKERS LEAGUE SERIES 1 11 Internal Bulletin No. 1 1939-1941 1 12 [Miscellaneous Resolutions and Statements] n.d., 1941-1944 1 13 Political Committee 1940 1 14 Robertson 1940 1 15 War or Peace Poster 1939 1 16 War Profiteering Article c. 1940 MG 28 IV 11 TROTSKYIST MOVEMENT FONDS 2 Container File/Dossier Subject/Sujet Date REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY SERIES 1 17 Archibald, Harry 1945-1946 1 18 Clippings n.d., 1951 1 19 Cooperative Commonwealth Federation - Expulsions 1955 1 20 Cooperative Commonwealth Federation - Québec n.d. 1 21 Correspondence n.d., 1945-1953 1 22 Discussion Documents n.d., 1950-1954 1 23 Dowson, Ross - C.C.F. Membership Application 1953 1 24 Dowson, Ross - Notes 1 25 Flyers n.d., 1950 1 26 General Political Resolution 1951 1 27 Labor Challenge n.d., 1947 1 28 Labour - Miscellaneous n.d., 1946-1950 1 29 Murray, Gladstone n.d., 1948-1950 1 30 National Committee n.d., 1944-1951 1 31 National Committee 1952-1953 1 32 Political Committee 1945-1951 1 33 Political Committee 1952-1955 1 34 Receipts 1948-1950 1 35 Receipts 1950-1951 1 36 Second Annual Convention n.d. 2 1 Socialist Workers Party - Unity Negotiations with 1945-1946 Shactmanites 2 2 Toronto Branch - Expulsion of Comrade Martin 1945 2 3 Toronto Branch - Local Campaigns n.d., 1953 2 4 Toronto Branch - Mayoralty Campaigns 1946-1950 2 5 Toronto Branch - Minority 1950-1951 3 TROTSKYIST MOVEMENT FONDS MG 28 IV 11 Container File/Dossier Subject/Sujet Date 2 6 Toronto Branch - Minutes 1944-1947 2 7 Toronto Branch - Minutes 1947-1948 2 8 Toronto Branch - Minutes - City Executive 1949-1950 2 9 Trail, British Columbia 1949-1950 2 10 Vancouver Branch 1947 2 11 Vancouver Branch 1954 2 12 Vancouver Branch 1955 2 13 Vancouver Branch - Socialist Fellowship Minutes 1950-1951 SOCIALIST EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE SERIES 2 14 Batten Split n.d., 1958 2 15 Cannon, James P. - Correspondence 1954-1961 2 16 Communist Party of Canada 1928 2 17 Cooperative Commonwealth Federation n.d., 1954 2 18 Cooperative Union of Ontario n.d., 1952 2 19 [Discussion Documents and Reports] n.d., 1955-1959 2 20 Educationals 1955 3 1 Flyers n.d., 1956-1960 3 2 Fourth International - Early Documents n.d. 3 3 International 1954-1958 3 4 Labour - Canadian Labor Congress n.d. 3 5 Labour - [Reference Material] n.d. 3 6 Labour - [Reference Material] 1958-1960 3 7 Labour - [Reference Material - Agreements] 1951-1961 3 8 Labour - [Reference Material - Constitutions] 1946-1959 3 9 Labour - Teamsters - Contracts n.d., 1960 3 10 Labour - Teamsters - General Freight Special 1960 Committee MG 28 IV 11 TROTSKYIST MOVEMENT FONDS 4 Container File/Dossier Subject/Sujet Date 3 11 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - Correspondence n.d., 1960-1961 3 12 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - Elections n.d., 1961 3 13 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - F.W.D. n.d., 1961 3 14 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - F.W.D. - Newsletters 1960-1961 3 15 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - F.W.D. - Recruitment n.d. Cards 3 16 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - McDougall, Ken 1961 3 17 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - Miscellaneous n.d., 1961 3 18 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - Publications n.d., 1960-1961 3 19 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - "Solidarity" n.d., 1961 3 20 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - "Solidarity" - n.d., 1960-1961 Reference Material 3 21 Labour - Teamsters - Local 938 - Strikes - 1961 1961 3 22 Labour - Teamsters - Publications 1961 3 23 Miscellaneous n.d., 1961 141 1 National Conference of American Socialists 1958 141 2 New Party c. 1960-1961 141 3 Police 1959 141 4 Political Committee n.d., 1955-1960 141 5 Rosenblatt, Joe - Poetry n.d. 141 6 "Selected Readings in Marxism," ed. - Maurice Spector 1932 141 7 Socialist Party of Canada n.d., 1958 141 8 Stanton, Paddy n.d. 141 9 Toronto Branch - Correspondence 1956-1961 141 10 Toronto Branch - Election Campaigns n.d., 1952-1960 141 11 Toronto Branch - Executive Meetings n.d., 1959-1961 141 12 Treasurer=s Report 1959 141 13 Vancouver Branch 1955 141 14 Vancouver Branch 1956 5 TROTSKYIST MOVEMENT FONDS MG 28 IV 11 Container File/Dossier Subject/Sujet Date 141 15 Vancouver Branch 1957 141 16 Vancouver Branch 1958 141 17 Vancouver Branch 1959 141 18 Vancouver Branch 1960-1962 141 19 Vancouver Branch - Minutes 1957-1959 LEAGUE FOR SOCIALIST ACTION / LIGUE SOCIALISTE OUVRIÈRES SERIES Conventions, Plenums, and Political Committee Records 4 1 [Conventions and Plenums] - 1970 Convention Minutes 1970 and Correspondence 4 2 [Conventions and Plenums] - 1972 Plenum 1972 Arrangements 4 3 [Conventions and Plenums] - 1972 Master Mailing List 1972 Convention 4 4 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Praesidium 4 5 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Plenum Report January 1973 Quebec 4 6 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - L.S.A. Convention 1963 4 7 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Special Convention Correspondence 4 8 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Returned Organizer=s Report 4 9 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Political Resolution of L.T.F. - Report by J.R. 4 10 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Convention Attendance 4 11 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Greetings and Invited Guests MG 28 IV 11 TROTSKYIST MOVEMENT FONDS 6 Container File/Dossier Subject/Sujet Date 4 12 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Convention Credentials Committee & Invitees & Delegates 4 13 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Invitees Convention 4 14 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - S.W.P. Arrangements 4 15 [Conventions and Plenums] - Convention Calls 1973 4 16 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Circulars 4 17 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Convention Organization 4 18 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Miscellaneous Details 4 19 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Attendance 4 20 [Conventions and Plenums] - December 1973 1973 Convention - Plenum Attendance 4 21 [Conventions and Plenums] - January 1974 Plenum - 1974 NDPI Porter 4 22 [Conventions and Plenums] - 1975 Convention - 1975 Organizational Report 4 23 [Conventions and Plenums] - 1975 Convention - 1975 Nominating Commission 4 24 [Conventions and Plenums] - 1975 Convention - 1975 Political Report 4 25 [Conventions and Plenums] - 1975 Convention - 1975 L.S.A./L.S.O. Quebec Draft French and English 4 26 [Conventions and Plenums] - 1975 Convention - 1975 Proceedings 4 27 [Conventions and Plenums] - 1975 Convention - 1975 Proceedings - Greetings From 4 28 [Conventions and Plenums]
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