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thucythucy

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9. I would cite groups like the Socialist Workers Party,

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 01:42 PM

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the Spartacist League, and the Socialist Equality Party (formerly the Workers' League) as examples.

Also sub groups such as the Fourth Internationalist Tendency, which I think might still exist and was affliated with the SWP.

Then too there's the Communist Party USA, which I think also still exists.

There are others, but these come immediately to mind.

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