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NY 100-161445 APPENDIX 2. WORKERS WORLD PARTY on February 22, 1959, a Socialis orkers Party P) minority group under the leadership of National Committee member SAM BALLAN, split from the SWP, as :::: this minority group, referred to as the Marcyites, after many years of program and policy differences on varied issues concerning tactics and inter- pretation of political events, split from the SWP on the “grounds that the Party was liquidating itself by ceparting from the Marxist precepts of LEON TROTSKY and retreating from the fight for the world Saialist revolution, The final issue which ultimately forced the split was the minority's opposition to the SWP regroupment policy which involved cooperation with the Communist Party (CP) periphery- individuals characterized by the minority as petty-bourgeois. The minority program, according to the source, advocated unconditional defense of the Soviet Union and has as its goal the building of a revolutionary party with a complete proletarian orientation for the purpose of overthrowing capitalism in the United States and throughout the world, that this minority group had chosen the name Workers World Party. Workers Worl arty, which mainteins headquarters at 46 West 2lst Street, New York, New York, supports the People's Republic of China in ite ideological dispute with the Soviet Union, The SWP has been designated pursuant to Executive Order 10450. ~7h- wet FAO EM: ton a Oe oe Si sg ~ oh eee, IGE PINES MR RO TE OMG A PINARMESTNEY FEELS Sut 98 Y