Carl Skoglund (1884—1960) was a Swedish-American socialist, affectionately called Skogie by all his American friends and comrades. 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Comrade is a term meaning friend, colleague, or ally. ...

He came to the US in 1911 and was one of the founders of the American Communist Party. Skoglund helped translate the works of Karl Marx from German to English. He was expelled from the Communist Party in 1928 for opposing Stalinism and supporting Trotsky and Bolshevik-Leninism. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is one of several Marxist-Leninist groups in the United States. ... Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883 London, UK) was an influential German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer of the International Workingmens Association, two of whose books in particular, Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto (the latter with Friedrich Engels), laid the... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stalinism is a brand of political theory, and the political and economic system implemented by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. ... 1915 passport photo of Trotsky Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Trotskii, Trotski, Trotzky) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 - August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist intellectual. ... Bolshevik-Leninism is another word for Trotskyism. ...

Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis, 1934.

Carl Skoglund helped the American Trotskyist James P. Cannon (also expelled from the CP) to found the Socialist Workers Party (US) in 1938. Skoglund also played an important part in the great Teamsters strike in Minneapolis in the 1930s together with Farrell Dobbs. Skoglund was one of the 18 SWP leaders (including Cannon and Dobbs) imprisoned in World War II under the Smith Act. Download high resolution version (1386x1106, 333 KB)Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis, June 1934. ... Download high resolution version (1386x1106, 333 KB)Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis, June 1934. ... James P. Cannon (1940) James Patrick Cannon (1890-1974) was an American Communist and Trotskyist leader. ... The Socialist Workers Party is a small communist political party in the United States. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), formerly known by the name International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, is one of the largest labor unions in the United States. ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Farrell Dobbs (July 25, 1907 – October 31, 1983) was an American Trotskyist politician and trade unionist. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... The Alien Registration Act or Smith Act (18 USC 2385) of 1940 made it a criminal offense for anyone to knowingly or willfully advocate, abet, advise, or teach the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing the Government of the United States or of any State by force or violence...

The US government tried to deport Carl Skoglund in the 1950s and he was still under deportation orders on the day he died in 1960. // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning...

See also

• Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934