Farrell Dobbs (July 25, 1907 – October 31, 1983) was an American Trotskyist politician and trade unionist. July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers...

Farrell Dobbs

Born in Queen City, Missouri, where his father was a worker in a coal mine. They moved to Minneapolis, and he graduated from North High School in 1925. In 1926, he left for North Dakota to find work, but returned the following fall. At this point, young Farrell Dobbs was a conservative Republican and supported Herbert Hoover for President. However, his political viewpoint was changed during the Great Depression in the 1930's. Seeing the plight of workers in that situation (including himself), he became politically radicalized to the left. Image File history File links Farrell Dobbs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Queen City is a city located in Schuyler County, Missouri. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... Downtown Minneapolis as viewed from the Stone Arch Bridge Motto: En Avant (French: forward) Nickname: City of Lakes location in Hennepin County, Minnesota Founded Incorporated 1850s 1867  County Hennepin County Mayor R.T. Rybak (DFL) Area  - Total  - Water 142. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... State nickname: Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State Other U.S. States Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Governor John Hoeven (R) Senators Kent Conrad (D) Byron Dorgan (D) Official languages English Area 183 272 km² (19th)  - Land 178 839 km²  - Water 4 432 km² (2. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) is best known as being the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933). ... The Great Depression was a massive global economic recession (or depression) that ran from 1929 to approximately 1939. ...

In 1933, while working for the Pittsburgh Coal Company in Minneapolis, Dobbs joined the Teamsters and after getting to know the three Trotskyist Dunne brothers, (Miles, Vincent & Grant Dunne) and Swedish socialist Carl Skoglund, he joined the Communist League of America. Dobbs was one of the initiators of a general strike in Minneapolis, and for a while worked full-time as a union organiser, but quit in 1939 to work for the new Socialist Workers Party (SWP). 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... Teamsters logo. ... Carl Skoglund (1884—1960) was a Swedish-American socialist, affectionately called Skogie by all his American friends and comrades. ... The Communist League of America (Left Opposition) was founded by James P. Cannon, Max Shachtman and Martin Abern in 1928 after their expulsion from the Communist Party USA for Trotskyism. ... A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Socialist Workers Party is a small communist political party in the United States. ...

Just like the SWP leader, James P. Cannon, Dobbs became a personal friend of the Russian revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky, who he visited in Mexico shortly before Trotsky's death in 1940. James Cannon in Moscow (1922) James Patrick Cannon (1890-1974) was an American Communist and Trotskyist leader. ... Leon Trotsky Leon Davidovich Trotsky ▶(?) (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Leo, Lev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij and 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 theorist. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

For opposing World War II, he and other leaders of the SWP and the Minneapolis Teamsters were convicted of violating the Smith Act, which made it illegal to "conspire to advocate the violent overthrow of the US Government." He served over a year in Sandstone Prison during the end of World War II (1944-1945). World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as 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 wilfully 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... As a legal term, a conspiracy is an agreement of two or more people to commit a crime, or to accomplish a legal end through illegal actions. ...

After his release, he became the editor of the SWP's newspaper, The Militant. From 1948 to 1960 he was the SWP's candidate for President of the United States, and succeeded James P. Cannon as national secretary of the party in 1953. The Militant is an international socialist newsweekly connected to the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... James Cannon in Moscow (1922) James Patrick Cannon (1890-1974) was an American Communist and Trotskyist leader. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

In 1960, Farrell Dobbs and Joseph Hansen, Trotsky’s former secretary in Mexico, went to Cuba to experience the revolutionary movement there. The two American Trotskyists came to the conclusion to fully support the Cuban Revolution and the leadership of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Joseph Hansen (1910-1979), was a Trotskyist and leading figure in the American Socialist Workers Party. ... The Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of the Fulgencio Batista’s government by the 26th of July Movement and the establishment of a new Cuban government led by Fidel Castro in the 1950s. ... Fidel Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) has ruled Cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of July Movement, he overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista, and transformed Cuba into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. ... Che Guevara Dr. Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928[1] – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara or el Che, was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader. ...

Farrell Dobbs retired in 1972 but remained in the party to his death. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...

Farrell Dobbs and Trotsky in Mexico 1940

Dobbs was the author of a four-volume history/memoir of the Minneapolis struggles, Teamster Rebellion, Teamster Power, Teamster Politics & Teamster Bureaucracy, and had completed two volumes of a planned history of the Marxist movement in the United States at the time of his death, called Revolutionary Continuity: The Early Years, 1848-1917 & Birth of the Communist Movement, 1918-1922. Image File history File links Farrell Dobbs and Trotsky in Mexico. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ...

See also

• Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934

The Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 grew out of a strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, a major distribution center for the upper Midwest. ...

External links

• The Militant, the newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party
• Pathfinder Books, the bookstore of the Socialist Workers Party