Martin Abern, born Martin Abramowitz (December 2, 1898 ? 1949) was a Trotskyist politician. Born in Romania, he moved to Minneapolis in 1903 and joined the Industrial Workers of the World in 1914. He refused to join the US Army during World War I and as a result was expelled from the University of Minnesota and imprisoned. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It contends that all workers should be united within a single union as a class and the wage system abolished. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... US Army Seal HHC, US Army Distinctive Unit Insignia The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and... University of Minnesota, Twin Cities This article is about the oldest and largest campus of the University of Minnesota. ...

After his release, Abern joined the Socialist Party of America and then the Communist Party in 1923. He quickly rose to sit on its central committee, but was expelled in 1928 for supporting Trotsky and James P. Cannon. He joined the Communist League of America, and then became a founding member of the Socialist Workers Party in 1938. In 1940, he joined Max Shachtman's new Workers Party although he continued to support Trotsky's unconditional defence of the Soviet Union. The Socialist Party of America is a socialist political party in the United States. ... In modern usage, a communist party is a political party which promotes communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. ... James Cannon in Moscow (1922) James Patrick Cannon (1890-1974) was an American Communist and Trotskyist leader. ... 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. ... The Socialist Workers Party is a small communist political party in the United States. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Max Shachtman (September 10, 1904 - 1972) is best known as an American Trotskyist theorist. ... The Workers Party was a Trotskyist group in the United States. ...

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• The Lubitz TrotskyanaNetprovides a bio-bibliographical sketch on Martin Abern