The International Secretariat on the Marcy Split: letter from Farrell Dobbs to James P. Cannon

From Towards a History of the Fourth International, Second series, vol. 4: "Deep Entryism" and Pablo's Anti-Unity Offensive (Documents, 1958-1960), Plus documents from India and Japan (Education for Socialists, Socialist Workers Party, New York, November 1978), pp. 20. Reproduced with the permission of Pathfinder Press. Scan: Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line.

[p. 20]

Los Angeles

Dear Jim:

The Pabloite "Information Bulletin" of March 15 contains the following item:

"UNITED STATES

SPLIT IN THE SWP

"We are informed that the Socialist Workers Party has undergone a split in the middle of February.

"Involved in the split are the Buffalo Branch, the Youngstown Branch, the members in the Steubenville, Ohio, Erie, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, some members in Cleveland, Ohio, the whole Southern cadres of the party, a part of the New York City Branch and some additional members in different parts of the United States.

"The differences which range over innumerable aspects of the SWP position, will be expressed in a new workers' paper, Workers World, which will appear in the very near future.

"The members involved in the split represent—as they say—'a Leninist tendency, dedicated to regenerate genuine Trotskyism, build a proletarian vanguard party and internationalist through and through.'"

This looks like Pablo is extending an invitation to apply for a charter.

Comradely yours,

Farrell Dobbs

Airmail

cc:Burns [Healy]