Arne Swabeck
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Arne Swabeck was an American
Communist leader.
Swabeck was born in Denmark
and emigrated to the United States where he became one of the founding members of the Communist Party. In the late 1920s he was expelled from the party as a Trotskyist and worked together with James P. Cannon
and other American Trotskyists to create the Socialist Workers Party. Swabeck visited Leon Trotsky
in his exile in Turkey
in 1933.
In the late 1950s, Arne Swabeck became a Maoist and left the SWP in 1967.
For a number of years, he was in the Progressive Labor Party
.
In 1980, Swabeck appeared as himself in the movie Reds. He is briefly interviewed as one of a series of elderly witnesses to events described in the movie.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Communist leader.
Swabeck was born in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and emigrated to the United States where he became one of the founding members of the Communist Party. In the late 1920s he was expelled from the party as a Trotskyist and worked together with James P. Cannon
James P. Cannon
James Patrick "Jim" Cannon was an American Trotskyist and a leader of the Socialist Workers Party.Born on February 11, 1890 in Rosedale, Kansas, he joined the Socialist Party of America in 1908 and the Industrial Workers of the World in 1911...
and other American Trotskyists to create the Socialist Workers Party. Swabeck visited Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky , born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army....
in his exile in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
in 1933.
In the late 1950s, Arne Swabeck became a Maoist and left the SWP in 1967.
For a number of years, he was in the Progressive Labor Party
Progressive Labor Party (USA)
The Progressive Labor Party is a transnational communist party based primarily in the United States. It was formed in the fall of 1961 by members of the Communist Party USA who felt that the Soviet Union had betrayed communism and become revisionist and state capitalist...
.
In 1980, Swabeck appeared as himself in the movie Reds. He is briefly interviewed as one of a series of elderly witnesses to events described in the movie.