The Trend was a Marxist-Leninist political movement of the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s in the

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. It consisted of a loose collection of small

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organizations, newspapers, and theoretical groups that staked out a line that was intermediate between the

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-aligned

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and the

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-oriented,

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. Groups that were part of The Trend include ''

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'' newspaper (now defunct, not to be confused with ''

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'') and the associated Guardian Clubs, Line of March (later Frontline Political Organization), ''Crossroads'', Organizing Committee for an Ideological Center,

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, and other groups.Elbaum, ''Revolution in the Air'', pp. 240–246, 257–260, 273, 300–302.

Notes

References

*Elbaum, Max. ''Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals turn to Lenin, Mao and Che''. Verso, 2002. *Ethan Young
"Family Tree: The Trend,"
''Freedomroad.org'', December 13, 2000.
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circa 1960–1999. 2.44 cubic feet (2 cartons, 1 box). Defunct American political movements 1970s establishments in the United States 1990s disestablishments in the United States {{communist-party-stub