The Socialist Party of North America (SPNA) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

founded in 1911 and the first in North America to adopt the Object and Declaration of Principles of the

Socialist Party of Great Britain The Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) is a socialist political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1904 as a split from the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), it advocates using the ballot box for revolutionary purposes and oppos ...

(SPGB). The party was formed when the

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

local of the

Socialist Party of Canada The Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) was a political party that existed from 1904 to 1925, led by E. T. Kingsley. It published the socialist newspaper ''Western Clarion''. History Establishment The founding of the Socialist Party of Canada bega ...

(SPC) seceded in protest over that party's

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. Its members had been influenced by Moses Baritz, a SPGB member resident in Toronto. The SPNA survived for a few years, but failed to grow and the party was eventually dissolved in 1914. Many of its members rejoined the SPC.

References

* J. M. Milne: ''History of the Socialist Party of Canada''. 1973 * Ian Angus: ''Canadian Bolsheviks. The Early Years Of The Communist Party Of Canada.'' Montreal 1981 * William Beeching, Phyllis Clarke: ''Yours in the struggle. Reminiscences of

Tim Buck Timothy Buck (January 6, 1891 – March 11, 1973) was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada (known as the Labor-Progressive Party from 1943 to 1959) from 1929 until 1962. Together with Ernst Thälmann of Germany, Maurice Tho ...

.'' Toronto 1977

External links

Manifesto of the Socialist Party of North America (1911)
{{World Socialist Movement Socialist Party of Canada breakaway groups Former Companion Parties of the World Socialist Movement Federal political parties in Canada Socialist parties in Canada Political parties established in 1911 Political parties disestablished in 1914 1911 establishments in Canada 1914 disestablishments in Canada