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 *[[League for Industrial Democracy]]
 ==Bibliography==
-* Chace, James. ''1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs--The Election that Changed the Country'' (2005), popular history [http://www.amazon.com/1912-Roosevelt-Debs-Election-Changed/dp/0743273559/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227789396&sr=8-1 excerpts and text search]
+* Chace, James. ''1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs--The Election that Changed the Country'' (2005), popular history [https://www.amazon.com/1912-Roosevelt-Debs-Election-Changed/dp/0743273559/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227789396&sr=8-1 excerpts and text search]
 * Ginger, Ray. ''The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs''. (1949)
 *  Hyfler, Robert. ''Prophets of the Left: American Socialist Thought in the Twentieth Century'' (1984) 192 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/15255158?title=Prophets%20of%20the%20Left%3a%20American%20Socialist%20Thought%20in%20the%20Twentieth%20Century online edition]

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−	The '''Socialist Party of America''' began in 1904 with the merger of the Social Democratic Party and the Social Labor Party. The party contained both moderate and radical socialists. At its peak in 1912, it claimed 118,000 members~~. [[Image:1904SO.JPG\|thumb\|350px\|1904 election poster]]~~. Unlike Europe, where socialist parties were controlled by labor unions, most American labor unions opposed the party because of its radicalism and hostility to religion. The party was weak after 1932 and finally split apart in the early 1970s.	+	[[Image:1904SO.JPG\|thumb\|350px\|1904 election poster]]
		+	The '''Socialist Party of America''' began in 1904 with the merger of the Social Democratic Party and the Social Labor Party. The party contained both moderate and radical socialists. At its peak in 1912, it claimed 118,000 members. Unlike Europe, where socialist parties were controlled by labor unions, most American labor unions opposed the party because of its radicalism and hostility to religion. The party was weak after 1932 and finally split apart in the early 1970s.

	==History==		==History==

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 The Socialist Party was a diverse coalition of local parties based in industrial cities, and usually was rooted in ethnic communities, especially German, Jewish and Finnish. By 1912 they claimed more than a thousand locally elected officials in 33 states and 160 cities, especially the Midwest. [[Eugene V. Debs]] ran for president in 1900, 1904 and 1908 primarily to encourage the local effort, and he did so again in 1912 and 1920. His best showing was 6% in 1912. The party was factionalized. The conservatives, led by [[Victor Berger]] of Milwaukee who promoted progressive causes of efficiency and an end to corruption. The radicals wanted to overthrow capitalism, tried to infiltrate labor unions, and sought to cooperate with the [[IWW]]. With few exceptions the party had weak or nonexistent links to local labor unions.
-Immigration was an issue--the radicals saw immigrants as fodder for the war with capitalism, while conservatives complained they lowered wage rates and absorbed too many city resources. Many of these issues were heatedly debated at the First National Congress of the Socialist Party in 1910, and the national convention in Indianapolis in 1912. At the latter the radicals won an early test by seating [[Bill Haywood]] on the Executive Committee, by sending encouragement to western [[IWW|"Wobblies" (IWW)]] and by a resolution seeming to favor industrial unionism. The conservatives counterattacked by amending the party constitution to expel any socialists who favored industrial sabotage or syndicalism (that is, the IWW), and who refused to participate in American elections. They adopted a conservative platform calling for cooperative organization of prisons, a national bureau of health, abolition of the Senate and the presidential veto, and a long list of progressive reforms that the Democratic party was known for.
+Immigration was an issue—the radicals saw immigrants as fodder for the war with capitalism, while conservatives complained they lowered wage rates and absorbed too many city resources. Many of these issues were heatedly debated at the First National Congress of the Socialist Party in 1910, and the national convention in Indianapolis in 1912. At the latter the radicals won an early test by seating [[Bill Haywood]] on the Executive Committee, by sending encouragement to western [[IWW|"Wobblies" (IWW)]] and by a resolution seeming to favor industrial unionism. The conservatives counterattacked by amending the party constitution to expel any socialists who favored industrial sabotage or syndicalism (that is, the IWW), and who refused to participate in American elections. They adopted a conservative platform calling for cooperative organization of prisons, a national bureau of health, abolition of the Senate and the presidential veto, and a long list of progressive reforms that the Democratic party was known for.
-Debs did not attend--he saw his mission as keeping the disparate units together in the hope that someday a common goal would be found. There was little money--his campaign cost only $66,000, mostly for 3.5 million leaflets and travel to rallies organized by local groups. Debs criss-crossed the country, His biggest event was a speech to 15,000 in New York City. The crowd sang the "Marseillaise," and "International" as Emil Seidel, the vice-presidential candidate, boasted, "Only a year ago workingmen were throwing decayed vegetables and rotten eggs at us but now all is changed....Eggs are too high. There is a great giant growing up in this country that will someday take over the affairs of this nation. He is a little giant now but he is growing fast. The name of this little giant is socialism." Debs said that only the socialists represented labor; he condemned "Injunction Bill Taft"; ridiculed Roosevelt as "a charlatan, mountebank, and fraud, and his Progressive promises and pledges as the mouthings of a low and utterly unprincipled self seeker and demagogue." Debs insisted that the Democrats, Progressives and Republicans alike were financed by the trusts. Party newspapers spread the word
+Debs did not attend—he saw his mission as keeping the disparate units together in the hope that someday a common goal would be found. There was little money—his campaign cost only $66,000, mostly for 3.5 million leaflets and travel to rallies organized by local groups. Debs criss-crossed the country, His biggest event was a speech to 15,000 in New York City. The crowd sang the "Marseillaise," and "International" as Emil Seidel, the vice-presidential candidate, boasted, "Only a year ago workingmen were throwing decayed vegetables and rotten eggs at us but now all is changed....Eggs are too high. There is a great giant growing up in this country that will someday take over the affairs of this nation. He is a little giant now but he is growing fast. The name of this little giant is socialism." Debs said that only the socialists represented labor; he condemned "Injunction Bill Taft"; ridiculed Roosevelt as "a charlatan, mountebank, and fraud, and his Progressive promises and pledges as the mouthings of a low and utterly unprincipled self seeker and demagogue." Debs insisted that the Democrats, Progressives and Republicans alike were financed by the trusts. Party newspapers spread the word
 ==Politics==
-Throughout its existence, the party had very little party unity.  Its members' political stances took wide ranges of views from small social reform to Marxist Utopianism.   Its most prominent candidate (and founder), [[Eugene V. Debs]], ran for president in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920.  In 1912 he received 897,011 votes.<ref>[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsocialismP.htm Spartacus:  Socialist Party of America]</ref>  He ran on the notion of a "Cooperative Commonwealth."<ref> The constitution of the party can be found [http://www.marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1917/0000-spa-constitution1917.pdf here]</ref>
+Throughout its existence, the party had very little party unity.  Its members' political stances took wide ranges of views from small social reform to Marxist Utopianism.   Its most prominent candidate (and founder), [[Eugene V. Debs]], ran for president in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920.  In 1912 he received 897,011 votes.<ref>[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsocialismP.htm Spartacus:  Socialist Party of America]</ref>  He ran on the notion of a "Cooperative Commonwealth."<ref>The constitution of the party can be found [http://www.marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1917/0000-spa-constitution1917.pdf here]</ref>
 The party had limited support.  For many years it controlled the mayoralty in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Bridgeport, Connecticut, where it stressed efficiency, absence of corruption, and municipal ownership of the water supply.
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 A minority faction Socialist Party USA, came into being in 1973.  It remains a small fringe operation, winning fewer than 10,000 in recent presidential elections.
-==See Also==
+==See also==
 *[[Socialism]]
 *[[Eugene V. Debs]]
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 * Salvatore, Nick. ''Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist''. (1984), the standard scholarly biography.
 * Shannon, David A. ''The Socialist Party of America.'' (1967), a standard scholarly history.
-* Shannon, David A. "The Socialist Party Before the First World War: An Analysis," ''Mississippi Valley Historical Review,'' Vol. 38, No. 2 (Sep., 1951), pp. 279-288 [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1895594 in JSTOR]
+* Shannon, David A. "The Socialist Party Before the First World War: An Analysis," ''Mississippi Valley Historical Review,'' Vol. 38, No. 2 (Sep., 1951), pp.&nbsp;279–288 [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1895594 in JSTOR]
 * Swanberg W. A. ''Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist'' (1976)
-==External Links==
+==External links==
 *[http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html Democratic Socialists of America]
 *[http://www.sp-usa.org/ Socialist Party USA]

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 *[[Karl Marx]]
 *[[Industrial Democracy]]
 ==Bibliography==
 * Chace, James. ''1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs--The Election that Changed the Country'' (2005), popular history [http://www.amazon.com/1912-Roosevelt-Debs-Election-Changed/dp/0743273559/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227789396&sr=8-1 excerpts and text search]

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 ==Notes and References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:United States Political Parties]]

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	The '''Socialist Party of America''' began in 1904 with the merger of the Social Democratic Party and the Social Labor Party. The party contained both moderate and radical socialists. At its peak in 1912, it claimed 118,000 members. [[Image:1904SO.JPG\|thumb\|350px\|1904 election poster]]. Unlike Europe, where socialist parties were controlled by labor unions, most American labor unions opposed the party because of its radicalism and hostility to religion. The party was weak after 1932 and finally split apart in the early 1970s.		The '''Socialist Party of America''' began in 1904 with the merger of the Social Democratic Party and the Social Labor Party. The party contained both moderate and radical socialists. At its peak in 1912, it claimed 118,000 members. [[Image:1904SO.JPG\|thumb\|350px\|1904 election poster]]. Unlike Europe, where socialist parties were controlled by labor unions, most American labor unions opposed the party because of its radicalism and hostility to religion. The party was weak after 1932 and finally split apart in the early 1970s.
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		+	==History==
		+	The SPA was founded by [[Eugene V. Debs]], [[Victor Berger]], [[Frederic Heath]], and [[Seymour Stedman]].
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	==Debs era==		==Debs era==

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 ==Reorganization==
-A minority faction Socialist Party USA, came into being in 1973.  It remains a small fringe operation, winning fewer than 10,000 in recent presidential elections due to the fact that it is overshadowed by the [[Democratic Party]].
+A minority faction Socialist Party USA, came into being in 1973.  It remains a small fringe operation, winning fewer than 10,000 in recent presidential elections.
 ==See Also==