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Murry Weiss (September 9, 1915-December 26, 1981) was an American socialist activist.
Biography
[edit]Weiss became active in politics when he was very young, protesting against the convictions of Sacco and Vanzetti at the age of eleven.[1] Weiss and his wife Myra Tanner helped to organize Los Angeles protests against Gerald L.K Smith in 1945.[2] In December 1954, he became the editor of The Militant, and he remained in the position until July 1956.[3] In 1957, Weiss was responsible for convincing James Robertson and Tim Wohlforth to leave the Shachtmanist Young Socialist League for the Socialist Workers Party.[4]
In the mid-1950s, Murry and Myra Weiss became the leaders of a group within the SWP, known as the Weissites, that opposed the leadership of Tom Kerry and Farrell Dobbs.[5] The Weissites also argued against the "male chauvinism" of other SWP leaders.[6] Weiss left the SWP in the 1960s.[7] Following his departure, Weiss worked as a therapist in New York.[8] Around this time, he and Myra separated and Murry moved in with Carol Munter, a fellow psychologist.[9] In 1978, Weiss joined the Freedom Socialist Party, and later became the Party's national chairman.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Stutje, Jan Willem (2009). Ernest Mandel: A Rebel's Dream Deferred. London: Verso. p. 121. ISBN 9781844673162.
- ↑ Edwards, Theodore (November–December 1997). "Myra Tanner Weiss (1917-1997)". Against the Current. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ↑ Conlin, Joseph R., ed. (1974). The American Radical Press, 1880-1960. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 334. ISBN 0837172829.
- ↑ "Myra Tanner Weiss, 1917-1997: A Life of Struggle". 1917. 20: 2. 1998.
- ↑ Fraser, Clara; Fraser, Richard (2000). Crisis and Leadership. Seattle: Red Letter Press. p. 75. ISBN 0932323081.
- ↑ Hansen, Joseph; Reed, Evelyn; Waters, Mary-Alice (1986). Cosmetics, Fashion and the Exploitation of Women. New York: Pathfinder Press. p. 165. ISBN 0873486595.
- ↑ Allen, Naomi; Breitman, George, eds. (1973). Writings of Leon Trotsky (1939-40). New York: Pathfinder Press. p. 445.
- ↑ Sutherland, Janet (Spring 1982). "Murry Weiss, 1915-1981: Quintessential 20th Century Marxist". Freedom Socialist Party. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ↑ Wald, Alan (2012). "Bohemian Bolsheviks After World War II: A Minority within a Minority". Labour / Le Travail. 70: 159–186. ISSN 0700-3862.
- ↑ "MURRY WEISS, 66, DIES; A MARXIST THEORETICIAN (Published 1981)". The New York Times. 1981-12-30. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-09-24.