The fonds contains the records of the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvrière (LSA-LSO) from 1971 to 1979. Also included are bulletins published in the United States by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).
The League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvrière (LSA-LSO) was a Canadian Trotskyist party formed in 1961 through an amalgamation of Toronto’s Socialist Educational League and Vancouver’s Socialist Information Centre. The Young Socialists (YS), an autonomous division of the LSA-LSO, were formed the same year. In 1971, the LSA-LSO adopted the objectives outlined in the Gay Liberation Report issued by John Steele. In 1973, gay liberation activist and LSA-LSO member Maurice Flood was elected as a delegate to the federal convention of the New Democratic Party; in 1974, Maurice Flood and Cynthia Flood authored a joint resignation from the LSA-LSO, citing changes in internal organization and in the party’s relationship with the NDP. Although some members of the LSA-LSO continued to work for gay liberation, the party leadership’s refusal to respond to a list of amendments to its Political Committee Statement on Gay Liberation in 1976 alienated a number of these members. In 1977, the LSA-LSO ran gay rights activist Therese Faubert in the provincial election, but the party was dissolved later that year.
Scope and Content
The fonds contains the records of the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvrière (LSA-LSO) from 1971 to 1979. Also included are bulletins published in the United States by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).
Storage Location
/01 : C.01.03.04
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to researchers.
Conservation
Staples and paperclips removed.
Arrangement
The records arrived at the archives in their original order; the archivist retained this order where possible.
Contains series:
1- Publications and press
