Socialist Labor party

American  

noun

1. a U.S. political party, organized in 1874, advocating the peaceful introduction of socialism.

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Socialist Labor Party British  

noun

1. (in the US) a minor Marxist party founded in 1876

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Example Sentences

“Aaron was active with me in labor. For a while now, he’d been talking about getting a story published at the Arbeiter-Zeitung. He thought that if he could write just one article, it would open doors for him at the Socialist Labor Party or International Working People’s Association. He thought he’d become famous and go on tours around the country. That he’d be like Daniel De Leon, the party’s National Lecturer.”

From Literature

Still standing on Granite Street is the old Socialist Labor Party Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From Washington Post

“When others have resorted to violent solutions, he has argued that the best force is the force of argument. Because guns can stop a heart but well-placed words can change many hearts, and many hearts can change a world,” said Mr. Bryant, a member of the socialist Labor Party.

From Washington Times

Maguire, who ran for vice president on the Socialist Labor Party ticket in 1896, may have been pushed aside because his political beliefs were deemed too radical to be associated with Labor Day, Mr. Collins said.

From New York Times

Then there were the spinoff lefty parties like the Socialist Workers Party, the Progressive Labor Party, the Workers World Party, the Socialist Labor Party, the Progressive Labor Party — we could go on listing one splinter group after another with “socialist” or “labor” or “workers” in its title.

From Salon