Mass Party Organizing Committee
Mass Party Organizing Committee
History
The Mass Party Organizing Committee (MPOC) was the first group formed in an attempt to form a new national marxist party. It was started in 1975 by members of both the Old Left and New Left, and published a newsletter, MPOC Bulletin ten times a year. Volume 2, Number 9 was for the period October 15 - November 15, 1976, and what follows below came from that specific issue.
In the end, MPOC became the marxist organization known as the National Committee for Independent Political Action , led by old-line Communist Party USA supporter Professor Arthur Kinoy and the Hanoi Lobby activist Leslie Cagan, who would later join the CPUSA split-off faction, the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism].
The following information comes from this issue.
"The MPOC Bulletin is the official publication of the Mass Party Organizing Committee. It is published 10 times a year, two of which are double issues."
"Subscription rates: $3.00/yr. for first-class sub., $2.00/yr for third-class."
"Articles not bylined are written by the National Office staff of MPOC. Layout is done by Peg Averill. Current N.O. staff include
- Ken Byalin
- Dan Cohen
- Ted Glick - an old member of the Hanoi Lobby and nearly every other anti-Vietnam anti-defense and pro-PLO group
TEXT ON THE MPOC ORGANIZATION and GOALS (PLACE HERE)
- Elaine Brown - "Whatever happened to the Black Panther Party?"
- Howard Hawkins - "New Hampshire Organizing, or 'Whoever heard of a Clamshell Alliance?!'"