Carl Skoglund [SEP] date of death
Carl Skoglund
Carl Skoglund (April 10, 1884—December 11, 1960) was a Swedish-American socialist, affectionately called "Skogie" by all his American friends and comrades. He was born in Dalsland and went to the United States in 1911, sailing in steerage first on board the Swedish ship "Oslo", sailing from Gothenburg to Hull, England; and thence on the White Star Line ship "Cymric", sailing from Liverpool to Boston; his destination was Minneapolis. After spending some time in the Industrial Workers
Zinoviev and Trotsky. Carl Skoglund was one of the founding members of the American Communist Party. In 1922, after having been the organizer and leader of a major strike, Skoglund was blacklisted on the railroads, and he had to turn to driving a coal truck for a living.
Socialist Workers Party.
Carl Skoglund was expelled from the Communist Party in 1928 for opposing Stalinism and supporting Trotsky and Bolshevism–Leninism. Carl Skoglund helped the American Trotskyist James P. Cannon (also expelled from the CP) to found the