Origins The RWL was founded in 1976 by
Peter Sollenberger and
Leland Sanderson, two former
Harvard graduate students from Detroit. Although Sollenberger and Sanderson were briefly contacts of the
Spartacist League, neither of them was ever a member. They organized among clerical workers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor as well as among
LGBT rights groups.
International affiliation In 1979, the RWL joined
Alan Thornett's
Trotskyist International Liaison Committee (TILC).
Subsequent history In 1981 they absorbed the
Socialist League (Democratic-Centralist), a group of ex-adherents of
Tim Wohlforth that had been expelled from the
Workers League of the United States in the mid-1970s. The SL(DC), shrinking since its formation, led by Steve Zeltzer, and had its main base in
San Francisco. By 1982 the RWL was credited with about 40 members.
1991 split In 1991, a group of RWL members, including founding member Peter Sollenberger, left to form the Trotskyist League. == Publications ==