Revolution in which the left-wing of the party provided the main force to found the American Communist Party in 1919, which became affiliated with the Communist International led by Lenin, 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 Socialist Workers Party in 1938. Skoglund also played an important part in the great Teamsters strike in Minneapolis in the 1930s together with Farrell Dobbs and Ray Dunne. Skoglund was one of the 18 SWP leaders (including Cannon, Dunne, and Dobbs) imprisoned in World War II under the Smith Act. The US government tried to deport Carl Skoglund in the 1950s and he was still under deportation orders on the day he died in 1960. References Other sources Ross, Carl Radicalism in Minnesota, 1900–1960: a survey of selected sources (Minnesota Historical Society Press. 1994) 1884 births 1960 deaths People from Dalsland Industrial Workers of the World members Members of the Socialist Party of America Members of the Communist Party USA Members of the Socialist Workers Party (United States) Socialist Workers Party (United States) politicians People convicted under the Smith Act Swedish emigrants to the United States Swedish communists American trade unionists of Swedish descent Minnesota socialists Trade unionists from Minnesota