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George Breitman

|birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = New York City, U.S. |occupation = |party = Workers Party of the United States (1935–1936)
Socialist Party of America (1936–1937)
Socialist Workers Party (1938–1984) |spouse = |years_active = 1935–1986 }} George Breitman (February 28, 1916 – April 19, 1986) was an American political activist, author, and publisher affiliated with the Trotskyist movement. He was a founding member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and a long-time editor of its weekly newspaper ''The Militant''. He ran unsuccessfully four times as the SWP candidate for the U.S. Senate from New Jersey. In addition to managing the SWP publishing house in the 1960s and '70s, Breitman edited and wrote over a dozen books, and became known as an authority on the life and speeches of Malcolm X. Provided by Wikipedia