Martin Koppel

Before joining the staff of the SWP's paper The Militant in 1991, he was a steelworker in Chicago and member of the United Steelworkers of America union.

Koppel is a Communist political organizer, a native of Argentina who grew up in the United States. Koppel first became involved in political activism while an exchange student in Marseille, France. The next year, in 1977, he joined the Socialist Workers Party in Baltimore.

He has been active in defense of the Cuban Revolution,{{Cite web |title=International conference of theoretical publications held in Havana – The Militant |url=https://themilitant.com/2023/02/25/international-conference-of-theoretical-publications-held-in-havana/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=themilitant.com}}{{Cite web |title=Protests: End US embargo of Cuba now! – The Militant |url=https://themilitant.com/2022/11/05/protests-end-us-embargo-of-cuba-now/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=themilitant.com}} and was a longtime supporter of the Left-Wing Puerto Rican independence.{{Cite web |title=UN commission: End US colonial rule in Puerto Rico – The Militant |url=https://themilitant.com/2022/07/02/un-commission-end-us-colonial-rule-in-puerto-rico/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=themilitant.com}} Koppel has also traveled in Latin America and the Caribbean to take part in political conferences in defense of communism, such as the Movement of Rural Landless Workers in Brazil{{Cite web |title=Martin Koppel, Peasant Union In Brazil Organizes Land Takeover |url=http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/42/192.html |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=www.hartford-hwp.com}} along with several protests in Argentina, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Grenada.

Koppel is the author of "Peru's Shining Path: Evolution of a Stalinist Sect", published by Pathfinder Press in 1994. The book was critical of the Maoist Shining Path movement in Peru.{{Cite web |title=Peru's 'Shining Path' |url=https://www.pathfinderpress.com/products/perus-shining-path-evolution-of-a-stalinist-sect_by-martin-koppel |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Pathfinder Press |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Vandenbroeck |first=Eric |title=The Shining Path |url=https://world-news-research.com/echesotericism.html |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=world-news-research.com}}

{{main|2004 United States Senate election in New York}}

In 2004, Koppel ran for the US Senate seat from New York against Chuck Schumer. He received 14,811 for 0.2 percent of the vote.

{{Main articles|2005 New York City mayoral election}}

Knoppel was nominated as the Socialist Workers Party in the 2005 New York City mayoral election.{{Cite web |title=The Militant - April 18, 2005 -- Socialist Workers Party: Koppel for N.Y. mayor! |url=https://www.themilitant.com/2005/6915/691501.html |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=www.themilitant.com}}

{{main|2006 New York Attorney General election}}

In 2006 Koppel ran for attorney general of New York. He received 10,197 votes, for 0.2 percent of the total vote.

• [https://www.themilitant.com/ The Militant, weekly paper reflecting the views of the Socialist Workers Party]
• [http://www.pathfinderpress.com Pathfinder Press]

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