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Martín Koppel (born c. 1956) is an American activist and journalist who served as a member of the National Committee of theSocialist Workers Party from 1994 to 2010.[1] Knoppel also worked as an editor forPerspectiva Mundial and ofthe Militant, two left-wing magazines based inNew York City.[1]
Before joining the staff of the SWP's paperThe Militant in 1991, he was a steelworker inChicago and member of the United Steelworkers of Americaunion.
Koppel is aCommunist political organizer, a native ofArgentina who grew up in theUnited States. Koppel first became involved inpolitical activism while an exchange student inMarseille, France. The next year, in 1977, he joined theSocialist Workers Party inBaltimore.
He has been active in defense of theCuban Revolution,[2][3] and was a longtime supporter of the Left-WingPuerto Rican independence.[4] Koppel has also traveled inLatin America and theCaribbean to take part in political conferences in defense of communism, such as the Movement of Rural Landless Workers inBrazil[5] along with several protests inArgentina,Mexico, theDominican Republic,Nicaragua, andGrenada.
Koppel is the author of "Peru's Shining Path: Evolution of a Stalinist Sect", published byPathfinder Press in 1994. The book was critical of the MaoistShining Path movement in Peru.[6][7]
In 2004, Koppel ran for the US Senate seat from New York againstChuck Schumer. He received 14,811 for 0.2 percent of the vote.
Knoppel was nominated as the Socialist Workers Party in the 2005 New York City mayoral election.[8]
In 2006 Koppel ran for attorney general of New York. He received 10,197 votes, for 0.2 percent of the total vote.
