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==Presidential candidacy== After his release, he became the editor of the SWP's newspaper, ''[[The Militant]]''. From 1948 to 1960 he was the SWP's candidate for [[President of the United States]], running in four elections. He succeeded [[James P. Cannon]] as national secretary of the party in 1953, serving until 1972. <!-- [[Image:Farrell.Dobbs.Trotsky.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Farrell Dobbs and Trotsky in Mexico 1940]] -->In 1960, Farrell Dobbs and [[Joseph Hansen (socialist)|Joseph Hansen]], Trotsky's former secretary in [[Mexico]], went to [[Cuba]] to experience the revolutionary movement there. The two American Trotskyists decided to fully support the [[Cuban Revolution]] and the leadership of [[Fidel Castro]] and [[Che Guevara]].
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