Lyman and Freddy Paine were early members of the Johnson-Forest Tendency, a group within the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party which included Grace Lee Boggs and her husband James Boggs.
Lyman and Freddy Paine were among the founding members of the Johnson-Forest Tendency, a Trotskyist organization that shared ties with other left-wing groups, including those led by Grace Lee Boggs and her husband James Boggs.