SettingsAmerican communists
1949 trial of Communist Party leaders
The 1949 trial of Communist Party leaders was a trial of eleven leaders of the Communist Party of the United States.
The 1949 trial of Communist Party leaders was a trial of eleven leaders of the Communist Party of the United States.
A.S. Embree
A.S. Embree, a former minister, was an experienced American union organizer and, briefly, a leader of the Industrial Workers of the World.
A.S. Embree, a former minister, was an experienced American union organizer and, briefly, a leader of the Industrial Workers of the World.
Abel Meeropol
Abel Meeropol (February 10, 1903 - October 30, 1986) was an American writer and song-writer, best known under his pseudonym Lewis Allan and as the adoptive father of the young sons of Juli...
Abel Meeropol (February 10, 1903 - October 30, 1986) was an American writer and song-writer, best known under his pseudonym Lewis Allan and as the adoptive father of the young sons of Juli...
Abraham Osheroff
Abraham Osheroff (October 24, 1915 – April 6, 2008) was an American social activist, carpenter, war veteran, documentary filmmaker, and lecturer.
Abraham Osheroff (October 24, 1915 – April 6, 2008) was an American social activist, carpenter, war veteran, documentary filmmaker, and lecturer.
Abram Jakira
Abraham "Abram" Jakira (1889? - 1931) was an American socialist political activist, newspaper editor, and Communist Party functionary.
Abraham "Abram" Jakira (1889? - 1931) was an American socialist political activist, newspaper editor, and Communist Party functionary.
Adolf Cluss
Adolf Cluss (July 14, 1825 – July 24, 1905) was a German-born American immigrant who became one of the most important architects in Washington, D.C., in the late 19th century, responsible for th...
Adolf Cluss (July 14, 1825 – July 24, 1905) was a German-born American immigrant who became one of the most important architects in Washington, D.C., in the late 19th century, responsible for th...
Albert E. Kahn
Albert Eugene Kahn was an American journalist, photographer, author and nephew of modernist industrial architect Albert Kahn.
Albert Eugene Kahn was an American journalist, photographer, author and nephew of modernist industrial architect Albert Kahn.
Alden Whitman
Alden Whitman (27 October 1913 - 4 September 1990) was an American journalist.
Alden Whitman (27 October 1913 - 4 September 1990) was an American journalist.
Alex Bail
Alex Bail (1900-June 8, 1973) was an American radical and union leader.
Alex Bail (1900-June 8, 1973) was an American radical and union leader.
Alexander Bittelman
Alexander "Alex" Bittelman was a Russian-born Jewish-American communist political activist, Marxist theorist and influential theoretician of the Communist Party USA, contributed a more complex ...
Alexander "Alex" Bittelman was a Russian-born Jewish-American communist political activist, Marxist theorist and influential theoretician of the Communist Party USA, contributed a more complex ...
Alexander Krasnoshchyokov
Alexander Mikhailovich Krasnoshchyokov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Краснощёков, real name – Avraam Moiseevich Krasnoshchyok, Абра́м Моисе́евич Краснощёк, in USA known as Stroller Tobinson; bor...
Alexander Mikhailovich Krasnoshchyokov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Краснощёков, real name – Avraam Moiseevich Krasnoshchyok, Абра́м Моисе́евич Краснощёк, in USA known as Stroller Tobinson; bor...
Alfred Sarant
Alfred Epaminondas Sarant, also known as Filipp Georgievich Staros and Philip Georgievich Staros (1918-March 12, 1979), was an engineer and a member of the Communist party in New Yor...
Alfred Epaminondas Sarant, also known as Filipp Georgievich Staros and Philip Georgievich Staros (1918-March 12, 1979), was an engineer and a member of the Communist party in New Yor...
Alonzo Watson
Alonzo Watson (1891 –1937) was an American anti-Fascist, historically famous as one of the first American anti-Fascist volunteers –as well as the first African American –to fall o...
Alonzo Watson (1891 –1937) was an American anti-Fascist, historically famous as one of the first American anti-Fascist volunteers –as well as the first African American –to fall o...
Alyson Kennedy
Alyson Kennedy is an American politician, a member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and was the party's candidate for vice president in the 2008 United States presidential election.
Alyson Kennedy is an American politician, a member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and was the party's candidate for vice president in the 2008 United States presidential election.
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka, formerly known as LeRoi Jones, is an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism.
Amiri Baraka, formerly known as LeRoi Jones, is an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism.
Angelo Herndon
Angelo Braxton Herndon was an African American communist organizer arrested and convicted for insurrection after attempting to organize black industrial workers in 1932 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Angelo Braxton Herndon was an African American communist organizer arrested and convicted for insurrection after attempting to organize black industrial workers in 1932 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Anna Louise Strong
Anna Louise Strong was a twentieth-century American journalist and activist, best known for her reporting on and support for communist movements in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of ...
Anna Louise Strong was a twentieth-century American journalist and activist, best known for her reporting on and support for communist movements in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of ...
Annie Lee Moss
Annie Lee Moss (August 9, 1905 – January 15, 1996) was a communications clerk in the US Army Signal Corps in the Pentagon and alleged member of the American Communist Party.
Annie Lee Moss (August 9, 1905 – January 15, 1996) was a communications clerk in the US Army Signal Corps in the Pentagon and alleged member of the American Communist Party.
Arne Swabeck
Arne Swabeck (1890 – 1986) was an American Communist leader.
Arne Swabeck (1890 – 1986) was an American Communist leader.
Arthur Freeman
Arthur Freeman (born Aaron Liebermann) was a Russian Jewish writer; born at Vilnius about 1840.
Arthur Freeman (born Aaron Liebermann) was a Russian Jewish writer; born at Vilnius about 1840.
Arthur H. Landis
Arthur Harold Landis (born Birmingham, Alabama 1917 died of bone cancer in Los Angeles January 1986) was a fantasy, fiction and non-fiction author.
Arthur Harold Landis (born Birmingham, Alabama 1917 died of bone cancer in Los Angeles January 1986) was a fantasy, fiction and non-fiction author.
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist.
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist.
August Willich
August Willich, born Johann August Ernst von Willich, was a military officer in the Prussian Army and a leading early proponent of Communism in Germany.
August Willich, born Johann August Ernst von Willich, was a military officer in the Prussian Army and a leading early proponent of Communism in Germany.
Ben Fee
Ben Fee (born 1908) was a Chinese American writer and labor organizer who rose to prominence in the Chinatowns of San Francisco and New York in the mid-twentieth century.
Ben Fee (born 1908) was a Chinese American writer and labor organizer who rose to prominence in the Chinatowns of San Francisco and New York in the mid-twentieth century.
Ben Gold
Benjamin Gold was an American labor leader who was prosecuted for his communist political views under McCarthyism.
Benjamin Gold was an American labor leader who was prosecuted for his communist political views under McCarthyism.
Ben Margolis
Ben Margolis was an American attorney.
Ben Margolis was an American attorney.
Benjamin Fine
Benjamin Fine (1905–1975) was an American journalist and author.
Benjamin Fine (1905–1975) was an American journalist and author.
Benjamin J. Davis
Benjamin J. "Ben" Davis (8 September 1903, Dawson, Georgia22 August 1964, New York, New York), was an African-American lawyer and communist who was elected to the city council of New York City, ...
Benjamin J. "Ben" Davis (8 September 1903, Dawson, Georgia22 August 1964, New York, New York), was an African-American lawyer and communist who was elected to the city council of New York City, ...
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr.
Benjamin Jefferson "Ben" Davis, Jr. (1903–1964), was an African-American lawyer and communist who was elected to the city council of New York City, representing Harlem, in 1943.
Benjamin Jefferson "Ben" Davis, Jr. (1903–1964), was an African-American lawyer and communist who was elected to the city council of New York City, representing Harlem, in 1943.
Benjamin Mandel
Benjamin Mandel (1887-August 8, 1973) was a New York city school teacher and activist who later became a director of research for the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Senate Intern...
Benjamin Mandel (1887-August 8, 1973) was a New York city school teacher and activist who later became a director of research for the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Senate Intern...
Bert Cochran
Bert Cochran (December 25, 1913? – June 6, 1984) was an American Communist politician and author.
Bert Cochran (December 25, 1913? – June 6, 1984) was an American Communist politician and author.
Bertram Wolfe
Bertram David "Bert" Wolfe was an American scholar and former communist best known for biographical studies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, and Diego Rivera.
Bertram David "Bert" Wolfe was an American scholar and former communist best known for biographical studies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, and Diego Rivera.
Bess Taffel
Bess Taffel Boyle (December 10, 1913 - July 21, 2000) was an American screenwriter, whose career was effectively ended after she was identified as a member of the Communist Party during the McCa...
Bess Taffel Boyle (December 10, 1913 - July 21, 2000) was an American screenwriter, whose career was effectively ended after she was identified as a member of the Communist Party during the McCa...
Bill Ayers
William Charles "Bill" Ayers is an American elementary education theorist and a former leader in the movement that opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
William Charles "Bill" Ayers is an American elementary education theorist and a former leader in the movement that opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
Bill Epton
William Leo "Bill" Epton Jr., was a Maoist African-American communist activist.
William Leo "Bill" Epton Jr., was a Maoist African-American communist activist.
Bill Haywood
William Dudley Haywood (February 4, 1869 – May 18, 1928), better known as "Big Bill" Haywood, was a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and a member of...
William Dudley Haywood (February 4, 1869 – May 18, 1928), better known as "Big Bill" Haywood, was a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and a member of...
Bill Martin (philosophy)
Bill Martin (born 1956) is a professor of Philosophy at DePaul University is best known for his work on Derrida, Sartre, Marxist theory, Aesthetics, and his critiques of Richard Rorty.
Bill Martin (born 1956) is a professor of Philosophy at DePaul University is best known for his work on Derrida, Sartre, Marxist theory, Aesthetics, and his critiques of Richard Rorty.
Blues People
Blues People (Negro Music in White America) is a seminal study of Afro-American music (and culture generally) by Amiri Baraka, who published it as LeRoi Jones in 1963.
Blues People (Negro Music in White America) is a seminal study of Afro-American music (and culture generally) by Amiri Baraka, who published it as LeRoi Jones in 1963.
Bob Avakian
Bob Avakian is Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, which he has led since its formation in 1975.
Bob Avakian is Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, which he has led since its formation in 1975.
Boots Riley
Boots Riley (born Raymond Lawrence Riley in 1971) is an American musician, vocalist, writer, and public speaker most known for being the front man and producer of The Coup as well as the front ...
Boots Riley (born Raymond Lawrence Riley in 1971) is an American musician, vocalist, writer, and public speaker most known for being the front man and producer of The Coup as well as the front ...
Boris Morros
Boris Morros was an American Communist Party member, Paramount Studios producer, Soviet agent, and FBI double agent.
Boris Morros was an American Communist Party member, Paramount Studios producer, Soviet agent, and FBI double agent.
Byron Randall
Byron Randall (October 23, 1918 – August 11, 1999) was an American West Coast artist, well known for his expressionist paintings and printmaking.
Byron Randall (October 23, 1918 – August 11, 1999) was an American West Coast artist, well known for his expressionist paintings and printmaking.
C. Clark Kissinger
C. Clark Kissinger (born 1940) was the National Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society in 1964-65.
C. Clark Kissinger (born 1940) was the National Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society in 1964-65.
Carl Dix
Carl Dix is a founding member, and a representative, of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP).
Carl Dix is a founding member, and a representative, of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP).
Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman, CBE was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the notable film High Noon.
Carl Foreman, CBE was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the notable film High Noon.
Carl Marzani
Carl Aldo Marzani (4 March 1912 - 11 December 1994) was an American leftwing political activist and publisher.
Carl Aldo Marzani (4 March 1912 - 11 December 1994) was an American leftwing political activist and publisher.
Charles S. Zimmerman
Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1896–1983) was an American socialist activist and trade union leader, who was an associate of Jay Lovestone.
Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1896–1983) was an American socialist activist and trade union leader, who was an associate of Jay Lovestone.
Clara Lemlich
Clara Lemlich Shavelson (March 28, 1886 – July 25, 1982) was a leader of the Uprising of 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York's garment industry in 1909.
Clara Lemlich Shavelson (March 28, 1886 – July 25, 1982) was a leader of the Uprising of 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York's garment industry in 1909.
Clarence Hathaway
Clarence A. "Charlie" Hathaway (1892-1963) was an activist in the Minnesota trade union movement and a prominent leader of the Communist Party of the United States from the 1920s through the ear...
Clarence A. "Charlie" Hathaway (1892-1963) was an activist in the Minnesota trade union movement and a prominent leader of the Communist Party of the United States from the 1920s through the ear...
Claude Lightfoot
Claude M. Lightfoot (1910–1986) was an African-American activist, politician, and author.
Claude M. Lightfoot (1910–1986) was an African-American activist, politician, and author.
Claudia Jones
Claudia Cumberbatch Jones (15 February 1915—24 December 1964) was a Trinidadian journalist, who applied her skills to becoming a political activist and black nationalist through Communisum.
Claudia Cumberbatch Jones (15 February 1915—24 December 1964) was a Trinidadian journalist, who applied her skills to becoming a political activist and black nationalist through Communisum.
Clinton Jencks
Clinton Jencks, (March 1, 1918 – December 15, 2005), was a lifelong activist in labor and social justice causes, most famous for union organizing among New Mexico's miners, acting in the 1...
Clinton Jencks, (March 1, 1918 – December 15, 2005), was a lifelong activist in labor and social justice causes, most famous for union organizing among New Mexico's miners, acting in the 1...
Coleman Young
Coleman Alexander Young (May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997) served as mayor of Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan from 1974 to 1993.
Coleman Alexander Young (May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997) served as mayor of Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan from 1974 to 1993.
Cy Endfield
Cyril Raker Endfield (November 10, 1914 – April 16, 1995) was an American screenwriter, film director, theatre director, author, magician and inventor, based in Britain from 1953.
Cyril Raker Endfield (November 10, 1914 – April 16, 1995) was an American screenwriter, film director, theatre director, author, magician and inventor, based in Britain from 1953.
Cyril Briggs
Cyril Valentine Briggs (May 28, 1888 – October 18, 1966, Los Angeles, California) was an African Caribbean and African-American writer and communist political activist born in the West Indies.
Cyril Valentine Briggs (May 28, 1888 – October 18, 1966, Los Angeles, California) was an African Caribbean and African-American writer and communist political activist born in the West Indies.
Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, screenplay writer, and political activist.
Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, screenplay writer, and political activist.
Dennis McKinsey
Claud Dennis McKinsey (born c. 1939-1940 died June 23, 2009 in Ohio) was an American Atheist and author of works on the subject of Biblical inerrancy from a critical perspective, most notably ...
Claud Dennis McKinsey (born c. 1939-1940 died June 23, 2009 in Ohio) was an American Atheist and author of works on the subject of Biblical inerrancy from a critical perspective, most notably ...
Dobby Walker
Doris Brin "Dobby" Walker Roberson (April 20, 1919 - August 13, 2009) was an American labor lawyer and founding partner with Robert Treuhaft at the firm of Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein.
Doris Brin "Dobby" Walker Roberson (April 20, 1919 - August 13, 2009) was an American labor lawyer and founding partner with Robert Treuhaft at the firm of Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein.
Dorothy Comingore
Dorothy Comingore (August 24, 1913 – December 30, 1971) was an American film actress, best known for her portrayal of Susan Alexander in Orson Welles's critically acclaimed movie Citizen...
Dorothy Comingore (August 24, 1913 – December 30, 1971) was an American film actress, best known for her portrayal of Susan Alexander in Orson Welles's critically acclaimed movie Citizen...
Earl Browder
Earl Russell Browder was an American political activist and functionary of the Communist Party USA.
Earl Russell Browder was an American political activist and functionary of the Communist Party USA.
Earl Robinson
Earl Hawley Robinson was a singer-songwriter and composer from Seattle, Washington.
Earl Hawley Robinson was a singer-songwriter and composer from Seattle, Washington.
Elizabeth Ann Duke
Elizabeth Anna Duke (born November 25, 1940) is a former teacher and militant fugitive best known for her involvement with a number of political organizations, and subsequent flight from prosecution.
Elizabeth Anna Duke (born November 25, 1940) is a former teacher and militant fugitive best known for her involvement with a number of political organizations, and subsequent flight from prosecution.
Ella Reeve Bloor
Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor (July 8, 1862–August 10, 1951) was an American labor organizer and long-time activist in the socialist and communist movements.
Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor (July 8, 1862–August 10, 1951) was an American labor organizer and long-time activist in the socialist and communist movements.
Emma Harriet Joseph
Emma Harriet Joseph was a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) who was employed in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. She was the siste...
Emma Harriet Joseph was a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) who was employed in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. She was the siste...
Enos Regnet Wicher
Enos Regnet Wicher was a professor of physics at Columbia University.
Enos Regnet Wicher was a professor of physics at Columbia University.
Ernesto Mangaoang
Ernesto Mangaoang was a Filipino American labor organizer.
Ernesto Mangaoang was a Filipino American labor organizer.
Erwin Marquit
Erwin Marquit (born 1926) is a United States Marxist philosopher/physicist.
Erwin Marquit (born 1926) is a United States Marxist philosopher/physicist.
Eugene Dennis
Francis Xavier Waldron (August 10, 1905 – January 31, 1961), best known by the pseudonym Eugene Dennis was an American communist politician and union organizer, best remembered as th...
Francis Xavier Waldron (August 10, 1905 – January 31, 1961), best known by the pseudonym Eugene Dennis was an American communist politician and union organizer, best remembered as th...
F. W. Dupee
F. W. Dupee (June 25, 1904 – January 19, 1979) was an American literary critic and professor emeritus of English at Columbia University.
F. W. Dupee (June 25, 1904 – January 19, 1979) was an American literary critic and professor emeritus of English at Columbia University.
Floyd Dell
Floyd Dell (June 28, 1887 – July 23, 1969) was an American author and critic.
Floyd Dell (June 28, 1887 – July 23, 1969) was an American author and critic.
Floyd Miller
Floyd Cleveland Miller was a member of the Communist Party USA(CPUSA), who confessed in 1954 to having worked for the Soviet intelligence agencies.
Floyd Cleveland Miller was a member of the Communist Party USA(CPUSA), who confessed in 1954 to having worked for the Soviet intelligence agencies.
Foley Square trial
The Smith Act trials of US communist leaders were a series of trials held from 1949 to 1953 in wich leaders of the Communist Party of the United States were accused of conspiring to violently ov...
The Smith Act trials of US communist leaders were a series of trials held from 1949 to 1953 in wich leaders of the Communist Party of the United States were accused of conspiring to violently ov...
Frank Marshall Davis
Frank Marshall Davis was an American journalist, poet, and political and labor movement activist.
Frank Marshall Davis was an American journalist, poet, and political and labor movement activist.
Fred Ellis
Fred Ellis (1885–1965) was an American political/editorial cartoonist.
Fred Ellis (1885–1965) was an American political/editorial cartoonist.
Fred Ellis (cartoonist)
Fred C. Ellis was an American editorial cartoonist.
Fred C. Ellis was an American editorial cartoonist.
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Frederick Vanderbilt Field (April 13, 1905 – February 1, 2000) was an American leftist political activist and a great-great-grandson of railroad tycoon Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, disinher...
Frederick Vanderbilt Field (April 13, 1905 – February 1, 2000) was an American leftist political activist and a great-great-grandson of railroad tycoon Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, disinher...
Frederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna", to his...
Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna", to his...
Friedrich Adolph Sorge
Friedrich Adolph Sorge (9 November 1828, Bethau, Germany - 26 October 1906, Hoboken, New Jersey ) was involved in the revolution of 1848.
Friedrich Adolph Sorge (9 November 1828, Bethau, Germany - 26 October 1906, Hoboken, New Jersey ) was involved in the revolution of 1848.
Fritz Anneke
Fritz Anneke was a German socialist, and newspaper editor, owner, and reporter.
Fritz Anneke was a German socialist, and newspaper editor, owner, and reporter.
George Grosz
Georg Ehrenfried Groß (July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his savagely caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s.
Georg Ehrenfried Groß (July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his savagely caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s.
George Jackson (Black Panther)
George Lester Jackson was an African-American left-wing activist, Marxist, author, a member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family while incarcerated.
George Lester Jackson was an African-American left-wing activist, Marxist, author, a member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family while incarcerated.
George Koval
George Abramovich Koval (Жорж (Георгий) Абрамович Коваль, Zhorzh Abramovich Koval, December 25, 1913 – January 31, 2006) was a Soviet intelligence officer.
George Abramovich Koval (Жорж (Георгий) Абрамович Коваль, Zhorzh Abramovich Koval, December 25, 1913 – January 31, 2006) was a Soviet intelligence officer.
Gerda Lerner
Gerda Lerner (born April 30, 1920) is a historian, author and teacher.
Gerda Lerner (born April 30, 1920) is a historian, author and teacher.
Gino Perente
Eugenio Mario Perente-Ramos (Gino Perente) (21 November 1937 - 18 March 1995) was the founder of the National Labor Federation (NATLFED), a collection of anti-poverty organizations in the United...
Eugenio Mario Perente-Ramos (Gino Perente) (21 November 1937 - 18 March 1995) was the founder of the National Labor Federation (NATLFED), a collection of anti-poverty organizations in the United...
Gregory Lee Johnson
Texas v. Johnson,, was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag enforced in 48 of the 50 states.
Texas v. Johnson,, was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag enforced in 48 of the 50 states.
Grover Furr
Grover Carr Furr III is an American professor and author of books and articles in Russian and English on Soviet history under the period of Joseph Stalin, particularly relating to the Great Purg...
Grover Carr Furr III is an American professor and author of books and articles in Russian and English on Soviet history under the period of Joseph Stalin, particularly relating to the Great Purg...
Gus Hall
Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg; October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a leader and Chairman of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and its four-time U.S. presidential candidate.
Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg; October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a leader and Chairman of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and its four-time U.S. presidential candidate.
H. Bruce Franklin
Howard Bruce Franklin (born 1934) is an American cultural historian who has authored or edited nineteen books on a range of subjects.
Howard Bruce Franklin (born 1934) is an American cultural historian who has authored or edited nineteen books on a range of subjects.
H. M. Wicks
Herbert Moore "Harry" Wicks (1889-1957), best known as "Harry M. Wicks," was an American radical journalist and politician who was a founding member of the Communist Party of America.
Herbert Moore "Harry" Wicks (1889-1957), best known as "Harry M. Wicks," was an American radical journalist and politician who was a founding member of the Communist Party of America.
Hal Draper
Hal Draper was an American socialist activist and author who played a significant role in the Berkeley, California, Free Speech Movement and is perhaps best known for his extensive scholarship o...
Hal Draper was an American socialist activist and author who played a significant role in the Berkeley, California, Free Speech Movement and is perhaps best known for his extensive scholarship o...
Hannah Weinstein
Hannah Weinstein was an American journalist, publicist and left-wing political activist who moved to Britain and became a television producer.
Hannah Weinstein was an American journalist, publicist and left-wing political activist who moved to Britain and became a television producer.
Harold Cruse
Harold Wright Cruse (1916 - 2005) was an American academic who was an outspoken social critic and teacher of African-American studies at the University of Michigan until the mid-1980s.
Harold Wright Cruse (1916 - 2005) was an American academic who was an outspoken social critic and teacher of African-American studies at the University of Michigan until the mid-1980s.
Harold Ware
Harold Maskell "Hal" Ware (August 19, 1889-August 13, 1935) was an American Marxist regarded as one of the Communist Party's top experts on agriculture.
Harold Maskell "Hal" Ware (August 19, 1889-August 13, 1935) was an American Marxist regarded as one of the Communist Party's top experts on agriculture.
Harry Haywood
Harry Haywood was a leading figure in both the Communist Party of the United States and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Harry Haywood was a leading figure in both the Communist Party of the United States and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Harry Simms (labor leader)
Harry Simms, born Harry Simms Hersh, was a Jewish American labor leader from Springfield, Massachusetts.
Harry Simms, born Harry Simms Hersh, was a Jewish American labor leader from Springfield, Massachusetts.
Hazel Wolf
Hazel Wolf was an activist and environmentalist who lived in the Seattle area for most of her life.
Hazel Wolf was an activist and environmentalist who lived in the Seattle area for most of her life.
Henry A. Wallace
Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce.
Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce.
Henry Roth
Henry Roth (February 8, 1906 – October 13, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Henry Roth (February 8, 1906 – October 13, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Henry Winston
Henry M. Winston was an African American political leader and Marxist civil rights activist.
Henry M. Winston was an African American political leader and Marxist civil rights activist.
Herbert Solow (journalist)
Herbert Solow (20 November 1903 – 26 November 1964) was an American journalist and co-editor of The Menorah Journal who was first a Communist fellow-traveler in the 1920s, a Trotskyist in th...
Herbert Solow (20 November 1903 – 26 November 1964) was an American journalist and co-editor of The Menorah Journal who was first a Communist fellow-traveler in the 1920s, a Trotskyist in th...
Hermann Joseph Muller
Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate best known for his work on the physiological and genetic effects of radiation as well as his outspoken political be...
Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate best known for his work on the physiological and genetic effects of radiation as well as his outspoken political be...
Howard D. Abramowitz
Howard David Abramowitz (June 18, 1930 - April 9, 1990) was notable for his legal battles, along with co-defendant John Henry Harmon III, contesting an undesirable discharge from the Enlisted Re...
Howard David Abramowitz (June 18, 1930 - April 9, 1990) was notable for his legal battles, along with co-defendant John Henry Harmon III, contesting an undesirable discharge from the Enlisted Re...
Huey P. Newton
Huey Percy Newton, was an African-American political and urban activist who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
Huey Percy Newton, was an African-American political and urban activist who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
Hugo Oehler
Hugo Oehler (1903 - 1983) was an American communist.
Hugo Oehler (1903 - 1983) was an American communist.
Hunter Pitts O'Dell
Jack O'Dell (aka Hunter Pitts O'Dell), born 1924, is a prominent African-American member of the U.S. Civil Rights movement.
Jack O'Dell (aka Hunter Pitts O'Dell), born 1924, is a prominent African-American member of the U.S. Civil Rights movement.
Irving Charles Velson
Irving Charles Velson (June 3, 1913 - 1976) was an American who had a long career in the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) secret apparatus and who allegedly worked for Soviet Militar...
Irving Charles Velson (June 3, 1913 - 1976) was an American who had a long career in the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) secret apparatus and who allegedly worked for Soviet Militar...
Irving Goff
Irving Goff (1900 - 17 May 1989) was a member of the Communist Party USA and the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, a unit that volunteered to fight during the Spanish Civil War for the Popular Front.
Irving Goff (1900 - 17 May 1989) was a member of the Communist Party USA and the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, a unit that volunteered to fight during the Spanish Civil War for the Popular Front.
Irving Goldman
Irving Goldman was an anthropologist.
Irving Goldman was an anthropologist.
Irwin Silber
Irwin Silber (October 17, 1925 – September 8, 2010) was an American journalist, editor, publisher, and political activist.
Irwin Silber (October 17, 1925 – September 8, 2010) was an American journalist, editor, publisher, and political activist.
Isaac Folkoff
Isaac "Pop" Folkoff was a senior founding member of the California Communist Party and West Coast liaison between Soviet intelligence and the Communist Party USA (CPUSA).
Isaac "Pop" Folkoff was a senior founding member of the California Communist Party and West Coast liaison between Soviet intelligence and the Communist Party USA (CPUSA).
Isaiah Oggins
Isaiah Oggins was an American communist and spy in the Soviet underground who worked in Europe with his wife and in the Far East before being arrested, sentenced, and eventually executed under t...
Isaiah Oggins was an American communist and spy in the Soviet underground who worked in Europe with his wife and in the Far East before being arrested, sentenced, and eventually executed under t...
Ishmael Flory
Ishmael Flory (July 4, 1907–February 4, 2004) was a civil rights activist, trade union organizer, and Communist Party (CPUSA) leader in Illinois.
Ishmael Flory (July 4, 1907–February 4, 2004) was a civil rights activist, trade union organizer, and Communist Party (CPUSA) leader in Illinois.
J. Peters
J. Peters was the most commonly known pseudonym of a man who last went by the name Alexander Stevens while still living in the U.S.
J. Peters was the most commonly known pseudonym of a man who last went by the name Alexander Stevens while still living in the U.S.
Jack Shulman
Jacob (Jack) Shulman, (1914-1999), was an American anti-Revisionist Communist activist who fought in the Spanish Civil War and later moved to the People's Republic of China.
Jacob (Jack) Shulman, (1914-1999), was an American anti-Revisionist Communist activist who fought in the Spanish Civil War and later moved to the People's Republic of China.
Jack Stachel
Jacob Abraham "Jack" Stachel (19001965) was an American Communist functionary who was a top official in the Communist Party from the middle 1920s until his death in the middle 1960s.
Jacob Abraham "Jack" Stachel (19001965) was an American Communist functionary who was a top official in the Communist Party from the middle 1920s until his death in the middle 1960s.
Jacob Burck
Jacob "Jake" Burck was an American painter, sculptor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
Jacob "Jake" Burck was an American painter, sculptor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
James Glaser
James Glaser was a copy editor at the New York Post and also spent time working at the New York Times.
James Glaser was a copy editor at the New York Post and also spent time working at the New York Times.
James P. Cannon
James Patrick "Jim" Cannon (February 11, 1890 – August 21, 1974) was an American Trotskyist and a leader of the Socialist Workers Party.
James Patrick "Jim" Cannon (February 11, 1890 – August 21, 1974) was an American Trotskyist and a leader of the Socialist Workers Party.
James Robertson (Trotskyist)
James Robertson (born 1928) is National Chairman (consultative) of the Spartacist League of the United States, which is a section of the International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)...
James Robertson (born 1928) is National Chairman (consultative) of the Spartacist League of the United States, which is a section of the International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)...
James S. Allen
James S. Allen was a Marxist Scholar, writer, community organizer, and an editor for the Communist Party, USA.
James S. Allen was a Marxist Scholar, writer, community organizer, and an editor for the Communist Party, USA.
Jarvis Tyner
Jarvis Tyner is an American activist and the current Executive Vice Chair of the Communist Party USA. He is a resident of Manhattan, New York City.
Jarvis Tyner is an American activist and the current Executive Vice Chair of the Communist Party USA. He is a resident of Manhattan, New York City.
Jay Lovestone
Jay Lovestone (December 15, 1897 – March 7, 1990) was at various times a member of the Socialist Party of America, a leader of the Communist Party USA, leader of a small oppositionist party, an ...
Jay Lovestone (December 15, 1897 – March 7, 1990) was at various times a member of the Socialist Party of America, a leader of the Communist Party USA, leader of a small oppositionist party, an ...
Jerry Rubin
Jerry Rubin (July 14, 1938 – November 28, 1994) was an American social activist during the 1960s and 1970s.
Jerry Rubin (July 14, 1938 – November 28, 1994) was an American social activist during the 1960s and 1970s.
Jerry Zalph
Jerry Zalph was an American journalist.
Jerry Zalph was an American journalist.
Jim Jones
Reverend James Warren "Jim" Jones was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide of 909 Temple members in Jonestown, Guy...
Reverend James Warren "Jim" Jones was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide of 909 Temple members in Jonestown, Guy...
Joe Flexer
Joe Flexer (March 23, 1933 - July 31, 2000) was a trade unionist and communist activist in Canada.
Joe Flexer (March 23, 1933 - July 31, 2000) was a trade unionist and communist activist in Canada.
Joe Jones (artist)
Joseph John Jones (1909-1963) was a 20th century artist: painter, landscape painter, lithographer, and muralist.
Joseph John Jones (1909-1963) was a 20th century artist: painter, landscape painter, lithographer, and muralist.
Joe Verret
Joe Verret (11 December 1945—30 March 2010) was an American Trotskyite who worked in civil rights in the South in the 1960s, and who was the target of state repression.
Joe Verret (11 December 1945—30 March 2010) was an American Trotskyite who worked in civil rights in the South in the 1960s, and who was the target of state repression.
Joelle Fishman
Joelle Fishman is a politician, writer and editor.
Joelle Fishman is a politician, writer and editor.
John Bernard
John Toussaint Bernard (March 6, 1893, Bastia – August 6, 1983) was a United States Representative from Minnesota.
John Toussaint Bernard (March 6, 1893, Bastia – August 6, 1983) was a United States Representative from Minnesota.
John J. Ballam
John J. "Johnny" Ballam was an American Marxist political activist and trade union organizer.
John J. "Johnny" Ballam was an American Marxist political activist and trade union organizer.
John Jacobs (student leader)
John Gregory Jacobs (September 30, 1947 - October 20, 1997) was an American student and anti-war activist in the 1960s and early 1970s.
John Gregory Jacobs (September 30, 1947 - October 20, 1997) was an American student and anti-war activist in the 1960s and early 1970s.
John Keracher
John Keracher (1880–1958) was a Scottish-born American Marxist politician who founded the Proletarian Party of America in 1920.
John Keracher (1880–1958) was a Scottish-born American Marxist politician who founded the Proletarian Party of America in 1920.
John L. Spivak
John Louis Spivak (June 13, 1897 – September 30, 1981), an American socialist and later communist reporter and author, wrote about the problems of the working class, racism, and the spread of fa...
John Louis Spivak (June 13, 1897 – September 30, 1981), an American socialist and later communist reporter and author, wrote about the problems of the working class, racism, and the spread of fa...
John Reed (journalist)
John Silas "Jack" Reed was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist, best remembered for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days that Shook the World.
John Silas "Jack" Reed was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist, best remembered for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days that Shook the World.
John Sanford (author)
John Sanford or John B. Sanford, born Julian Lawrence Shapiro (May 31, 1904 - March 5, 2003), was an American screenwriter and author who wrote 24 books.
John Sanford or John B. Sanford, born Julian Lawrence Shapiro (May 31, 1904 - March 5, 2003), was an American screenwriter and author who wrote 24 books.
John Williamson (Communist)
John Williamson (1903 - 1974) was a Scottish-born radical best remembered as a top leader of the Communist youth movement in the 1920s in the United States.
John Williamson (1903 - 1974) was a Scottish-born radical best remembered as a top leader of the Communist youth movement in the 1920s in the United States.
John Williamson (communist)
John Williamson was a Scottish-born radical best remembered as a top leader of the Communist youth movement in the 1920s in the United States.
John Williamson was a Scottish-born radical best remembered as a top leader of the Communist youth movement in the 1920s in the United States.
Joseph Freeman (writer)
Joseph "Joe" Freeman was an American writer and magazine editor.
Joseph "Joe" Freeman was an American writer and magazine editor.
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy (November 14, 1908May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957.
Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy (November 14, 1908May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957.
Joseph Weydemeyer
Joseph Arnold Weydemeyer (February 2, 1818, Münster – August 26, 1866) was a military officer in the Kingdom of Prussia and the United States, as well as a journalist, politician and Marxi...
Joseph Arnold Weydemeyer (February 2, 1818, Münster – August 26, 1866) was a military officer in the Kingdom of Prussia and the United States, as well as a journalist, politician and Marxi...
Juliet Stuart Poyntz
Juliet Stuart Poyntz was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a founding member of the Communist Party of the United States.
Juliet Stuart Poyntz was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a founding member of the Communist Party of the United States.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg and Julius Rosenberg were American communists who were convicted and executed on June 19, 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war.
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg and Julius Rosenberg were American communists who were convicted and executed on June 19, 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war.
Julius Hobson
Julius W. Hobson (May 29, 1919 — March 23, 1977) was the People's Party Vice Presidential candidate in 1972.
Julius W. Hobson (May 29, 1919 — March 23, 1977) was the People's Party Vice Presidential candidate in 1972.
Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist.
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist.
Laura Whitehorn
Laura Jane Whitehorn was born in April 1945 to Lenore and Nathaniel Whitehorn of Brooklyn, New York.
Laura Jane Whitehorn was born in April 1945 to Lenore and Nathaniel Whitehorn of Brooklyn, New York.
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was, according to four government investigations, the sniper who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
Lee Harvey Oswald was, according to four government investigations, the sniper who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
Lee Lorch
Lee Lorch (born September 20, 1915) is a mathematician and was an early civil rights activist, who is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at York University in Toronto, Canada.
Lee Lorch (born September 20, 1915) is a mathematician and was an early civil rights activist, who is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at York University in Toronto, Canada.
Lee Pressman
Lee Pressman was a labor attorney and a US government functionary publicly exposed in 1948 for having been a spy for the Soviet foreign intelligence network during the middle 1930s.
Lee Pressman was a labor attorney and a US government functionary publicly exposed in 1948 for having been a spy for the Soviet foreign intelligence network during the middle 1930s.
Lement Harris
Lement Upham Harris (March 1, 1904 - 21 September 2002) was a member of the American Communist Party.
Lement Upham Harris (March 1, 1904 - 21 September 2002) was a member of the American Communist Party.
Lement Upham Harris
Lement Upham Harris (March 1, 1904 - 21 September 2002) was a member of the American Communist Party.
Lement Upham Harris (March 1, 1904 - 21 September 2002) was a member of the American Communist Party.
Lester Rodney
Lester Rodney (April 17, 1911 – December 20, 2009) was an American journalist who helped break down the color barrier in baseball as sports writer for the Daily Worker.
Lester Rodney (April 17, 1911 – December 20, 2009) was an American journalist who helped break down the color barrier in baseball as sports writer for the Daily Worker.
Lillian Hellman
Lillian Florence "Lilly" Hellman was an American author of plays, screenplays, and memoirs and throughout her life, was linked with many left-wing political causes.
Lillian Florence "Lilly" Hellman was an American author of plays, screenplays, and memoirs and throughout her life, was linked with many left-wing political causes.
Lona Cohen
Leontine Theresa "Lona" Cohen, also known while she was in London as Helen Kroger, was an American spy for the Soviet Union.
Leontine Theresa "Lona" Cohen, also known while she was in London as Helen Kroger, was an American spy for the Soviet Union.
Louis F. Budenz
Louis Francis Budenz was an American activist and writer, as well as a Soviet espionage agent and head of the Buben group of spies.
Louis Francis Budenz was an American activist and writer, as well as a Soviet espionage agent and head of the Buben group of spies.
Louise Bryant
Louise Bryant (December 5, 1885 – January 6, 1936) was an American journalist and writer.
Louise Bryant (December 5, 1885 – January 6, 1936) was an American journalist and writer.
Lucy Burman
Lucille Burman Flato (September 21, 1922 - January 7, 2004) was a writer, American Communist Party member and union activist.
Lucille Burman Flato (September 21, 1922 - January 7, 2004) was a writer, American Communist Party member and union activist.
Lucy Parsons
Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Parsons was a radical American labor organizer and anarchist communist.
Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Parsons was a radical American labor organizer and anarchist communist.
Ludwig Lore
Ludwig Lore (18751942) was an American socialist newspaper editor and politician, best remembered for his tenure as editor of the New Yorker Volkszeitung and role as a factional leader in th...
Ludwig Lore (18751942) was an American socialist newspaper editor and politician, best remembered for his tenure as editor of the New Yorker Volkszeitung and role as a factional leader in th...
Luisa Moreno
Luisa Moreno (August 30, 1907 – November 4, 1992) was a leader in the United States labor movement and a social activist.
Luisa Moreno (August 30, 1907 – November 4, 1992) was a leader in the United States labor movement and a social activist.
Lydia Gibson
Lydia Gibson (1891-1964) was an American socialist illustrator who contributed work to The Masses, The Liberator, The Workers' Monthly, The New Masses, and other radical publica...
Lydia Gibson (1891-1964) was an American socialist illustrator who contributed work to The Masses, The Liberator, The Workers' Monthly, The New Masses, and other radical publica...
Manning Johnson
Manning R. Johnson (died 1964) was the Communist candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1935; he subsequently left the party, wrote Color, Communism, and Common sens...
Manning R. Johnson (died 1964) was the Communist candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1935; he subsequently left the party, wrote Color, Communism, and Common sens...
Marion Bachrach
Marion Bachrach was the sister of John Abt and also a member of the Ware group, a group of government employees in the New Deal administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who were also me...
Marion Bachrach was the sister of John Abt and also a member of the Ware group, a group of government employees in the New Deal administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who were also me...
Mark Potok
Mark Potok is a spokesman and director of publications and information for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, a left-wing nonprofit organization that arose from the anti-seg...
Mark Potok is a spokesman and director of publications and information for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, a left-wing nonprofit organization that arose from the anti-seg...
Marvel Cooke
Marvel Cooke (April 4, 1903 – November 29, 2000) was an American journalist, writer, and civil rights activist.
Marvel Cooke (April 4, 1903 – November 29, 2000) was an American journalist, writer, and civil rights activist.
Matti Mattson
Matti August Mattson (September 17, 1916 – January 11, 2011) was an American labor organizer, social activist, and Veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.
Matti August Mattson (September 17, 1916 – January 11, 2011) was an American labor organizer, social activist, and Veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.
Max Eastman
Max Forrester Eastman (January 4, 1883 – March 25, 1969) was an American writer on literature, philosophy and society, a poet, and a prominent political activist.
Max Forrester Eastman (January 4, 1883 – March 25, 1969) was an American writer on literature, philosophy and society, a poet, and a prominent political activist.
Maximilian Cohen
Maximilian "Max" Cohen was an American socialist politician of the early 20th Century.
Maximilian "Max" Cohen was an American socialist politician of the early 20th Century.
Melech Epstein
Melech Epstein was a Jewish American journalist and historian.
Melech Epstein was a Jewish American journalist and historian.
Melvin L. Barnet
Melvin L. Barnet (November 5, 1914 – June 17, 1998) was a copy editor for The New York Times from 1953-1955.
Melvin L. Barnet (November 5, 1914 – June 17, 1998) was a copy editor for The New York Times from 1953-1955.
Meridel Le Sueur
Meridel Le Sueur was an American writer associated with the proletarian movement of the 1930s and 1940s.
Meridel Le Sueur was an American writer associated with the proletarian movement of the 1930s and 1940s.
Michael Hardt
Michael Hardt is an American literary theorist and political philosopher perhaps best known for Empire, written with Antonio Negri and published in 2000.
Michael Hardt is an American literary theorist and political philosopher perhaps best known for Empire, written with Antonio Negri and published in 2000.
Michael Laski
Michael Laski (born circa 1942) was the founder of the Communist Party USA (Marxist-Leninist), a splinter group of the Communist Party USA. Laski had taken the side of China during the famous S...
Michael Laski (born circa 1942) was the founder of the Communist Party USA (Marxist-Leninist), a splinter group of the Communist Party USA. Laski had taken the side of China during the famous S...
Mikhail Tkach
Mikhail Tkach, also Michal Tkacz, Michael J. Tkach, and M. Nastivsky, (born October 18, 1891, date of death unknown) born in Mastisiw, Poland, of Ukrainian parents, and arrive...
Mikhail Tkach, also Michal Tkacz, Michael J. Tkach, and M. Nastivsky, (born October 18, 1891, date of death unknown) born in Mastisiw, Poland, of Ukrainian parents, and arrive...
Milton Wolff
Milton "Milt" Wolff (October 7, 1915 – January 14, 2008) was an American veteran of the Spanish Civil War, the last commander of the Lincoln Battalion of XV International Brigade, and a pr...
Milton "Milt" Wolff (October 7, 1915 – January 14, 2008) was an American veteran of the Spanish Civil War, the last commander of the Lincoln Battalion of XV International Brigade, and a pr...
Moissaye Joseph Olgin
Moissaye Joseph Olgin (18781939) was a Russian-born writer, journalist, and translator in the early 20th century.
Moissaye Joseph Olgin (18781939) was a Russian-born writer, journalist, and translator in the early 20th century.
Morris Childs
Morris Childs was an American political activist and American Communist Party functionary who became a secret operative on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the summer of 1952.
Morris Childs was an American political activist and American Communist Party functionary who became a secret operative on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the summer of 1952.
Morris Kominsky
Morris Kominsky (September 28, 1901 — April 1975) was the author of The Hoaxers: Plain Liars, Fancy Liars and Damned Liars (1970).
Morris Kominsky (September 28, 1901 — April 1975) was the author of The Hoaxers: Plain Liars, Fancy Liars and Damned Liars (1970).
Morris Schappes
Morris U. Schappes (pronounced SHAP-pess, born Moishe Shapshilevich, 1907-2004) was a Jewish-American educator, writer, radical political activist, historian, and magazine editor.
Morris U. Schappes (pronounced SHAP-pess, born Moishe Shapshilevich, 1907-2004) was a Jewish-American educator, writer, radical political activist, historian, and magazine editor.
Naomi Jaffe
Naomi Esther Jaffe (born 1943) is a former undergraduate student of Herbert Marcuse and member of the Weather Underground Organization.
Naomi Esther Jaffe (born 1943) is a former undergraduate student of Herbert Marcuse and member of the Weather Underground Organization.
Nathan Einhorn
Nathan Einhorn was a journalist and Executive Secretary of the American Newspaper Guild in New York from 1938 to 1946.
Nathan Einhorn was a journalist and Executive Secretary of the American Newspaper Guild in New York from 1938 to 1946.
Nathaniel Weyl
Nathaniel Weyl (July 20, 1910 – April 13, 2005) was an American economist and author who wrote on a variety of social issues.
Nathaniel Weyl (July 20, 1910 – April 13, 2005) was an American economist and author who wrote on a variety of social issues.
Nelson Peery
Nelson Peery (born 1925) is an American political activist and author.
Nelson Peery (born 1925) is an American political activist and author.
Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron is an American female filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, journalist, author, and blogger.
Nora Ephron is an American female filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, journalist, author, and blogger.
Oakley C. Johnson
Oakley C. Johnson (1890 - 1976?) was an American socialist political activist and writer.
Oakley C. Johnson (1890 - 1976?) was an American socialist political activist and writer.
Olga Rodriguez
Olga Rodriguez is a Chicano activist and a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party of the United States.
Olga Rodriguez is a Chicano activist and a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party of the United States.
Oliver Law
Oliver Law was an African American communist and labor organizer, who fought for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War.
Oliver Law was an African American communist and labor organizer, who fought for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War.
Pablo O'Higgins
Pablo Esteban O'Higgins was an American-Mexican artist, muralist and illustrator.
Pablo Esteban O'Higgins was an American-Mexican artist, muralist and illustrator.
Paul Mattick
Paul Mattick Sr. was a Marxist political writer and social revolutionary, whose thought can be placed within the council communist and left communist traditions.
Paul Mattick Sr. was a Marxist political writer and social revolutionary, whose thought can be placed within the council communist and left communist traditions.
Paul Mattick Jr.
Paul Mattick Jr. (born 1944) is a Marxist philosopher.
Paul Mattick Jr. (born 1944) is a Marxist philosopher.
Paul Robeson, Jr.
Paul Robeson, Jr. (born November 2, 1927) is an American author, archivist and historian.
Paul Robeson, Jr. (born November 2, 1927) is an American author, archivist and historian.
Pete Seeger
Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3, 1919) is an American folk singer and an iconic figure in the mid-20th-century American folk music revival.
Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3, 1919) is an American folk singer and an iconic figure in the mid-20th-century American folk music revival.
Peter Cacchione
Peter V. "Pete" Cacchione (November 1, 1897 – November 27, 1947) was a communist labor leader who was elected to the New York City Council.
Peter V. "Pete" Cacchione (November 1, 1897 – November 27, 1947) was a communist labor leader who was elected to the New York City Council.
Peter Camejo
Peter Miguel Camejo (December 31, 1939 – September 13, 2008) was an American author, activist and politician.
Peter Miguel Camejo (December 31, 1939 – September 13, 2008) was an American author, activist and politician.
Philip S. Foner
Philip S. Foner (1910–1994) was an American Marxist labor historian and teacher.
Philip S. Foner (1910–1994) was an American Marxist labor historian and teacher.
Rae Elson
Rae Elson, also Ray Elson was employed in the Civil Rights Committee in New York City in the 1930s and was a very active dues paying member of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA).
Rae Elson, also Ray Elson was employed in the Civil Rights Committee in New York City in the 1930s and was a very active dues paying member of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA).
Ray Ginger
Raymond Sydney Ginger was an American historian, author, and biographer of wide-ranging scholarship whose special focus was on labor history, economic history, and the epoch often called the Gil...
Raymond Sydney Ginger was an American historian, author, and biographer of wide-ranging scholarship whose special focus was on labor history, economic history, and the epoch often called the Gil...
Raymond Lotta
Raymond Lotta is a Marxist writer and Communist scholar who is the author of the 1984 book, America in Decline.
Raymond Lotta is a Marxist writer and Communist scholar who is the author of the 1984 book, America in Decline.
Richard B. Moore
Richard Benjamin Moore (1893 - 1978) was an African Caribbean civil rights activist and prominent communist.
Richard Benjamin Moore (1893 - 1978) was an African Caribbean civil rights activist and prominent communist.
Richard S. Fraser
Richard S. Fraser was an American Troskyist and the principal theoretician of the doctrine of revolutionary integrationism in the 1950s within the Socialist Workers Party (US), against George Br...
Richard S. Fraser was an American Troskyist and the principal theoretician of the doctrine of revolutionary integrationism in the 1950s within the Socialist Workers Party (US), against George Br...
Ring Lardner, Jr.
Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner, Jr. was an American journalist and screenwriter blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s.
Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner, Jr. was an American journalist and screenwriter blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s.
Robert G. Thompson
Robert George Thompson (21 June 1915, Grants Pass, Oregon16 October 1965, New York City) was born on June 21, 1915 in Grants Pass, Oregon, Thompson fought on the side of the Spanish Republicans...
Robert George Thompson (21 June 1915, Grants Pass, Oregon16 October 1965, New York City) was born on June 21, 1915 in Grants Pass, Oregon, Thompson fought on the side of the Spanish Republicans...
Robert Klonsky
Robert Klonsky was a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which fought on the side of the Spanish Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, a prelude to World War II.
Robert Klonsky was a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which fought on the side of the Spanish Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, a prelude to World War II.
Robert Malecki
Robert "Bob" Malecki is an American activist and Spartacist living in Robertsfors, Sweden.
Robert "Bob" Malecki is an American activist and Spartacist living in Robertsfors, Sweden.
Robert Minor
Robert Berkeley "Bob" Minor (18841952) was political cartoonist, a radical journalist, and a leading member of the American Communist Party.
Robert Berkeley "Bob" Minor (18841952) was political cartoonist, a radical journalist, and a leading member of the American Communist Party.
Robert Treuhaft
Robert Edward Treuhaft (August 8, 1912 – November 11, 2001) was an American lawyer and the second husband of Jessica Mitford.
Robert Edward Treuhaft (August 8, 1912 – November 11, 2001) was an American lawyer and the second husband of Jessica Mitford.
Ron Kurtenbach
Ron Kurtenbach is a Lincoln, Nebraska communist born January 6, 1943.
Ron Kurtenbach is a Lincoln, Nebraska communist born January 6, 1943.
Rose Pastor Stokes
Rose Harriet Pastor Stokes was a Jewish-American socialist activist, writer, birth control advocate, and feminist.
Rose Harriet Pastor Stokes was a Jewish-American socialist activist, writer, birth control advocate, and feminist.
Rudy Lambert
Rudolph Carl Lambert was an American citizen and head of the California Communist Party Labor Commission and also headed of its security section in the 1940s.
Rudolph Carl Lambert was an American citizen and head of the California Communist Party Labor Commission and also headed of its security section in the 1940s.
Sam Marcy
Sam Marcy (1911–February 1, 1998) was an American Marxist of the post-World War II era.
Sam Marcy (1911–February 1, 1998) was an American Marxist of the post-World War II era.
Sam Webb
Sam Webb is an American Communist activist and political leader, having served as the Chairman of the Communist Party USA since 2000.
Sam Webb is an American Communist activist and political leader, having served as the Chairman of the Communist Party USA since 2000.
Samuel Hammersmark
Samuel Tellefson "Sam" Hammersmark was an American book publisher, trade union organizer, political activist, and Communist Party functionary.
Samuel Tellefson "Sam" Hammersmark was an American book publisher, trade union organizer, political activist, and Communist Party functionary.
Samuel Krafsur
Samuel Simon Krafsur (January 10, 1913 – June 1983) was a Boston-born journalist who worked for the Soviet news agency TASS during World War II. He was also known as Bill Krafsur.
Samuel Simon Krafsur (January 10, 1913 – June 1983) was a Boston-born journalist who worked for the Soviet news agency TASS during World War II. He was also known as Bill Krafsur.
Samuel Mitja Rapoport
Samuel Mitja Rapoport (27 November 1912 Volochysk, Russo-Austrian border region, now Ukraine – 7 July 2004, Berlin) was a prominent physician, biochemist, European Jewish émigré, and Communist w...
Samuel Mitja Rapoport (27 November 1912 Volochysk, Russo-Austrian border region, now Ukraine – 7 July 2004, Berlin) was a prominent physician, biochemist, European Jewish émigré, and Communist w...
Samuel Rodman
Samuel Jacob Rodman (born c. 1898, date of death unknown), an American double-agent during World War II, was employed by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and s...
Samuel Jacob Rodman (born c. 1898, date of death unknown), an American double-agent during World War II, was employed by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and s...
Sapphire Films
Sapphire Films was a British television production company, active in the 1950s.
Sapphire Films was a British television production company, active in the 1950s.
Sara Flounders
Sara Flounders is a member of the Secretariat of Workers World Party.
Sara Flounders is a member of the Secretariat of Workers World Party.
Sen Katayama
Sen Katayama (片山 潜 Katayama Sen, December 26, 1859 - November 5, 1933), born Yabuki Sugataro (藪木 菅太郎 Yabuki Sugatarō), was an early member of the American Communist Party and co-fo...
Sen Katayama (片山 潜 Katayama Sen, December 26, 1859 - November 5, 1933), born Yabuki Sugataro (藪木 菅太郎 Yabuki Sugatarō), was an early member of the American Communist Party and co-fo...
Seymour Peck
Seymour Peck was an American journalist.
Seymour Peck was an American journalist.
Seymour Stedman
Seymour Stedman (1871 - 1948) was a prominent civil liberties lawyer and a leader of the Socialist Party of America.
Seymour Stedman (1871 - 1948) was a prominent civil liberties lawyer and a leader of the Socialist Party of America.
Shaemas O'Sheel
Shaemas O'Sheel (September 19, 1886 – April 2, 1954) was an Irish American poet and critic.
Shaemas O'Sheel (September 19, 1886 – April 2, 1954) was an Irish American poet and critic.
Sharon Waxman
Sharon Waxman is an American journalist and blogger who has been a correspondent for The Washington Post and The New York Times, among others.
Sharon Waxman is an American journalist and blogger who has been a correspondent for The Washington Post and The New York Times, among others.
Shirley Graham Du Bois
Shirley Graham Du Bois (November 11, 1896 – March 27, 1977) was an American award-winning author, playwright, composer, and activist for African-American and other causes.
Shirley Graham Du Bois (November 11, 1896 – March 27, 1977) was an American award-winning author, playwright, composer, and activist for African-American and other causes.
Si Gerson
Simon W. Gerson (January 23, 1909 – December 26, 2004), also known as Si Gerson, was a noted leader of the Communist Party USA. In particular, he was considered its leading expert on camp...
Simon W. Gerson (January 23, 1909 – December 26, 2004), also known as Si Gerson, was a noted leader of the Communist Party USA. In particular, he was considered its leading expert on camp...
Sidney Rittenberg
Sidney Rittenberg is an American journalist, Chinese-English interpreter, and scholar who lived in China from 1944 to 1979.
Sidney Rittenberg is an American journalist, Chinese-English interpreter, and scholar who lived in China from 1944 to 1979.
Silas Rhodes
Silas H. Rhodes (September 15, 1915 - June 27, 2007) was an American educator and co-founder of a trade school for illustrators and cartoonists that eventually became the School of Visual Arts, ...
Silas H. Rhodes (September 15, 1915 - June 27, 2007) was an American educator and co-founder of a trade school for illustrators and cartoonists that eventually became the School of Visual Arts, ...
Sis Cunningham
Agnes ("Sis") Cunningham (February 19, 1909 – June 27, 2004) was an American musician, best known for her involvement as a performer and publicist of folk music and protest songs.
Agnes ("Sis") Cunningham (February 19, 1909 – June 27, 2004) was an American musician, best known for her involvement as a performer and publicist of folk music and protest songs.
Smith Act trials of communist party leaders
The Smith Act trials of communist party leaders were a series of trials held from 1949 to 1958 in which leaders of the Communist Party of the United States were accused of violating the Smith ...
The Smith Act trials of communist party leaders were a series of trials held from 1949 to 1958 in which leaders of the Communist Party of the United States were accused of violating the Smith ...
Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders
The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders were a series of trials held from 1949 to 1958 in which leaders of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) were accused of violating th...
The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders were a series of trials held from 1949 to 1958 in which leaders of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) were accused of violating th...
Sol Shor
Sol Shor (July 17, 1913 – May 1985) was a film and television screenwriter credited mostly with B-westerns and movie serials.
Sol Shor (July 17, 1913 – May 1985) was a film and television screenwriter credited mostly with B-westerns and movie serials.
Stephanie Coontz
Stephanie Coontz is an author, historian, and faculty member at The Evergreen State College.
Stephanie Coontz is an author, historian, and faculty member at The Evergreen State College.
Steve "Pablo" Davis
Steve "Pablo" Davis born Paul Meier Klienbordt, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. Davis is an American artist, life-long communist activist and Detroit community organizer.
Steve "Pablo" Davis born Paul Meier Klienbordt, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. Davis is an American artist, life-long communist activist and Detroit community organizer.
Steve Nelson (activist)
Stjepan Mesaros, best known as Steve Nelson was a Croatian-born American political activist.
Stjepan Mesaros, best known as Steve Nelson was a Croatian-born American political activist.
Susan Rosenberg
Susan Lisa Rosenberg is an American radical political activist, author and advocate for social justice and prisoners' rights, and convicted criminal.
Susan Lisa Rosenberg is an American radical political activist, author and advocate for social justice and prisoners' rights, and convicted criminal.
Sylvia Callen
Sylvia Callen Franklin, also known as Sylvia Lorraine Callen, and Sylvia Caldwell, was a young Chicago communist, recruited by Louis Budenz into the Communist Party USA's secret ap...
Sylvia Callen Franklin, also known as Sylvia Lorraine Callen, and Sylvia Caldwell, was a young Chicago communist, recruited by Louis Budenz into the Communist Party USA's secret ap...
Terry Pettus
Terry Pettus (August 15, 1904 – October 1984) was a Seattle, Washington newspaper reporter and activist.
Terry Pettus (August 15, 1904 – October 1984) was a Seattle, Washington newspaper reporter and activist.
Terry Robbins
Terry Robbins was a U.S. leftist radical activist.
Terry Robbins was a U.S. leftist radical activist.
Tillie Olsen
Tillie Lerner Olsen (January 14, 1912 – January 1, 2007) was an American writer associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists.
Tillie Lerner Olsen (January 14, 1912 – January 1, 2007) was an American writer associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists.
Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty
Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty was an Irish-American Communist politician in the early 20th century, supporter of the Trotskyist James P. Cannon and brother of the famous Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty.
Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty was an Irish-American Communist politician in the early 20th century, supporter of the Trotskyist James P. Cannon and brother of the famous Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty.
V. J. Jerome
Victor Jeremy Jerome was a Polish-American communist writer and editor.
Victor Jeremy Jerome was a Polish-American communist writer and editor.
Vera Caspary
Vera Louise Caspary was an American writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and short stories.
Vera Louise Caspary was an American writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and short stories.
Victor Perlo
Victor Perlo (1912–1999) was a Marxist economist, government functionary, and a longtime member of the governing National Committee of the Communist Party USA. From 1935 through the middle 1940s...
Victor Perlo (1912–1999) was a Marxist economist, government functionary, and a longtime member of the governing National Committee of the Communist Party USA. From 1935 through the middle 1940s...
Victor Rabinowitz
Victor Rabinowitz (July 2, 1911 – November 16, 2007) was an American lawyer known for representing high-profile leftist clients and causes.
Victor Rabinowitz (July 2, 1911 – November 16, 2007) was an American lawyer known for representing high-profile leftist clients and causes.
W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor.
William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor.
Waldo Salt
Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism.
Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism.
Wilhelm Weitling
Wilhelm Weitling (October 5, 1808–January 24, 1871) was an important 19th-century European radical.
Wilhelm Weitling (October 5, 1808–January 24, 1871) was an important 19th-century European radical.
Will Herberg
Will Herberg (1901–1977) was an American Jewish writer, intellectual and scholar.
Will Herberg (1901–1977) was an American Jewish writer, intellectual and scholar.
William Gropper
William Victor "Bill" Gropper, was a U.S. cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist.
William Victor "Bill" Gropper, was a U.S. cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist.
William L. Patterson
William L. Patterson (27 August 1891 – March 5, 1980) was a leader in the Communist Party USA and head of the International Labor Defense, a group that offered legal representation to comm...
William L. Patterson (27 August 1891 – March 5, 1980) was a leader in the Communist Party USA and head of the International Labor Defense, a group that offered legal representation to comm...
William Mandel
William Marx "Bill" Mandel (born June 4, 1917 in New York City) is an American broadcast journalist, left-wing political activist and author, best known as a Soviet affairs analyst.
William Marx "Bill" Mandel (born June 4, 1917 in New York City) is an American broadcast journalist, left-wing political activist and author, best known as a Soviet affairs analyst.
William O. Stanley
William Oliver Stanley,Jr. is a former professor in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the Urbana College of Education.
William Oliver Stanley,Jr. is a former professor in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the Urbana College of Education.
William W. Norton
William Wallace "Bill" Norton, Jr. (September 24, 1925 – October 1, 2010) was an American screenwriter.
William Wallace "Bill" Norton, Jr. (September 24, 1925 – October 1, 2010) was an American screenwriter.
Williana Burroughs
Williana "Liane" Jones Burroughs (1882 - 1945) was an American teacher, communist political activist, and politician.
Williana "Liane" Jones Burroughs (1882 - 1945) was an American teacher, communist political activist, and politician.
Wyndham Mortimer
Wyndham Mortimer (1864-1966) was an American trade union organizer and functionary active in the United Auto Workers union (UAW).
Wyndham Mortimer (1864-1966) was an American trade union organizer and functionary active in the United Auto Workers union (UAW).
Yetta Barsh Shachtman
Yetta Barsh Shachtman (1925 - 1996), American socialist politician, married to Max Shachtman, a Marxist theorist.
Yetta Barsh Shachtman (1925 - 1996), American socialist politician, married to Max Shachtman, a Marxist theorist.