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William Z. Foster (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical American labor organizer and Communist politician, whose career included serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1945 to 1957.
- Trade union leader, politician
- Communist Party USA
Oct 30, 2023 · 1934: William Z. Foster, Improved in Health, Returns to U.S. After Stay in Soviet Union from Daily Worker, January 19, 1934. 1934: William Z. Foster Visits "Daily" for the First Time in Sixteen Months; Praises Improvement, Hails Drive for 10,000 New Readers from Daily Worker, January 22, 1934.
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Feb 25, 2021 · William Z. Foster—Pioneer fighter for Black equality in organized labor – People's World. February 25, 2021 9:26 AM CST By Arthur Zipser. Share. EmailShare. William Z. Foster, center,...
William Z. Foster was an American labour agitator and Communist Party leader who ran for the presidency in 1924, 1928, and 1932. A militant union organizer from 1894, Foster joined the Industrial Workers of the World (1909), which aimed at achieving socialism through industry-wide labour.
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Despite his revisionism, our Party may well be proud of its record during the war, its whole-hearted and devoted struggle on every front to win the war. The full destructive force of Browder’s revisionism would have been felt, however, if we had attempted to extend his policies over into the postwar period.
Apr 9, 2023 · William Z. Foster photographed on Oct. 3, 1919. (Photo: U.S. Library of Congress) By Benjamin J. Rizzo, Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. The Red Phoenix is proud to present this inspiring excerpt from “Pages From a Worker’s Life,” a volume of autobiography by William Z. Foster (1881-1961), originally published in 1939.
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley, "Labor's own William Z. Foster: A Communist's fifty years of working-class leadership and struggle" (1949). PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements.