William Z. Foster : Radical American Labor Organizer, Communist Politician, IWW and Socialist Party of America Activist, General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1945 to 1957

February 25, 1881 — September 1, 1961

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A radical American labor organizer and Communist politician, whose career included serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1945 to 1957. He was previously a member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, leading the drive to organize the packinghouse industry during World War I and the steel strike of 1919.

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February 25, 1881

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September 1, 1961

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