Journalist, Former Communist Party Official and Smith Act Victim–His mother was a leader of the Bund, a Jewish revolutionary group in Czarist Russia. He was born in 1913 and joined the Young Communist League at age 15. At 19 he worked as an organizer for the Marine Workers Industrial Union. His career as a journalist […]
“Are You Now or Have You Ever Been . . .”
“Are you know or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party or associated with members of the Party….” was the question posed by the House Committee of Un-American Activities, or HUAC to witnesses before the investigative committee of the US House of Representatives. Those answered were often fired from their jobs and […]
Radical Elders Oral History Project
The Radical Elders Oral History Project began in the mid-1970s as a vehicle for 1960’s radicals to interview the older generation of radicals from the 1930s. The 1930s radicals included Lou and Edith Laub, Fred Cody, Tuese Mende, Virginia Maubin, Al and Ann Wasserman, the younger radicals included Bruce Kaiper, Marge Lasky, and Jeff Johnson. […]