Benjamin Gitlow
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Benjamin Gitlow was a prominent American socialist politician of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Communist Party USA. At the end of the 1930s, Gitlow turned to conservatism and wrote two sensational exposés of American communism, books which were very influential during the McCarthy period.
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New York City family makes dolls' clothes by piecework (1912)-as did Gitlow's family
Gitlow's official State Assembly portrait, 1918
Cover of October 1919 issue of Voice of Labor, issued by the Communist Labor Party
Gitlow's mugshot following his arrest in 1919
Among those arrested during
1922 Bridgman raid: Back row, L-R: T. J. O'Flaherty, Charles Erickson, Cyril Lambkin, Bill Dunne, John Mihelic, Alex Bail, W. E. "Bud" Reynolds, "Francis Ashworth": Seated L-R: Norman Tallentire, Caleb Harrison, Eugene Bechtold, Seth Nordling, C. E. Ruthenberg, Charles Krumbein, Max Lerner, T. R. Sullivan, Elmer McMillan
C. E. Ruthenberg (1910) led the Communist Party that Gitlow helped co-found
Presidential candidate William Z. Foster with Vice Presidential candidate Benjamin Gitlow at a Workers Party rally at Madison Square Garden, 1924 or 1928Politicians from United States 6
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Benjamin Gitlow was a prominent American socialist politician of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Communist Party USA. At the end of the 1930s, Gitlow turned to conservatism and wrote two sensational exposés of American communism, books which were very influential during the McCarthy period. Gitlow remained a leading anti-communist up to the time of his death.
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