William Z. Foster - Revision history

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	'''William Z. Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a ~~radical~~ Statesian labor organizer and [[Communism\|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 the [[First World War]] and the steel strike of 1919.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z~~. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>		'''William Z. Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a [[United States of America\|Statesian]] labor organizer and [[Communism\|Communist]] politician, who served as General Secretary of the [[Communist Party USA]] (CPUSA) from 1945 to 1957. He was previously a member of the [[Socialist Party of America]] (SPA) and the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] (IWW).

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

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	* ''[[Library:Toward Soviet America\|Toward Soviet America]]''		* ''[[Library:Toward Soviet America\|Toward Soviet America]]''
	* ''[https://archive.org/details/frombryantostalin From Bryan to Stalin]'' (Autobiographical text)		* ''[https://archive.org/details/frombryantostalin From Bryan to Stalin]'' (Autobiographical text)

	~~== External links ==~~
	~~{{External links\|Wikipedia=William Z. Foster}}~~

	== References ==		== References ==
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	[[Category:CPUSA members]]		[[Category:CPUSA members]]

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	'''William ~~Zebulon~~ Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical Statesian labor organizer and [[Communism\|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 the [[First World War]] and the steel strike of 1919.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>		'''William Z. Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical Statesian labor organizer and [[Communism\|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 the [[First World War]] and the steel strike of 1919.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

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	'''William Zebulon Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical Statesian labor organizer and [[Communism\|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 the [[First World War]] and the steel strike of 1919.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>		'''William Zebulon Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical Statesian labor organizer and [[Communism\|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 the [[First World War]] and the steel strike of 1919.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>

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	'''William Z. Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical Statesian labor organizer and [[Communism\|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 the [[First World War]] and the steel strike of 1919.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>		'''William Zebulon Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical Statesian labor organizer and [[Communism\|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 the [[First World War]] and the steel strike of 1919.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>

	== Early ~~Life~~ ==		== Early life ==
	William Foster was raised by his [[Ireland\|Irish]] immigrant father to Fenian nationalism.		William Foster was raised by his [[Ireland\|Irish]] immigrant father to Fenian [[nationalism]].

	== Political career ==		== Political career ==

	=== Early ~~Labour~~ movement ===		=== Early labour movement ===

	=== Communist Party ~~member~~ ===		=== Communist Party ===

	== Works ==		== Works ==
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	[[Category:~~American communists]]~~		[[Category:CPUSA members]]
	~~[[Category:American trade unionists]]~~
	~~[[Category:American socialists]]~~
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	'''William Z. Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical ~~American~~ labor organizer and [[Communism\|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.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>		{{Message box/Externalarticlecleanup\|date=October 2022}}{{Infobox politician\|name=William Z. Foster\|birth_date=February 25, 1881\|death_date=September 1, 1961\|nationality=Statesian\|birth_place=Taunton, [[Massachusetts]], [[United States of America\|United States]]\|death_place=[[Moscow]], [[RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]\|political_line=[[Marxism–Leninism]]}}

			'''William Z. Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical Statesian labor organizer and [[Communism\|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 the [[First World War]] and the steel strike of 1919.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>

	== Early Life ==		== Early Life ==
	William Foster was raised by his Irish immigrant father to Fenian nationalism.		William Foster was raised by his [[Ireland\|Irish]] immigrant father to Fenian nationalism.

	== Political career ==		== Political career ==

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	'''William Z. Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical American labor organizer and [[Communism\|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.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>		'''William Z. Foster''' (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical American labor organizer and [[Communism\|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.<ref name="obit">{{cite news\|title=William Z. Foster Is Dead at 80. Ex. Head of Communists in U.S. Illness Prevented His Trial Under Smith Act. Was in Moscow for Treatment.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/william-z-foster-is-dead-at-80-exhead-ot-communists-in-us-illness.html\|work=[[United Press International]] in [[New York Times]]\|date=September 2, 1961\|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>

			== Early Life ==
			William Foster was raised by his Irish immigrant father to Fenian nationalism.

			== Political career ==

			=== Early Labour movement ===

			=== Communist Party member ===

	== Works ==		== Works ==

	* ''[[Library:Toward Soviet America\|Toward Soviet America]]''		* ''[[Library:Toward Soviet America\|Toward Soviet America]]''
			* ''[https://archive.org/details/frombryantostalin From Bryan to Stalin]'' (Autobiographical text)

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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	== References ==		== References ==
			<references />
			[[Category:American communists]]
			[[Category:American trade unionists]]