Red Lives : Coming of Age in the Communist and Labor Movements.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaffner, Jay.

Contributor:

Schaffner

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communist Party of the United States of America.

Communists--United States.

Communists.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Earth, Milky Way : Punctum Books, 2026.

Summary:

"Red Lives: Our Years in the US Communist Party (1950–2000) is the first collection of historical analyses and reminiscences by members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and the Communist youth movement in the US from the 1950s through the 1990s. The nearly fifty first-person testimonies bring to life a missing chapter in the history of US radicalism and demonstrate the influence of the post–World War II generation of Communists on social justice movements."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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Foreword

Robin D.G. Kelley

Introduction

Daniel Rosenberg

Part I

On the Post-World War II Communist Movement in the United States

Communist Labor and Political Reporter

Geoffrey Jacques

Flashback to My Long-Ago Communist Youth

Leon Wofsy

My Experience in Freedom Summer

Marion Gordon

Part II

Growing Up Communist During the Cold War

Born Red: Pages from a Socialist's Life

Jay Schaffner

From China to the United States

Peter Hodes

My Parents Were Communists

Naomi Smith

We Were Movement Organizations -People's Organizations, Not Puppets of Anyone

Joseph Harris

Part III

The World of Work and the Party of the Working Class

The Work We Do to Broaden Workers' Thinking Is Important

Dave Cohen

CPUSA Trade-Union Club in Health Care, 1970s-1992

Marilyn Albert

From Red-Diaper Baby to Union Leadership

Paul Friedman

Another World Is Possible

Frank Emspak

We Had a Big Victory, One That Many Thought We Couldn't Win

Sharon Stewart

Party Time

Rafael Pizarro

Building the Left in the Labor Movement

James Williams

Taking Organizing Seriously

Judy Atkins

A Series of Exposures and Experiences … Some of the Best Years of My Political Life

Chris Townsend

Select Annotated Bibliography

Books That Influenced Our Authors

Index

About the Editors

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Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-68571-291-6

9781685712914

OCLC:

1581199602

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access