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Name: William Zebulon Foster
Birth Date: 1881
Death Date: September 1, 1961
Place of Birth: Taunton, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Death: Moscow, Russia
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician, labor activist

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Biography of William Zebulon Foster
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William Zebulon Foster (1881-1961), a leading figure in the Communist Party of the United States for 4 decades, was the patriarch of American communism. Born in Taunton, Mass., the son of a poor railroad worker, William Foster grew up in a Philadelphia...
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Biography of William Z. Foster
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William Z. Foster is best known as the Communist candidate for president of the United States in 1924, 1928, and 1932 and as an unwavering and unapologetic Stalinist whose leadership of the American Communist Party from 1945 until his death in 1961...


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William Zebulon Foster (February 25, 1881 - September 1, 1966), born in Taunton, Massachusetts, was the long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party USA and trade union leader. He passed through the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial...


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Michigan Historical Review
William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism. (Book Reviews).(Review)
09/22/2000: 417 words, approx. 1 pages
James R. Barrett. William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000. Pp. 352. Bibliography. Index. Cloth, $34.95. In this fine study, James R. Barrett attempts to understand William Z. Foster and his political journey. In...
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Industrial and Labor Relations Review
Forging American Communism: The Life of William Z. Foster. (book reviews)
10/01/1995: 725 words, approx. 2 pages
By Edward P. Johanningsmeier. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. 433 pp. ISBN 0-691-03331-5, $29.95. For over a half-century, William Z. Foster was a major figure in the American labor movement and on the political left. First coming to attention among unionists before...
 


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