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Harry Winitsky

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Harry Mordecai Winitsky (1898–1939) was an American left wing political activist who was a founding member of the Communist Party of America. [1]

52 relations: Activism, Al Smith, Alderman, Anarchism, Bail, Benjamin Gitlow, Bridgman, Michigan, C. E. Ruthenberg, Clinton Correctional Facility, Columbia University, Communist party, Communist Party USA, Criminal syndicalism, Dannemora (town), New York, Farmer–Labor Party, First Red Scare, Governor of New York, Indictment, Isaac Edward Ferguson, James Larkin, Jay Lovestone, Left Wing Manifesto, Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party, Left-wing politics, Lovestoneites, Lusk Committee, Mayor of New York City, Michigan, Morgen Freiheit, Morrisania, Bronx, New York (state), New York City, New York City Board of Elections, New York Court of Appeals, New York Supreme Court, Norman Thomas, Official, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Russian Empire, Sedition, Shorthand, Socialist Party of America, The Bronx, The Revolutionary Age, Trade union, Trade Union Educational League, West New York, New Jersey, William McKinley, William Z. Foster, Yiddish, ..., Young People's Socialist League (1907), 1922 Bridgman Convention. Expand index (2 more) »

Activism

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society.

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Al Smith

Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who was elected Governor of New York four times and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928.

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Alderman

An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law.

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Anarchism

Anarchism is a political philosophy that advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions.

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Bail

Bail is a set of restrictions that are imposed on a suspect while awaiting trial, to ensure they comply with the judicial process.

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Benjamin Gitlow

Benjamin "Ben" Gitlow (December 22, 1891 – July 19, 1965) was a prominent American socialist politician of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Communist Party USA.

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Bridgman, Michigan

Bridgman is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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C. E. Ruthenberg

Charles Emil Ruthenberg (July 9, 1882 – March 1, 1927), known to his friends as C.E., was an American Marxist politician and a founder and head of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA).

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Clinton Correctional Facility

Clinton Correctional Facility is a New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision maximum security state prison for men located in the Village of Dannemora, New York.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Communist party

A communist party is a political party that advocates the application of the social and economic principles of communism through state policy.

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Communist Party USA

The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) is a communist political party in the United States established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America.

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Criminal syndicalism

Criminal syndicalism has been defined as a doctrine of criminal acts for political, industrial, and social change.

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Dannemora (town), New York

Dannemora is a town in Clinton County, New York, United States.

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Farmer–Labor Party

The first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918.

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First Red Scare

The First Red Scare was a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real events included those such as the Russian Revolution and anarchist bombings.

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Governor of New York

The Governor of the State of New York is the chief executive of the U.S. state of New York.

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Indictment

An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.

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Isaac Edward Ferguson

Isaac Edward "Ed" Ferguson (1888–1964) was a North American lawyer and political activist.

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James Larkin

James Larkin (Séamas Ó Lorcáin; 21 January 1876 – 30 January 1947), sometimes known as Jim Larkin, was an Irish republican, socialist and trade union leader.

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Jay Lovestone

Jay Lovestone (December 15, 1897 – March 7, 1990) was at various times a member of the Socialist Party of America, a leader of the Communist Party USA, leader of a small oppositionist party, an anti-Communist and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) helper, and foreign policy advisor to the leadership of the AFL-CIO and various unions within it.

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Left Wing Manifesto

The Left Wing Manifesto is the name rather confusingly bestowed upon two distinct programmatic documents of the Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party during the factional war in the Socialist Party of America of 1919.

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Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party

The Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party was an organized faction within the Socialist Party of America in 1919 which served as the core of the dual communist parties which emerged in the fall of that year — the Communist Party of America and the Communist Labor Party of America.

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Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.

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Lovestoneites

The Lovestoneites, led by former General Secretary of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) Jay Lovestone, were a small American oppositionist Communist movement of the 1930s.

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Lusk Committee

The Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities, popularly known as the Lusk Committee, was formed in 1919 by the New York State Legislature to investigate individuals and organizations in New York State suspected of sedition.

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Mayor of New York City

The Mayor of the City of New York is head of the executive branch of New York City's government.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Morgen Freiheit

The New York city-based Morgen Freiheit (original title: מאָרגן־פרײהײט; English: Morning Freedom) was a daily Yiddish language newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party, USA, founded by Moissaye Olgin in 1922.

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Morrisania, Bronx

Morrisania is the historical name for the South Bronx in New York City, New York.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Board of Elections

The Board of Elections in the City of New York (NYCBOE) conducts New York elections within New York City.

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New York Court of Appeals

The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the U.S. state of New York.

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New York Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System.

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Norman Thomas

Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 – December 19, 1968) was an American Presbyterian minister who achieved fame as a socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.

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Official

An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of their superior and/or employer, public or legally private).

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Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire (Российская Империя) or Russia was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.

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Sedition

Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that tends toward insurrection against the established order.

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Shorthand

Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language.

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Socialist Party of America

The Socialist Party of America (SPA) was a multi-tendency democratic socialist and social democratic political party in the United States formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party of America which had split from the main organization in 1899.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Revolutionary Age

The Revolutionary Age was an American radical newspaper edited by Louis C. Fraina and published from November 1918 until August 1919.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Trade Union Educational League

The Trade Union Educational League (TUEL) was established by William Z. Foster in 1920 as a means of uniting radicals within various trade unions for a common plan of action.

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West New York, New Jersey

West New York is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades.

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William McKinley

William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 until his assassination in September 1901, six months into his second term.

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William Z. Foster

William Z. Foster (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical American labor organizer and Marxist politician, whose career included serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1945 to 1957.

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Yiddish

Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish/idish, "Jewish",; in older sources ייִדיש-טײַטש Yidish-Taitsh, Judaeo-German) is the historical language of the Ashkenazi Jews.

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Young People's Socialist League (1907)

The Young People's Socialist League (YPSL), founded in 1907, was the official youth arm of the Socialist Party of America.

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1922 Bridgman Convention

The 1922 Bridgman Convention was a secret conclave of the underground Communist Party of America (CPA) held in August 1922 near the small town of Bridgman, Michigan, about outside of the city of Chicago on the banks of Lake Michigan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Winitsky

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