William Z. Foster

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communist politician human labor organizer political writer trade unionist

William Z. Foster was an American labor organizer and prominent leader of the Communist Party USA in the early to mid-20th century.

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William Z. Foster canonical 16

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instanceOf communist politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
labor organizer ⓘ
political writer ⓘ
trade unionist ⓘ
archiveAt Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University ⓘ
burialPlace Kremlin Wall Necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1881-02-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1961-09-01 ⓘ
electionParticipatedIn 1924 United States presidential election ⓘ
1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
1932 United States presidential election ⓘ
employer Communist Party USA ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish American ⓘ
familyName Foster ⓘ
fieldOfWork labor organizing ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
politics ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
ideologicalAlignment pro-Soviet ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Communist Party USA ⓘ
Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
movement American labor movement ⓘ
trade union movement ⓘ
name William Z. Foster self-link ⓘ
notableEvent leadership in the 1919 steel strike in the United States ⓘ
notableWork From Bryan to Stalin ⓘ
History of the Communist Party of the United States ⓘ
Outline Political History of the Americas ⓘ
The Great Steel Strike and Its Lessons ⓘ
placeOfBirth Taunton, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Taunton, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Moscow ⓘ
surface form: Moscow, Soviet Union
politicalIdeology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
positionHeld Chairman of the Communist Party USA ⓘ
General Secretary of the Communist Party USA ⓘ
ranForOffice candidate for President of the United States ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Esther Abramowitz Foster ⓘ

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Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois → containsGraveOf → William Z. Foster ⓘ
Foster → notableBearer → William Z. Foster ⓘ
Forest Home Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → William Z. Foster ⓘ
William Z. Foster → name → William Z. Foster self-link ⓘ
Communist Party USA → notableMember → William Z. Foster ⓘ
Benjamin Gitlow → runningMateOf → William Z. Foster ⓘ
History of the Communist Party of the United States → author → William Z. Foster ⓘ
From Bryan to Stalin → author → William Z. Foster ⓘ
From Bryan to Stalin → mainSubject → William Z. Foster ⓘ
Outline Political History of the Americas → author → William Z. Foster ⓘ
The Great Steel Strike and Its Lessons → author → William Z. Foster ⓘ
The Great Steel Strike and Its Lessons → workOf → William Z. Foster ⓘ
Esther Abramowitz Foster → spouse → William Z. Foster ⓘ
Workers Party of America → fieldedCandidate → William Z. Foster ⓘ
Workers Party of America → representedBy → William Z. Foster ⓘ
Workers Party of America → notableMember → William Z. Foster ⓘ