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.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
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, 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 →
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, United States →
placeOfDeath	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, New York, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Esther Abramowitz Foster →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Forest Home Cemetery →	burialPlaceOf
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois →	containsGraveOf
William Z. Foster →	name
Foster →	notableBearer
Communist Party USA →	notableMember
Benjamin Gitlow →	runningMateOf