Gitlow was a socialist political activist

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person political activist socialist

Gitlow was a socialist political activist who became historically significant as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gitlow v. New York, which helped establish the application of First Amendment protections to the states.

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Benjamin Gitlow	0

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	person ⓘ political activist ⓘ socialist ⓘ
advocated	revolutionary socialism ⓘ
arrestedFor	distributing the Left Wing Manifesto ⓘ
authored	I Confess: The Truth About American Communism ⓘ The Red Decade ⓘ The Whole of Their Lives ⓘ
birthDate	1891-12-22 ⓘ
coFounderOf	Communist Party USA ⓘ surface form: Communist Party of America Workers Party of America ⓘ
convictedUnder	New York Criminal Anarchy Law ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deathDate	1965-07-19 ⓘ
defendantIn	Gitlow v. New York ⓘ
electedTo	New York State Assembly ⓘ
era	early 20th-century American politics ⓘ
familyName	Gitlow v. New York ⓘ surface form: Gitlow
fullName	Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
Gitlow v. New York	helped apply First Amendment free speech protections to the states ⓘ
givenName	Benjamin ⓘ
knownFor	being the defendant in Gitlow v. New York ⓘ early U.S. communist and socialist politics ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
laterIdeology	anti-communism ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
occupation	journalist ⓘ labor organizer ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeHeld	member of the New York State Assembly ⓘ
parentalOrigin	Russian Jewish immigrants ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Elizabethport, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Croton-on-Hudson, New York ⓘ
politicalIdeology	communism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
politicalParty	Communist Party USA ⓘ Socialist Party of America ⓘ Workers Party of America ⓘ
religion	Jewish background ⓘ
representedDistrict	New York County 10th District ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
spouse	Marie Gitlow ⓘ
termEnd	1919 ⓘ
termStart	1918 ⓘ
testifiedBefore	House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
workedAs	clerk ⓘ salesman ⓘ union organizer ⓘ

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