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Browder, Earl (1891-1973) Labor and Socialism in America

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.009 Author/Creator: Browder, Earl (1891-1973) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1 September 1948 Pagination: 46 p. ; 17.3 x 12.5 Order a Copy

One pamphlet by "Americus" printed on September 1, 1948, entitled, "Labor and Socialism in America." Item includes essays related to unions, labor movements and the church's involvement with labor. Unions mentioned are the National Maritime Union, United Automobile Workers Union, and the United Electrical Workers.

Earl Browder wrote under the pseudonym of Americus. He was the leader of the Communist Party USA, and a secret agent on behalf of the Soviet Union.

This pamphlet was published two years following his expulsion from the Communist Party of USA

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