Reminiscences of Earl Browder, 1964.

Biographical Note

Communist leader

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Kansas; Populist Party; social and economic characteristics of Kansas; socialism; Office Workers Union, American Federation of Labor, union activities, 1914; World War I; anti-war group; Tom Mooney; Russian Revolution, 1917; Communist Party, 1919; Industrial Workers of the World vs. American Federation of Labor; International Trade Union Congress, Russia, 1921; 3rd Congress Communist International; La Follette movement; Chinese Revolution, 1927; Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat, 1928; Communist magazines; development of Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1930s; Scottsboro case; Negro rights; 1936 presidential campaign; leftist organizations, 1930s; United Front and 7th Congress Communist International, 1935; Spanish Civil War and International Brigade; Stalin-Hitler Pact, 1939; World War II; postwar changes in Communist Party; discussion of ideology; impressions of Communist leaders

Subjects

• American Federation of Labor.
• Browder, Earl, 1891-1973--Interviews.
• Communism--United States.
• Communism.
• Communist Party of the United States of America.
• Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
• Interviews.
• Labor unions--United States.
• Labor unions and communism.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Political parties--United States.
• Popular fronts.
• Populist Party (U.S. : 1892-1908)
• Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939.
• Starobin, Joseph, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• World War, 1939-1945.

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