Evelyn Wiener Papers circa 1960s - circa 1980s

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Evelyn Wiener Papers circa 1960s - circa 1980s

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Evelyn Wiener (1914-2005) was a Communist Party USA activist, and in the 1940s was its Manhattan District Organizer. After leaving the Party in the 1960s, she remained a progressive activist, especially in peace movements, and a community organizer in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. The bulk of the material appears to be from the 1960s through the 1980s. The seventeen files that comprise the collection include folders on the Lower Eastside Mobilization for Peace Action, Mobilization for Survival, National Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression, Indochina Solidarity Committee, Benjamin Davis, folders on Chile, Puerto Rico, Thailand and Vietnam, and a file of obituaries.

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression (U.S.)

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The Defense Committee was established on behalf of Angela Davis. From the description of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (U.S.) Angela Davis Defense Committee collection, 1970-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122597293 ...

Wiener, Evelyn, 1914-2005

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Evelyn Wiener (1914-2005) was a Communist Party USA activist, and in the 1940s was its Manhattan District Organizer. After leaving the Party in the 1960s, she remained a progressive activist, especially in peace movements, and a community organizer in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. For additional biographical information, see: "Remembering Evelyn Wiener" / by Eleanor Stein, MR Zine 27/10/5 Evelyn Wiener died October 8, 2005, at 91, surroun...

Davis, Benjamin J. (Benjamin Jefferson), 1903-1964

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A prominent black attorney, Davis graduated from Amherst College in 1925, graduated from Harvard Law School in 1929, and returned to Georgia to practice law. He gained notoriety for his defense of Angelo Herndon in 1933 who had been accused of insurrection. Davis became actively involved with the Communist Party and moved to New York City in 1935 to edit the Daily Worker. In 1948, he was arrested under the Smith Act and received a five-year sentence. He was arrested again in 1962 for his partici...

Lower East Side Mobilization for Peace Action.

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Mobilization for Survival (Organization)

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Known variously as National Mobilization for Survival or Religious Task Force/Mobilization for Survival, this organization was formed by a coalition of persons seeking to alert the public to the scale of the threat to survival due to proliferation of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Benjamin Spock, M.D., became a spokesman for the group. From the description of Collection, 1977-[ongoing]. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28469546 Mobilization fo...