Marx Lewis Papers, 1907-1988.

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Marx Lewis Papers, 1907-1988.

Correspondence, speeches and writings, bulletins, newsletters, press releases,resolutions, trial transcripts, pamphlets, and clippings, relating to the 1919 trial ofVictor Berger under the Espionage Act; Socialist Party internal politics, especiallyduring the mid-1930s; post-World War II opposition to communism within American tradeunions; and anti-communist activities of the Council Against Communist Aggression and itssuccessor organization, the Council for the Defense of Freedom.

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Berger, Victor L. (Victor Luitpold), 1860-1929

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Victor Luitpold Berger (February 28, 1860 – August 7, 1929) was an Austrian American socialist politician and journalist who was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party of America and its successor, the Socialist Party of America. Born in the Austrian Empire, Berger immigrated to the United States as a young man and became an important and influential socialist journalist in Wisconsin. He helped establish the so-called Sewer Socialist movement. Also a politician, in 1910, he was elected...

Socialist Party (U.S.)

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The Socialist Party (U.S.) was founded in 1901, bringing together moderate socialists from the Social Democratic Party, and dissident members of the Socialist Labor Party. In 1936 the ongoing differences between the “Old Guard” and “Militant” factions, resulted in a split, with the Militant group retaining the SP name and much of the membership, while the Old Guard faction retained most of the organizational and financial assets. From the guide to the Socialist Party (U.S.) Minutes, ...

Council for the Defense of Freedom (U.S.)

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Lewis, Marx, 1897-1990.

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Biographical Note. 1897, December 28 Born, Brooklyn, New York 1917 1919 Secretary to Representative Meyer London 1919 1920 Associate ...