Alexander Bittelman
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Alexander "Alex" Bittelman was a Russian-born Jewish-American communist political activist, Marxist theorist, influential theoretician of the Communist Party USA and writer. A founding member, Bittelm
Bittelman c. 1950
Bittelman c. 1924
Bittelman's FBI mugshot, 1951
Al Lannon
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Al Lannon, born Albert Vetere, was an Italian-American leader in the Communist Party USA and a co-founder of the National Maritime Union, best known for organizing and activism for American labor unio
Lannon (far right) among delegates to the 2nd National Convention of the Marine Workers Industrial Union, July 1933
Lannon (seated, second from left) with Joseph Curran (second from right) and other striking seamen in the office of Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper, January 18, 1937
Lannon's FBI mugshot, 1951