International Workers Order
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The International Workers Order was an insurance, mutual benefit and fraternal organization founded in 1930 and disbanded in 1954 as the result of legal action undertaken by the state of New York in 1
Original IWO logo (1930–1939)
The General Executive Board of the IWO c. March 1939. Standing in the back is Max Bedacht.
Max Bedacht
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Max Bedacht Sr. was a German-born American revolutionary socialist political activist, journalist, and functionary who helped establish the Communist Party of America. Bedacht is best remembered as th
International Workers Order
…the next largest respectively on foreign language speakers, while only 8.9% were English language speakers. By its third convention on May 6–11, 1935, Max Bedacht had become IWO general secretary. By 1938 it had grown to over 141,000. While the IWO aggressively promoted the Communist Party's program and policies…
Bedacht c. 1938
Bedacht c. 1923
Bedacht as Chicago district organizer, 1928
Bedacht testifies before the Dies Committee, October 16, 1939