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.
Communist Party USA
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The Communist Party USA, officially the Communist Party of the United States of America, is a communist party established in 1919, in the wake of the Russian Revolution, emerging from the left wing of
International Workers Order
…in 1954 as the result of legal action undertaken by the state of New York in 1951 on the grounds that the organization was too closely linked to the Communist Party. At its height in the years immediately following World War II, the IWO reached nearly 200,000 members and provided low-cost health and life insurance…
The founding convention of the Communist Party of America in Chicago, Illinois, September 1–7, 1919
Charter for a local unit of the CPA, dated October 24, 1919
The Washington Commonwealth Federation newspaper after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
New York City Councilmen Peter V. Cacchione and Benjamin J. Davis Jr., two of the only elected officials of the Communist Party, served during and after World War II.