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
Bedacht c. 1938
Bedacht c. 1923
Bedacht as Chicago district organizer, 1928
Bedacht testifies before the Dies Committee, October 16, 1939
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
Max Bedacht
…activist, journalist, and functionary who helped establish the Communist Party of America. Bedacht is best remembered as the long-time head of the International Workers Order, a Communist Party-sponsored fraternal benefit organization. Max Bedacht Sr. was born in Munich, Germany to an ethnically German mother on October 13…
Original IWO logo (1930–1939)
The General Executive Board of the IWO c. March 1939. Standing in the back is Max Bedacht.