Proletarian Party of America
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The Proletarian Party of America was a small communist political party in the United States, forming in 1920 and disbanding in 1971. Originally an offshoot of the Communist Party of America, the group
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Al Renner was a key figure in the Proletarian Party of America during its formative period.
Proletarian Party leader John Keracher as he appeared in the 1940s.
Proletarian News was the final publication produced by the PPA, terminating in July 1960.
H. M. Wicks
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Herbert Moore "Harry" Wicks, best known as "Harry M. Wicks," was an American radical journalist and politician who was a founding member of the Communist Party of America. He was a plenipotentiary rep
Proletarian Party of America
…Scottish socialist tradition associated with Daniel De Leon. Keracher partnered with tool-and-die maker Dennis Batt and radical activists Al Renner and H. M. Wicks. At Keracher's behest, the Socialist Party of Michigan favored Marxist theoretical study as the best method to prepare the working class for the task…
Wicks c. 1928