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American Marxist politician (1881–1954)
Israel Amter
Personal details
Born
March 26, 1881
Died
November 24, 1954(1954-11-24) (aged 73) Denver, Colorado, US
Political party
Communist Party USA
Other political affiliations
Socialist Party of America
Israel Amter (March 26, 1881 — November 24, 1954) was an American Marxist politician and founding member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Amter is best remembered as one of the Communist Party leaders jailed in conjunction with the International Unemployment Day riot of 1930 and as a frequent candidate for public office, including three runs for Governor of New York.
IsraelAmter (March 26, 1881 — November 24, 1954) was an American Marxist politician and founding member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Amter is best...
delegates. This Unemployment Conference of Greater New York elected IsraelAmter, a member of the underground United Communist Party of America (UCP)...
was arrested together with Communist Party leaders Robert Minor, and IsraelAmter on the steps of City Hall. The group ultimately received sentences and...
nominating petition for their candidates on August 28. They nominated IsraelAmter for governor; Frank Herron, of Buffalo, for lieutenant governor; Benjamin...
events, together with his Communist Party comrades William Z. Foster, IsraelAmter, and Harry Felton. The four were sentenced to 3 year terms in the New...
Senate. The Communist State Committee met on August 28, and nominated IsraelAmter for governor. The Socialist state convention met on July 1 at New York...
secretariat of the New York State Communist Party along with Si Gerson and IsraelAmter, and the National Committee of the "Communist Political Association."...
the Communist Party USA started joining the American Labor Party and IsraelAmter, chair of the Communist Party, called for the "building of the American...
Brooklyn. Members of the Communist Party USA started joining the party and IsraelAmter, chair of the Communist Party, called for the "building of the American...
Browder, Roger Baldwin, Paul Reid, William Spofford, H. W. L. Dana, IsraelAmter, A. J. Muste, Dorothy Detzer, William Pickens, Oscar Ameringer, William...
state convention met on June 19 at Schenectady, New York, and nominated IsraelAmter for governor; and Henry Shepard, a "Harlem Negro", for Lieutenant Governor...
of State § Abdulrahman al-Awlaki (1995–2011), son of Anwar al-Awlaki IsraelAmter (1881–1954), Communist Party USA founding member, activist Jim Bates...
1,501,039 36.40 American Labor Dean Alfange 403,626 9.79 Communist IsraelAmter 45,220 1.10 Socialist Coleman B. Cheney 21,911 0.53 Industrial Government...
William Z. Foster, Jack Stachel, Alexander Bittelman, Max Bedacht, IsraelAmter, Gil Green, Harry Haywood, and James S. Allen among others at the "National...
1951, in New York —Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Claudia Jones, Pettis Perry, IsraelAmter, Betty Gannett, Alexander Bittelman, Alexander Trachtenberg, Simon W...
of his application, Morrow was advised by New York District Organizer IsraelAmter that he would be of greater service to the party as a "secret" member...
023,131 Richard B. Scandrett Jr. 1,980,352 Matthew J. Merritt 329,029 IsraelAmter 105,681 Brendan Sexton 24,990 Richard B. Scandrett 10,103 Jeremiah D...
Indust. Un.") During the same period, he supported the candidacy of IsraelAmter for governor of New York on the Communist Party ticket. In 1943, he served...
▌George M. Fayles (Republican) 19.7% ▌Samuel Orr (Socialist) 11.9% ▌IsraelAmter (Communist) 1.3% New York 24 James M. Fitzpatrick Democratic 1926 Incumbent...
2. They nominated Party State Chairman Robert Thompson for Governor; IsraelAmter for Lieutenant Governor; Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., of New York City, for...
Aachen. Ämter ("offices" or "bureaus"): in some states, there is an administrative unit between the districts and the municipalities, called Ämter (singular...
the Communist Party USA started joining the American Labor Party and IsraelAmter, chair of the Communist Party, called for the "building of the American...
show principal correspondents as: William F. Dunne, William Z. Foster, IsraelAmter, Roger Baldwin, Max Bedacht, Cedric Belfrage, Earl Browder, Eugene Dennis...
Bennett Jr. (Democratic) 36.40% Dean Alfange (American Labor) 9.79% IsraelAmter (Communist) 1.10% Coleman B. Cheney (Socialist) 0.53% Aaron M. Orange...
unemployment demonstration alongside adult Communist leaders William Z. Foster, IsraelAmter, and Robert Minor. This time he was sentenced to almost six years in...
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