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==Communist Years==

==Communist Years==

[[Image:Document54.GIF|thumb|400px|right|'''Document 54''' from Soviet Archives. Alexander and Earl [Browder] to [William] Foster, 11 July 1928, RTsKhIDNI 534–6–137. Original in English. At this time Browder was working for the Comintern and serving as the first general secretary of the Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat. "Alexander" was the alias of a Profintern official named Keetagnian.<ref>''The Soviet World of American Communism'', Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, Kyrill M. Anderson, Yale University Press, 1996, p. 187, 190.</ref>]]

[[Image:Document54.GIF|thumb|400px|right|'''Document 54''' from Soviet Archives. Alexander and Earl [Browder] to [William] Foster, 11 July 1928, RTsKhIDNI 534–6–137. Original in English. At this time Browder was working for the Comintern and serving as the first general secretary of the Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat. "Alexander" was the alias of a Profintern official named Keetagnian.<ref>''The Soviet World of American Communism'', Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, Kyrill M. Anderson, Yale University Press, 1996, p. 187, 190.</ref>]]

After playing a lead organizing role in the Steel Strike of 1919 Foster joined the newly formed [[American Communist Party]] (CPUSA).  He ran for the U.S. Presidency on the CPUSA ticket in 1924 and 1928 with Benjamin Gitlow for Vice President, and 1932 with James W. Ford.

After playing a lead organizing role in the Steel Strike of 1919<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1919/10/26/archives/sees-steel-strike-as-unions-crisis-william-z-foster-tells-workers.html SEES STEEL STRIKE AS UNIONS' CRISIS; William Z. Foster Tells Workers That Autocracy Will Reign if Strike Fails. SAYS 300,000 MEN ARE OUT Overflow Crowds at Cooper Union Addressed by Abraham Lefkowitz.], [[The New York Times]]</ref> Foster joined the newly formed [[American Communist Party]] (CPUSA).  He ran for the U.S. Presidency on the CPUSA ticket in 1924 and 1928 with Benjamin Gitlow for Vice President, and 1932 with James W. Ford.

After the third attempt to run for president he suffered a serious heart attack and was relieved of his post.  Foster was always loyal to [[Josef Stalin]], and Stalin brought him back in 1945 to replace [[Earl Browder]].

After the third attempt to run for president he suffered a serious heart attack and was relieved of his post.  Foster was always loyal to [[Josef Stalin]], and Stalin brought him back in 1945 to replace [[Earl Browder]].