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He was arrested and convicted under the [[Smith Act]] for conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States. After he was released from jail. He went back to working for the Socialist Workers Party. In 1953, he decided to retire. James P. Cannon died on August 21, 1974 at the age of  84.<ref>http://marxists.org/archive/cannon/bio/bio01.htm, August 31, 2011]</ref>

He was arrested and convicted under the [[Smith Act]] for conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States. After he was released from jail. He went back to working for the Socialist Workers Party. In 1953, he decided to retire. James P. Cannon died on August 21, 1974 at the age of  84.<ref>http://marxists.org/archive/cannon/bio/bio01.htm, August 31, 2011]</ref>