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[[Image:William Z Foster.png|thumb|250px|right|William Z. Foster]]

 

'''William Z. Foster''' (1881-1961) was a highly influential leader of the [[Communist Party of the United States of America]] (CPUSA) as well as a prolific author.  

| image      = William Z Foster.png

| birth_date  = February 25, 1881

| birth_place = Taunton, Massachusetts

| death_date  = September 1st, 1961

| nationality = American

| spouse      = Esther Abramowitz Foster<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/12/books/from-street-fighter-to-stalinist.html From Street Fighter to Stalinist], [[The New York Times]]</ref>

'''William Z. Foster''' (February 25, 1881 - September 1st, 1961) was a highly influential leader of the [[Communist Party of the United States of America]] (CPUSA) as well as a prolific author.  

==Early Life==

==Early Life==

==Indictment==

==Indictment==

Foster was indicted under the [[Smith Act]] in 1948 for [[subversion]], but did not go on trial because of his poor health. He later lost his post in the Communist Party for refusing to condemn the Soviet suppression of the [[Hungarian Revolution]]. He died in 1961.

Foster was indicted under the [[Smith Act]] in 1948 for [[subversion]], but did not go on trial because of his poor health. He later lost his post in the Communist Party for refusing to condemn the Soviet suppression of the [[Hungarian Revolution]].

 

He died on September 1st, 1961, in the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SZK5BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA245 American Economic History: A Dictionary and Chronology: A Dictionary and Chronology]</ref>

==Works==

==Works==

==References==

==References==

==External Links==

==External Links==