After the steel strike, Foster joined the newly formed [[American Communist Party]] (CPUSA). An aspiring politician, 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 steel strike, Foster joined the newly formed [[American Communist Party]] (CPUSA). An aspiring politician, 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. |