Fred Halstead
American politician
Fred Halstead | |
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Born | (1927-04-21)April 21, 1927 |
Died | June 2, 1988(1988-06-02) (aged 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Known for | Socialist Workers Party Presidential candidate, 1968 |
Fred W. Halstead (April 21, 1927 – June 2, 1988)[1] was the Socialist Workers Party's candidate for President of the United States in 1968. His running mate was Paul Boutelle.
Halstead played a significant role in the movement against the Vietnam War, outlined in his book Out Now! He also was a staff writer on The Militant, the publication of the Socialist Workers Party.
Halstead was a 6′6″, 350-pound ex–garment cutter who worked briefly as a bouncer in a country-and-western saloon in the 1950s, when he was on the blacklist.[2] On July 10, 1968, Halstead appeared on the political talk show Firing Line.[3]
Bibliography
- GIs Speak Out Against the War: The Case of the Ft. Jackson 8 (1970)
- Out Now!: A Participant's Account of the American Movement against the Vietnam War (1978) ISBN 0-913460-48-6
- What Working People Should Know About the Dangers of Nuclear Power (1979) ISBN 0-87348-429-0
- The 1985-86 Hormel Meat-Packers Strike in Austin, Minnesota (1987) ISBN 0-87348-489-4
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Preceded by Clifton DeBerry | Socialist Workers Party nominee for President of the United States 1968 | Succeeded by Linda Jenness and Evelyn Reed |
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Socialist Workers Party (United States)
- James P. Cannon (1938–1953)
- Farrell Dobbs (1953–1972)
- Jack Barnes (1972–present)
- 1948: Dobbs/Carlson
- 1952: Dobbs/Weiss
- 1956: Dobbs/Weiss
- 1960: Dobbs/Weiss
- 1964: DeBerry/Shaw
- 1968: Halstead/Boutelle
- 1972: Jenness/Pulley+Reed/DeBerry
- 1976: Camejo/Reid
- 1980: DeBerry/Zimmermann+Pulley/Zimmermann+Congress/Zimmermann
- 1984: Mason/Zimmermann
- 1988: Warren/Mickells
- 1992: Warren/Reid
- 1996: Harris/Garza
- 2000: Harris/Trowe
- 2004: Calero/Hawkins+Harris/Trowe
- 2008: Calero/Kennedy+Harris/Kennedy
- 2012: Harris/DeLuca
- 2016: Kennedy/Hart
- 2020: Kennedy/Jarrett
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