Advocate and activist : memoirs of an American communist lawyer / John J. Abt ; with Michael Myerson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Urbana and Chicago : University of Illinois Press, ©1993.Description: xviii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0252020308 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 349.73/092 B 347.30092 B 20
LOC classification:
  • KF 373.A28 A32 1993
Contents:
1. May Day child -- 2. In the New Deal maelstrom -- 3. At Hillman's side -- 4. Progressives -- 5. The case of a lifetime -- 6. Victories -- 7. Changes -- 8. Losses.
Summary: "Best known as the longtime chief counsel to the Communist Party of the United States, John Abt also was one of Angela Davis's first attorneys and the man Lee Harvey Oswald wanted to defend him after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In Advocate and Activist, John Abt and Michael Myerson provide a detailed account of a life that touched and was touched by the labor and left-wing political movements in the United States for nearly sixty years." -- from the dust jacket.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks KF 373.A28 A32 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML20050023

Includes index.

1. May Day child -- 2. In the New Deal maelstrom -- 3. At Hillman's side -- 4. Progressives -- 5. The case of a lifetime -- 6. Victories -- 7. Changes -- 8. Losses.

"Best known as the longtime chief counsel to the Communist Party of the United States, John Abt also was one of Angela Davis's first attorneys and the man Lee Harvey Oswald wanted to defend him after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In Advocate and Activist, John Abt and Michael Myerson provide a detailed account of a life that touched and was touched by the labor and left-wing political movements in the United States for nearly sixty years." -- from the dust jacket.

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