Gregory S. Taylor
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813049205
- eISBN:
- 9780813050072
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813049205.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines Crouch's life as a Communist after his release from prison. Immediately upon release he joined the Workers (Communist) Party of America, travelled the nation, and spoke about ...
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This chapter examines Crouch's life as a Communist after his release from prison. Immediately upon release he joined the Workers (Communist) Party of America, travelled the nation, and spoke about the global dangers of capitalism for the All-American Anti-Imperialist League. He then travelled to Soviet Russia where he participated in an international Comintern meeting, after which he returned to the United States determined to put the policies he had learned in Russia into practice. As a part of that agenda, he implemented plans to expand the Party's base into the American South (and thus helped precipitate the infamous Gastonia Strike), worked to get Communists into the military, and made electoral efforts to win political offices for Communist candidates. His efforts achieved little practical success, but he remained steadfast in his ideological pursuits and slowly moved up the Party hierarchy.Less
This chapter examines Crouch's life as a Communist after his release from prison. Immediately upon release he joined the Workers (Communist) Party of America, travelled the nation, and spoke about the global dangers of capitalism for the All-American Anti-Imperialist League. He then travelled to Soviet Russia where he participated in an international Comintern meeting, after which he returned to the United States determined to put the policies he had learned in Russia into practice. As a part of that agenda, he implemented plans to expand the Party's base into the American South (and thus helped precipitate the infamous Gastonia Strike), worked to get Communists into the military, and made electoral efforts to win political offices for Communist candidates. His efforts achieved little practical success, but he remained steadfast in his ideological pursuits and slowly moved up the Party hierarchy.
Gregory S. Taylor
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813049205
- eISBN:
- 9780813050072
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813049205.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Chapter 2 focuses on the period during which Crouch became a Communist ideologue, beginning with his time in the U.S. Army and his participation in the Hawaiian Communist League. That participation ...
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Chapter 2 focuses on the period during which Crouch became a Communist ideologue, beginning with his time in the U.S. Army and his participation in the Hawaiian Communist League. That participation led to his arrest as well as to the arrest of fellow League member Walter Trumbull. The Workers (Communist) Party of America used their arrests as a propaganda windfall, and the Party's paper, Daily Worker, kept the two in the headlines for years as evidence of the evils of American capitalism. Crouch spent three years in Alcatraz, but when he was released in 1927 he was fully confirmed in his adherence to Communist ideology and set out on a fifteen-year career as member of the Communist Party.Less
Chapter 2 focuses on the period during which Crouch became a Communist ideologue, beginning with his time in the U.S. Army and his participation in the Hawaiian Communist League. That participation led to his arrest as well as to the arrest of fellow League member Walter Trumbull. The Workers (Communist) Party of America used their arrests as a propaganda windfall, and the Party's paper, Daily Worker, kept the two in the headlines for years as evidence of the evils of American capitalism. Crouch spent three years in Alcatraz, but when he was released in 1927 he was fully confirmed in his adherence to Communist ideology and set out on a fifteen-year career as member of the Communist Party.
