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Hall, Gus

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Hall, Gus (1910–2000)

US political leader. He was national secretary (1950–59) and general secretary (1959) of the US Communist Party. Hall was the Communist Party candidate for president of the USA in 1972 and 1976. He wrote numerous pamphlets and books, including For a Radical Change: The Communist View (1966) and Fighting Racism (1985).

Hall was born in Iron, Minnesota. His parents were Finnish immigrants and charter members of the US Communist Party. He worked as a lumberjack and steelworker, then went to Russia and studied at the Lenin Institute (1931–33). He joined the US Communist Party in 1934. Hall served in the US Navy (1942–46). He went to federal prison (1951–57), charged with conspiring to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the US government.



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