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The [[Political Rights Defense Fund]] (PRDF) was a legal front for the Trotskyite [[Socialist Workers Party]] (SWP) in its attempts to cripple the FBI and its surveillance of this illegally affiliated Marxist party and the [[Fourth International]] of the late [[Leon Trotsky]] based in Paris. Their newsletter "[[PRDF NEWS]]" of April-May 1973, No. 2, p. 2, lists "Actor Tony Randall" and others as being "among the notables who attended the recent "Evening for the Bill of Rights" in New York City to benefit the Political Rights Defense Fund." | The [[Political Rights Defense Fund]] (PRDF) was a legal front for the Trotskyite [[Socialist Workers Party]] (SWP) in its attempts to cripple the FBI and its surveillance of this illegally affiliated Marxist party and the [[Fourth International]] of the late [[Leon Trotsky]] based in Paris. Their newsletter "[[PRDF NEWS]]" of April-May 1973, No. 2, p. 2, lists "Actor Tony Randall" and others as being "among the notables who attended the recent "Evening for the Bill of Rights" in New York City to benefit the Political Rights Defense Fund." | ||
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| + | ==Randall and the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case== | ||
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| + | Tony Randall was twice listed as a speaker for the CPUSA front, the [[National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case]], the successor to the congressionally identified and cited CPUSA front, the [[National Committee to Secure Justice for the Rosenbergs and Morton Sobell]] of the 1950's and 60's. His name appeared in the June 9, 1976 edition of the Maoist-oriented US weekly, the "Guardian" in an article entitled "23rd Anniversary of Execution: March for Rosenbergs" and a notice entitled "Open All the Files Now! Join the Fight Against Government Frameups and Coverups! Pay tribute to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Fighters for Freedom and Justice, on the 23rd Anniversary of their Execution", Carnegie Hall, June 15, 1976, both on Page 11. | ||
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| + | Other Hollywood/entertainment CPUSA members on that list of participants were: | ||
| + | * [[Pete Seeger]] | ||
| + | * [[Howard Da Silva]] | ||
| + | * [[John Randolph]] | ||
| + | * [[Jack Gilford]] | ||
Revision as of 07:27, 5 July 2016
Template:TOCnestleft Tony Randall , the actor, had collected an interesting affiliation with communist/Marxists fronts and causes over the years.
National Committee for A CITIZENS' COMMISSION of INQUIRY on U.S. War Crimes in Vietnam
The name "Tony Randall" appears listed among the "SPONSORS" of this 1970/71 Marxist/communist created anti-U.S. "Hanoi Lobby" and disinformation operation. (See its KW page for full details).
National Peace Action Coalition
The Trotskyite-created and dominated "Mobe split-off, the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC), planned to hold an anti-Vietnam protest on November 6, 1971 in NY, DC and several other major cities. According to their newspaper "Peace Action News", Oct. 13, 1971, Number 1, p. 4, "Tony Randall" was one of the signers of their (reprinted) ad in the New York Times (NYT) of September 26, 1971 entitled "The war will not end until we help end it". Other communist/Marxist and leftwing actors who signed this ad included Ossie Davis and his wife Ruby Dee, Jane Fonda, Ben Gazzara, Carl Reiner, and Robert Ryan.
Political Rights Defense Fund
The Political Rights Defense Fund (PRDF) was a legal front for the Trotskyite Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in its attempts to cripple the FBI and its surveillance of this illegally affiliated Marxist party and the Fourth International of the late Leon Trotsky based in Paris. Their newsletter "PRDF NEWS" of April-May 1973, No. 2, p. 2, lists "Actor Tony Randall" and others as being "among the notables who attended the recent "Evening for the Bill of Rights" in New York City to benefit the Political Rights Defense Fund."
Randall and the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case
Tony Randall was twice listed as a speaker for the CPUSA front, the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case, the successor to the congressionally identified and cited CPUSA front, the National Committee to Secure Justice for the Rosenbergs and Morton Sobell of the 1950's and 60's. His name appeared in the June 9, 1976 edition of the Maoist-oriented US weekly, the "Guardian" in an article entitled "23rd Anniversary of Execution: March for Rosenbergs" and a notice entitled "Open All the Files Now! Join the Fight Against Government Frameups and Coverups! Pay tribute to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Fighters for Freedom and Justice, on the 23rd Anniversary of their Execution", Carnegie Hall, June 15, 1976, both on Page 11.
Other Hollywood/entertainment CPUSA members on that list of participants were: