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| − | '''Annette T. Rubinstein''' (April 12, 1910 - June 20, 2007) was referred to as aMarxist literary lion. She was an activist and educator, part of the teacher's collective at the [[Brecht Forum Marxist School]]. She spent decades as a leader and candidate of the [[American Labor Party]]. She wrote, spoke out, and organized in defense of "McCarthyism's victims", desegregation and Puerto Rican independence, and [[ | + | '''Annette T. Rubinstein''' (April 12, 1910 - June 20, 2007) was referred to as aMarxist literary lion. She was an activist and educator, part of the teacher's collective at the [[Brecht Forum Marxist School]]. She spent decades as a leader and candidate of the [[American Labor Party]]. She wrote, spoke out, and organized in defense of "McCarthyism's victims", desegregation and Puerto Rican independence, and [[Freedom Socialist Party]] founder [[Clara Fraser]]'s landmark suit charging political discrimination at Seattle City Light.<ref>http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/?q=node/444</ref> |
==Communist Party Involvement== | ==Communist Party Involvement== | ||
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Annette T. Rubinstein (April 12, 1910 - June 20, 2007) was referred to as aMarxist literary lion. She was an activist and educator, part of the teacher's collective at the Brecht Forum Marxist School. She spent decades as a leader and candidate of the American Labor Party. She wrote, spoke out, and organized in defense of "McCarthyism's victims", desegregation and Puerto Rican independence, and Freedom Socialist Party founder Clara Fraser's landmark suit charging political discrimination at Seattle City Light.[1]
Communist Party Involvement
Rubinstein joined the Communist Party USA in the early 1930s and left in 1952. She also taught at two U.S. Communist Party schools, in Eastern Europe and in China.[2]
Rubinstein was not proud of her earlier involvement in the Communist Party. When Senator Joseph R. McCarthy once asked Rubinstein if she were a member of the Communist party, saying that she was the most charming communist who had sat before his committee, she responded, "Aren't you jumping to conclusions, Senator?"[3]
American Labor Party Involvement
Rubinstein was a major leader of the American Labor Party, under whose banner, in two special elections in 1949, she ran for State Assembly (winning nearly one in six votes) and for Congress against Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.[4]
Socialist Scholars Conference
Rosalyn Baxandall, Michael E. Brown, Annette Rubinstein, editor, Science and Society and Anders Stephanson were speakers on the Rethinking the History of Communism: 1910 - 1992 panel sponsored by Research Group on Socialism and Democracy at the Tenth Annual Socialist Scholars Conference. The conference was held April 24-26, 1992 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City[5]
Publications
Rubinstein wrote more than 20 essays and reviews on literary and political subjects for Monthly Review, as well many articles in Science & Society, and Jewish Currents. She also authored the following titles;
- The Great Tradition: From Shakespeare to Shaw
- American Literature: Root and Flower
References
- ↑ http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/?q=node/444
- ↑ http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/?q=node/444
- ↑ http://www.monthlyreview.org/0607rubinstein.htm
- ↑ http://www.monthlyreview.org/annetterubinstein.htm
- ↑ SSE Tenth Annual Conference Program, 1992