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Fred Halstead

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Fred Halstead
Born(1927-04-21)April 21, 1927
DiedJune 2, 1988(1988-06-02) (aged 61)
Known forSocialist Workers Party presidential candidate, 1968

Fred W. Halstead (April 21, 1927 – June 2, 1988)[1] was the Socialist Workers Party's candidate for President of the United States in 1968. His running mate was Paul Boutelle.

Halstead played a significant role in the movement against the Vietnam War, outlined in his book Out Now! He also was a staff writer on The Militant, the publication of the Socialist Workers Party.

Halstead was a 6′6″, 350-pound ex–garment cutter who worked briefly as a bouncer in a country-and-western saloon in the 1950s, when he was on the blacklist.[2] On July 10, 1968, Halstead appeared on the political talk show Firing Line.[3]

Bibliography

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  • GIs Speak Out Against the War: The Case of the Ft. Jackson 8 (1970) ISBN 978-0-87348-127-4
  • Out Now!: A Participant's Account of the American Movement against the Vietnam War (1978) ISBN 0-913460-48-6
  • What Working People Should Know About the Dangers of Nuclear Power (1979) ISBN 0-87348-429-0
  • The 1985-86 Hormel Meat-Packers Strike in Austin, Minnesota (1987) ISBN 0-87348-489-4

References

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  1. ^ "Fred Halstead, Trotskyist Leader, Dies at 61" New York Times June 4, 1988
  2. ^ Fred Halstead Archived 2004-01-25 at the Wayback Machine, University of Utah Archives
  3. ^ Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The Socialist Workers' Party and American Politics, July 4, 2019, retrieved July 31, 2023
Party political offices
Preceded by Socialist Workers Party nominee for
President of the United States

1968
Succeeded by