Alexander Trachtenberg
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Alexander "Alex" Trachtenberg (23 November 1884 – 26 December 1966) was an American publisher of radical political books and pamphlets, founder and manager of International Publishers of New York. He was a longtime activist in the Socialist Party of America and later in the Communist Party USA. For more than eight decades, his International Publishers was a part of the publishing arm of the American communist movement. He served as a member of the CPUSA's Central Control Committee.[1] During the period of McCarthyism in America, Trachtenberg was twice subject to prosecution and convicted under the Smith Act; the convictions were overturned, the first by recanting of a government witness and the second by a US Circuit Court of Appeals decision in 1958.
Alexander Trachtenberg | |
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Born | Alexander Leo Trachtenberg November 23, 1885 |
Died | December 16, 1966(1966-12-16) (aged 81) |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Years active | 1902-1966 |
Employer(s) | Rand School of Social Science, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, International Publishers |
Notable work | founding of International Publishers |
Political party | Communist Party of the United States of America |
Movement | Communist |
Spouse | Rosalind Kohn Trachtenberg |
Children | (no children) |