Name Fred Halstead | Role Author | |
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Died June 2, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States Books Out Now!: A Participant's Account of the American Movement Against the Vietnam War | ||
Fred halstead speaking at ucla 11 30 1967
Fred W. Halstead (April 21, 1927 – June 2, 1988) was an American politician who was a candidate for President of the United States of the Socialist Workers Party in 1968. His running mate was Paul Boutelle.
Halstead played a very significant role in the movement against the Vietnam War. Some feel for this can be found in his book on the movement, Out Now! He also was a staff writer of The Militant, the publication of the Socialist Workers Party, the main Trotskyist group in the United States.
Halstead was a 6'6, 350 pound ex-garment cutter who worked briefly as a bouncer in a California country-and-western saloon in the 1950s, when he was on the black list.
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