Constitutional Liberties Information Center

The Constitutional Liberties Information Center was an advocacy group created by the Communist Party in California in 1961.^[1]^[2] This communist front organization was established to help stir up support for the Communist Party leadership, whose appeal of 1960 Internal Security Act convictions were going to be considered by the Supreme Court.^[1]

References

1 2 United States Congressional serial set, Volume 12542 (House Reports Vol. 3). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1963. p. 22.
↑ Rolfe, Lionel (1998). Fat Man on the Left: Four Decades in the Underground. Los Angeles: California Classics Books. p. 47. ISBN 978-1879395015. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

Communist Party USA

Nominees

Presidential	1924: Foster 1928: Foster 1932: Foster 1936: Browder 1940: Browder 1968: Mitchell 1972: Hall 1976: Hall 1980: Hall 1984: Hall

Vice Presidential	1924: Gitlow 1928: Gitlow 1932: Ford 1936: Ford 1940: Ford 1968: Zagarell 1972: Tyner 1976: Tyner 1980: Davis 1984: Davis

Leaders

C. E. Ruthenberg (1919–1920; 1922–1927)
Alfred Wagenknecht (1919–1921)
Charles Dirba (1920–1921)
Louis Shapiro (late 1920)
L. E. Katterfeld (1921)
William Weinstone (1921–1922)
Jay Lovestone (1922; 1927–1929)
James P. Cannon (1921–1922)
Caleb Harrison (1921-1922)
Abram Jakira (1922–1923)
William Z. Foster (1929–1934)
Earl Browder (1934–1945)
Eugene Dennis (1945–1959)
William Z. Foster (1945–1957)
Gus Hall (1959–2000)
Sam Webb (2000–2014)
John Bachtell (2014–present)

Litigation

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