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| + | [[Bertram Wolfe]] was a member of the Lovestoneite [[International Communist Opposition]], and later a leading scholar of Communism.<ref name="RO">Robert J. Alexander, ''The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s'', Greenwood Press, 1981, p.134.</ref> | ||
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| + | In 1933, Wolfe was appointed to the board of the [[International Relief Association]] formed by [[Jay Lovestone]] with support from US liberals to aid the [[Communist Party (Opposition)]] in Germany.<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, ''Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA'', M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.9.</ref> | ||
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| + | During the 1950s, Wolfe was the chief ideological advisor of the [[International Broadcasting Office]] of the [[State Department]]. He was a senior Fellow in Slavic Studies at the library of the [[Hoover Institution]], before becoming a Research Fellow at the institution itself in 1956. He was also a visiting professor at [[Columbia University]] and the [[University of California]].<ref name="RO"/> | ||
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==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[Communist Party of America]] | *[[Communist Party of America]] | ||
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===Connections=== | ===Connections=== | ||
*[[Jay Lovestone]] | *[[Jay Lovestone]] | ||
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| + | ==External Resources== | ||
| + | *NameBase [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Wolfe%2C+Bertram WOLFE BERTRAM D] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:47, 9 July 2014
Bertram Wolfe was a member of the Lovestoneite International Communist Opposition, and later a leading scholar of Communism.[1]
In 1933, Wolfe was appointed to the board of the International Relief Association formed by Jay Lovestone with support from US liberals to aid the Communist Party (Opposition) in Germany.[2]
During the 1950s, Wolfe was the chief ideological advisor of the International Broadcasting Office of the State Department. He was a senior Fellow in Slavic Studies at the library of the Hoover Institution, before becoming a Research Fellow at the institution itself in 1956. He was also a visiting professor at Columbia University and the University of California.[1]
Affiliations
- Communist Party of America
- International Communist Opposition
- Friends of Russian Freedom
- Hoover Institution
- Committee on the Present Danger (1976 version)
Connections
External Resources
- NameBase WOLFE BERTRAM D
