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− | Edward Welsh was a US | + | '''Edward Welsh''' was a US labour activist. |
Welsh was one of two African-Americans chosen by the then head of the US Communist Party, [[Jay Lovestone]] as part of a ten-strong delegation summoned to Moscow by Stalin in 1929.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.82.</ref> Welsh, then an organiser in Harlem, defended Lovestone against the criticisms of the [[Comintern]] leadership.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.87.</ref> | Welsh was one of two African-Americans chosen by the then head of the US Communist Party, [[Jay Lovestone]] as part of a ten-strong delegation summoned to Moscow by Stalin in 1929.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.82.</ref> Welsh, then an organiser in Harlem, defended Lovestone against the criticisms of the [[Comintern]] leadership.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.87.</ref> | ||
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Welsh was among the Lovestoneites who were subsequently expelled from the Communist Party along with their leader.<ref name="Richards">Yevette Richards, African and African-American Labor Leaders in the Struggle over International Affiliation, ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 31, No. 2 (1998), pp. 301-334.</ref> | Welsh was among the Lovestoneites who were subsequently expelled from the Communist Party along with their leader.<ref name="Richards">Yevette Richards, African and African-American Labor Leaders in the Struggle over International Affiliation, ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 31, No. 2 (1998), pp. 301-334.</ref> | ||
− | + | He then joined Lovestone's [[Communist Party (Opposition)]], attending the new group's National Council in February 1930, at which time he was chairman of the Harlem Tenants League.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.106.</ref> In the same year, he was organizing workers as a volunteer for Local 22 of the [[ILGWU]]. He later taught at the Harlem Labor Center, where [[Maida Springer]] enrolled in his class.<ref name="Richards">Yevette Richards, African and African-American Labor Leaders in the Struggle over International Affiliation, ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 31, No. 2 (1998), pp. 301-334.</ref> | |
in 1958, [[Irving Brown]] recommended that Welsh, [[Maida Springer]] and [[George McCray]] spent more time in Africa, particularly Nigeria, where he felt the labour movement was moving in a "dangerous direction".<ref name="Richards">Yevette Richards, African and African-American Labor Leaders in the Struggle over International Affiliation, ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 31, No. 2 (1998), pp. 301-334.</ref> | in 1958, [[Irving Brown]] recommended that Welsh, [[Maida Springer]] and [[George McCray]] spent more time in Africa, particularly Nigeria, where he felt the labour movement was moving in a "dangerous direction".<ref name="Richards">Yevette Richards, African and African-American Labor Leaders in the Struggle over International Affiliation, ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 31, No. 2 (1998), pp. 301-334.</ref> | ||
According to Yevette Richards, some African labour leaders were sensitive about these contacts: | According to Yevette Richards, some African labour leaders were sensitive about these contacts: | ||
− | ::For example,McCray reported that Ed Welsh, assigned to the [[ICFTU]] to help with labor organizing in 1961, was advised not to settle in Kenya to avoid embarrassing [[Tom Mboya|Mboya]]," who is trying to prove that he is not overly friendly with America." Instead Welsh | + | ::For example,McCray reported that Ed Welsh, assigned to the [[ICFTU]] to help with labor organizing in 1961, was advised not to settle in Kenya to avoid embarrassing [[Tom Mboya|Mboya]]," who is trying to prove that he is not overly friendly with America." Instead Welsh settled in Kampala.<ref name="Richards">Yevette Richards, African and African-American Labor Leaders in the Struggle over International Affiliation, ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 31, No. 2 (1998), pp. 301-334.</ref> |
− | Welsh organised workers in a number of industries while in East Africa, where he occasionally | + | Welsh organised workers in a number of industries while in East Africa, where he occasionally met with [[Maida Springer]].<ref name="Richards">Yevette Richards, African and African-American Labor Leaders in the Struggle over International Affiliation, ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 31, No. 2 (1998), pp. 301-334.</ref> |
− | Welsh's wife [[Miriam Welsh]] was appointed as Lovestone's secretary in 1973.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.345.</ref> A | + | Welsh's wife [[Miriam Welsh]] was appointed as Lovestone's secretary in 1973.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.345.</ref> A cheque from [[James Angleton]] for [[Pagie Morris]], which Lovestone believed had been mislaid by [[Miriam Welsh]], subsequently ended up in the hands of the [[AFL-CIO]] leadership, sparking Lovestone's downfall in the organisation.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.350.</ref> |
==Notes== | ==Notes== |
Latest revision as of 23:10, 9 September 2014
Edward Welsh was a US labour activist.
Welsh was one of two African-Americans chosen by the then head of the US Communist Party, Jay Lovestone as part of a ten-strong delegation summoned to Moscow by Stalin in 1929.[1] Welsh, then an organiser in Harlem, defended Lovestone against the criticisms of the Comintern leadership.[2]
Welsh was among the Lovestoneites who were subsequently expelled from the Communist Party along with their leader.[3]
He then joined Lovestone's Communist Party (Opposition), attending the new group's National Council in February 1930, at which time he was chairman of the Harlem Tenants League.[4] In the same year, he was organizing workers as a volunteer for Local 22 of the ILGWU. He later taught at the Harlem Labor Center, where Maida Springer enrolled in his class.[3]
in 1958, Irving Brown recommended that Welsh, Maida Springer and George McCray spent more time in Africa, particularly Nigeria, where he felt the labour movement was moving in a "dangerous direction".[3]
According to Yevette Richards, some African labour leaders were sensitive about these contacts:
Welsh organised workers in a number of industries while in East Africa, where he occasionally met with Maida Springer.[3]
Welsh's wife Miriam Welsh was appointed as Lovestone's secretary in 1973.[5] A cheque from James Angleton for Pagie Morris, which Lovestone believed had been mislaid by Miriam Welsh, subsequently ended up in the hands of the AFL-CIO leadership, sparking Lovestone's downfall in the organisation.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.82.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.87.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Yevette Richards, African and African-American Labor Leaders in the Struggle over International Affiliation, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 31, No. 2 (1998), pp. 301-334.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.106.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.345.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.350.