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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]]
 
*[[International Communist Opposition]]
 
*[[International Communist Opposition]]
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*[[Friends of Russian Freedom]]
 
*[[Hoover Institution]]
 
*[[Hoover Institution]]
 
*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] (1976 version)
 
*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] (1976 version)
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
 
*[[Jay Lovestone]]
 
*[[Jay Lovestone]]
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==External Resources==
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*NameBase [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Wolfe%2C+Bertram WOLFE BERTRAM D]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[Category:Lovestoneite|Wolfe, Bertram]]

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]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.134.
  2. Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.9.