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{{Infobox revolutionary|name=Harry Haywood|image_size=200|birth_date=February 4, 1898|birth_place=South Omaha, [[Nebraska]], [[United States of America|United States]]|death_date=January 4, 1985|nationality=New Afrikan|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Anti-racism]]|political_party=[[CPUSA]] (1925–1959)<br>[[October League|CP(ML)]] (1959–1985)|image=Harry Haywood.png}} | {{Infobox revolutionary|name=Harry Haywood|image_size=200|birth_date=February 4, 1898|birth_place=South Omaha, [[Nebraska]], [[United States of America|United States]]|death_date=January 4, 1985|nationality=New Afrikan|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Anti-racism]]|political_party=[[CPUSA]] (1925–1959)<br>[[October League|CP(ML)]] (1959–1985)|image=Harry Haywood.png}} | ||
'''Harry Haywood''' (February 4, 1898 – January 4, 1985) was a Statesian communist who served on the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of the United States of America|CPUSA]] from 1927 to 1938 and on the Politburo from 1931 to 1938. He defined the [[African diaspora in the United States]] as an oppressed [[nation]] with the right to [[self-determination]] and helped author [[Communist International (1919–1943)|Comintern]] resolutions on the African-American national question while living and studying in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]]. He served in both the [[Spanish Civil War]] and [[Second World War|World War 2]] respectively as both a Political Commissar with a Statesian International Brigade and a Merchant Navy sailor, having felt it his duty as a Communist to do all he can to assist the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] and the world Communist movement. After World War 2, Haywood, who had been distanced from political developments within the CPUSA found that Revisionist and Opportunist currents had seized control of the Party and spent much time and effort attempting to correct the errors of the Statesian Communism movement from within and without the Party. He became involved with initiatives such as the [[New Communism|New Communist]] movement to become the leader of the [[Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (United States)|Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist)]], which followed [[Mao Zedong Thought]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]|title=On his 125th birthday, read Harry Haywood on Black power and the fight for socialism|date=2023-02-04|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/2/4/his-125th-birthday-read-harry-haywood-black-power-and-fight-socialism|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref> among other such actions. | '''Harry Haywood''' (February 4, 1898 – January 4, 1985) was a Statesian communist who served on the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of the United States of America|CPUSA]] from 1927 to 1938 and on the Politburo from 1931 to 1938. He defined the [[African diaspora in the United States]] as an oppressed [[nation]] with the right to [[self-determination]] and helped author [[Communist International (1919–1943)|Comintern]] resolutions on the African-American national question while living and studying in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]]. He served in both the [[Spanish Civil War]] and [[Second World War|World War 2]] respectively as both a Political Commissar with a Statesian International Brigade and a Merchant Navy sailor, having felt it his duty as a Communist to do all he can to assist the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] and the world Communist movement. After World War 2, Haywood, who had been distanced from political developments within the CPUSA found that Revisionist and Opportunist currents had seized control of the Party and spent much time and effort attempting to correct the errors of the Statesian Communism movement from within and without the Party. He became involved with initiatives such as the [[New Communism|New Communist]] movement to become the leader of the [[Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (United States)|Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist)]], which followed [[Mao Zedong Thought]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]|title=On his 125th birthday, read Harry Haywood on Black power and the fight for socialism|date=2023-02-04|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/2/4/his-125th-birthday-read-harry-haywood-black-power-and-fight-socialism|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref> among other such actions. | ||
== Life and work == | == Life and work == | ||
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Harry Haywood | |
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| Born | February 4, 1898 South Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
| Died | January 4, 1985 |
| Nationality | New Afrikan |
| Political orientation | Marxism–Leninism Anti-racism |
| Political party | CPUSA (1925–1959) CP(ML) (1959–1985) |
Harry Haywood (February 4, 1898 – January 4, 1985) was a Statesian communist who served on the Central Committee of the CPUSA from 1927 to 1938 and on the Politburo from 1931 to 1938. He defined the African diaspora in the United States as an oppressed nation with the right to self-determination and helped author Comintern resolutions on the African-American national question while living and studying in the Soviet Union. He served in both the Spanish Civil War and World War 2 respectively as both a Political Commissar with a Statesian International Brigade and a Merchant Navy sailor, having felt it his duty as a Communist to do all he can to assist the Soviet Union and the world Communist movement. After World War 2, Haywood, who had been distanced from political developments within the CPUSA found that Revisionist and Opportunist currents had seized control of the Party and spent much time and effort attempting to correct the errors of the Statesian Communism movement from within and without the Party. He became involved with initiatives such as the New Communist movement to become the leader of the Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist), which followed Mao Zedong Thought.[1] among other such actions.
Life and work[edit | edit source]
Early Life[edit | edit source]
Harry Haywood was born in city of South Omaha within the state of Nebraska of the United States, on February 4, 1898. The youngest of three children, born to Harriet Hall nee Thorpe and Haywood Hall, his siblings were his brother Otto, born May 1891 and sister Eppa, born December 1896.[2] Both his parents were former slaves freed during their childhood by the Emancipation Proclamation forcibly expropriating the rebellious Confederate States of their slaves.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "On his 125th birthday, read Harry Haywood on Black power and the fight for socialism" (2023-02-04). Fight Back! News. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ↑ Harry Haywood (January 1, 1978). Black Bolshevik: 'Child of Slaves; https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Black_Bolshevik#A_Child_of_Slaves'.