Israel Amter was an American Marxist politician and founding member of the Communist Party USA.
17 Facts About Israel Amter
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Israel Amter was born March 26,1881, in Denver, Colorado, to Jewish-Hungarian parents.
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Israel Amter studied music at the Leipzig Conservatory where in 1912 he created an unperformed opera called Winona.
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Israel Amter returned to the United States when Germany entered the war.
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In 1917 Israel Amter rejoined the Socialist Party and was an active member of the Left Wing Section when it emerged in 1919.
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Israel Amter was a founding member of the Communist Party of America from its founding convention in September 1919.
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Israel Amter was charged in the incident and released on bail.
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Israel Amter was a member of the governing Central Executive Committee of the unified Communist Party of America from 1922.
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Israel Amter was the representative of the WPA to the Communist International from 1923 to 1924 and served as the ECCI referent [mediator] on questions the English and American parties.
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Israel Amter was a delegate to the 3rd Enlarged Plenum of ECCI and was a delegate to the 5th World Congress of the Communist International in 1924.
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Israel Amter was the Cleveland District Organizer of the Communist Party in 1927.
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Israel Amter was ultimately sentenced on April 21,1930, to a term of "6 months to 3 years" in connection with the riot which had ensued.
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Israel Amter was released from jail on October 21,1930.
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Israel Amter was a frequent candidate of the Communist Party for various political offices.
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Israel Amter ran for New York Borough President in 1931, for Governor of New York in 1932,1934, and 1942.
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Israel Amter ran for the New York Board of Aldermen in 1936 and for US Senator from New York in 1940.
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Israel Amter was indicted under the Smith Act prosecutions of the Communist Party's leadership in 1951, but was severed from the case due to his illness.