Bill Bailey Communist
In 1930 he joined the marine workers industrial union and the american communist party.
Bill bailey communist. Bill left the communist party when the soviet union invaded hungary but he continued to be wonderfully fruitful in his later years. His great ability to tell stories and bring alive the drama of this century resulted in his appearances in documentaries the good fight and seeing red as well as in hollywood movies with progressive messages. Steve devine 111053 views. He was a member of the communist party usa from the early 1930s until resigning in 1956 in protest of the soviets crushing of the hungarian uprising.
Bailey who was a communist party member from the working class neighborhoods of hoboken and hells kitchen went on to fight fascism during the spanish civil war. In 1934 bailey became an organizer of the longshoreman for the party but became bored and in 1935 returned to work as a sailor. He became a sailor and the bad conditions he endured encouraged him to join the industrial workers of the world iww. Bill bailey spanish civil war veteran william james bailey january 23 1910 february 27 1995 was an irish american communist party labor activist who fought in the republican forces of the international brigades during the spanish civil war 19361939.
In the postwar years bailey was destroyed as well getting caught in the red scare of the time blacklisted and kicked out of the marine workers union for being a communist in 1950. Bill bailey spanish civil war veteran william james bailey 1911 february 27 1995 was an american merchant seaman union organizer lincoln brigade soldier and longshoreman. He joined the abraham lincoln brigade the american contingent of the international brigades.