International Labor Defense

International Labor Defense

The International Labor Defense (ILD) was a legal defense organization in the United States, headed by William L. Patterson. It was a US section of International Red Aid organisation, and associated with the Communist Party USA. It defended Sacco and Vanzetti, was active in the civil rights and anti-lynching movements, and participated in the defense of the Scottsboro Boys. It was formed in 1925, and in 1946 merged with the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties to form the Civil Rights Congress.

External links

* [http://marxisthistory.org/subject/usa/eam/ild.html International Labor Defense (1925 - 1946)] . Organizational history and document archive at [http://marxisthistory.org/subject/usa/eam/index.html Early American Marxist History] archive. Retrieved August 25, 2006.

* [http://www.marxists.org/history/usa/parties/cpusa/1928/ildactabern.htm|International Labor Defense Activities (1 January-1 July 1928)] . By Martin Abern. From "James P. Cannon and the Early Years of American Communism. Selected Writings and Speeches, 1920-1928". Spartacist Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN 0-9633828-1-0.

* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/peopleevents/p_ild.html|International Labor Defense] . "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy". The American Experience, Public Broadcasting System, 1999.


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