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Oct 08, 1910 Cherry Township, Minnesota, United States Died on 13 Oct 2000 (aged 90)
American communist
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About Gus Hall
- Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg; October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a leader and chairman of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and its four-time U.S.
- presidential candidate.
- As a labor leader, Hall was closely associated with the so-called "Little Steel" Strike of 1937, an effort to unionize the nation's smaller, regional steel manufacturers.
- During the Second Red Scare, Hall was indicted under the Smith Act and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
- After his release, Hall led the CPUSA for over 40 years, often taking an orthodox Marxist–Leninist stance.
