Fred W. Halstead (April 21, 1927 – June 2, 1988)^[1] was the Socialist Workers Party's candidate for President of the United States in 1968. His running mate was Paul Boutelle.

Halstead played a significant role in the movement against the Vietnam War, outlined in his book Out Now! He also was a staff writer on The Militant, the publication of the Socialist Workers Party.

Halstead was a 6′6″, 350-pound ex–garment cutter who worked briefly as a bouncer in a country-and-western saloon in the 1950s, when he was on the blacklist.^[2] On July 10, 1968, Halstead appeared on the political talk show Firing Line.^[3]

• GIs Speak Out Against the War: The Case of the Ft. Jackson 8 (1970)
• Out Now!: A Participant's Account of the American Movement against the Vietnam War (1978) ISBN 0-913460-48-6
• What Working People Should Know About the Dangers of Nuclear Power (1979) ISBN 0-87348-429-0
• The 1985-86 Hormel Meat-Packers Strike in Austin, Minnesota (1987) ISBN 0-87348-489-4