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Myra Tanner Weiss

Myra Tanner Weiss

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Myra Tanner Weiss (May 17, 1917 – September 13, 1997) was an American Communist following Trotskyism, and a three time U.S. vice presidential candidate of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).

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Myra Tanner Weiss in 1956

Biography

Myra Tanner was recruited to the American Trotskyist movement in 1935,[1] while at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. In 1942, she married Murry Weiss, also a member of the SWP. They were living and working for the Party in Los Angeles, and Myra Tanner ran for the mayor of Los Angeles in 1945 and 1949.[2]

Myra Tanner Weiss was the SWP's vice-presidential candidate in 1952, 1956 and 1960, with Farrell Dobbs running for President of the United States.[3] Later in life, she and her husband Murry Weiss became political supporters of the Freedom Socialist Party.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Cannon, James P. (2004). The Fight Against Fascism in the USA. Resistance Books. p. 236. ISBN 9781876646172.
  2. [2]
    "Socialist Slams Liberalism | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  3. [3]
    Breitman, George (1996). Trotskyism in the United States : historical essays and reconsiderations. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press. p. 46.
  4. [4]
    Fraser, Clara (2000). Crisis and Leadership. Red Letter Press. p. 179. ISBN 9780932323088.
Preceded by Socialist Workers Party nominee for
Vice President
1952, 1956, 1960		 Succeeded by
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