Fred Halstead

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.

Not to be confused with Fred Halsted.
Fred Halstead
Born(1927-04-21)April 21, 1927
DiedJune 2, 1988(1988-06-02) (aged 61)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Known forSocialist Workers Party Presidential candidate, 1968

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]

Bibliography
  • 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

References
  1. "Fred Halstead, Trotskyist Leader, Dies at 61" New York Times June 4, 1988
  2. Fred Halstead Archived 2004-01-25 at the Wayback Machine, University of Utah Archives
  3. Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The Socialist Workers' Party and American Politics, retrieved 2023-07-31


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