Charles Ruthenberg (July 14, 1884 – 1927) was an American communist politician and activist, one of the founders of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Ruthenberg was born in New York City, New York, the son of a Jewish immigrant from Russia who was a prosperous garment merchant. He entered Columbia University in 1903, where he became involved with anarchist groups, and afterwards entered the far left of the Socialist Party of America (SPA). He became an avid pamphlet writer during this period and was a head of a student group that actively supported the election of Eugene Debs for US President in 1904. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... NY redirects here. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States and a member of the prestigious Ivy League. ... Anarchism is a political philosophy or group of philosophies and attitudes which reject any form of compulsory government[1] (cf. ... The term far left refers to the relative position a person or group occupies within the political spectrum. ... The Socialist Party of America (SPA) is a socialist political party in the United States. ... May refer to the politcal leader Eugene_V._Debs May also be in reference to a a debutante ball, a formal party undertaken by the leaving members of second-level schools in Ireland, most often in the month of August or September. ... For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ...

Ruthenberg graduated from Columbia Law School in 1909, and struggled with an independent law practice, while also active in the SPA as a pamphleteer and activist. Between the years 1910 and 1919, Ruthenberg went to many cities in the American Northeast and Midwest, speaking to labor groups, trade union organizers, anti-World War I groups, and ran as the Socialist Party candidate for the Senate from Ohio in 1916, and for Mayor of Cleveland in 1917. Columbia Law School, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League, and one of the leading law schools in the United States. ... Regional definitions vary The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... A trade union or labor union is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

He was imprisoned, along with Alfred Wagenknecht and Charles Baker, in 1918 on charges of obstructing registration for the draft by calling for a general strike to oppose the United States' entry into the war. Debs' speech to a rally in Canton, Ohio condemning the war and the persecution of Ruthenberg, Wagenknecht and Baker eventually resulted in his conviction for violating the Espionage Act. Ruthenberg was later arrested on a charge of "assault with intent to kill" during the Cleveland May Day Riots of 1919. Alfred Wagenknecht (1881 - 1956?) was an American Communist politician and editor of The Commonwealth. ... Charles Baker may refer to: Charles Arnold-Baker; Charles George Baker VC; Charles Henri Baker; Edward Charles Stuart Baker; Charlie Baker (comedian), British comedian (b. ... A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ... Canton is a city in Stark County, Ohio, United States. ... The Espionage Act was passed by the 65th United States Congress on June 15, 1917, during World War I. This act made it a crime, punishable by a $10,000 fine and 20 years in jail, for a person to convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere... The May Day Riots of 1919 were a series of violent demonstrations that occurred throughout Cleveland, Ohio on May 1 (May Day), 1919. ...

He led one of two groups which split from the SPA in 1919 and which later, at the command of the Comintern, merged to form the Communist Party USA. The group that he headed, known as the Communist Party of America before the merger, was dominated by the foreign language federations that provided most of the CPUSA's members at that time. The Comintern (Russian: Коммунистический Интернационал, Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional – Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Language Federations were formed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century by immigrants to the United States, primarily from Eastern and Southern Europe, who shared a commitment to some form of socialist politics. ...

The forced merger did not, however, end the rivalries between the two groups. Ruthenberg and his supporter Jay Lovestone were at odds with a rival faction led by William Z. Foster, who had strong ties to organized labor and who wanted to direct the party's work toward organizing within the American-born working class, and James P. Cannon, who led the International Labor Defense organization. Jay Lovestone (1897-1990) was at various times head of the Communist Party, leader of a small oppositionist party, and foreign policy advisor to the leadership of the AFL-CIO and various unions within it. ... William Edward Foster (February 25, 1881 - September 1, 1961), who renamed himself as William Z. Foster, was the long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party USA and trade union leader. ... James Cannon in Moscow (1922) James Patrick Cannon (1890-1974) was an American Communist and Trotskyist leader. ... The International Labor Defense (ILD) was a legal defense organization in the United States, headed by William L. Patterson. ...

Ruthenberg, wife Evelyn and their son Eugene traveled to the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1924, where he worked in a tractor and agricultural equipment factory in Moscow and studied Russian at Moscow State University. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Representatives from Ohio's 20th Congressional District (now abolished) as the candidate of the Workers Party of America as the CPUSA was then known, on his return to the United States. Position of Moscow in Europe Coordinates: , Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Government  - Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Area  - City 1,081 km²  (417. ... Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский государственный университет имени Ðœ.Ð’.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Communist Party USA. (Discuss) Symbol of the Workers Party Workers Party of America was the name of the legal party organization used by the Communist Party USA from 1920 until about 1930. ...

In 1925, Comintern representative Sergei Gusev ordered the majority Foster faction to surrender control to Ruthenberg's faction; Foster complied. The factional infighting within the CPUSA did not end, however; the communist leadership of the New York locals of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union lost the 1926 strike of cloakmakers in New York City in large part because of intra-party factional rivalries, as neither group wanted to take the responsibility for accepting a strike settlement that appeared insufficiently revolutionary. The Comintern (Russian: Коммунистический Интернационал, Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional – Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including... Sergei Gusev (born July 31, 1975 in Nizhniy Tagil, Russia is a professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Dallas Stars and the Tampa Bay Lightning. ... The International Ladies Garment Workers Union was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States, one of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membership, and a key player in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. ...

In 1926-27 his First Amendment case, Ruthenberg v. Michigan, was pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court had voted 7-2 (with Brandeis joined by Holmes dissenting) against Ruthenberg. But Ruthenberg died shortly before the Court rendered its ruling, thus the opinions in the case were never published. The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. ... The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... Brandeis redirects here. ... Holmes may refer to the following: // Slang Term Holmes is often used as a word for buddy. ...

Ruthenberg died in 1927. He was buried, as was his former rival John Reed, in the Kremlin's wall. John Reeds signature John Jack Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 19, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist, famous for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days that Shook the World. ... The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Московский Кремль) is a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), Saint Basils Cathedral (often mistaken by westerners as the Kremlin) and Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west). ...