Joseph Hansen (1910-1979), was an American Communist and leading figure in the Socialist Workers Party.-1... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... The Socialist Workers Party is a socialist political party in the United States. ...

Joseph Leroy Hansen was born on June 16 1910 in Richfield, Utah. He was the oldest of 15 children in a poor working class family, and Joseph was the only one of them who could attend college. His father, Conrad J. Z. Hansen, was a tailor, originally from Norway. June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... Richfield is a city located in Sevier County, Utah. ...

Joe Hansen became politically radicalized during the Great Depression and he became a convinced socialist and joined the American Trotskyist group lead by James P. Cannon. Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on Florence Owens Thompson, a mother of seven children, age thirty-two, in Nipomo, California, March 1936. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... James Cannon in Moscow (1922) James Patrick Cannon (1890-1974) was an American Communist and Trotskyist leader. ...

Joe Hansen and his wife Reba Hansen went to Mexico to meet the exiled Russian Communist leader, Leon Trotsky, and Hansen served as Trotsky's secretary and guard from 1937 for the next three years. When the Stalinist agent Ramón Mercader stabbed Trotsky in the head with an icepick, Hansen, together with Charles Cornell prevented the assassin from fleeing. Leon Trotsky â–¶ (help· info) (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Leo, Lev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij and Trotzky) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stalinism is a brand of political theory, and the political and economic system implemented by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. ... Ramón Mercader Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río Hernández (February 7, 1914 – October 18, 1978) was a Spanish Communist who served as a foreign agent of the NKVD during Joseph Stalins time as ruler of the USSR. In that role, he became famous as the assassin... Charles Olney Cornell (1911 – 1989) was an American Communist. ...

Hansen returned to the United States and started working as a merchant seaman. At this time, he became editor of the SWP's newspaper, The Militant for a number of years. From 1940 to 1975, Joe Hansen served on the SWP’s National Committee. The Militant is an international socialist newsweekly connected to the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). ...

Hansen helped arrange the reunification of the International Secretariat of the Fourth International and the International Committee of the Fourth International into the United Secretariat of the Fourth International in 1963. He became a leader of the USFI and an editor of the USFI's weekly English-language news service, initially called "World Outlook" and later changed to "Intercontinental Press/Inprecor". Initially the title International Secretariat of the Fourth International was the name given to the executive committee responsible for the regular operation of the Fourth International (FI) founded in 1938. ... The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) is a Trotskyist international. ... The United Secretariat of the Fourth International (USFI) is the largest Trotskyist international organisation. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Intercontinental Press was a weekly news magazine produced on behalf of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International between 1963 and 1986. ... Inprecor is a multilingual monthly Marxist magazine published by the United Secretariat of the Fourth International. ...

Joseph Hansen strongly supported the Cuban Revolution of 1959 and wrote a book about it, Dynamics of the Cuban Revolution. A Marxist Appreciation. He visited Cuba together with Farrell Dobbs in the early 1960s. They were both active in launching of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Farrell Dobbs (July 25, 1907 – October 31, 1983) was an American Trotskyist politician and trade unionist. ... Lee Harvey Oswald distributing literature on behalf of the Fair Play For Cuba Committee, August 9, 1963. ...

Joe Hansen died from infectious complications in New York City on January 18, 1979. His wife and close collaborator, Reba Hansen, remained in the Socialist Workers Party until she died in 1990. Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Socialist Workers Party is a socialist political party in the United States. ... This article is about the year. ...

External links

• Joseph Hansen Archive small archive of articles on Trotsky.

• What the Record Really Shows: The Test of the Cuban Revolution by Joseph Hansen. International Socialist Review January 1965.

• Bio-bibliographical sketch of Joseph Hansenat the Lubitz TrotskyanaNet.