Jack Shulman

Jack Shulman
Jack Shulman during the Spanish Civil War.
Born	July 29, 1914 Rochester, New York, United States
Died	October 19, 1999 United States
Ideology	Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism
Political party	CPUSA

Jack Shulman (July 29, 1914–October 19, 1999) was an American Marxist–Leninist activist and revolutionary. He was a member of the Communist Party USA under William Z. Foster and participated in anti-fascist struggles during the Spanish Civil War and Second World War. Following the rise of Soviet revisionism in 1956 and the rise of Gus Hall to leadership in CPUSA, he left the party and aligned with the anti-revisionist stances of Enver Hoxha.

Shulman visited Socialist Albania then moved to China in 1968 and worked as an editor of English language publications during the Cultural Revolution in Beijing. As China itself began to display outward revisionist tendencies Shulman grew closer to the Party of Labor of Albania. He returned to the United States, published Albania Report and organized the USA-Albania Friendship Association. He had good relationships with the India-Albania Friendship Association and Indian Marxist–Leninists. After the fall of socialism in Albania he participated in the Alliance Marxist–Leninist (North America) and supported International Struggle Marxist–Leninist (ISML). In 2008, former associates of Shulman helped found the American Party of Labor.

Further reading

• Jack Shulman: Testimony of an American Communist (1999)

See also

• American Party of Labor