B.J. Widick, 1910-2008
Against The Current vol. 136
Wald, Alan
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/1893
Date Written: 2008-09-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2008
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13448
On June 28, 2008, Branko J. Widick, known to everyone as “B.J.” or “Jack,” died at age 97 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Widick was a prominent figure in the history of U.S. Trotskyism and above all in the unorthodox political tendency known as the “Shachtmanites.” In the Great Depression, he was directly involved in the rise of the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) and was a participant in General Motors sitdown strike of automobile workers.
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