Michael Myerson
Michael Myerson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 |
| Known for | co-authoring memoir of John J. Abt |
| Political party | CPUSA |
| Movement | Communism |
Michael Myerson (born 1940[1]) is an American writer and member of the Communist Party of the USA, best known for co-authoring the memoir of Ware Group member and CPUSA counsel John J. Abt.[2][3][4]
Background
Michael Myerson describes himself as a "child of a blacklisted set designer" during McCarthyism.[5] His mentor was CPUSA executive committee member Gil Green.[6]
Career
In 1992, Myerson left the CPUSA along with Herbert Aptheker, Angela Davis, Gil Green, and Charlene Mitchell.[7]
In 1993, CPUSA counsel John J. Abt published his memoir, Advocate and Activist : Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer, co-written with Myerson.
In 1994, Myerson accused CPUSA leader Gus Hall of living a "good bourgeois life" including "an estate in fashionable Hampton Bays."[8]
In 1997, a New York Times obituary for Gil Green named Myerson as a "family friend."[9] Myerson also sorted Green's papers.[6]
(Myerson may well be the "chairman of the United States Festival Committee" cited in a 1962 article in the Harvard Crimson who became embroiled in some controversy when he claimed that this festival was "Communist-dominated."[10])
Works
Books;
- These are the Good Old Days: Coming of Age as a Radical in America's Late, Late Years (1970)[11]
- Memories of Underdevelopment: The Revolutionary Films of Cuba (1973)[12]
- Watergate: Crime in the Suites (1973)[13]
- Nothing Could Be Finer (1978)[14]
- The ILGWU: A Union That Fights for Lower Wages (1972-1983?)[15]
- Advocate and Activist : Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer (1993)[16]
Articles;
- "The Legacy of Clinton Jencks," Monthly Review (2020)[5]
- "A Portrait of Gil Green," Monthly Review (2021)[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Search on 'Myerson, Michael, 1940-". Harvard University. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Salmond, John (1995). "Book Reviews: Advocate and Activist : Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer". Law and History Review. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "Book Reviews: Advocate and Activist : Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer". Labor Studies Journal. 1995. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Sefton MacDowell, Laurel (1995). "Review: Advocate and Activist : Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer". Labour/Le Travail. Canadian Committee on Labour History. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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Myerson, Michael (1 April 2020). "The Legacy of Clinton Jencks. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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Myerson, Michael (18 January 2021). A Portrait of Gil Green. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ^ "Crisis in the CPUSA: Interview with Charlene Mitchell". University of the Western Cape. 1993. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Scott, Janny (8 May 1997). "Comrades Up in Arms; Ranks of American Communists Split Over Future of Their Party". New York Times. p. D27. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Gilbert Green, 90, Communist Party Leader Jailed for Conspiracy". New York Times. 8 May 1997. p. D27. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Feinberg, Lawrence W. (24 February 1962). "Myerson Asks American Students To Attend Helsinki Youth Festival". Harvard Crimson. Harvard University. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Myerson, Michael (1973). These are the Good Old Days: Coming of Age as a Radical in America's Late, Late Years. Grossman Publishers. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Myerson, Michael (1973). Memories of Underdevelopment: The Revolutionary Films of Cuba. Grossman Publishers. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Myerson, Michael (1973). Watergate: Crime in the Suites. International Publishers. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Myerson, Michael (1978). Nothing Could Be Finer. International Publishers. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Myerson, Michael (1973). The ILGWU: A Union That Fights for Lower Wages. Grossman Publishers. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Abt, John J.; Myerson, Michael (1993). Advocate and Activist : Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer. Grossman Publishers. Retrieved 3 January 2021.