Jay Lovestone

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Jay Lovestone (born Jacob Liebstein; Russian: Яков Либштейн; Yakov Libshtein; December 15, 1897 – March 7, 1990) was an American Communist activist and labor organizer. He was at various times a member of the Socialist Party of America, a leader of the Communist Party USA, leader of a small oppositionist party, and after becoming disenchanted with Stalinism became an anti-communist activist and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) asset. Lovestone was also a foreign policy advisor to the leadership of the AFL–CIO and various unions within it.

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