Deirdre Griswold
American politician
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Deirdre Griswold (born 1937) is an American communist political activist. She is the editor of Workers World, the newspaper of the Workers World Party.
Occupations
- Politician
- activist
Political party
Workers WorldSpouseAndy Stapp
Parent(s)Vincent Copeland
Elizabeth Ross Copeland
Elizabeth Ross Copeland
Deirdre Griswold | |
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Griswold in 1980 | |
| Occupations |
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Political party | Workers World |
| Spouse | Andy Stapp |
| Parent(s) | Vincent Copeland Elizabeth Ross Copeland |
She is the daughter of Vincent Copeland,[1] one of the founders of the party. Her mother, Elizabeth Ross Copeland, and paternal aunt, Cynthia Cochran, were also communists. She was married to Andy Stapp.[2]
In 1964 she served as Executive Director of Mark Lane's Citizens Committee of Inquiry. She has edited communist publication Workers World for several decades.[3]
On February 12, 2018, Griswold appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight, where she defended the government of North Korea.[4]
Bibliography
- China; the struggle within from the pages of Workers World (1972) (with Sam Marcy and Naomi Cohen)
- The Ethiopian Revolution and the Struggle Against U.S. Imperialism (1978)
- Eyewitness Ethiopia: The continuing revolution (1979)
- Indonesia: The Bloodbath that Was (1975)
- Indonesia: The Second Greatest Crime of the Century (1978) ISBN 0-89567-003-8
