Vincent R. Dunne

Vincent R. Dunne
Trotskyist and union organizer.
Born
Vincent Raymond Dunne

(1889-04-17)17 April 1889
Died17 February 1970(1970-02-17) (aged 80)
Occupation(s)Union organizer, teamster
Organization(s)International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Industrial Workers of the World
Political partySocialist Workers Party
Communist League of America
Communist Party of America
MovementTrotskyism
Criminal chargeSedition (under the Smith Act)
SpouseJennie Holme
ChildrenRaymond Vincent Dunne Jr.
Jeanette Adele Dunne

Vincent Raymond Dunne (17 April 1889 – 17 February 1970), also known as Vincent R. Dunne or Ray Dunne, was an American Trotskyist, teamster, lumberjack, and union organizer with the Industrial Workers of the World and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He is notable for his leading role in the 1934 Minneapolis general strike,[1] his conviction and imprisonment under the anti-communist Smith Act, and his membership in the Socialist Workers Party and opposition to Stalinism.

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