Fred Halstead

Not to be confused with Fred Halsted.

Fred Halstead
Born	(1927-04-21)April 21, 1927
Died	June 2, 1988(1988-06-02) (aged 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Known for	Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate, 1968

Fred W. Halstead (April 21, 1927 – June 2, 1988)^[1] was the Socialist Workers Party's candidate for President of the United States in 1968. His running mate was Paul Boutelle.

Halstead played a significant role in the movement against the Vietnam War, outlined in his book Out Now! He also was a staff writer on The Militant, the publication of the Socialist Workers Party.

Halstead was a 6′6″, 350-pound ex–garment cutter who worked briefly as a bouncer in a country-and-western saloon in the 1950s, when he was on the blacklist.^[2] On July 10, 1968, Halstead appeared on the political talk show Firing Line.^[3]

Bibliography

• GIs Speak Out Against the War: The Case of the Ft. Jackson 8 (1970)
• Out Now!: A Participant's Account of the American Movement against the Vietnam War (1978) ISBN 0-913460-48-6
• What Working People Should Know About the Dangers of Nuclear Power (1979) ISBN 0-87348-429-0
• The 1985-86 Hormel Meat-Packers Strike in Austin, Minnesota (1987) ISBN 0-87348-489-4

References

1. "Fred Halstead, Trotskyist Leader, Dies at 61" New York Times June 4, 1988
2. Fred Halstead Archived 2004-01-25 at the Wayback Machine, University of Utah Archives
3. Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The Socialist Workers' Party and American Politics, 4 July 2019, retrieved 2023-07-31

Party political offices
Preceded by Clifton DeBerry	Socialist Workers Party nominee for President of the United States 1968	Succeeded by Linda Jenness and Evelyn Reed