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Sen Katayama
1859-12-26 – 1933-11-05
Life & Legacy
Sen Katayama (片山 潜, Katayama Sen; December 26, 1859 – November 5, 1933), born Yabuki Sugataro (藪木 菅太郎, Yabuki Sugatarō), was an early Japanese Marxist political activist and journalist, one of the original members of the CPUSA and co-founder, in 1922, of the Japanese Communist Party. After 1884, he spent most of his life abroad, especially in the United States and the Soviet Union, where he was very active in the international socialist community, and after 1920, the communist community. Katayama had a weak base inside Japan, and was little known there. However, in the rest of the world, he was widely hailed as a leading spokesman for the Japanese socialist and communist movements.
Occupation & Career
journalist, human rights defender, teacher, trade unionist, farmer, politician
Education
Grinnell College; Communist University of the Toilers of the East; Yale Divinity School; Yale University; Maryville College
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Communist International
Organizations & Memberships
All-Union Society of Old Bolsheviks
Education & Institutions
Communist University of the Toilers of the East · Grinnell College · Maryville College · Yale Divinity School · Yale University
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q1194361 — wikidata View source
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