The Gelfand Case: A Legal History of the Exposure of US Government Agents in the Leadership of the Socialist Workers Party Vol. 1

By Alan Gelfand

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The first volume in a two-volume set that contains all the key briefs, courtroom transcripts and exhibits of this extraordinary lawsuit brought by Alan Gelfand against the US government and its agents, who violated basic democratic rights through their infiltration of the American Socialist Workers Party leadership.

Alan Gelfand, a public defender in Los Angeles, was expelled from the Socialist Workers Party in 1979 after raising questions about the connections between SWP leader Joseph Hansen and US and Soviet intelligence agencies. He later filed a lawsuit demanding the federal government remove its agents from the SWP and name all current and past informers. href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/hist-o07.shtml" target="_blank">The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party — Part 8

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Author	Alan Gelfand
Publisher	Labor Publications
Publication Date	1985
Pages	311
Publication Type	Paperback
ISBN	978-0-929087-02-3

Chapter	Page
Foreword to Volumes One and Two	ix
Editor's Preface	*xiv*
Chapter 1: Joseph Hansen and the FBI
Introduction	3
Document 1: Letter from George P. Shaw to U.S. Secretary of State Enclosing Memorandum of Conversation Between Robert G. McGregor and Hansen September 1, 1940	7
Document 2: Letter from George P. Shaw to U.S. Secretary of State Enclosing Memorandum for File of Robert G. McGregor September 4, 1940	10
Document 3: Memorandum of Robert G. McGregor of Conversation with Joseph Hansen September 14, 1940	13
Document 4: Letter from George P. Shaw to U.S. Secretary of State September 25, 1940	19
Document 5: Letter from George P. Shaw to Raymond Murphy, U.S. State Department September 25, 1940	21
Document 6: Letter from Raymond E. Murphy to Mr. J.B. Little, Federal Bureau of Investigation September 28, 1940	23
Document 7: Letter from Raymond E. Murphy to George P. Shaw September 28, 1940	24
Document 8: Letter from George P. Shaw to Joseph Hansen September 30, 1940	26
Document 9: Memorandum from J.B. Little to Mr. H.H. Clegg, Federal Bureau of Investigation October 1, 1940	27
Document 10: Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to B.E. Sackett, Special Agent in Charge October 1, 1940	29
Document 11: Letter from Joseph Hansen to George P. Shaw October 23, 1940	31
Chapter 2: Gelfand and the SWP
Introduction	35
Document 1: Statement by Alan Geland on SWP Tasks and Perspectives (censored at meeting) January 23, 1978	43
Document 2: Letter from Alan Gelfand to Jack Barnes and the SWP Political Committee January 29, 1978	47
Document 3: Letter from Alan Gelfand to Jack Barnes and the SWP Political Committee February 15, 1978	50
Document 4: Letter from Alan Gelfand to the SWP National Committee March 26, 1978	71
Document 5: Letter from Pearl Chertov to Alan Gelfand March 30, 1978	71
Document 6: Letter from Larry Seigle to Alan Gelfand April 7, 1978	73
Document 7: Letter from Alan Gelfand to Larry Seigle May 6, 1978	79
Document 8: Amicus Curiae Brief of Alan Gelfand December 18, 1978	86
Document 9: Letter from Jack Barnes to the SWP Political Committee January 5, 1979	92
Document 10: Letter from Douglas Jenness to Alan Gelfand January 5, 1979	92
Document 11: Letter from Mary Roche to Alan Gelfand January 15, 1979	94
Document 12: Letter from Alan Gelfand to SWP Political Committee January 29, 1978	96
Document 13: Letter from Mary Roche to Alan Gelfand February 24, 1979	*100*
Document 14: "The Expulsion of Alan Gelfand" July, 1979	*102*
Chapter 3: The Filing of the Civil Rights Case
Introduction	*109*
Document 1: Gelfand's Civil Rights Complaint July 18, 1979	*117*
Document 2: Hearing on the Motion to Dismiss November 19, 1979	*124*
Document 3: Court Order Denying Motion to Dismiss June 27, 1980	*133*
Document 4: Gelfand's Opposition to SWP's Motion to Stop Depositions March 12, 1982	*141*
Chapter 4: Plaintiff's Closing Brief on Summary Judgement
Introduction	*159*
Document 1: Gelfand's Closing Brief on Summary Judgement June 28, 1982	*167*
Document 2: SWP's Reply to Gelfand's Closing Brief July 2, 1982	*288*
Document 3: Hearing on SWP's Summary Judgement Motion July 12, 1982	*294*
Index	*305*

p>Alan Gelfand, a public defender in Los Angeles, was expelled from the Socialist Workers Party in 1979 after raising questions about the connections between SWP leader Joseph Hansen and US and Soviet intelligence agencies. He later filed a lawsuit demanding the federal government remove its agents from the SWP and name all current and past informers. Key documents relating to the lawsuit are contained in the two volume set The Gelfand Case: A Legal History of the Exposure of US Government Agents in the Leadership of the Socialist Workers Party, available through Mehring Books.

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