Canadian Labour Defence League
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Canadian Labour Defence League
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The Canadian Labour Defence League (CLDL) was a legal defence organization founded and led by A. E. Smith. The league was in 1925 as a civil rights organization dedicated to protecting striking workers from persecution. It was allied with the Communist Party of Canada and functioned as a front for the party. The group was the Canadian affiliate of International Red Aid. The CLDC had 52 groups affiliated with it by 1927 with a combined membership of 3,000 people. By 1933, it had 350 branches acro
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Labour_Defence_League
date created:
2011-08-21T20:33:59Z
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2024-09-01T00:09:51Z
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