- Deirdre Griswold
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Deirdre Griswold was a third-party candidate for President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 1980, representing the communist Workers World Party. Her running mate was Gavrielle Holmes.
She is the daughter of the late Vincent Copeland, one of the founders of the party. Her mother, Elizabeth Ross Copeland, and paternal aunt, Cynthia Cochran, were also communists.
She continues to be active in the party, having edited its publication Workers World for several decades, and stood in for Presidential candidate John Parker for a third party presidential debate on October 15, 2004.
Bibliography
- China; the struggle within from the pages of Workers World (1972) (with Sam Marcy and Naomi Cohen)
- The Ethiopian Revolution and the Struggle Against U.S. Imperialism (1978)
- Eyewitness Ethiopia" (1979)
- Indonesia: The Bloodbath that Was (1975)
- Indonesia: The Second Greatest Crime of the Century (1978) ISBN 0-89567-003-8
Party political offices Preceded by
NoneWorkers World Party Presidential candidate
1980 (lost)Succeeded by
Larry Holmes and Gavrielle HolmesUnited States presidential election, 1980 Republican Party
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Candidates: John B. Anderson · Howard Baker · George H. W. Bush · John Connally · Phil Crane · Bob Dole · Ben Fernandez · Harold Stassen
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