Fred Halstead

Fred Halstead
Born	April 21, 1927
Died	Los Angeles, California
Known for	Socialist Workers Party Presidential candidate, 1968

The name Fred Halsted may refer to: the gay filmmaker Fred Halsted.

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

Halstead played a very significant role in the movement against the Vietnam War. Some feel for this can be found in his book on the movement, Out Now! He also was a staff writer of The Militant, the publication of the Socialist Workers Party, the main Trotskyist group in the United States.

Halstead was a 6'6, 350 pound ex-garment cutter who worked briefly as a bouncer in a California country-and-western saloon in the 1950s, when he was on the black list. [1]

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

Party political offices
Preceded by Clifton DeBerry	Socialist Workers Party Presidential candidate 1968 (lost)	Succeeded by Linda Jenness and Evelyn Reed