Deirdre Griswold

Deirdre Griswold
Griswold in 1980
Nationality	American
Occupations	Politician activist
Political party	Workers World
Spouse	Andy Stapp
Parent(s)	Vincent Copeland Elizabeth Ross Copeland

Deirdre Griswold (born 1937) is an American communist political activist. She is the editor of Workers World and the newspaper of the Workers World Party.

She is the daughter of Vincent Copeland, ^[1] one of the founders of the party. Her mother, Elizabeth Ross Copeland, and paternal aunt, Cynthia Cochran, were also communists. She was married to Andy Stapp. ^[2]

In 1964 she served as Executive Director of Mark Lane's Citizens Committee of Inquiry. She has edited communist publication Workers World for several decades. ^[3]

On February 12, 2018, Griswold appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight , where she defended the government of North Korea. ^[4]

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: The continuing revolution (1979)
• Indonesia: The Bloodbath that Was (1975)
• Indonesia: The Second Greatest Crime of the Century (1978) ISBN   0-89567-003-8

References

1. Lambert, Bruce (10 June 1993). "Vincent Copeland, 77, is Dead; Led Anti-War Protests in 1960's". The New York Times.
2. William Yardley (September 14, 2014). "Andy Stapp, Who Tried to Unionize the Military, Dies at 70". The New York Times. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
3. Hafetz, David (May 2, 2004). "CITYPEOPLE; Last of the True Believers". The New York Times . Retrieved 13 February 2018.
4. Baragona, Justin (February 12, 2018). "Tucker Carlson and 'North Korea Sympathizer' Go at It in Insanely Off-the-Rails Segment". Mediaite . Retrieved 13 February 2018.