Jay Lovestone

Jay Lovestone
Lovestone, c. 1917
Born	Jacob Liebstein December 15, 1897 Molchad, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	March 7, 1990(1990-03-07) (aged 92) Manhattan, New York City, United States
Alma mater	City College of New York
Occupation	political activist
Years active	1919–1982
Political party	Socialist (?–1919) Communist (1919–29) Communist (Opposition) (1929–41)
Opponents	Joseph Stalin William Z. Foster James P. Cannon
Partner	Louise Page Morris

Jay Lovestone (15 December 1897 – 7 March 1990) was an American activist. He was at various times a member of the Socialist Party of America, a leader of the Communist Party USA, leader of a small oppositionist party, an anti-Communist and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) asset, and foreign policy advisor to the leadership of the AFL–CIO and various unions within it.