Irving Brown (Bronx, October 5, 1911 – Paris, July 14, 1989) was an American trades unionist, member of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and then the AFL-CIO, who played an important role in Western Europe and in Africa during the Cold War in supporting splits among trade unions in order to counter communist influence. Brown founded, in 1962, the American Institute for Free Labor Development along with former Communist Party of America member Jay Lovestone.
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1920 Bronx, New York, New York
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14 July 1989 (aged 69) Paris, France
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