James E. Harris (born 1948) is an American communist politician,[1] perennial candidate, meatpacker, trade unionist, and member of the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party.
[6][7][8] He served for a time as the national organization secretary of the SWP and was a staff writer for the party's newspaper, The Militant, in New York.
[11] A supporter of the Cuban revolution, Harris participated in the second Venceremos Brigade to Cuba in 1969 along with hundreds of other youth from the United States.
[1] In 1977 Harris moved from Atlanta to New York City in order to join the staff of the National Student Coalition Against Racism, which supported school desegregation.
[23] He was on the ballot in Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Washington and was a declared write-in candidate in the state of New York.
[24] On the 60th anniversary of the Korean War's ceasefire, Harris joined the Socialist Workers Party delegation to Pyongyang.