We know he never registered as a party member....however, his ideology was beautifully and thoroughly communist. His many and varied pro-communist and anti-American activities consumed a large part of his later adult life....culminating in the 50's with him meeting with Nikita Krushchev and Chou En Lai...and then shortly afterwards being awarded the International Peace Prize by the commie World Peace Council.
Leni
The awards include:
International Peace Prize established at the first World Congress of Peace held in April 1949, in Paris.[1] The original 1949 regulations envisaged prizes for art, literature, film, or industrial work which advanced the cause of peace among nations.[2] In 1951, the WPC recategorised three distinct awards:[1]
International Peace Prize, last awarded in 1957.[2]
Honorary International Peace Prize, for posthumous award.
Medal of Peace, renamed in 1959 the Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace,[2] in honour of Frédéric Joliot-Curie, who led the WPC till his death in 1958. This medal has been awarded in silver, but the highest WPC honour is the gold medal.
Ho Chi Minh Award, a leadership award established in honour of Ho Chi Minh (not to be confused with the Ho Chi Minh Prizes awarded by the Vietnamese government).
Amilcar Cabral Award, established in 1973 in honour of Amílcar Cabral, for contributions to “the struggle against imperialism and colonialism”.[3][4] (The Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau governments also award Amilcar Cabral prizes.)
The WPC was dominated by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Many winners of its prizes have also won the Lenin Peace Prize, a separate prize awarded by a panel appointed by the Soviet government.
List of award winners:
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1954 Charlie Chaplin - United Kingdom
International Peace Prize [1]
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