John Gates

| birth_place=New York City, U.S. | death_date= | death_place=Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. | occupation=Journalist | party=Communist | spouse=Lillian Schwartz | education=City College of New York | module =
| branch = International Brigades
| serviceyears = 1937–1938
1941–1946 | rank = Battalion Commissar | unit = The "Abraham Lincoln" XV International Brigade
6th Armored Division
17th Airborne Division | commands = | battles = *Spanish Civil War *World War II **Aleutian Islands Campaign

}} }} John "Johnny" Gates (born Solomon Regenstreif; September 28, 1913 – May 23, 1992) was an American communist functionary and journalist, best remembered as one of the individuals spearheading a failed attempt at liberalization of the Communist Party USA in 1957. Provided by Wikipedia