International Labor Defense (ILD) was a legal defense organization in the United States, headed by William L. Patterson. It was a US section of International Red Aid organisation, and associated with the Communist Party USA. It defended Sacco and Vanzetti, was active in the civil rights and anti-lynching movements, and participated in the defense of the Scottsboro Boys. It was formed in 1925, and in 1946 merged with the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties to form the Civil Rights Congress.
Max Shachtman was an editor of the ILD's magazine, the Labor Defender, during the 1920s; Whittaker Chambers and Jacob Burck were contributing editors during the early 1930s.
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