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Oscar party for artistic freedom

March 5, 2004

An Oscar night celebration and benefit in West Hollywood, Calif., focused on promoting artistic freedom and other basic human and civil rights, while honoring the creative excellence of the artistic community. The 350-person charity dinner featured...

Bernice Linton, life-long communist, dies

February 27, 2004

Bernice Linton died in New York City Feb. 9 at the age of 92. Born Oct. 19, 1911, in Washington state, Linton was the daughter of a German-Ukrainian mother and a father whose forbearers arrived in...

Challenging weighty traditions

February 27, 2004

“A long time ago, my ancestor Paikea came to this place on the back of a whale. Since then and every generation of my family, the first-born son has carried his name and become the leader...

WWII Negro Army Chorus: power of song for change

February 27, 2004

During the Second World War, amidst global crisis, citizens of many lands reached across borders in solidarity. Though the alliance against the Nazi and fascist assault on liberty was an accepted norm, this was not the...

Wayne Holley, steelworker, CPUSA leader

February 20, 2004

Wayne Dallas Holley, steelworker, scholar, activist and lifelong member of the Communist Party USA, passed away on Dec. 30, 2003. He was 93. Holley dedicated his whole life to the struggles of working people in Utah...