Obituary

Tributes pour in for civil rights icon John Lewis

July 20, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

“We want our freedom and we want it now,” the young John Lewis said at the Great Civil Rights March in 1963.

Rudolfo Anaya, an American writer for eternity

July 8, 2020 By David Trujillo

Anaya’s stories touched the very soul of Mexican/Chicano experience.

Frank Stearns, Veterans for Peace leader and CPUSA activist, felled by coronavirus

July 7, 2020 By Harry Levine

Frank L. Stearns, a long-time activist and leader in Veterans for Peace who worked in the national office of the Communist Party USA, died of COVID-19 on April 3, 2020.

Imogene Williams, 89; A gentle soul with an iron will

July 1, 2020 By Tim Wheeler

Imogene Williams, a gentle soul with an iron will to win progressive change died peacefully at her home surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Remembering Connecticut community leader Juana (Wanda) Tirado

June 15, 2020 By Vic Viera

Wanda was for several years a leader in the Connecticut District of the Communist Party. She is being remembered as not only a comrade but a mother, friend, and warrior.