Obituaries
CBTU founder Jim Wilkerson: an exemplary comrade to the end
CBTU founder and CPUSA member, Wilkerson "exemplified working class values in every area of life,” as a stalwart fighter in historic Civil Rights, anti-apartheid, and trade union struggles.
Charlene Mitchell: Honoring a committed life
Longtime African American Marxist activist and revolutionary fighter, Charlene Mitchell dies at 92.
CPUSA mourns death of Betty Smith, Party leader and International Publishers director
For 36 years, Betty Smith managed International Publishers.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and veteran for peace
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher, and early veteran for peace, dies at age 101.
WTTW Chicago remembers communist Frank Lumpkin, 93
Frank Lumpkin, steel workers, labor activist and communist passed away in Chicago March 1 at the age of 93.