Party life empowered Cruz to overcome personal hurdles and build a legacy of working class struggle against racism and for Puerto Rican liberation that those he mentored build on today.
The fight against ICE repression and inhumane detention is in the immediate interests of the entire working class. Its imperialist roots cannot be overlooked.
Williana Burroughs advanced the struggle for African American equality and women’s equality as a teacher, housing organizer, Communist candidate, and anti-imperialist Pan-Africanist.
The artists behind the anti-lynching tune "Strange Fruit" fought racist and anti-Communist terror with their voices, and in their personal lives.
Through his life, Doxey Wilkerson demonstrated the importance of education as a major terrain of struggle.