Juan Lopez

 
 
Juan Lopez

Juan Lopez is chairman of the Communist Party in northern California and statewide coordinator. He has been a labor and community activist during the nearly forty years he's lived in Oakland, where he and his wife raised three children. He was formerly a member of the Teamsters union and a shop steward.

Trump’s rejection of climate change: What is to be done?

Trump’s rejection of climate change: What is to be done?

Against slow moving and somewhat abstract threats, we tend not to be highly motivated to act even if the challenges are ultimately dire.

BY:Juan Lopez| April 29, 2017
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Convention Discussion: Two critical areas of our work

Convention Discussion: Two critical areas of our work

Submitted by Juan Lopez, National Vice Chair, Oakland, CA Below are some thoughts on the fight for equality, and campus work. They aren't meant to be comprehensive; rather their purpose...

BY:Juan Lopez| June 5, 2014
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Convention Discussion: Can our Party’s ideas resonate?

Convention Discussion: Can our Party’s ideas resonate?

Submitted by Juan Lopez, National Vice Chair, Okaland, CA Our Party must grow because our nation's people and, at the risk of sounding pretentious, the world's people and Mother Nature...

BY:Juan Lopez| June 5, 2014
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Convention Discussion: Labor – the key link in the chain

Convention Discussion: Labor – the key link in the chain

Submitted by Juan Lopez, National Vice Chair, Oakland, CA I believe today is both more necessary and possible for the party and its members to be involved in the labor...

BY:Juan Lopez| June 5, 2014
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Convention Discussion: Climate change is an urgent necessity

Convention Discussion: Climate change is an urgent necessity

Submitted by Juan Lopez, National Vice Chair CPUSA, Oakland, CA This too is an area that requires our party and members' involvement with most urgent laser beam focus. I of...

BY:Juan Lopez| June 4, 2014
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