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| − | On February 17, 2002 Ramirez gave a report at the [[Los Angeles Workers Center]], under the auspices of the [[Southern California District of the Communist Party USA]], on the recent [[Sao Paolo Forum]] in Cuba.<ref>PW, Feb. 9, 2002, page 9</ref> | + | On February 17, 2002 Ramirez gave a report at the [[Los Angeles Workers' Center]], under the auspices of the [[Southern California District of the Communist Party USA]], on the recent [[Sao Paolo Forum]] in Cuba.<ref>PW, Feb. 9, 2002, page 9</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:12, 7 September 2011
Template:TOCnestleft Armando Ramirez is a Southern California activist.
Christopher Alston Memorial
In May 1995 the Communist Party USA Newspaper, People's Weekly World published a memorial to Christopher Alston. It was endorsed by several signatories, mainly identified members of the Michigan Communist Party USA. The list included Armando Ramirez.[1]
UAW activist
In 1999 Armando Ramirez, was a United Auto Workers Local 600 activist in Michigan.PWW October 1999 page 3</ref>
Endorsed Communist Party Call
On March 30 2002 the Communist Party USA paper People’s Weekly World called for a national holiday in honor of late Farm Workers Union leader Cesar Chavez. The article was followed by a long list of endorsers[2]including Armando Ramirez, Almost all endorsers were confirmed members of the Communist Party USA.
Communist Party USA
In July 2001, Armando Ramirez, a newly retired auto worker , attended the Communist Party USA convention in Milwaukee.[3]
In 2002 Armando Ramirez was a member of both the National Board and the Labor Commission of the Communist Party USA.[4]
In September 2006 the Peoples Weekly World[5]listed several members of the California Communist Party USA.
Abe Blashko, Leo Blashko, Lilo Heller, Sara Alchermes, Armando Ramirez, Cassandra Lopez, Danny Morales, Gail Ryall, Jacqueline Cabasso, John Kitchenka, John Reiger, Juan Lopez, Marilyn Bechtel, Siri Margerin .
Sao Paolo Forum
On February 17, 2002 Ramirez gave a report at the Los Angeles Workers' Center, under the auspices of the Southern California District of the Communist Party USA, on the recent Sao Paolo Forum in Cuba.[6]
Latinos for Peace
On October 31 2009, Latinos For Peace issued a statement calling for “no escalation of the war in Afghanistan and for expedited withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan as well as an end to the coup government in Honduras”.
More than 100 activists endorsed the call, including Armando Ramirez, San Diego, CA.[7]
Anti NAFTA campaigning
On April 3 2010 Armando Ramirez, a retired autoworker and UAW activist, was scheduled to talk at the Tuscon, Arizona Salt of the Earth Labor College "NAFTA: its impact on U.S. and Mexican workers"
- Brother Ramirez will talk about his experiences fighting the NAFTA treaty as a union leader in Detroit, and his subsequent solidarity work meeting with U.S. and Mexican workers along the border. Discussion of the ongoing struggle to reverse NAFTA's continuing role in destroying American manufacturing.
Los Angeles Workers' Center
The Los Angeles Workers' Center, also known as The Red house, or the Casa de Trabajadores, is a non-profit educational corporation, run by the Los Angeles Workers' Educational Society, Inc., which in turn is run by members of the Los Angeles Communist Party USA.
As of 2010;[8]
- Arturo Cambron, President
- Paula Solomon, Vice-President
- Joseph Hancock, Secretary (Member, AFofM Local 47)
- Armando Ramirez, Board Member
- Kelly McConnell, Board Member
References
- ↑ PWW May Day Supplement, May 6 1995, Page F.
- ↑ http://www.pww.org/index.php/article/articleview/882/
- ↑ PW july 21, 2001, page 5
- ↑ PW, Feb. 9, 2002, page 9
- ↑ We salute the labor movement!, People's World, September 1, 2006
- ↑ PW, Feb. 9, 2002, page 9
- ↑ http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/alanmaki/gGMyTh
- ↑ Los Angeles Workers' Center website, accessed December 3, 2010