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Thorun Robel, Seattle, was on the list.<ref>People's Weekly World Sep 2 1995 p 14</ref> | Thorun Robel, Seattle, was on the list.<ref>People's Weekly World Sep 2 1995 p 14</ref> | ||
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| + | In 1995 the [[Communist Party USA]] paper [[People's Weekly World]] published a Labor Day supplement. Included was a memorial to [[Ethel Beach]]. | ||
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| + | :''In loving memory of Ethel Beach who sold the Peoples World in Seattle during the worst Cold War years and was "an outpost for freedom of the Press."'' | ||
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| + | Several supporters of the Washington State [[Communist Party USA]] endorsed the memorial including [[Thorun Robel]]<ref>PWW September 2, 1995 Labor Day Supplement</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Communist Party USA]] | [[Category:Communist Party USA]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:24, 3 July 2015
Thorun Robel... was a staunch leader of Women Act for Peace in Seattle. Her husband, Gene Robel, a shipyard worker, waged a long struggle to win back his machinist union membership after being blacklisted during the Cold War.
Communist Party Labor Day call
The Communist Party USA paper People's Weekly World issued a statement to mark Labor Day 1995, entitled "We honor the dead and fight like hell for the living."
Of the more than 100 endorsers listed, almost all were identified members of the Communist Party USA.
Thorun Robel, Seattle, was on the list.[1]
Ethel Beach Memorial
In 1995 the Communist Party USA paper People's Weekly World published a Labor Day supplement. Included was a memorial to Ethel Beach.
- In loving memory of Ethel Beach who sold the Peoples World in Seattle during the worst Cold War years and was "an outpost for freedom of the Press."
Several supporters of the Washington State Communist Party USA endorsed the memorial including Thorun Robel[2]