Juan Lopez

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Juan Lopez is chairman of the Communist Party USA in northern California and statewide coordinator. He has been a labor and community activist during the nearly forty years he's lived in Oakland. He was formerly a member of the Teamsters Union and a shop steward.

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.

Juan Lopez, Oakland, was on the list.^[1]

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 Juan Lopez, Almost all endorsers were confirmed members of the Communist Party USA.

Communist Party USA

In September 2006 the People's Weekly World^[3]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 .

Chicano movement

The 40th Anniversary Commemoration Committee of the Chicano Moratoriums was formed in the summer 2009 by the Chair of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee of August 29, 1970 along with two independent Chicano Movement historians whom although not of the baby boomer generation, have become inspired by the Movimiento.

The organization posted a list of significant “Chicano movement” activists on its website which included Juan Lopez, of People's World.^[4]

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