Les Orear

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Les Orear
Les Orear

Les Orear

YCL member

Les Orear was a member of the Young Communist League USA in pre-WW2 Chicago[1].

2008 Debs-Thomas-Harrington Dinner

Chicago Democratic Socialists of America held their 50th Annual Debs-Thomas-Harrington dinner, honoring Les Orear, founding member of and President Emeritus of the Illinois Labor History Society; Laurie Burgess, a labor lawyer with a special focus on workers’ centers; and Dr. Marge Cohen, AIDS activist and DSA comrade.[2]

References

  1. Red Chicago, Randi Storch p 195
  2. Democratic Left, Fall 2008
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