Last of the Red Hot Radicals: John W. Stanford Jr.

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This article is well worth the read; a man who has lived through a lot but is still out there doing his thing. And to answer a question posed on this board today - NO, we can't ever give up. Mr. Standford hasn't:



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At 79, he has outlived his most outspoken critics and several spans of public scorn. Most of those who know his name today are activists or labor liberals — and they have only praise for him, despite his long and entirely public or "open" membership in the Communist Party, USA.

"He's a true organizer, of a dying breed," says Graciela Sanchez, director of the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center.

Those who have dealt with Stanford over the years say that rather than pose as a militant, he speaks in the voice of consensus and prudence.

Tom Flower, a Vietnam-era protester, now an Anglican minister better known for work among the homeless, argues that, "actually, John is pretty conservative about doing things that might upset people. He doesn't like to put leaflets on people's windshields, for example."

But Stanford wasn't always viewed as the mild character that he seems to be today. There was a time when he was seen as a threat to the free world.

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http://www.sacurrent.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10469249&BRD=2318&PAG=461&dept_id=484045&rfi=6

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