Thursday, September 21, 2017

"A WORKING CLASS HERO IS SOMETHING TO BE"; HENRY WINSTON


Above a John Lennon song I featured on a previous post.

Will link to it again, at the bottom.

The working class hero to which I refer, however, IN MY/THIS POST, being a former CPUSA CHAIR HENRY WINSTON.

I thought I would feature Winston BECAUSE, probably, few, or, less people here AND/OR ABROAD AT THIS POINT are aware of Winston whereas, for example, many still MAY recall someone like Paul Robeson because Robeson had a greater international career, presence, as performer, athlete, singer, proficient in multiple languages, in addition to his politics.

AND the reason, among others, I decided to highlight Winston TODAY, NOW, being a very timely and famous quote AFTER Winston wound up losing his eye sight as a consequence of imprisonment during the 1950s McCarthy anti-Communist witch hunt, purges, hysteria.
That being:

"They robbed me of my sight BUT NOT MY VISION!"

He WAS, indeed, a very powerful man giving meaning to Lennon's song.

For those unfamiliar with Winston, ONE link below out of many possible sources from which you can pursue for further reading.

Also, photo in link on right hand sidebar can be enlarged:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Winston

Finally, as promised, Lennon's song:

"A WORKING CLASS HERO IS SOMETHING TO BE":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsmQhbd1KWE

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