By: Trevor Loudon
New Zeal

Will Parry

From the Communist Party USA’s Peoples World coverage of the February 26 rally in Olympia, Washington.

Nearly 3,000 union workers and their allies converged on the state capitol, Feb. 26, in a loud demonstration of solidarity with Wisconsin public employees fighting to defend their union rights…

Will Parry, 91, perhaps the oldest person in the crowd, held one end of the Puget Sound Alliance for Retired Americans banner, an organization he helped found. Parry, revered as a moving force in the labor movement, and a lifelong member of the Communist Party, said, “This is only the start of a great movement that is going to sweep the country and make tremendous gains for the people.”