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Speaking to Alexander Norton, WAHSAYAH WHITEBIRD talks about the opportunities and challenges in being the only explicitly Communist elected official in the English-speaking world
The city council member in rural Wisconsin is the only openly Communist elected official in the English-speaking world
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Campaigns against nuclear weapons on the Clyde, financial backing for arms firms and rising militarism are converging with solidarity for Palestine, as Scotland’s peace movement builds momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, says ARTHUR WEST
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WAHSAYAH WHITEBIRD’s intro on his facebook profile reads “Yes, I am the local Communist. If you want to add me, cool. Just don’t expect me to be a Liberal.”
Then rather surprisingly this is followed by “City Council Member at Ashland, Wisconsin.”
In May Whitebird was elected in the rural community where he works in the town deli, openly a member of none other than the Communist Party USA, now in its hundredth year.
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