Lonnie Nelson
/Overview
Lonnie Nelson born Seattle, WA August 20, 1932 (d. 2014). Communist labor leader; civic organizer; protested Vietnam War; supported Stockholm Peace Appeal. Founded Seattle Mothers for Police Accountability (MFPA); arrested 3 times for civil disobedience for Indian fishing rights, against Apartheid, and Medicare cuts.
Quotations
"My love for each of you is there in my work"
(2009 poem "To All of You"; photo Communism in Washington State)