Vol. 74/No. 22      June 7, 2010

Garza, for many years a member and leader of the Socialist Workers Party, died May 11 at his home in Coulterville, CA, following a long illness. He was 81 years old.

As a young worker in the 1940s, Garza joined the Socialist Workers Party youth organization and the party. A maritime worker in that period, Garza was in the party’s fraction in the National Maritime Union.

Garza served on the SWP’s National Committee and was a party candidate for public office many times. He was a leader of the party’s work in the 1960’s and early ’70s, during the height of the battles for Black rights, activities in defense of the Cuban Revolution, and struggles of Puerto Ricans in the United States, including the fight for Puerto Rican independence.

Puerto Ricans in the U.S.: The Struggle for Freedom, a Pathfinder Press book containing the 1976 resolution of the Socialist Workers Party on the Puerto Rican struggle, was edited by Garza. He was also a regular contributor to the Militant newspaper

The meeting will take place at the Socialist Workers Campaign hall at 5482 Mission St. (see announcement below).

Messages to the meeting from comrades and friends who worked with Garza can be sent to swpsf@sbcglobal.net.  
 
 
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