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RED BOYLE HEIGHTS: City Hall Corruption Brings the Red Squad to an Explosive End

Posted on August 18, 2025Author Rudy MartinezPosted in Uncategorized

This is the second-to-final blog post for this series about the founding of the Cooperative Center in Boyle Heights in 1925 by the local Yiddish branch of the communist party. The previous post looked at the center’s presence as a hub of leftist activism until it began to transition into a dance hall and nightclub…

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