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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RED BOYLE HEIGHTS: The 100 Year Evolution of the Cooperative Center
As covered in the earlier blog post, The Cooperative Center and the Open Shop, after the Cooperative Center was established in 1925 by a group of Yiddish communists in Boyle Heights, the 3-story venue emerged as a busy center for an array of political leftists and labor activists. It was also the focus of a…