Inside Connecticut’s Amistad Awards: The Activist Network Behind the Ceremony

Inside Connecticut’s Amistad Awards: The Activist Network Behind the Ceremony

The Connecticut People’s World Committee — a group aligned with the Communist Party USA — has announced the recipients of its annual Amistad Awards, to be presented on December 14 in New Haven. The ceremony coincides with the 106th anniversary of the party’s founding, and continues a tradition in which Connecticut’s political and labor circles convene under an explicitly left-wing banner.  Organizers characterize the event as a celebration of “w…