Antifa InternationalHAPPY BIRTHDAY THOMAS PAGE!
Page was born on September 29, 1910 in New York City and worked as a bootlegger and model during the Great Depression, then went on to become an organizer with the Unemployed Councils and joined the CPUSA. In April 1937 he traveled to Spain to fight the fascist Franco regime as a volunteer with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, returning after to the U.S. after being an injury 20 months later.
Page also served in the US Army during WWII, then took up photography and camera repair while working for the Bell Telephone Company after the war.
Page is one of the antifascist volunteers interviewed in the 1984 documentary The Good Fight (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_G_JkaTlBU).
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