Nah. You'd have been fine Pete. Catholics, Jews, genuine labor leaders, working stiffs of every race and color . . .not so lucky. 
Pete Seeger the privileged WASP New York kid who pretended to come from Appalachia died this week at age 94. Wasn't That a Time?
It is amazing that old Reds and vigorous fellow travellers, now called Progressives, manage to cheat the Grim Reaper. Chicago has always been a labor town, but the Reds never succeeded in making Chicago their own, until the last forty years or so. Labor kicked out the Reds under John L. Lewis and subsequent labor leaders, until Democrats discovered that Reds help increase the voting rolls - hat tip to Jane Byrne.
Lookee H'yar! With possible exceptions of the youthful demise of Saul Alinsky (63 yrs,)and Roger Baldwin (70), Red and Pinkish Lefties tend to reap at least eight score years.
Famous Dead Reds and Past Pinks
Leon Despres (dec,) -99
Pete Seeger(dec,) - 94
Studs Terkel (dec.)- 95
Dawn Clark Netsch(dec.) -86
Frank Marshall Davis (dec.)-82
Clarence Darrow (dec.)- 80
Living the Over Throw of Capitalism
Dr. Quentin Young - 91 and still plotting
When the Reds say "Long Live . . .whatever!" they really mean it.
Must be eating all those beets.
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