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Cortez, Carlos, 1923-2005
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Carlos Cortez (1923-2005) was an artist, poet, printmaker, photographer, songwriter and lifelong political activist. His support for the working man was likely encouraged by his parents: his German mother was a socialist pacifist and his father was a Mexican Indian organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), also known as the Wobblies. Cortez himself was a member of the IWW for nearly sixty years. Cortez began his art career drawing cartoons in 1948 for Indu...