#event was hosted by the Connecticut People's World Committee Amistad Awards. CPWC is a Communist Party affiliate political advocacy organization. emcee Ben McManus told the audience during the event"We invite you to join the Communist Party in this epic time as we make good trouble to uproot systemic racism, retool the war economy, tax the rich, address climate change, secure voting rights and create a new socialist system that puts people, peace and planet before profits,"