He definitely was a communist, I remember his protest marches and how he supported communism. I grew up in San Francisco, a few blocks from Army Street, a main street in SF. More than a decade ago SF renamed it to Cesar Chavez Street, over the protests of many patriotic residents. Many of us (me included) still call it Army Street. These Democrat libs want to destroy anything related to our military.
If the leftists want to rename a street to Chavez let em rename Castro or Haight Sts.