Seattle has long supported Marxist causes. There exists the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle. It was established in honor of the Communist labor leader in 1992 and supports community outreach by UW faculty and students and labor organizations. In 1999 it played a central role in the Seattle, Washington World Trade Organization protests. The Harry Bridges Chair was created in 1992 with the help of over 1,000 gifts from individuals and unions, “particularly pensioners and active members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.”
Seattle installed a statue of Lenin in the Fremont District purchased from Russia right after the collapse of the USSR.