If you think Harvard’s best and wokest mourning the fact that its inept, dishonest DEI president went down in flames is a symptom of an ideological pathogen loose in the USA, you “ain’t seen nothing yet!”

Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, Washington held an assembly on Martin Luther King Day that took time to honor—wait for it!—Fidel Castro as a social justice hero. “Now we are continuing a tradition today to have a candlelight vigil to pay solemn tribute to a selection of the people who were martyred while working on behalf of advancing civil rights, social justice and decolonization,” a student presenter said. “This year we are selecting Black American civil rights leaders as well as leaders of developing nations who valiantly sought to liberate themselves from the shackles of Western imperialism, capitalism and a specter of war crimes.”

The assembled were informed that Castro was “a figure whose impact on Cuba and the world is undeniable.” “As the leader of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, Castro aimed to uplift his people by overthrowing the Batista regime and ushering in a new era of social justice. His policies in healthcare and education significantly improved the standard of living for many Cubans, and his politics promoted antiracism,” the assembly script said.

He also nearly started World War III, but there was no mention of that. Nor did anyone address the mystery of why so many Cubans were willing to risk their lives to escape such a workers’ paradise.

The school has not been forthcoming about the assembly or how such anti-historical garbage and communist propaganda was sanctioned for a school event. A leaked internal email featured a school staff member explaining that student planners wanted to honor Castro because he “worked for the decolonization of this country.” At least the staffer conceded that Castro is a “problematical” figure. But the Communist dictator is only problematical if one knows nothing about history and his brutal regime, how he deceived the Cuban people into believing he was fighting for a democratic Cuba, how he held on to total power by imprisoning and killing his political enemies, and how his nation was rendered poor and oppressed—though the Cubans did get a nice health plan. Calling Fidel Castro a “martyr” is about as accurate as calling him an aardvark. He lived in relative luxury to a ripe old age, then handed over leadership to his brother when he retired.

Celebrating Fidel Castro as a social justice hero under public school auspices is like celebrating Flat Earth Day, or having an assembly to deny that the Holocaust occurred. Such an event should be seen as irrefutable evidence that a school, its school district, and the public education system in the region has been hijacked by radical ideologue who see their mission as indoctrination, not education. Only parents and voters can stop such child abuse, beginning with direct confrontation.

On the bright side, their chances of getting into Harvard are pretty good…