The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) was established on this day in 1919. CPUSA provided legal aid to the Scottsboro Boys, helped poor Southern farmers form sharecropper unions, and promoted communist ideas within the U.S.
The party was established after a split in the Socialist Party of America following the Russian Revolution, and initially operated underground due to the Palmer Raids, a series of anti-immigrant, anti-labor, and anti-communist raids conducted by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.
CPUSA was an early opponent of segregation and racial discrimination, giving legal aid to the Scottsboro Boys and helping poor black farmers in the South organize sharecropper unions. Because of this, the party had a strong presence in Alabama in the 1930s. This history is detailed in "Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression" by historian Robin D.G. Kelley.
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From my little experience and lots of 2nd hand anecdotes, Kitchens are toxic work environments. Kitchen workers push thorough physical pain, excessive workloads, lack of sleep, and mediocre pay for some reason that I don't understand. Cooks don't do "hazing" because the job will inevitably do it on its own. Competitiveness and "proving yourself" are deep in the culture. Working through injuries is really common.
You'll get some flack for not showing up. Tell some lies about how you shaved a chunk of cartilage off or nicked a tendon. Tell them that the pain meds the doctor proscribed were double the dose of the ones you got when you broke your arm and you didn't realize till you were on the floor drooling and that the doctor must have just assumed you were hardcore because you work in a kitchen.