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  Communist Party USA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fear of communist subversion and renewed isolationism in the United States arouse the immigration debates of the 1920s, which led to the restrictive Immigration Act of 1924.
The leadership of the CPUSA was among the most vocal pro war voices in the United States, advocating unity against fascism, not opposing the prosecution of leaders of the Socialist Workers Party under the newly enacted Smith Act, and opposing A.
United States, 354 U.S. (1957), which required that the government prove that the defendant had actually taken concrete steps toward the forcible overthrow of the government, rather than merely advocating it in theory.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Communist_Party   (7187 words)

  
 COMMUNIST PARTY, in the United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The first Communist parties in the United States were founded in 1919 by dissident factions of the Socialist party.
In May, 1921, under strong pressure from the Third (Communist) International, or Comintern, the Communist groups in the United States were united as the Communist Party of America.
The sensational confessions of former Communists, such as Whittaker Chambers, and increasing evidence of Communist espionage led to highly publicized investigations by Congress (especially by the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Senate Subcommittee on Government Operations), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and federal grand juries.
www.bartleby.com /aol/65/co/CommunisUS.html   (1326 words)

  
 Communist Party Of The United States Of America (1919-1946) organizational history
The Belorussian Communist Samuel Agursky presented a credential of the ECCI with a mandate to asist in the formation of a united party.
The report of the CEC of the old Communist Party of America was delivered by Charles Dirba ["C. Dobin"], who defended the group's Federations structure emphasized his group's commitment to building an effecttive revolutionary organization and a commitment to propagate the idea of the inevitability armed insurrection amongst the workers.
On March 27, 1924, the majority of the CEC of the Workers Party of America addressed a communication to the Executive Committee of the Comintern requesting the recall of John Pepper from the United States.
www.marxists.org /history/usa/eam/cpa/communistparty.html   (5839 words)

  
 Communist Party of the United States of America
It was formed in 1919 as a splinter group of the left-wing of the Socialist Party over the issue of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
From its inception, the Communist Party, USA came under attack from the FBI and Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer[?] for defying the Sedition Act of 1918[?].
During the 1950s, the Communist Party was decimated by Senator Joe McCarthy and his anti-Communist campaign.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/cp/CP-USA.html   (378 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Communist Party USA
The two predecessors of the Communist Party USA formed in 1919 as splinter groups of the left-wing of the Socialist Party over the issue of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
Communists have often participated in the organization of quasi-independent organizations (front groups) which support some aspect of their platform or serve organizing goals.
In addition, Communist Party members, working together within an organization such as a labor union proceeding skillfully, were often able, together with others who supported them (or at least did not actively oppose them), to rise to leadership positions and in some cases to dominate the organization.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Communist_Party_USA   (2088 words)

  
 Communist party, in the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Communist party, in the United States: Origins - Origins The first Communist parties in the United States were founded in 1919 by dissident factions...
Communist party, in the United States: The Cold War - The Cold War In 1945, Browder's policy was attacked as being one of the “right...
Communist party, in the United States: Popular Front and World War II - Popular Front and World War II In 1935 the Seventh World Congress of the Comintern announced...
www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0813073.html   (319 words)

  
 Communist Party of the United States
The Party operated on the principle of 'democratic centralism', which meant that all members were required to study, discuss and vote on all matters of policy; once the decision had been taken, each member was bound by it, whether or not he.
In all, the Communist parties of 53 countries were represented in the International Brigades with a total fighting strength of approximately 18,000, the first of whom arrived in Spain during the latter part of 1936.
When I saw that the Communist Party was taking the lead in the struggle for the rights of minorities and of labor, exposing the role of imperialism in conquest and war, I found that my constant concern with the racist issue became an integral part of the broader struggle for human rights everywhere.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAcommunist.htm   (7357 words)

  
 Communist party, in the United States: Early Years
The theory and tactics of the Communist Party of Australia (M-L).
The Japanese Communist Party: organization and resilience in the midst of adversity.
The Turkish Communist Party: the fate of the founders.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0857499.html   (530 words)

  
 COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1919-1946) organizational history
But caucuses of groups within a party are fragile in proportion to the strength of party unity; when it came to the voting for CEC candidates, the caucuses did not hold.
Called in conjunction with changing the name and orientation of CPUSA to the "Communist Political Association." This proposal met with the heated opposition of William Z. Foster and Sam Darcy, both of whom spoke against Browder's "new course" -- a proposal which was supported by a big majority of those gathered.
"On the Dissolution of the Communist Party of the United States,"
marxisthistory.org /subject/usa/eam/communistparty.html   (6781 words)

  
 Radical Labor Publications List
The constitution and by-laws of the Communist Party of the United States of America
Communist Party of the United States of America, National Education Dept.
Communist Party of the Untied States of America, Central Committee
www.bloomu.edu /library/pages/Archives/RadicalLabor/RadLaborPubs.htm   (2495 words)

  
 Communist Party USA throws support behind John Kerry
The southern Democrats must be thrilled by the news that the Communist Party of The United States of America, CPUSA, is publicly supporting the election of John Kerry.
Remarkably, the "Top Ten Reasons" of the Communist party are identical to those of the Democratic party; out-sourcing, homosexual rights, abortion and the like.
A Vietnam vet group took a trip to Communist Hanoi to investigate a report that John Kerry was in the "Hanoi Hall of Fame." Yes, there is a museum in Hanoi with a section dedicated to foreign activists who help defeat the United States Military in Vietnam.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1183329/posts   (1548 words)

  
 Amazon.com: A Documentary History of the Communist Party of the United States: Volume III Unite and Fight, 1934-1935: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This is the third in an eight-volume documentary history of the Communist Party of the United States of America.
This landmark collection by a noted authority on the American Left is the result of forty years of searching for pamphlets, proclamations, manifestos, party reports, and minutes of meetings in bookstores and archives all over the country.
Brief introductions and critical notes and explanations are provided with each of these rare and hard-to-find materials covering a period when members were urged to "unite and fight" against war and fascisms and for the communists' primary principles.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0313285063?v=glance   (548 words)

  
 CPUSA Online -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Communist Party USA strongly condemns the Israeli assault on Lebanon which has killed almost 300 mostly civilian Lebanese in its first eight days.
The Communist Party, USA strongly condemns the latest acts of aggression by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people.
The uprising, in response to bar raids and attacks by the police, was led by working-class gay and transgender people, many of whom were Black or Latino, and became a rallying point for LGBT people in the United States and around the world.
www.cpusa.org   (921 words)

  
 SlagleRock's Slaughterhouse: Communists For Kerry
The Communist Party of The United States of America, CPUSA, is publicly supporting the election of John Kerry!
The communist party urges readers to place this ad in local newspapers throughout the country to defeat President Bush.
In Patriot 04-29, we mistakenly stated that the Communist Party USA (now there's an oxymoron) had "endorsed" Comrade Kerry for president.
combatarms.mu.nu /archives/049908.php   (700 words)

  
 Browder,Earl Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Marx and America: A Study of the Doctrine of Impoverishment
by Earl Browder, Communist Party of the United States of America.
The communists in the people's front; report delivered to the Plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, U. held June 17-20, 1937
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Browder,Earl   (315 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Communist party, in the United States : Early Years (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Communist party, in the United States : Early Years (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
Communist party, in the United States, U.S. History
More articles from AllRefer Reference on Communist party, in the United States
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/CommunisUS-early-years.html   (479 words)

  
 CPUSA Online - Top Ten Reasons to Defeat Bush - Downloadable Flyer (English & Spanish)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Audio of Speeches from CPUSA 28th National Convention
He is pushing for more preemptive wars and for first strike nuclear military policy instead of negotiations and cooperation utilizing the UN.
Bush is denying civil liberties and free speech in the name of fighting terrorism instead of repealing the USA Patriot Act and helping cities, towns and states fund firefighters and police.
www.cpusa.org /article/articleview/585/1/27   (407 words)

  
 Amazon.com: A Documentary History of the Communist Party of the United States: Volume I Gestation and Birth, 1918-1928: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
A Documentary History of the Communist Party of the United States: Volume I Gestation and Birth, 1918-1928 (Hardcover)
This is the first in an eight-volume documentary history of the Communist Party of the United States of America.
Brief introductions and critical notes and explanations about the documents are provided with each of these rare and hard-to-find materials covering the birth of the party and its first ten years, the period from 1918 to 1928.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0313285047?v=glance   (579 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: The Communist Party of The United States of America Supports Kerry For President
The CPUSA has made available on its Web site, cpusa.org, an advertisement entitled Top Ten Reasons To Defeat Bush.
I hate to break it to you, but the Iraqi Communists were against Saddam Hussein.
So I don't think the ever shrinking membership of the CPUSA is going to have much impact on the election even as a right-wing boogeyman.
blogcritics.org /archives/2004/08/03/231623.php   (4068 words)

  
 Communist Party USA supports John Kerry
The Communist Party decided some time ago to support the Democrat nominee, citing a near total agreement on policy.
Ahhh, but the Socialist and Communist Parties are not bound by the same FEC regulations as the rest of us.
Langston Hughes was a communist, but many of his poems were not at all political.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1171567/posts   (3120 words)

  
 Find in a Library: History of the Communist Party of the United States.
Find in a Library: History of the Communist Party of the United States.
History of the Communist Party of the United States.
Subjects: Communist Party of the United States of America.
www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/febf731d563def9f.html   (75 words)

  
 A Documentary History of the Communist Party of the United States — www.greenwood.com
A Documentary History of the Communist Party of the United States — www.greenwood.com
Description: This is the fifth in an eight-volume documentary history of the Communist Party of the United States of America.
The documents include speeches, resolutions, and various reports and analyses about timely issues and attitudes current in the party then on the Soviet Union, American history, women voters, elections, anti-Semitism, national security, and communist theory and practice.
www.greenwood.com /books/bookdetail.asp?sku=JAC/05   (349 words)

  
 Foster (1952) History of the Communist Party of the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Foster (1952) History of the Communist Party of the United States
Communist Party of the United States of America; Socialism; Communism; United States
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www.getcited.org /?PUB=101179721&showStat=Ratings   (97 words)

  
 Conservative Truth - Communist Party USA supports John Kerry - Email of The Week - 2004-07-26   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Democrats must be thrilled by the news that the Communist Party of The United States of America (CPUSA) is publicly supporting the election of John Kerry.
The CPUSA has made available on its Web site, www.cpusa.org, an advertisement entitled Top Ten Reasons to Defeat Bush.
Next, I discovered that one of Kerry's campaign themes is "Let America be America Again." This slogan was borrowed from a Communist poet, Langston Hughes.
www.conservativetruth.org /article.php?id=2391   (713 words)

  
 Socialist Party USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Socialist Party student and youth members are encouraged to support the Student Farmworker Alliance.
Supporters receive Party publications and get updates but cannot vote or hold office in the Party.
The Bay Are Local is holding a half-day working session to revamp the CA State by-laws and send a draft to the State Executive Committee for review and action.
www.sp-usa.org   (422 words)

  
 Lamson Library
The Moulding Of Communists; The Training Of The Communist Cadre
Return To My Father’s House; A Charter Member Of The American Communist Party Tells Why He Joined, And Why He Later Left To Fight Communism [by] Maurice L. Malkin.
title: The Communists Of Poland : An Historical Outline (1 9.64633464813232)
plymouth.edu /library/opac/search/Communists?...+--+United+States   (83 words)

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