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Feeling locked out of the American Dream?
Twenty-first century science and technology make it possible for all the world's people to have good food, good health, good education, a good job and a fulfilling life. What stands in the way? Capitali$m - an economic and political system that puts profits before people. Q: What's wrong with capitalism? A: It puts profits before people. The heart of capitalism is the drive for more and more profits for banks...
Peace Legislation Toolkit
Build a movement to tell Congress: Fund peace and human needs, not war and profiteering!
Democracy--Not!
As I recently listened to a Trump Administration crony drone on about “American democracy,” I sarcastically recalled President Obama’s lecturing Raul Castro on democracy while visiting Cuba. This occurred at the same time Republican officials in Arizona and several other states were working to block as much citizen access to the voting booth as possible. When it comes to promoting “democracy” around the world, the United States government has...
Convention Discussion: Educate the people about democracy
Submitted by David Fields, Fitchburg, WI. The first sentence of the article on democracy in Wikipedia begins "Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens participate equally-either directly or indirectly through elected representatives-in the proposal, development, and creation of laws." Even that description goes beyond what many people seem to believe what democracy is in our nation.To many democracy begins and ends at the ballot box. It...
Convention Discussion: Elementary Points on Democracy
Submitted by Jim Lane, Dallas, TX To begin with, the Communist Party is an absolute necessity for the future of humanity. The working class is the only class that can confront and overcome capitalism. Without the deliberate leadership of the Communist Party, the class is rudderless and lost, and so is the human race. For two reasons, Communist democracy is a fundamental component of a successful party. In the first...
Convention Discussion: A Party of Advanced American Democracy
Submitted by John Case, W. Virginia. "We've never solved one single problem in this country with less democracy. We've never moved forward with less participation." Bill Clinton "What is the character of a party of 21st century socialism?" Answering this question presents a special challenge, even before engaging its substance, to navigate the special vocabulary of 20th century socialist and communist dialog. It is a vocabulary substantially imported from political...
Framework for Discussion: Democracy for all & the fight for equality
This document was developed to help provide a framework for the discussion of the 30th Convention of the Communist Party USA.
Good morning, revolution!
The midterms, inflation's causes and solutions, fascists on the rise, and Mailbag Question.
Ohio CP says "Vote No!" on anti-abortion Issue 1
The CP in Ohio is working to help defeat a dangerous GOP effort to undermine citizen-led constitutional amendments.