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Convention Discussion: Toward a Modern & Mature 21st Century Communist Party
Submitted for discussion by the National Board of the Communist Party. This essay was originally a report to the National Board. Given that we live in an era marked by economic stagnation, growing threats to humankind's survival, changes in people's sensibilities and thinking, the beginnings of a counteroffensive against corporate capital at the national and global level, and an ongoing regroupment of the communist movement on the level of theory...
Labor, Globalization and Building the Party
First I want to thank the Labor Commission members for their invaluable input in this report. Much of this report took shape at this years face-to-face Midwest regional commission meeting last May in Chicago. The National Board discussion of this report was also very helpful.
Where are we after September 11?
The following is an excerpt from a report to the Communist Party's national committee, elected at its convention in July. The national committee met Oct. 20-21 in New York.
Ideological Struggle and Science - Wedge Origins
Meet Mira and Jose*. Mira is a retired needle trades worker. She has no union, few benefits and persistent medical problems. Her older husband continues to work in a small neighborhood restaurant. We met them while campaigning door-to-door for a progressive democrat in the late spring of 2004. ...
At War: Women in the United States in 2005
Women and men in the United States have lived through another year of a 'jobless recovery.' ... Women, particularly poor women, working class women and women of color, face the direct blows of an administration that wants to further privatize survival.
Convention Discussion: The crisis in education and the fight to save it
This article is part of the discussion leading up to the Communist Party USA's 29th National Convention May 21-23, 2010. CPUSA.org takes no responsibility for the opinions expressed in this article or other articles in the pre-convention discussion. All contributions must meet the guidelines for discussion. To read other contributions to this discussion, visit the site of the Pre-Convention Discussion period. All contributions to the discussion should be sent to...
32nd CPUSA National Convention
Welcome to the pre-convention period of the 32nd CPUSA National Convention. Main documents Please review the following to engage in the pre-convention discussion: Join us for the 32nd National Convention How to participate in our pre-convention discussion Forward together: For pre-convention discussion (Main discussion document) An introduction to the main discussion document from CPUSA co-chair Joe Sims can be viewed here. Build the Party, Build the Clubs...
Where Are We After September 11?
The shocking and terrifying nature of the Sept. 11 assault has done more than temporarily traumatize the nation. It has also given the Bush administration and the far right a new legitimizing discourse, or, to put it in a less highfalutin way, a new ideological rationale to pursue its political objectives at home and worldwide.
Political Report to Washington State CPUSA Convention May 12, 2001
Political Report to Washington State CPUSA Convention May 12, 2001, Seattle, Washington By Marc Brodine, State Chair Greetings, delegates and guests. I want to thank all of you for coming, for devoting this day to making plans for stepping up the many struggles we are engaged in. I particularly want to thank all who came from out of town-from Tacoma, from Bellingham, from Pullman, from Olympia, from the Kitsap Peninsula,...
Getting the message out with the People's Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo
Every national newspaper in the country – from the NY Times to the Washington Post to the LA Times to USA Today has begun their election 2002 coverage. Each has their own class and social-oriented editorial line towards the issues and events that mark the landscape leading up to the elections and beyond. Yet many working class and democractic organizations are just starting or have not yet put the elections...