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Communist Party Chairman Sam Webb opened the 29th Convention of the Communist Party USA, May 21 in New York City.
Dear Comrades, On behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), we greet the Communist Party of USA, on the occasion of the 29th Convention and through you all the members of your party. We take this occasion to once again reiterate our heartfelt solidarity with the CPUSA. The CPUSA working inside the world's leading capitalist country and imperialist super power is performing an onerous task...
Submitted by Rick Nagin, Cleveland, OH According to repeated public surveys by every major polling organization, support for socialism has achieved massive proportions in the United States. This is a relatively new phenomenon brought about by the acute economic, political and environmental crisis and the vast chasm in income and wealth distribution that have greatly discredited capitalism. At the same time all the solutions that Americans want and need -whether...
Submitted for discussion by Greg Rose, on behalf of the Oregon District Executive Committee.
Submitted by Richard F, California.
Dear comrades: I would have liked to be present with all of you in this magnificent event, but again in our long history of blockade, the irrational policy that try to separate our two peoples have prevailed. On behalf of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Cuban people, we would like to convey our fraternal and solidarity greetings to the 30th National Convention of the Communist Party of the...
Resolution submitted by the Political Action Commission, CPUSA The highest priority task confronting the working class, the people's movement and the Communist Party in the next six months is defeat of the corporate, extreme right-wing Republicans on November 4. With a massive voter turnout, that victory is within reach. We cannot afford another election like 2010 when millions of voters stayed home and the Republican extreme right-wing took majority control...
Submitted by the Illinois Communist Party Convention Scientists warn that climate change is already placing "the well-being of people of all nations at risk". They also warn about a "chance of abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes with highly damaging impacts on people in the United States and around the world". Other alerts show that glaciers are already melting from Greenland to Antarctica faster than expected. The melt is causing...
Submitted by Ben McManus, New Haven, CT Despite the election and re-election of Barack Obama as president, the United States is not yet a post-racial society. While white liberals and persons of color celebrate these victories and their literal and symbolic meanings, President Obama has been disrespected publicly, his words and actions scrutinized and critiqued down to the micro level. He had been called a liar and a coward. These...