A letter of protest to Pres. Obama from the CPUSA on attacks against the Communist Party of the Ukraine, the Ukrainian Jewish communities etc.
Submitted by the Communist Party of Eastern Pennsylvania & Delaware Racism can be defined as any action, practice or belief, or social or political system that considers different races to be ranked as inherently superior or inferior to each other, based on presumed shared inheritable traits, abilities, or qualities. Based on this belief, it also holds that members of different races should be treated differently. Racism affects many aspects of...
Submitted by Micahel Bayer of Indiana I want to commend the committee for the tone and readability of the draft. They obviously worked very hard, and to good effect. I think the Comrades were right when they agreed not to draw "lines in the sand", and compromised when it was necessary to reach agreement. That is a good way for Communists to work. However, in the effort to make the...
Submitted by Henry Millstein of California I take my start from some remarks by Sam Webb in his excellent convention discussion piece: 'Labor's allies and the left should wholeheartedly support labor's new rhythm and beat. Indeed, anyone who has any strategic sense, anyone who has any appreciation of what the requirements for a qualitative rupture from the nightmare of right wing extremism, neoliberalism, and capitalist globalization will get into the...
Submitted by David Mirtz, Bronx, NY The Framing Document asks questions about the role of the Democratic Party and what our attitude should be towards it - specifically in our local area. This is an attempt to briefly explore some of those questions in the context of New York City and State, one of the 'Blue' states. The reactionary policies of the GOP nationally have alienated the 'moderate' republicanism in...
Submitted by Luis Rivas, Southern California Young Communist League It has been said before but it bares repeating, as many important things do. We are in dire times, and as history shows during great economic downturns or disasters, the most affected, those that have been at the lowest position in society's socioeconomic class ladder are further pushed to the margins of society. This is the working poor. Of course racial,...
Submitted by Fabian Sneevliet, Houstin, TX Communists today often take a misguided approach to being American. Because of the massive atrocities of US imperialists, Communists often conclude that everything having to do with America is bad. Because the US imperialists have waged vicious wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Central America, many Communists are weary of calling themselves American. Certainly, we should condemn the brutal violence of US imperialism against...
Submitted by the CP/YCL Collective Over the last three to four years, the Young Communist League has become an organization that is cherished by many young people in our country. The YCL has also contributed to the Party and to the broader movement's work. This is in large part because we have fought for the multi-racial and inclusive gender quality of the YCL, which upholds the YCL's history as a...
Submitted by Kuya Kemet, Baltimore, MD Someone asked the great Kwame Nkrumah what his understanding was of nationalism. His answer was that there are different kinds of nationalism: narrow nationalism, (cultural) nationalism, progressive nationalism and revolutionary nationalism. Unfortunately Kwame did not live to explain himself. That task was left to others such as Dr. Walter Rodney, a great historian and Marxist, to decipher. Narrow nationalism exhibits itself around race, ethnicity...
Submitted by Bea Lumpkin, Chicago, IL. I welcome Roberta Wood's discussion of materialism and the need to welcome religious people to the Communist Party. Her article is also an example of using simple, everyday language to express profound ideas. We are making progress in that direction. Now we talk about workers and capitalists instead of proletarians and bourgeoisie. And we don't get upset when progressives talk about saving "middle class...