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Convention Discussion: Organizational status of the Communist Party
Submitted for discussion by the National Board of the Communist Party. This contribution was originally a report to the National Board. This report is shaped primarily by experiences as a district organizer and co-chair of the Membership Committee. It does not cover every aspect of our work. For example, even though the People's World is at the center of our work, I will only touch on it briefly. It will...
Stagnation & Low Wage Organizing
Party Chairman Sam Webb examines economic stagnation today, non-traditional labor, and points of strategic focus for the movements.
Convention Discussion: Defending Core Concepts
Submitted by Carole Marks, New Jersey I have been a member of the Communist Party,USA most of my adult life. I can only recall two moments in all my experience when I feared for the very existence of the Party - as the Communist Party. I believe this is one of those moments. We overcame and preserved our essence in tact during that first moment. Today, I believe we are...
Convention Discussion: What's in a name?
Submitted by Gabe Falsetta, New York, NY I'm not sure where to start, so much to think about. Well, let me start from my first experience meeting a communist. As a young man of twenty-one working in the graphic arts industry, I met a member of the International Typographical Union he was a proofreader. Getting to know him, his thoughts, opened my eyes to racism and class; at twenty-one I...
Convention Discussion: Turn up the heat!
Submitted by Joelle Fishman, Chair Connecticut Communist Party USA Our name embodies our outlook, tactics and strategy and is an integral part of building a bigger Communist Party and a stronger labor and people's movement. If we separate our name from the tasks we are called upon to do we will not be able to fulfill our role. Two of those tasks are building unity and developing working class leadership....
CPUSA sends protest letter to President Obama on Ukraine
A letter of protest to Pres. Obama from the CPUSA on attacks against the Communist Party of the Ukraine, the Ukrainian Jewish communities etc.
Convention Discussion: The importance of the struggle for full equality & against racism
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...
Convention Discussion: We cannot resolve political differences through the backdoor
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...
Convention Discussion: Why we need a Communist Party in San Jose (and everywhere)
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...
Convention Discussion: Fighting the right danger in a 'Blue' State
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...