Last weeks data on unemployment is the latest confirmation that the economy is going south. Nothing that the federal government or Federal Reserve Bank has done so far has contained a widening and spreading economic recession. The economic downturn that was triggered by the collapse of the housing bubble and the seizing up of credit and money markets is winding its way to nearly every sector of the economy and to every region of the country.
Stay tuned to apply for the Summer Youth Elections Camp!
The website for Youth Voter Collective will be up soon at http://youthvotercollective.org. In the mean time view the camp commercial!
On July 29 through August 5th, the Youth Voter Collective will host a training camp for young people who are interested in learning how to be more effective organizers during an election. The camp will be in St Louis, Missouri, and it will include non-partisan workshop sessions as well as real campaign experience!
The registration is only $50, and covers housing and a portion of your meals.
The Communist Party of the United States of America as part of African American History Month honors the life of Paul Robeson. He was an actor, singer, football player, lawyer, and a civil rights activist.
The following are opinions from members of The Young Communist League, and the Communist Party USA on Fidel Castro’s resignation and impact.
Youtube just honored this video - it's #50 in the "news and politics" section of youtube.com, and climbing! Click here, then "favorite" this video to make sure more people see it.
by Libero Della Piana, New York State Chair, 02/08/2008 14:43
As part of a series of Black History Month conversations, Libero Della Piana, Chair of the New York State Communist Party, speaks about the radical legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Della Piana references King's famous "Beyond Vietnam" Speech made at The Riverside Church in Manhattan on April 4, 1967 where he called for "revolution of values" and an end to the U.S. war in Vietnam. He also refers to King's final book "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?" which called for a guaranteed national income.
by Elena Mora, National Organization Secretary, 02/06/2008 16:05
Others have said and will say this: history is being made in the 2008 election battle. But that doesn’t make it any less true.
The first thing to talk about is the tremendous excitement and engagement of people in this election. Voter turnout is breaking records. People went to vote in the primaries almost as if it were the general election. And not just out of party loyalty or a sense of duty, but because they wanted to, they were excited, and they wanted to make their opinion part of what’s happening.
by Jarvis Tyner, Executive Vice Chair, 01/31/2008 15:22
February is Black History Month. Communists have always emphasized the importance of the African American people to the struggles for basic social change in this country from Slavery to Civil Rights to today. This series of video interviews and commentaries by leaders of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) reflect on the legacy and power of the Black Freedom Struggle.
First in the series is a brief commentary by CPUSA Executive Vice-Chair Jarvis Tyner on the importance of Black History Month today.
We heard the same old lies, the cheap applause lines, the idle boasting, and the empty rhetoric coming from Bush once again in his State of the Union Address. But this time it seemed more like a final curtain call of a washed up actor who nearly everyone now realizes never should have stepped foot on the stage.
The CPUSA Internet Department interviews Sam Webb about the question of democracy and the 2008 elections.
We ask the questions:
1) Does the CPUSA support democracy?
2) What is the CPUSA's opinion of the 2008 elections?
3) What difference will the 2008 elections make?
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