Joelle Fishman
Joelle Fishman chairs the Connecticut Communist Party USA. She is a Commissioner on the City of New Haven Peace Commission, serves on the executive board of the Alliance of Retired Americans in Connecticut and is an active member of many economic rights and social justice organizations. She was a candidate for Congress from 1973 to 1982, maintaining minor-party ballot status for the Communist Party in Connecticut's Third Congressional District. As chair of the CPUSA Political Action Commission, she has played an active role in the broad labor and people's alliance that defeated the ultra-right in the 2008 elections and continues to mobilize for health care, worker rights and peace.
Conneticut Communist Party in action
Voter registration, jobs marches and participating in the struggle to prevent climate change have topped the Conneticut district's work.
Women are fighting back
Women's rights are on the line in next week's election. Your vote can make a difference.
Voter turnout is the key
Most governor and U.S. Senate races are toss ups. This election could go either way.
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...