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Convention Discussion: Summary of Northern California CP Membership Discussion
This article is part of the discussion leading up to the Communist Party USA's 29th National Convention May 21-23, 2010. CPUSA.org takes no responsibility for the opinions expressed in this article or other articles in the pre-convention discussion. All contributions must meet the guidelines for discussion. To read other contributions to this discussion, visit the site of the Pre-Convention Discussion period. All contributions to the discussion should be sent...
Convention Discussion: Against the Anti-Communist Impulse: Getting our History Right
This article is part of the discussion leading up to the Communist Party USA's 29th National Convention May 21-23, 2010. CPUSA.org takes no responsibility for the opinions expressed in this article or other articles in the pre-convention discussion. All contributions must meet the guidelines for discussion. To read other contributions to this discussion, visit the site of the Pre-Convention Discussion period. All contributions to the discussion should be sent to...
Convention Discussion: Free the Cuban Five
This article is part of the discussion leading up to the Communist Party USA's 29th National Convention May 21-23, 2010. CPUSA.org takes no responsibility for the opinions expressed in this article or other articles in the pre-convention discussion. All contributions must meet the guidelines for discussion. To read other contributions to this discussion, visit the site of the Pre-Convention Discussion period. All contributions to the discussion should be sent to...
Convention Discussion: The economic crisis in CT and the challenge for grass roots unity
This article is part of the discussion leading up to the Communist Party USA's 29th National Convention May 21-23, 2010. CPUSA.org takes no responsibility for the opinions expressed in this article or other articles in the pre-convention discussion. All contributions must meet the guidelines for discussion. To read other contributions to this discussion, visit the site of the Pre-Convention Discussion period. All contributions to the discussion should be sent to...
Convention Discussion: Online organizing - What is it and why should I take the plunge?
Submitted by Michelle Kern, Northern California An organizer faced today with an array of social media tolls might ask themselves-what good does this do me? Why should I be on Facebook or Twitter? In the first place, there is no substitute for face-to-face organizing. However, social media can serve a powerful role in connecting with workers, organizations and hard-to-reach demographics. Here are just a few examples of the way social...
Convention Discussion: We must fight for the most oppressed & exploited
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,...
Northern California Elections Report
Joining with Los Angeles and other Southern California areas, the greater Bay Area counties, where the population is concentrated in Northern California and the labor movement is strongest, helped give Gore a big win in the state. With the exception of one county with 50 percent, Gore took the greater Bay Area by margins of 60 to 76 percent depending on the county, helping offset more conservative areas of the...
CPUSA Holiday Greetings
On behalf of our entire national staff, I want to welcome all of you to our annual holiday party. And we hope you had a restful, joyous, and peaceful holiday with your friends and family.
"Democratic traditions" and socialist revolution (a reply to John Bachtell)
What goes unmentioned when we tout our "democratic traditions"?
Liberalism hinders working-class leadership
The Party should openly resist the liberal agenda and press radical ones instead. This must be our mark. This is leadership.