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Employee Free Choice Act Enters CongressTime to Act!
Tuesday, March 11, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) was reintroduced into both houses of Congress. This is an important step forward for the country. Senate bill S. 560 and House bill H.R. 1409, if passed, would help working Americans improve their wages and working conditions by making it easier to join a union if they choose, and passage would also be huge step out of the current economic crisis...
International Women's Day 2009: Women need a union
Voices of the Communist Party March 8 International Women's Day was born of the struggles of women in the textile mills in our country at the turn of the last century. They fought and died for better wages and working conditions, an end to child labor, and the right to vote. First adopted as a celebration to be held around the world at an international socialist conference in 1910, International...
Application to join the CPUSA by W.E.B. Du Bois, 1961
Black History Month Special Part of a series on African American communists in US history. Gus Hall Communist Party of the USA New York, New York On this first day of October 1961, I am applying for admission to membership in the Communist Party of the United States. I have been long and slow in coming to this conclusion, but at last my mind is settled. In college I heard...
Marvel Cooke: Journalist, labor and peace activist
Black History Month Special Reprinted from the People's Weekly World At the intersection of African American History and Women's History months is a long list of Black women who have made history as civil rights, labor and peace activists, educators, scientists, elected officials, physicians, astronauts, artists and much more. Prominent among them, and combining several of those roles, is the journalist and activist Marvel Cooke. In her long life (1903-2000),...
African American Communist: Hosea Hudson (1898-1988)
Black History Month Special Part of a series on African American communists in US history. Hosea Hudson was born in Wilkes County, Georgia. He worked as a sharecropper in what was then known as the 'Black Belt' of Georgia before moving to Birmingham and working as a skilled iron molder. He became active in the movement to save the Scottsboro youth and joined the Communist Party in 1931.
A New Era
I was standing on the Washington Mall on Inauguration Day, alongside nearly two million other people, and proudly watched the first African American take the oath of office in our nations history. That alone made the day deeply memorable, joyful, and historic. But I couldnt help but think and Im sure that millions of others had the same thought that the transfer of power from Bush to President Obama not...
The Making of African American History
Reprinted from politicalaffairs.net This February, as we celebrate African American history month, the first African American president will be sitting in the White House, something that few Americans saw as a possibility at the turn of the 21st century. Because of this momentous event, it is worth saying a few words about the origins of African American history month. (Continued)
An extraordinary Black History Month
Reprinted from the People's Weekly World African American History Month is celebrated every February. It is always an important time to not only look back at how a courageous people made great strides towards freedom but also think about how to advance that struggle to new heights. The election of Barack Obama, our first African American president, marks this years celebration as a new milestone in the upward progress of...
The Cuba 5 on the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution
On the 50th anniversary of Cuba's socialist revolution, the CPUSA recognizes the heroism and revolutionary example of five Cuban men unjustly imprisoned in U.S. federal prisons for over ten years. Arriving in Florida in the 1990's, Gerardo Hernndez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramn Labaino, Fernando Gonzlez, and Ren Gonzlez joined private paramilitary groups in order to monitor and report on preparations for attacks against Cuba. For decades, right wing terrorists based in...
Labor Upfront: Special New Year Edition For a New Year of Progress & Struggle
2008: What a Year for Labor By Scott Marshall Talk about a sea change. A President-Elect who actually walks on picketlines rather than busts unions. Unprecedented independent labor political action that arguably made the difference in changing the direction of our country. Stunning victories at Smithfield Foods in Tar Heel, North Carolina, at Republic Windows in Chicago, and Boeing in Seattle. New higher levels of labor unity - its been...