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On Criticisms From The 'Left'
We are now winding up one of the more fruitful pre-Convention discussion periods. The publication of the Draft Main Political Resolution and the Draft Program early in the discussion period was a significant factor in its productivity. ... A small scattering of members around the country expressed similar but not identical differences with the direction of the Party leadership.
Excerpts from the Classics: Dialectical Materialism
This section is organized in a sequence similar to a textbook on dialectical materialism. After discussing the nature and role of philosophy, the quotations focus on materialism and the basic conflict with philosophical idealism, then on the nature of dialectics, the three laws of dialectics and some categories (less important laws), and finally the theory of knowledge, the nature of knowledge and how to gain knowledge.
Excerpts from the Classics: Average Profit
Average Profit "The profit occurring in accordance with this general rate of profit to any capital of a given magnitude, whatever its organic composition, is called the average profit." Marx, Capital, pub.1894, IP, Vol.3, p.158 Law of average profit. "Under capitalist production the general law acts as the prevailing tendency only in a very complicated and approximate manner, as a never ascertainable average of ceaseless fluctuations." Marx, Capital, pub.1894,...
Coalition Building: The Way to Win in the 21st Century
Coalitions burst forth in a new way at the end of the century, and in many ways coalition building is defining the strides of progress in the 21st century. In Seattle, when Teamsters walked with turtles against the WTO, a whole new level of coalition appeared with global potential.
Keynote Address, 27th CPUSA National Convention
A Convention is a crowning moment in the life of a Communist Party. It is the highest deliberative and decision-making body in our Party's structure. Unlike the conventions of the Democratic and Republican parties, our Convention doesn't aim to showcase a few leaders, but rather to be a model of working-class democracy, of thoughtful and comradely discussion, and of democratic decision-making.
VIDEO: Vietnam's Socialist-Oriented Market Economy
People's World Social Media Editor Chauncey Robinson explores the challenges with Bui The Giang from the Commission for External Relations of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Amazon workers rally on MLK holiday: “We are going to win!”
Amazon workers are fighting back.
Political Storm in USCPUSA report to the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Report of the CPUSA delegate to the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties 'Current Trends In Capitalism: Economic, Social And Political Impact. The Communists' Alternative' Athens, 18-20 November, 2005. The United States is going through one of the most politically turbulent periods in recent memory. The administration of George W. Bush is facing a profound crisis of legitimacy.
The Middle East in Crisis
As I write, Israeli troops are invading Lebanon on its southern border. No doubt this escalation will heighten the danger of a wider war, one that could involve other state and non-state actors in that region and draw millions of people into the fighting.