This section begins with Engels and Lenin discussing the role of the state and democracy, as a form of the state and its class characteristics. Lenin then discusses the importance of democracy and the fight for it under capitalism.
The Party Program is not a legislative program or an immediate projection for what we're doing this year. It is a longer range document, and should be more of an overview - addressing the stage of struggle at present, yet linked to more advanced stages including Bill of Rights socialism.
The bond between the Communist Party USA and the Communist Party of Vietnam is enduring, especially as a result of the movement against the U.S. imperialist war. Yet, that bond continues to grow and flourish with time. The comradeship for our Party at the Congress was overwhelming.
In this issue: *Convention information on the Web! *Kudos to Wally & the PWW *Book sale at the Reference Center *Star Wars *Pro-Democracy Convention *Alliance for Retired Americans *Pacifica Alert *ACLU Alerts *Bush and Energy *Bush and Kyoto *BONUS: Excerpts from Jarvis Tyner's PWW article on the JEFFORDS SWITCH COUNTDOWN TO THE CONVENTION! Only 36 more days to go! Check out the new Convention web site here. The latest reports...
Can there be a restoration and even an increase in the role and prominence of US manufacturing in the context of capitalist globalization today?
Report to the National Committee, Communist Party USA January 29, 2005. The inauguration is over, but the battle for hearts and minds, for the future of our country, is raging. As Linda Chavez Thompson put it so eloquently during the Martin Luther King celebration in Los Angeles: Things can turn around much sooner than anyone can imagine if we fight smart, and if we fight hard and if we fight...
Sam Webb's report to the expanded National Board meeting of June 26 and 27. This isnt the first time that we have discussed the status and role of the Party... Almost two years ago to the day, for example, we organized a national conference on clubs and club life... What makes this discussion different is that we will give singular attention to one particular aspect of the Party...
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...
Win or lose, American politics will never be the same again because radical new ideas have been discussed widely and new forces have energized the electoral arena.
The Communist Party’s anti-right electoral policy has been criticized for not addressing the dangers posed by neoliberalism. In particular the neoliberal brand associated with folks like the Clintons, is seen as costing jobs, depressing wages and shredding the safety net. The resulting anger it’s believed has opened the door for demagogues like Donald Trump thereby contributing to an increase in the fascist danger. In this regard, one writer on...