Communist History
Peter Cacchione: New York City communist
Cacchione outlined a distinctive approach to political speaking and organizing, one that saw political interchange as a moment to embody democratic ideals.
Highlights in CPUSA history
Sessions 2 and 3 of the National Marxist School Online explores Communist Party USA history through broad-based coalition building, as well as our contributions to the student, environmental, and labor...
Red Scare without the Reds? Clay Risen loses the plot
Blind to anti-communism's function in the class and democratic struggle, Risen erases CPUSA history, presenting McCarthyism as a mere cultural phenomenon.
Communist women: Equality is a cornerstone of working class unity
Bennett Shoop's book highlights the essential role Communist women have played in the development of the CPUSA and in the continuing struggle for equality, democracy, and peace.
Marxist IQ: A defense of Black history
1. Many people in the U.S. today still imagine that the fight against slavery in the U.S. was mainly waged by white abolitionists in the North. However, historians like...