Communist History

 
 
Communist women: Equality is a cornerstone of working class unity

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.

BY: Eric Brooks| May 1, 2025
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Marxist IQ: A defense of Black history

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...

February 10, 2025
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A few of the Communist women who shaped U.S. history

A few of the Communist women who shaped U.S. history

Major histories of women in and of the CPUSA have yet to be written, just as true women’s equality has yet to be won in the United States.

BY: Norman Markowitz| March 3, 2023
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100 years of the communist movement in India

100 years of the communist movement in India

  On 17 October 2020, the Indian communist movement looks back on a century of courageous resistance against tyranny, oppression, and exploitation. This was a century of sacrifices by hundreds...

“A forthright stand”: Communists in the struggle for Black lives

“A forthright stand”: Communists in the struggle for Black lives

The key to the CPUSA's struggle for Black lives has always been unity.

BY: Tony Pecinovsky| August 10, 2020
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