communists
Dashiell Hammett: from Pinkerton spy to proletarian writer
From Pinkerton detective to anti-fascist writer and CPUSA activist hounded by HUAC and the FBI, Hammett's experiences and politics led to major developments of the private detective genre.
International notes: Communists worldwide demand democracy and peace
Communists in Bangladesh and Peru are demanding democratic reforms. In Switzerland and South Africa, they are calling for peace and opposing U.S. interventions.
Ukrainian Communist Party leader arrested
Attacks on the Communist Party of Ukraine date back to the 2014 U.S.-backed “Euromaidan” coup.
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.
Helen Leiviska Kruth and Helvi Savola: CPUSA dynamic-duo leaders
These farm, peace, and labor activists drew on their progressive Finnish roots.