Jarvis Tyner

 
 
Jarvis Tyner

Jarvis Tyner is executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA and a long-time member of the party's national board.. He was a founding member of the Black Radical Congress and served on its national coordinating committee for five years.

Tyner was born in the Mill Creek community of West Philadelphia in 1941 and graduated from West Philadelphia High School. He joined the Communist Party USA at the age of 20. After several years working in various industrial jobs in the Philadelphia area, where he was a member of the Amalgamated Lithographers and the Teamsters union, he moved to New York in 1967 to become the national chair of the DuBois Clubs of America, and later founding chair of the Young Workers Liberation League. He was the Communist Party USA candidate for vice president of the U.S. in 1972 and 1976, running with party leader Gus Hall.

As a leader of the CPUSA Tyner has been an active public spokesperson against racism, imperialism and war. He has written numerous articles and pamphlets and appears on the media, campuses and in other public venues advocating for peace, equality and the socialist alternative. He currently resides in the Inwood section of Manhattan, N.Y., is married and the father of four adult children and one grandchild.

 

Black History Month 2014: We’re Not Going Back

Black History Month 2014: We’re Not Going Back

Video conversation with Jarvis Tyner about Black History in the U.S. and the connection between racism and capitalism.

BY:Jarvis Tyner| February 20, 2014
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Build the Party: Oh yes we will

Build the Party: Oh yes we will

This battle against austerity is a battle for the working class and against racism. It is gaining momentum. It is a battle for union rights and against poverty.

BY:Jarvis Tyner| May 7, 2013
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Hugo Chávez Presente!

Hugo Chávez Presente!

At this meeting of the our National Committee, the highest body of our party between National Conventions, we want to take a moment to mourn and pay tribute to Hugo...

BY:Jarvis Tyner| March 12, 2013
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Black America & 2012 election: What’s at stake? Join the conversation

Black America & 2012 election: What’s at stake? Join the conversation

Join us Tuesday, October 30 for a conversation on the issues faced by African Americans today and the 2012 election.

BY:Jarvis Tyner| October 26, 2012
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We Are the Real Uniters

We Are the Real Uniters

Report by Executive Vice-Chair Jarvis Tyner on the key role of unity in the fight for progress. Delivered to the Communist Party's 2012 Members Conference.

BY:Jarvis Tyner| April 27, 2012
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