The CPUSA

[Gdjjr]

Somebody has some competition
The Communist Party USA Plans to Begin Actively Running Candidates Again
The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) was formed on September 1, 1919, as a breakaway party from the Socialist Party of America following the success of the Russian Revolution. The CPUSA played an active role in labor unions for multiple decades and saw membership reach around 75,000 by 1938. Many communists were elected before World War Two and their most successful presidential ticket saw William Z. Foster receive 103,307 votes in the 1932 presidential election. However, following World War Two the CPUSA saw membership decline due to the Red Scare and government suppression to the point of less than 10,000 in 1957, with over 1,500 being FBI informants.

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[badger2]

Storch gives a rundown on CPUSA history on page 18:

’Like many of the radical organizations before it, the Communist Party of the United States was born in Chicago. Inspired by the triumph of the Bolshevik Revolution, members of the Socialist party’s left wing organized an American Communist Party. These left-wing Socialists, dominated by semi-autonomous foreign-language federations, came to American Communism with their own newspapers, cultural groups, institutions, and willingness to quarrel.’
(Storch, Red Chicago: American Communism at its Grassroots, 1928-35)

 

[Mac1958]

Well, with the Trumpsters screaming SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE 24/7/365, and refusing to honestly examine whether capitalism is being improperly applied, no one is afraid of the words any more.

I'm sure the Communist Party appreciates the assist. They should send Thank You cards to the GOP.

 

[badger2]

What’s strange is that badger is not the OP though looks like the OP.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The Communist Party of the United States

lol

All three of them.

 

[Oddball]

Somebody has some competition
The Communist Party USA Plans to Begin Actively Running Candidates Again
The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) was formed on September 1, 1919, as a breakaway party from the Socialist Party of America following the success of the Russian Revolution. The CPUSA played an active role in labor unions for multiple decades and saw membership reach around 75,000 by 1938. Many communists were elected before World War Two and their most successful presidential ticket saw William Z. Foster receive 103,307 votes in the 1932 presidential election. However, following World War Two the CPUSA saw membership decline due to the Red Scare and government suppression to the point of less than 10,000 in 1957, with over 1,500 being FBI informants.

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[badger2]

Ignore function: an excellent way to dumb down and do a commie ostrich imitation at the same time.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Well, with the Trumpsters screaming SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE 24/7/365, and refusing to honestly examine whether capitalism is being improperly applied, no one is afraid of the words any more.

I'm sure the Communist Party appreciates the assist. They should send Thank You cards to the GOP.

It is kinda like lefties screaming HOMOPHOBIC TRANSPHOBIC ISLAMAPHOBIC RACIST!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Somebody has some competition
The Communist Party USA Plans to Begin Actively Running Candidates Again
The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) was formed on September 1, 1919, as a breakaway party from the Socialist Party of America following the success of the Russian Revolution. The CPUSA played an active role in labor unions for multiple decades and saw membership reach around 75,000 by 1938. Many communists were elected before World War Two and their most successful presidential ticket saw William Z. Foster receive 103,307 votes in the 1932 presidential election. However, following World War Two the CPUSA saw membership decline due to the Red Scare and government suppression to the point of less than 10,000 in 1957, with over 1,500 being FBI informants.

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Why???

They've endorsed every democrat candidate for decades now! And they pretending they haven't completely taken over the democrat party?

 

[Mac1958]

Well, with the Trumpsters screaming SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE 24/7/365, and refusing to honestly examine whether capitalism is being improperly applied, no one is afraid of the words any more.

It is kinda like lefties screaming HOMOPHOBIC TRANSPHOBIC ISLAMAPHOBIC RACIST!

YES!

Isn't it amazing, how similar and counterproductive the two ends of the spectrum can be in their behaviors????

Why do you suppose that is?

 

[JLW]

Well, with the Trumpsters screaming SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE 24/7/365, and refusing to honestly examine whether capitalism is being improperly applied, no one is afraid of the words any more.

I'm sure the Communist Party appreciates the assist. They should send Thank You cards to the GOP.

Absolutely..moronic Trumpists have taken any meaning of what “communism” is or stands for because in their dimwitted world any opposition to Trumpism is “communism.” Irony of course as this type of propaganda is Stalinist in nature.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Well, with the Trumpsters screaming SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE 24/7/365, and refusing to honestly examine whether capitalism is being improperly applied, no one is afraid of the words any more.

It is kinda like lefties screaming HOMOPHOBIC TRANSPHOBIC ISLAMAPHOBIC RACIST!

YES!

Isn't it amazing, how similar and counterproductive the two ends of the spectrum can be in their behaviors????

Why do you suppose that is?

The extremes are the same. Right wing fascists are the same as left wing communists.

ANTIFA and BLM are communists.

 

[Mac1958]

Well, with the Trumpsters screaming SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE 24/7/365, and refusing to honestly examine whether capitalism is being improperly applied, no one is afraid of the words any more.

I'm sure the Communist Party appreciates the assist. They should send Thank You cards to the GOP.

Absolutely..moronic Trumpists have taken any meaning of what “communism” is or stands for becuase in their dimwitted world any opposition to Trumpism is “communism.” Irony of course given that Trumpist Support the former KGB agent known as Vlad Putin and prostrate themselves before Kim Jong Un.

They clearly don't understand what communism actually is, and/or they convince themselves that what Democrats say is actually hiding some kind of evil alternate agenda. They appear to love being paranoid.

 

[Mac1958]

Well, with the Trumpsters screaming SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE 24/7/365, and refusing to honestly examine whether capitalism is being improperly applied, no one is afraid of the words any more.

It is kinda like lefties screaming HOMOPHOBIC TRANSPHOBIC ISLAMAPHOBIC RACIST!

YES!

Isn't it amazing, how similar and counterproductive the two ends of the spectrum can be in their behaviors????

Why do you suppose that is?

The extremes are the same. Right wing fascists are the same as left wing communists.

ANTIFA and BLM are communists.

Sure, okay!

 

[ColonelAngus]

Well, with the Trumpsters screaming SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE 24/7/365, and refusing to honestly examine whether capitalism is being improperly applied, no one is afraid of the words any more.

It is kinda like lefties screaming HOMOPHOBIC TRANSPHOBIC ISLAMAPHOBIC RACIST!

YES!

Isn't it amazing, how similar and counterproductive the two ends of the spectrum can be in their behaviors????

Why do you suppose that is?

The extremes are the same. Right wing fascists are the same as left wing communists.

ANTIFA and BLM are communists.

Sure, okay!

We agree. Awesome.

 

[JLW]

Well, with the Trumpsters screaming SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE 24/7/365, and refusing to honestly examine whether capitalism is being improperly applied, no one is afraid of the words any more.

I'm sure the Communist Party appreciates the assist. They should send Thank You cards to the GOP.

Absolutely..moronic Trumpists have taken any meaning of what “communism” is or stands for becuase in their dimwitted world any opposition to Trumpism is “communism.” Irony of course given that Trumpist Support the former KGB agent known as Vlad Putin and prostrate themselves before Kim Jong Un.

They clearly don't understand what communism actually is, and/or they convince themselves that what Democrats say is actually hiding some kind of evil alternate agenda. They appear to love being paranoid.

I have come to the conclusion 90% of the “conservative“ posters on this board will fall for any conspiracy theory that comes from the right no matter how inane, insipid or crack pot.

 

[Mac1958]

Well, with the Trumpsters screaming SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMIE 24/7/365, and refusing to honestly examine whether capitalism is being improperly applied, no one is afraid of the words any more.

I'm sure the Communist Party appreciates the assist. They should send Thank You cards to the GOP.

Absolutely..moronic Trumpists have taken any meaning of what “communism” is or stands for becuase in their dimwitted world any opposition to Trumpism is “communism.” Irony of course given that Trumpist Support the former KGB agent known as Vlad Putin and prostrate themselves before Kim Jong Un.

They clearly don't understand what communism actually is, and/or they convince themselves that what Democrats say is actually hiding some kind of evil alternate agenda. They appear to love being paranoid.

I have come to the conclusion 90% of the “conservative“ posters on this board will fall for any conspiracy theory that comes from the right no matter how inane, insipid or crack pot.

Well, this whole period has been the culmination, the manifestation, of three decades of completely one-sided, shallow, distorted, binary conditioning by talk radio. That was/is Trump's magic: He identified and focused on that segment of our population like a laser, and this is how it turned out. You have to give him credit: He knows target marketing.

 

[Desperado]

Somebody has some competition
The Communist Party USA Plans to Begin Actively Running Candidates Again
The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) was formed on September 1, 1919, as a breakaway party from the Socialist Party of America following the success of the Russian Revolution. The CPUSA played an active role in labor unions for multiple decades and saw membership reach around 75,000 by 1938. Many communists were elected before World War Two and their most successful presidential ticket saw William Z. Foster receive 103,307 votes in the 1932 presidential election. However, following World War Two the CPUSA saw membership decline due to the Red Scare and government suppression to the point of less than 10,000 in 1957, with over 1,500 being FBI informants.

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The CPUSA most successful presidential ticket saw Joe Biden receive 80 million plus votes in the 2020 presidential election.

 

[Rigby5]

It would be interesting to actually someone try communism on a national scale, as that has never been done before.
The Bolshevik revolution was started by communists, but unfortunately they were all killed off by the foreign agents, Lenin and Stalin, before they could try implementing communism.
I would like to see what communism would look like on a national scale, since it is how every family, club, tribe, social order, Kibbutzim, Ashram, monastery, cloister, etc., work.

 

[Desperado]

It would be interesting to actually someone try communism on a national scale, as that has never been done before.
The Bolshevik revolution was started by communists, but unfortunately they were all killed off by the foreign agents, Lenin and Stalin, before they could try implementing communism.
I would like to see what communism would look like on a national scale, since it is how every family, club, tribe, social order, Kibbutzim, Ashram, monastery, cloister, etc., work.

But a country is not a family, club, tribe, social order, Kibbutzim, Ashram, monastery, cloister, etc., work.! There are plenty of examples of failed communist countries to look at