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- ‘Catastrophic flooding’ as Hurricane Debby dumps over a foot of rain on southeastern U.S.www.peoplesworld.org ‘Catastrophic flooding’ as Hurricane Debby dumps over a foot of rain on southeastern U.S.
Tropical Storm Debby gained strength over the weekend to become a Category 1 hurricane, making landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast early Monday morning with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour, reported The Associated Press.
Anyone in the area? Care to report on what you've witnessed and seen and experienced vis a vis the current situation?
- "The Communist Party USA is saddened to learn about the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Our Party sends condolences to all members of the Communist Party of Vietnam..."
From the Tweet:
"The Communist Party USA is saddened to learn about the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Our Party sends condolences to all members of the Communist Party of Vietnam and to all the people of Vietnam."
- Bill of Rights Socialismwww.cpusa.org Bill of Rights Socialism
Socialism is a common-sense path to a fairer, more prosperous and more democratic USA. WE MAKE IT … Right now, 99% of Americans share the work of producing all of the products and services of our economy. We work together in person or online. We work in factories and offices.
While I believe that the CPUSA’s ideological positions are pretty solid, I’m kinda confused by the concept of “bill of rights socialism”, which advocates for the US bill of rights to be maintained under socialism, and adjusted in order to align it with socialist concepts. While I can see the concept here, it does confuse me why the CPUSA would, as a Marxist Leninist organization, advocate for a bourgeois-democratic constitution to be upheld under socialism. Am i misunderstanding this?
- From Twitter: "McCarthyism is alive and well! Fareed Zakaria is using Communists as a red herring to distract from the far-right’s attempts to dismantle democracy."
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4172837
> "It wasn’t Communists who attempted an insurrection, it was the corporate-backed fascists!" > > lol at the PatSocs in the comments defending it as a proletarian revolution and not a ultra-right putsch.
- Strategies for organizational unity and actionwww.cpusa.org Strategies for organizational unity and action
This piece is a contribution to the Pre-Convention Discussion for our 32nd National Convention. During Pre-Convention Discussion, all aspects of the party’s program, strategy, and tactics are up for consideration and debate.
>Proposals for the Road Ahead > >With everything said, I would like to submit the following proposals before members of the Communist Party USA and the National Committee: > >- In order to most effectively carry out the mission of the CPUSA, it would be best practice for national departments to work with districts and clubs on a case-by-case basis and, bearing the capacity and resources of the party in mind, ensure that clubs have what they need to rebuild and promulgate the party’s mission. > >- A list of all members within a district’s boundaries should be provided to the district leadership to ensure that all members of the party, particularly those who are not known to the local clubs, can be involved. > >- Conduct regular online training sessions to equip party members with essential organizing skills such as how to organize protests, mobilize people to vote, public speaking, etc. Supplemental training should be held for club and district leaders to advise them on the behind-the-scenes of actions such as laws surrounding protests, how to coordinate with organizations, potential costs and resources needed, etc. > >- A provision should be added to Article VII, Section 1 of the CPUSA Constitution stating that the National Committee reserves the authority to mobilize a nationwide campaign. In conjunction with district leaders and grassroots organizations dedicated to the issues relevant to the campaign, the National Committee shall make comprehensive plans with defined goals, messaging, targets, timelines, modes of protest, and days of action. It is up to the districts and clubs to carry out the tasks of the campaign and apply them to local conditions. > >- Relevant national departments and committees shall provide clubs and districts with the resources they need to organize on-the-ground actions that are consistent with the party nationwide for aforementioned campaigns. These resources include social media graphics, protest signs, talking points for speeches, lists of supplies, etc. > >- During and after a campaign called on by the National Committee, clubs and districts shall submit assessments to the National Committee to report if goals are being met in the given timeframe, the limitations they face in carrying out the campaign, and what they need to ameliorate any limitations. These assessments shall determine the course of the campaign and be used as case studies going forward.
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I agree with all this.
- A copy-pasta that I found on Twitter.
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4025828
> I know the people that made it. One is for those new to the CPUSA and the other is for those new to the Marxism-Leninism. > > Cheers! > > Check it out: > > Copy-pasta > > CPUSA Reading List - 2022 > > https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/VJlD0b3eh4gMJovaypGkuW4m3Au-aksj+6oNDi50UFI/embed/ > > Communism Reading Guide > > https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/eAFqVc1JC8v8T5AEEWSPQ9YD4FR8tK6E97XEy+v78KQ/embed/
- U.S. migration policy change eases border rules but hurts Cubawww.peoplesworld.org U.S. migration policy change eases border rules but hurts Cuba
Undocumented Migrants crossing into the United States disturb U.S. politics. Cuban migrants, part of the mix, hard-pressed like the others, but privileged, are provocative in their own way.
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4012640
> Excerpt from the first part of the article (you can read the rest through the link up top): > > ---- > > >Undocumented Migrants crossing into the United States disturb U.S. politics. Cuban migrants, part of the mix, hard-pressed like the others, but privileged, are provocative in their own way. > > > >For many years and even now displaced Cubans are portrayed as victims of a brutal dictatorship and as recipients of “rescue” by freedom-loving Americans. Cubans who have special skills are often lured out of the country with promises of “the good life” in the U.S. and with the intent of hurting Cuba as it loses people with skills needed at home. > > > >Changing U.S. regulations and new migration patterns highlight the anomaly of special U.S. dispensation for migrating Cubans. > > > >U.S. district judge Drew Tipton on March 8 ruled that migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Haiti may enter the United States via humanitarian parole. The plaintiffs had been 21 Republican-governed states that had unsuccessfully claimed that immigrants enabled by humanitarian parole required services they could not pay for. > > > >Under humanitarian parole, a program the Biden administration announced on January 6, 2023, migrants entering from those four countries are assured of legal residence for two years – renewable at that point – and a work permit. > > > >Humanitarian parole is limited to 30,000 immigrants arriving every month from the four countries. Migrants need sponsors in the United States. > > > >Instituted under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, the program allowed entry into the United States of refugees from the former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and other countries. This time, 138,000 Haitians, 86,000 Venezuelans, 58,000 Nicaraguans, and 74,000 Cubans – a total of 357,000 migrants –entered via humanitarian parole as of February 2024. > > > >The would-be migrants from the four countries travel by air to ports of entry inside the United States, pass quickly through immigration screening, and proceed to new homes. Before leaving their home country or a third country, they had found sponsors, presented documentation to U.S. immigration officials, and been approved– all via the Internet. > > > >An analyst claims that “Combined with the other parole process at the U.S.-Mexican border …, parole has transformed most migration from [the four] countries from mostly illegal to mostly legal in less than a year.” And, “This policy has transformed migration to the United States. By July 2023, parole had already redirected about 316,000 people away from long, perilous treks through Mexico.” > > > >The Biden administration adopted the parole system in part because of difficulties associated with repatriating migrants from the four countries. They stemmed from a U.S. lack of full diplomatic relations and repatriation agreements with those countries. Normal relations with Mexico and the northern Central American countries allow for more convenient U.S. handling of refugees from those countries. > > > >Humanitarian parole came into effect after the administration’s repeal of Title 42, its role having been to exclude migrants because of health risks. Many migrants saw an opening and attempted a border crossing. But many of those from the four countries opted for humanitarian parole.
- Twin Cities CP: active and fighting on all frontswww.cpusa.org Twin Cities CP: active and fighting on all fronts
The following Twin Cities club report was given on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Introduction Welcome and thank you for attending the Twin Cities Communist Party USA 2023 club conference! This is the first time in many years we've held a club conference with a political report and an action plan,...
- Detroit anti-eviction activists go toe-to-toe with court bailiffswww.cpusa.org Detroit anti-eviction activists go toe-to-toe with court bailiffs
The fight against predatory landlords has reached a new stage of struggle in the city of Detroit. On March 21, after months of grassroots struggle for the protection of Taura Brown and her home, Wayne County Judge Shawn Jacque of the 36th District Court signed a court order for her eviction.
- From the Communist Party USA
I never expected them to be bold with their rhetoric, especially now.
I like it.
And this was in a reply to the Libertarian Party too!
- The most coherent analysis on CPUSA I have seen so faren.prolewiki.org On the Webbite tendency in CPUSA - ProleWiki
Gus Hall (1910-2000) was leader of the CPUSA from 1959 until his death in 2000. Hall was known for frequently taking a staunch Marxist-Leninist stance and led the CPUSA through a number of difficult times. In late 1991, a group of reformist members of the CPUSA known as the Committees of Corresponde...
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/309348
> A comrade (that wished to remain anonymous) made an extraordinary analysis on CPUSA's ideological tendencies. I think this piece of text is extremely important for CPUSA members to begin discussing the future of their organization and strategies to fight against the visibly liquidationist tendency inside the party. > > We decided to share this article on ProleWiki because of their relevance for Marxists-Leninists inside the USA.
- From the Classics: Henry Winston on Anti-Slavery and Anti-Monopoly Movements (1973) | MLTodaymltoday.com From the Classics: Henry Winston on Anti-Slavery and Anti-Monopoly Movements (1973) - MLToday
facebook Twitter Like Gmail Henry Winston was national chairman of the CPUSA up until his death in 1986. In Chapter 14 of one of his major theoretical works Strategy for a Black Agenda (1973), he developed the analogy between abolitionism and the modern revolutionary movement. The full text is avai...
Haven't read this yet.
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- Record of Revolts in Negro Workers’ Past: Mary Adams, May 1, 1928 | MLTodaymltoday.com Record of Revolts in Negro Workers’ Past: Mary Adams, May 1, 1928 - MLToday
facebook Twitter Like Gmail Editors, The Black Agenda Review May 4, 2022 A May Day 1928 essay by Black communist Williana “Liana” Jones Burroughs – aka Mary Adams – recounts the history of African revolt in the Americas. Williana “Liana” Jones Burroughs was among the most prolific writers and ener...
You can read this in a minute or so.
I didn't know about this CPUSA member.
- The World-Historical Significance of Paul Robeson | MLTodaymltoday.com The World-Historical Significance of Paul Robeson - MLToday
facebook Twitter Like Gmail By Jason C. Mueller January 25, 2022 January 23, 2022 was the 46 year anniversary of the passing of athlete, artist, activist, and global intellectual Paul Robeson (1896-1976). The life and legacy of Robeson is of world-historical significance for struggles against expl...
He was incredibly close to the CPUSA.
- CPUSA stands with striking SEIU 1199 workerswww.cpusa.org CPUSA stands with striking SEIU 1199 workers
The following report was given at the National Committee meeting on October 31, 2021. Today is the 27th day of the New England 1199 Union Health Care Workers Strike at Sunrise in Connecticut. The strikers are group home workers that service people with developmental disabilities.
- Historic U.S.- Cuba cultural exchange coming to NYCwww.peoplesworld.org Historic U.S.- Cuba cultural exchange coming to NYC
Chicago’s iconic HotHouse announced they are proud to be a producer of the momentous cultural exchange A Function at the Junction: Ancestral Bridge, Musical Streams” / “Una Función en el Cruce: Puente Ancestral, Corrientes Musicales,” an historic and collaborative, multimedia event present...
For real: this is a rather big deal, though it'll get zero attention from much of the mass media.
- “Hands Off Haiti”: The Biden Administration’s Imperialist Record and Haiti’s History of Foreign Occupation (Makan: My article on Haiti)vacpusa.org “Hands Off Haiti”: The Biden Administration’s Imperialist Record and Haiti’s History of Foreign Occupation
The Virginia branch of CPUSA strongly condemns any notion of U.S. intervention and occupation of Haiti. The Biden administration has upheld U.S. imperialism, most recently in the form of state troo…
Let me see how you all like it (or not, it's fine).
- We stand with the Haitian refugeeswww.cpusa.org We stand with the Haitian refugees
On Monday, the whole world saw shocking footage of mounted U.S. Border Patrol cops whipping Haitian migrants and refugees in Del Rio, Texas. The migrants were crossing the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, in some cases to bring food to family members who are part of a group of more...
- Socialism before shareholders: China reigns in big tech’s unchecked powerwww.peoplesworld.org Socialism before shareholders: China reins in big tech’s unchecked power
Shareholders beware, socialism is back. That’s the warning being sounded by stock market analysts and financial advisors to anyone parking their money in Chinese tech stocks.
- Strengthening the Party’s position on healthcarewww.cpusa.org Strengthening the Party’s position on healthcare
The following is a response to an article by Flavio Casoy, MD, about the proposal by the Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware District for strengthening the Party's position on healthcare. To begin, we wish to thank Dr. Flavio Casoy for his thoughtful response to our healthcare proposal.
- Already too late: IPCC report says global warming consequences now unavoidablewww.peoplesworld.org Already too late: IPCC report says global warming consequences now unavoidable
It’s too late to reverse the massive damage humanity has done to the Earth’s climate, and deadly weather is already baked into our future. That’s the conclusion from a depressing new report issued Monday morning by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations body that forec...
- Three Historians Speak on Tulsa 1921 (with hosting help by the CPUSA's Claudia Jones School for Political Education)
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You all might find this interesting, especially you muad_dibber/Dessalines.
Also, read Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During The Great Depression by Robin D. G. Kelley.
Does anyone know more about the historian on the Marxist history of Mexico?
On another note: read Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's work as well (she has another book coming out this month, I think).
- CPC and world political parties summitwww.cpusa.org CPC and world political parties summit
As part of the celebration of its 100th anniversary, the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened a summit of leaders of socialist, communist, and ruling political parties from around the world. The conference took place via Zoom on July 6.
- ‘Struggling to survive’: Wells dry up amid Oregon water woeswww.peoplesworld.org ‘Struggling to survive’: Wells dry up amid Oregon water woes
MALIN, Ore. (AP) — Judy and Jim Shanks know the exact date their home’s well went dry — June 24. Since then, their life has been an endless cycle of imposing on relatives for showers and laundry, hauling water to feed a small herd of cattle, and desperately waiting for a local well-drilling co...
- What U.S. imperialism is up to in Africa while no one’s watchingwww.peoplesworld.org What U.S. imperialism is up to in Africa while no one’s watching
It is almost impossible to find out any news of what is happening in Africa. It’s as though the continent is completely off the media’s radar, yet what is happening there will have consequences for the whole world.
- CPUSA Programwww.cpusa.org CPUSA Program
The audio of the Party Program is available here. Preface The Road to Socialism USA is the Program of the Communist Party USA, adopted in 2005 and updated by our 100th Anniversary Convention in 2019 in Chicago.
- CPUSA Constitutionwww.cpusa.org CPUSA Constitution
CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Adopted at 30th National Convention, June 15, 2014 PREAMBLE The Communist Party USA is of and for the U.S. working class. Our U.S. working class is multiracial and multinational.
