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This is a list of American politicians who are members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and who have held elected office in the United States. CPUSA has run candidates on an explicit Communist ticket, on tickets of third parties (such as the Nonpartisan League), and on Democratic tickets. See also: List of Communist Party USA election results.
The Alabama Chapter of the Communist Party USA helped organize the unemployed Black workers, the Alabama Sharecroppers' Union and numerous anti-lynching campaigns. Further, the Alabama chapter organized young activists that would later go on to be prominent members in the civil rights movement, such as Rosa Parks. [ 69 ]
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is a task force organized by the government of the Philippines in 2018 as part of its "Whole-of-Nation approach" to respond to and raise awareness about ongoing communist armed conflicts in the Philippines, [1] [2] after the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte formally terminated peace talks between the ...
The DA fielded candidates for Congress and Senate, including Vicente Lava, who was part of the PKP's Central Committee at the time. [2] Six congressional candidates won, including Taruc, Juan Feleo, and Jesus Lava, [2] but were prevented from taking their oaths in Congress by the Roxas administration, due to their opposition to the Bell Trade ...
The 31st National Convention of the Communist Party USA was held from 21 to 23 June 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. [1] September 2019 would be 100 years since the founding of the CPUSA . [ 2 ] The Party set its agenda taking into account developments since its June 2014 convention , including protecting the voting rights of women and minority ...
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James W. “Jim” Ford (December 22, 1893 – June 21, 1957 [1]) was an activist, a politician, and the vice-presidential candidate for the Communist Party USA in the years 1932, 1936, and 1940. Ford was born in Alabama and later worked as a party organizer for the CPUSA in New York City .
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.