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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 Communist Party USA, officially the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), [9] is a communist party in the United States which was established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America following the Russian Revolution.
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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He was a People's World Editorial Board Co-editor in 2015. [11] In June 2019, Sims and Rossana Cambron became co-leaders of the Communist Party USA. In March 2021, CPUSA committee members Joe Sims, Zenobia Thompson, and Eric Brooks initiated the reform of the African American Equality Commission. According to Sims, the AAEC will "support the ...
At the 30th National Convention of the Communist Party USA, John Bachtell was elected as the new Chairman of the National Committee, thereby ending Webb's 14 years as the party's leader. At the end of the 2016 Democratic primary , Webb defended Hillary Clinton and urged supporters of Bernie Sanders to support her in the general election .
Following the lead of the national CPUSA, CPUSA Georgia adheres to the principles of Marxism–Leninism and is currently a participant in the anti-Trump movement. [ 1 ] The height of the Communist Party of Georgia occurred during the Great Depression when Angelo Herndon served as the primary leading figure of the American labor movement within ...
Mitchell joined the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) at the age of 16, and is considered to have been one of the most influential leaders in the party in the late 1950s and the 1960s. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] After leaving the party, she became a leader of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) in the 1990s.