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{{Infobox political party|name=Communist Party of the United States of America|logo=CPUSA.png|founded=September 1, 1919|abbreviation=CPUSA|leader1_title=Co-chairs|leader1_name=[[Joe Sims]]<br>Rossana Cambron|founder=[[C. E. Ruthenberg]]|newspaper=''[[People's World]]''|youth_wing=[[Young Communist League USA]]|membership_year=2014|membership=~2500|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]] (de jure)<br>[[Bill of Rights Socialism]]<br>[[Revisionism]]<br>[[Reformism]] (de facto)<br>[[Patriotic Socialism]]<br>'''Historical:'''<br>[[Browderism]]<br>[[Nationalism|USA nationalism]]|website=https://www.cpusa.org/}}{{Communist parties}} | {{Infobox political party|name=Communist Party of the United States of America|logo=CPUSA.png|founded=September 1, 1919|abbreviation=CPUSA|leader1_title=Co-chairs|leader1_name=[[Joe Sims]]<br>Rossana Cambron|founder=[[C. E. Ruthenberg]]|newspaper=''[[People's World]]''|youth_wing=[[Young Communist League USA]]|membership_year=2014|membership=~2500|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]] (de jure)<br>[[Bill of Rights Socialism]]<br>[[Revisionism]]<br>[[Reformism]] (de facto)<br>[[Patriotic Socialism]]<br>'''Historical:'''<br>[[Browderism]]<br>[[Nationalism|USA nationalism]]|website=https://www.cpusa.org/}}{{Communist parties}} | ||
The '''Communist Party of the United States of America''' ('''CPUSA''') is a Revisionist and Great Nation Chauvinist | The '''Communist Party of the United States of America''' ('''CPUSA''') is a Revisionist and Great Nation Chauvinist [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America|United States]].<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Political Affairs|title=Elections, the state, reform and revolution|date=2014-06-23|url=http://www.politicalaffairs.net/elections-the-state-reform-and-revolution/|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=|quote=The CPUSA has long said the transition to US socialism will be much more prolonged and complex. [...] Just like the socialist society we envision - peaceful, humane and democratic – so too must be the path as it will shape every aspect of the new society.<br><br>[...]<br><br>Marx and Engels foresaw the possibility of peaceful transition particularly under conditions of the democratic or bourgeois republic. [...] Even Lenin initially thought a peaceful transition to workers' and peasants' power in Russia would be possible as a result of the crisis brought on by WWI, but the armed intervention of western imperialist powers changed the course of history.|journalist=John Bachtell, chairman of CPUSA until 2019}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=John Bachtell, chairman of CPUSA until 2019|date=2018-04-25|title=Marxism a vibrant philosophical outlook, says CPUSA leader|url=https://www.cpusa.org/article/marxism-a-vibrant-philosophical-outlook-says-cpusa-leader/|newspaper=CPUSA Blog|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=|quote=Non-violent peaceful resistance is a very important form of struggle. <br><br>[...]<br><br>It will be what we call a democratic path. One that utilizes the electoral arena but also other democratic venues where we’re constantly trying to expand our right}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Web citation|author=Gaius Gracchus|newspaper=[[The Red Clarion]]|title=A True Accounting of the CPUSA In Its Members Own Words|date=2024-02-22|url=https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/2024-02-22-cpusa-hypocrisy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301215326/https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/2024-02-22-cpusa-hypocrisy/|archive-date=2024-03-01}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> It was established in 1919 after a split from the [[Socialist Party of America]]. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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The CPUSA has significantly promoted the [[Maki (political party)|Israeli Communist Party]], even going as far to state, “Long live the Communist Party of [[Israel]]!” in a statement adopted by the CPUSA National Committee a month after [[Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=CPUSA National Commitee|newspaper=CPUSA|title=A ceasefire is the first step toward peace and liberation|date=2023-12-11|url=https://cpusa.org/article/a-ceasefire-is-the-first-step-toward-peace-and-liberation/|archive-url=https://archive.ph/wip/O0YND|retrieved=2023-12-20}}</ref> The Israeli Communist Party has denounced [[Hamas]] several times in the midst of the Operation, promoting settler-colonial views.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Communist Party of Israel|newspaper=Maki|title=Sexual Violence Perpetrated by Hamas Must be Investigated as Crimes Against Humanity|date=2023-11-27|url=https://maki.org.il/en/?p=31397}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Communist Party of Israel|newspaper=Maki|title=Human Rights Organizations, MK Cassif Raise a Clear Voice Against the Harming of Civilians|date=2023-10-16|url=https://maki.org.il/en/?p=31270|retrieved=2023-12-20}}</ref> | The CPUSA has significantly promoted the [[Maki (political party)|Israeli Communist Party]], even going as far to state, “Long live the Communist Party of [[Israel]]!” in a statement adopted by the CPUSA National Committee a month after [[Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=CPUSA National Commitee|newspaper=CPUSA|title=A ceasefire is the first step toward peace and liberation|date=2023-12-11|url=https://cpusa.org/article/a-ceasefire-is-the-first-step-toward-peace-and-liberation/|archive-url=https://archive.ph/wip/O0YND|retrieved=2023-12-20}}</ref> The Israeli Communist Party has denounced [[Hamas]] several times in the midst of the Operation, promoting settler-colonial views.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Communist Party of Israel|newspaper=Maki|title=Sexual Violence Perpetrated by Hamas Must be Investigated as Crimes Against Humanity|date=2023-11-27|url=https://maki.org.il/en/?p=31397}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Communist Party of Israel|newspaper=Maki|title=Human Rights Organizations, MK Cassif Raise a Clear Voice Against the Harming of Civilians|date=2023-10-16|url=https://maki.org.il/en/?p=31270|retrieved=2023-12-20}}</ref> | ||
In 10, June, 2024, CPUSA held their delayed 32nd Convention. During the Convention, they invited Ofer Cassif of Maki as a speaker. Ofer proceeded to denounce the 7th of October uprising, condemning the Resistance, upheld the existence of the Zionist Entity, and denied the Apartheid nature of "Israel" to the applause of CPUSA members<ref>{{Web citation|author=Ofer Cassif|newspaper=CPUSA|title=CP"I" greets the CPUSA's 32nd Convention|date=2024-06-08|url=https://x.com/communistsusa/status/1799523703992324359}}</ref> | |||
== Structure == | == Structure == |