The history of the communist party usa is deeply rooted in the history of the american labor movement and the communist party usa indeed played critical roles in the earliest struggles to organize american workers into unions as well as the later civil rights and antiwar movements. Why we have taken up the fight to build refuse fascism and to. Discover the networks revolutionary communist party rcp. The cpusa has a long and complex history that ties closely with. You cant beat the enemy while raising his flag by the revolutionary communist party. Revolutionary communist party, usa wikimili, the best.
This requires an actual revolution, and we work every day to popularize and lead masses of people to carry out the strategy to make this revolution at the soonest possible time. Revolutionary worker online, a web site produced by revolutionary communist party, usa, a political party, is part of the library of congress september 11 web archive and preserves the web expressions of individuals, groups, the press and institutions in the united states and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks in the united states on september 11, 2001. The revolutionary communist group rcg publishes the paper fight racism. Apr 28, 2015 the communist party usa, the main organizer of ferguson, missouri riots, is now in baltimore, md. A s the communist party usa kicked off its 100th anniversary celebration, jarvis tyner called for delegates and guests at the national convention in chicago to set the record straight about. In 1975 avakian reorganized and expanded ru, and he renamed it the revolutionary communist party, usa. We are antiimperialists and stand for the creation of a socialist society, with production organised for peoples needs, not private terests of the entire working class and oppressed internationally. The revolutionary communist party, usa also known as rcp and revcom is a communist party in the united states founded in 1975 and led by its chairman bob avakian. Communist party usa, a web site produced by communist party usa, a political party, is part of the library of congress september 11 web archive and preserves the web expressions of individuals, groups, the press and institutions in the united states and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks in the united states on september 11, 2001. Jan 21, 2020 the communist party usa is a working class organization founded in 1919 in chicago, il.
The revolutionary communist party, usa rcp, usa, known originally as the revolutionary union, is a maoist communist party formed in 1975 in the united states. Embracing vladimir lenins vanguard philosophy, which maintains that a vanguard of intellectuals is needed to lead the proletariat in establishing a workers utopia, rcp in its early years dubbed itself the party of the. Revolutionary communist party, usa maoist wiki fandom. Go into a bookstore and look at the current titles on mao, the cultural revolution, or socialism in the soviet union. The rcpusa is a maoist communist party founded in 1975. We have currently 995 articles, documents or books in our library.
Communist party, usa legal definition of communist party, usa. During communist insurrections in ferguson, carl dix was charged by ferguson police as an outside criminal element. The alabama communist party, 19301950 is a concise, readable overview, a welcome contribution to the history of. Aug 21, 2014 the revolutionary communist party rcp was founded in 1975 by bob avakian, described as a maoist and a stalinist by others, who continues to head it at least in name to this day. The comintern also forced a change away from revolutionary militancy to working through established labor organizations and developing a mass following. A threat of the first magnitude tells the story of the fbis fake maoist organization and the informants they used to penetrate the highest levels of the communist party usa, the black panther party, the revolutionary union and other groups labelled threats to the internal security of the united states in the 1960s and 1970s. Revolution 8 issues by revolutionary communist party on. One of the most prominent groups of the new communist movement was the bay area revolutionary union later, shortened to revolutionary union, which was formed by activists steve hamilton, leibel bergman, bob avakian, and bruce franklin, and gained most of its membership from student radicals from the sds. Jul 24, 2017 the revolutionary communist party, usa is dedicated to the emancipation of all of humanity from every form of exploitation and oppression all over the world. Solidarity with workers of other countries is also part of our work. The party organizes for a revolution in the united states, to overthrow the system of capitalism and replace it with a new socialist republic, 1 with the final aim of world communism.
The fbis secret war on americas maoists is a history of the revolutionary unionrevolutionary communist party the largest maoist organization to arise in the us from its origins in the explosive year of 1968, its expansion into a national organization in the early seventies, its extension into major industry throughout early part of that decade, the devastating schism. The communist party stands for the interests of the american working class and the american people. Its roots are found in the accommodating soil of 1960s west coast collectivist movement, primarily the students for a. Robert bruce bob avakian born march 7, 1943 is a political activist who has been the leader of the revolutionary communist party, usa rcp since 1979. Workers communist party of america statement on the labor party, october 15th 1922. Its roots are found in the accommodating soil of 1960s west coast collectivist movement, primarily the students for a democratic society and. Known officially as the communist party usa cpusa, the communist party was formed in the united states in 1919, two years after the russian revolution had overthrown the monarchy and established the soviet union. May, 2020 bert ramelson, one of the leading figures of the postwar communist party of great britain cpgb and the partys industrial organiser during the era of heightened industrial militancy in the 1960s and 1970s, has been a widely debated person in the historiography of the cpgb, but a new biography by roger seifert and tom sibley attempts to reassess the characterisations of ramelson by other.
The alabama communist party, 19301950 is a concise, readable overview, a welcome contribution to the history of the cpusa in district 17 alabama and to the. The party organizes for a revolution in the united states, to overthrow the system of capitalism and replace it with a new socialist republic, with the final aim of world communism. Revolutionary communists hamilton political organization. This party is built on and takes as its foundation the new synthesis. New program and new constitution of the revolutionary. Inspired by the russian revolution, the communist party of china is formed.
The revolutionary communist party rcp was founded in 1975 by bob avakian, described as a maoist and a stalinist by others, who continues to head it. Revolutionary communist party from bolerium books inc. Minutes of the central executive committee of the communist party of america, march 8, 10, 14, 16, 23, 27, 29, 31 1922. Set the record straight project from a thousand different directions, we are bombarded with the message that communism was a nightmare and failure. Serving as the partys chairman, avakian developed the organizations official ideology, a theoretical framework rooted in maoism, called the new synthesis or the new communism. The revolutionary communist party, usa rcp, usa, known originally as the revolutionary union, is a communist party formed in 1975 in the united states. The communist party usa contacted tamiment, which is devoted to the study of labor history and progressive politics, a year ago. The chicano struggle and the struggle for socialism. Heavy radicals the fbis secret war on americas maoists.
Distortions in a history of the marxistleninist party, usa by frank seattle debate with the revolutionary communist party. Mar 20, 2007 the communist party usa contacted tamiment, which is devoted to the study of labor history and progressive politics, a year ago. Jun 23, 2019 a s the communist party usa kicked off its 100th anniversary celebration, jarvis tyner called for delegates and guests at the national convention in chicago to set the record straight about. Eight issues of the tabloid format newspaper, not to be confused with the identically named paper of the rcps predecessor group. According to trac terrorism research revolutionary communist party is an active group in u. Communism takes hold in china and beyond july 1, 1921. New programme and new constitution of the revolutionary communist party, usa. The communist party usa, officially the communist party of the united states of america cpusa, is a communist party in the united states established in 1919 after a split in the socialist party of america following the russian revolution. Against the national nihilism of the rcp,usa by the marxistleninist party. As such, we are bound by their strict code of ethics and standards in other words, you can trust us to be reputable, knowledgeable professionals. The history of the cpusa is closely related to the american labor movement and communist parties worldwide. The revolutionary union revolutionary communist party.
What the heck is the revolutionary communist party doing. This facebook page is dedicated to the circulation of views, analysis and publications of the revolutionary communist party. List of books and articles about communism in america. In may, 1921, under strong pressure from the third communist international, or comintern, the communist groups in the united states were united as the communist party of america. From peoples world nearly 25 years after the collapse of the soviet union and the end of the cold war, more and more historians are beginning to paint a more. What the heck is the revolutionary communist party doing in. Max elbaums 2002 book revolution in the air is a topnotch history of the broader new communist movement. Revolutionary communist party proposes new continental. Organization of the workers communist party, factionalism and union activities. Revolutionary communist party on the strategy for revolution. Prepare the ground, prepare the people, and prepare the vanguardget ready for the time when millions can be led to go for revolution, allout, with a real chance to win. The revolutionary communist party, usa has taken on the responsibility to lead revolution in the u.
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