Communist Party USA

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Marxist-Leninist organization communist party political party

The Communist Party USA is a Marxist-Leninist political organization in the United States that has historically advocated for workers’ rights, socialism, and alignment with the international communist movement.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marxist-Leninist organization → communist party → political party →
affiliatedOrganization	Young Communist League USA →
alignedWith	Communist International → Soviet Union →
color	red →
coreFocus	racial equality → socialist transformation of society → trade union organizing → women’s rights → workers’ rights →
country	United States →
foundedBy	Charles Ruthenberg → John Reed → Louis Fraina →
hasAbbreviation	CPUSA →
hasChairperson	Joe Sims → Rosanna Cambron →
hasNewspaper	People’s World →
hasPredecessor	Communist Labor Party of America → Communist Party of America →
headquartersLocation	New York → New York City → United States →
historicalEra	Cold War → Red Scare →
ideology	Marxism-Leninism → communism → socialism →
inception	1919 →
language	English →
membershipPeakPeriod	1930s → 1940s →
notableMember	Angela Davis → Earl Browder → Gus Hall → Henry Winston → William Z. Foster →
opposes	capitalism → fascism →
participatesIn	United States elections →
politicalPosition	far-left →
supports	expansion of social welfare programs → labor unions → public ownership of key industries →
symbol	hammer and sickle →
wasTargetOf	FBI surveillance → McCarthyism →
website	cpusa.org →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Angela Davis → Benjamin Gitlow ("Communist Party of America") → Benjamin Gitlow → Katherine Oppenheimer → Katherine Puening → Richard Wright → William Z. Foster →	memberOf
Communist Party USA ("Communist Party of America") → Communist Party USA ("Communist Labor Party of America") →	hasPredecessor
Elia Kazan → Sterling Hayden ("Communist Party USA (former)") →	politicalAffiliation
Benjamin Gitlow ("Communist Party of America") →	coFounderOf
William Z. Foster →	employer
Communist Party USA ("CPUSA") →	hasAbbreviation
Comintern →	memberOrganization
Herbert Aptheker ("American communist movement") →	movement
Third International →	notableMemberOrganization
Benjamin Gitlow →	politicalParty