Communist Party USA

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist-Leninist organization
communist party
political party
affiliatedOrganization Young Communist League USA
alignedWith Comintern
surface form: Communist International

Soviet Union
color red
coreFocus racial equality
socialist transformation of society
trade union organizing
women’s rights
workers’ rights
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundedBy Charles Ruthenberg
John Reed
Louis Fraina
hasAbbreviation Communist Party USA self-linksurface differs
surface form: CPUSA
hasChairperson Joe Sims
Rosanna Cambron
hasNewspaper People’s World
hasPredecessor Communist Party USA self-linksurface differs
surface form: Communist Labor Party of America

Communist Party USA self-linksurface differs
surface form: Communist Party of America
headquartersLocation New York
New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
historicalEra Cold War
First Red Scare
surface form: Red Scare
ideology Marxism–Leninism
surface form: 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

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Elia Kazan politicalAffiliation Communist Party USA
Katherine Oppenheimer memberOf Communist Party USA
Katherine Puening memberOf Communist Party USA
Comintern memberOrganization Communist Party USA
Sterling Hayden politicalAffiliation Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party USA (former)
Angela Davis memberOf Communist Party USA
Aptheker movement Communist Party USA
subject surface form: Herbert Aptheker
this entity surface form: American communist movement
William Z. Foster memberOf Communist Party USA
William Z. Foster employer Communist Party USA
Communist Party USA hasAbbreviation Communist Party USA self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CPUSA
Communist Party USA hasPredecessor Communist Party USA self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Communist Party of America
Communist Party USA hasPredecessor Communist Party USA self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Communist Labor Party of America
Richard Wright memberOf Communist Party USA
Gitlow was a socialist political activist politicalParty Communist Party USA
subject surface form: Benjamin Gitlow
Gitlow was a socialist political activist coFounderOf Communist Party USA
subject surface form: Benjamin Gitlow
this entity surface form: Communist Party of America
Benjamin Gitlow memberOf Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party of America
Benjamin Gitlow memberOf Communist Party USA
Third International notableMemberOrganization Communist Party USA
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn memberOf Communist Party USA
Dennis v. United States partyInvolved Communist Party USA
Flora the Red Menace politicalElement Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party USA (fictionalized)
Loray Mill strike of 1929 affiliatedWith Communist Party USA
Hall hasPoliticalAffiliation Communist Party USA
subject surface form: Gus Hall
Morris Swadesh politicalAffiliation Communist Party USA
Herbert Aptheker memberOf Communist Party USA
Joseph Dallet Jr. memberOf Communist Party USA
De Jonge v. Oregon relatedOrganization Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party
George Padmore memberOf Communist Party USA
Claudia Jones politicalParty Communist Party USA
Clara Lemlich memberOf Communist Party USA
Jay Lovestone memberOf Communist Party USA
Jay Lovestone founded Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Lovestoneite faction of the Communist Party USA
Michael Gold memberOf Communist Party USA
Whittaker Chambers memberOf Communist Party USA
Dashiell Hammett memberOf Communist Party USA
General Secretary of the Communist Party USA isLeadershipOf Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party USA National Committee
From Bryan to Stalin focusesOn Communist Party USA
Ring Lardner Jr. politicalAlignment Communist Party USA
Walter Bernstein politicalAffiliation Communist Party USA
Earl Browder politicalParty Communist Party USA
Earl Browder employer Communist Party USA