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
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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
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surface form:
CPUSA
|
| hasChairperson |
Joe Sims
ⓘ
Rosanna Cambron ⓘ |
| hasNewspaper | People’s World ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor |
Communist Party USA
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Communist Labor Party of America
Communist Party USA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Communist Party of America
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| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Communist Party USA (former)
subject surface form:
Herbert Aptheker
this entity surface form:
American communist movement
this entity surface form:
CPUSA
this entity surface form:
Communist Party of America
this entity surface form:
Communist Labor Party of America
subject surface form:
Benjamin Gitlow
subject surface form:
Benjamin Gitlow
this entity surface form:
Communist Party of America
this entity surface form:
Communist Party of America
this entity surface form:
Communist Party USA (fictionalized)
subject surface form:
Gus Hall
this entity surface form:
Communist Party
this entity surface form:
Lovestoneite faction of the Communist Party USA
this entity surface form:
Communist Party USA National Committee