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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Alien Registration Act of 1940 usedAgainst Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party USA members
Internal Security Act of 1950 affects Communist Party USA
McCarran Act relatedTo Communist Party USA
Carl Foreman memberOf Communist Party USA
Yates v. United States topic Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party of the United States
Esther Abramowitz Foster memberOf Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: American communist movement
Sidney Finkelstein memberOf Communist Party USA
Robert Rossen politicalAffiliation Communist Party USA
James P. Cannon wasMemberOf Communist Party USA
James P. Cannon wasMemberOf Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Workers (Communist) Party of America
James P. Cannon wasExpelledFrom Communist Party USA
Charles Ruthenberg memberOf Communist Party USA
Joe Sims memberOf Communist Party USA
People’s World historicallyAssociatedWith Communist Party USA
Henry Winston memberOf Communist Party USA
Henry Winston allyOf Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party USA leadership
Young Communist League USA parentOrganization Communist Party USA
Young Communist League USA affiliation Communist Party USA
Young Communist League USA politicalAlignment Communist Party USA
Rosanna Cambron memberOf Communist Party USA
Gus Hall memberOf Communist Party USA
Budd Schulberg memberOf Communist Party USA
Joy Davidman memberOf Communist Party USA
Joy Davidman as an American poet memberOf Communist Party USA
subject surface form: Joy Davidman
Lyndon LaRouche memberOf Communist Party USA
Lincoln Battalion politicalSupportNetwork Communist Party USA
Workers Party of America parentOrganization Communist Party USA
Workers Party of America foundedBy Communist Party USA
Workers Party of America mergedInto Communist Party USA
Workers Party of America precededBy Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party of America
Workers Party of America succeededBy Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Workers (Communist) Party of America
The Whole of Their Lives mainSubject Communist Party USA
The Red Decade criticizes Communist Party USA
The Red Decade portrays Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party USA as a threat to American democracy
Louis Fraina memberOf Communist Party USA
this entity surface form: Communist Party of America