Party of Communists USA

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{{Infobox political party|name=Party of Communists USA|logo=PCUSA logo.png|founded=2014|chairperson=Chris B.|general_secretary=[[Angelo D'Angelo]]|headquarters=Staten Island, New York, United States|newspaper=''[[The Worker]]''|youth_wing=[[League of Young Communists USA]]|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]|website=https://partyofcommunistsusa.net/}}{{Communist parties}}

The '''Party of Communists USA''' ('''PCUSA''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America]]. The PCUSA claims to be the [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] continuation of the [[Communist Party USA]]. The PCUSA defends the [[Soviet Union]] and the leadership and legacy of [[Joseph Stalin]]. The PCUSA's 1st Congress was held in April 2016.<ref>[https://issuu.com/redmenacemartin/docs/greetings Letters of greetings, founding congress of the PCUSA]</ref> In August 2022, members of the PCUSA split from the party to form the [[American Council of Bolsheviks]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[People's School For Marxist-Leninist Studies]]|newspaper=[[Twitter]]|title=Declaration of the ACB To The Workers In The PCUSA|date=2022-08-15|url=https://twitter.com/OfficialPSMLS/status/1559265455931637762|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815194846/https://twitter.com/OfficialPSMLS/status/1559265455931637762|archive-date=2022-08-15|retrieved=2022-09-05}}</ref>

== Program ==

=== Labor ===
The PCUSA supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hour and supports building the [[World Federation of Trade Unions]] in North America. It advocates repealing the [[Taft–Hartley Act]], which restricts trade union activities.<ref name=":1">{{News citation|newspaper=Party of Communists USA|title=Party Program|url=https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/program/#point1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127053948/https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/program/|archive-date=2022-01-27|retrieved=2022-06-26}}</ref>

=== Education ===
The PCUSA supports free education from kindergarten through college.<ref name=":1" />

=== Health ===
The PCUSA advocates for socialized medicine and a national program for training physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals. It also supports guaranteed pensions for elderly and disabled people.<ref name=":1" />

=== Women's rights ===
The PCUSA supports at least four years of paid parental leave, free childcare, and financial assistance for housework..<ref name=":1" />

=== Housing ===
The PCUSA demands reducing rent to 15% or less of total income and a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures. It advocates for a construction program to build public housing and retrofit older houses to save energy.<ref name=":1" />

== Membership ==
The PCUSA has three membership levels as well as one non-member status:<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=Party of Communists USA|year=2014|title=Statutes of the Party of Communists USA|title-url=https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/constitution/|chapter=|section=}}</ref>

* Supporters pay dues to the party but have not officially applied to join the party.
* Associate members are members who pay dues and are non-voting members of mass movements.
* Candidate members are active members who undergo 12 months of training before applying for cadre status.
* Cadres are active members of the party that can hold leadership positions in the party.

== Structure ==
[[File:PCUSA districts.png|thumb|306x306px|Four districts of PCUSA: Blue (west), red (midwest), orange (east), and green (south).]]
The PCUSA is organized into four districts: Eastern, Southern, Midwestern, and Pacific. These districts are divided into local units called cells or clubs.

=== Congress ===
The national congress of the PCUSA elects a Central Committee, Politburo, and Council of Secretaries to serve between congresses. The Central Committee meets at least twice a year.<ref name=":0" />

=== Politburo ===
The Politburo of the PCUSA contains eight officers (including a General Secretary), four district organizers (Eastern, Southern, Midwestern, and Pacific), and three other members. The Politburo meets at least once a week except during the holiday season from late November to early January.<ref name=":0" />

==== Politburo officers ====
The General Secretary presides over meeting of the Politburo and Central Committee but cannot make a unilateral action without a majority vote of the Politburo. If the General Secretary is incapacitated, the National Chair acts as General Secretary until the Central Committee elects a new General Secretary.<ref name=":0" />

== Party organizations ==
The PCUSA maintains the organization [[US Friends of the Soviet People]],<ref>https://usfriendsofthesovietpeople.info</ref> active in support of the peoples of the former Soviet Union including the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] and [[Luhansk People's Republic|Lugansk People's Republic]].

== Publications ==
The newspaper of the PCUSA is ''[[The Worker]]'' and its theoretical journal is ''[[The Communist]]''. The League of Young Communists USA has a magazine called ''[[Red Patriot]]''.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Red Patriot|title=About|url=https://redpat.org/about/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514095439/https://redpat.org/about/|archive-date=2021-05-14|retrieved=2022-07-26}}</ref>

== Elections ==
The PCUSA runs candidates in local, state, and national elections. In the 2020 general election, PCUSA ran [[Christopher Helali]] as a candidate for Vermont's at-large congressional district.<ref>https://suncommunitynews.com/news/82310/the-communist-next-door-christopher-helali-of-vermont/</ref><ref>https://mynewsonthego.com/denton/Epaper/PdfReader.aspx?pageid=88b7e858-1b18-4e66-8e2f-4eec498e9d37&freeid=4f4a062d-4eab-46ad-ac48-8f11211e6734&tarp=dfab5bd1-dcf2-4027-aca6-f9d041151df7&signInAction=&isPhony=0&isMgr=0&isEdit=0&isBook=0&search=#puzzle,1640,1609519897361</ref><ref>https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/election-info-resources/candidates/</ref> When not running its own candidates, the PCUSA endorses other anti-racist, anti-war, and pro-worker candidates who are not part of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] or [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] parties.

== See also ==
* [[Center for Political Innovation]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Statesian communist parties]]

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