Communist Party USA: Difference between revisions

The '''Communist Party of the United States of America''' ('''CPUSA''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America|United States]] currently under a [[Reformism|reformist]] and [[Opportunism|opportunist]] leadership.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=John Bachtell, chairman of PCUSA until 2019|date=2014-06-23|title=Elections, the state, reform and revolution|url=http://www.politicalaffairs.net/elections-the-state-reform-and-revolution/|newspaper=Political Affairs|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=|quote=The CPUSA has long said the transition to US socialism will be much more prolonged and complex. [...] Just like the socialist society we envision - peaceful, humane and democratic – so too must be the path as it will shape every aspect of the new society.<br><br>[...]<br><br>Marx and Engels foresaw the possibility of peaceful transition particularly under conditions of the democratic or bourgeois republic. [...] Even Lenin initially thought a peaceful transition to workers' and peasants' power in Russia would be possible as a result of the crisis brought on by WWI, but the armed intervention of western imperialist powers changed the course of history.}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=John Bachtell, chairman of CPUSA until 2019|date=2018-04-25|title=Marxism a vibrant philosophical outlook, says CPUSA leader|url=https://www.cpusa.org/article/marxism-a-vibrant-philosophical-outlook-says-cpusa-leader/|newspaper=CPUSA Blog|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=|quote=Non-violent peaceful resistance is a very important form of struggle. <br><br>[...]<br><br>It will be what we call a democratic path. One that utilizes the electoral  arena but also other democratic venues where we’re constantly trying to expand our right}}</ref><ref>[[Essay:On the Webbite Tendency in CPUSA|On the Webbite Tendency in CPUSA]]: Essay by anonymous CPUSA Party member, published by [[Comrade:Jucheguevara|Jucheguevara]]</ref> It was established in 1919 after a split from the [[Socialist Party of America]].