Joe Sims
Joe Sims — CPUSA co-chair; the face of the Democrats-forever line, target of Haz's "ditch the Democrats" polemic, later recipient of a guarded unity offer.
The polemic
Why the Communist Party Needs to DITCH the Democrats, addressed "to Joe Sims and Rossana Cambron":
- The popular-front-with-Democrats line subordinates the working class to "the Rockefeller bourgeoisie of the Democratic Party" — while Lenin said the monopoly bourgeoisie is inherently reactionary.
- The CP's whole rubric for judging "progressive" derives from foundations funded by that same bourgeoisie.
- On January 6 and elections: the CP defends "the illusion and veneer of democracy, not an actual democracy."
The opening
By 2025, with Sims publicly repositioning (COMMUNISM WINNING | WE'RE SO BACK stream): "Guess who's breaking out of their shell? Joe Sims... If there's no difference between Joe Sims and ACP anymore, then let's talk." Unity on condition of actual independence from the Democrats — the Grotewohl question in American key (Rossana Cambron, American Communist Party).