The Communist Party USA issued the following statement on Sept. 11, 2025.
The cycle of political violence that’s plagued the U.S. grew worse with the killing of right-wing Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk in Utah. The Communist Party USA rejects such violence.
In response, the MAGA movement, including Trump, has blamed Kirk’s murder on the “radical left,” labeling left politics a national security threat and calling for a crackdown and even war.
Yet, according to even ruling-class law enforcement, the main source of political violence in our country is the radical right. This includes the thousands of insurrectionists whose attack on the U.S. Capitol the Trump White House pardoned, giving not only a nod and wink but outright approval. It also includes the assassination just weeks ago of Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.
MAGA’s complete hypocrisy seems endless, and their refusal to address the use of weapons of war on our streets is a case in point.
The working-class and democratic movements know full well from our own long experience that acts of violence and terror only serve the interests of the forces of hate, racism, intolerance, and reaction.
Political violence against individuals, including mass shootings, serves no useful purpose, and we condemn them. Only systemic change will bring about the society we seek. Such change must come through non-violent, peaceful mass struggle.
The Communist Party USA recommits itself to this goal. We shall not be moved.
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