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Life and times of Claudia Jones: In her own words

February 25, 2021 By Claudia Jones

A letter written by the legendary Black woman leader to then-CPUSA National Chair William Z. Foster, on Dec. 6, 1955, the eve of her deportation.

From the People’s World archives: W.E.B. DuBois joins the Communist Party

February 23, 2021 By W.E.B. DuBois And Gus Hall

Editor’s Note: Dr. William E. Burghardt DuBois was born Feb. 23, 1868. Near the end of his life, in 1961, he applied for membership in the Communist Party USA. His letter, and the response from Gus...

Little Steel Strike: Remembering the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre

May 22, 2020 By Fred Gaboury

By day’s end, an army of gun-toting, stick wielding Chicago cops had shot ten dead, leaving hundreds of others beaten and gassed.

Archives 1974: Communist leader Gus Hall on the Nixon impeachment and resignation

December 19, 2019 By Gus Hall

Hall called Nixon’s exit a “positive step,” but warned that the forces behind his conspiracy” were still in power. They still are today.

Let Them Tremble: Author Tony Pecinovsky discusses new book on CPUSA

November 26, 2019 By C.J. Atkins

Mainstream historians concluded the CPUSA died a long time ago, but a new collection of biographies is challenging that narrative.