Communist Party
Book review: Folk singers, the Communist Party, and the FBI, 1939-1956
September 18, 2020They were partisan. They chose sides. And their politics were well known, including to the FBI.
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‘Five Days, Five Nights’: Flight to freedom from fascist Portugal
September 16, 2020Álvaro Cunhal had a little secret. It was a good thing that he did.
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I’m not voting for my favorite candidate this year
September 16, 2020Truth be told, for most of my life, I never met a progressive independent candidate I didn’t like.
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‘We Charge Genocide’ petition’s call for justice still echoes seven decades later
August 26, 2020The We Charge Genocide petition indicted the anti-Black crimes and violence of U.S. capitalism. The Claudia Jones School for Political Education and the Paul Robeson House are keeping its memory alive.
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Republicans’ rabid anti-communism is a sign of their political weakness
August 25, 2020The notorious Sen. Joe McCarthy would feel right at home at this year’s Republican National Convention.
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