Communist Party
‘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.
Read moreI’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.
Read more‘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.
Read moreRepublicans’ 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.
Read moreHow Communist ‘popular front’ activism built a labor-community alliance that changed Detroit
August 24, 2020Rather than focusing on the CPUSA’s relation to the Soviet party—a favorite topic of historians—Ryan Pettengill has begun to unearth the everyday activities of rank-and-file Communists.
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