Communist Party
The Communist Party in the ’30s: The Depression and the great upsurge
May 14, 2019When the Depression struck, Herbert Hoover and the business press said to wait for economic adjustment. But unemployed and hungry people couldn't wait.
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Remembering Pete Seeger on his 100th birthday
May 2, 2019Military intelligence deemed Pete unfit for sensitive positions due to his “Communistic sympathies" and "unsatisfactory relations with landlords."
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Campus events recall Communist Party’s history of fighting racism
May 2, 2019A uniquely American form of amnesia has targeted historians, making “positive appraisals of communists nearly non-existent.”
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May Day flashbacks: Memories of a Communist and working-class leader
April 30, 2019On this special day, workers hold their heads higher and walk with a jaunty spring to their step. This is their day.
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Turkey’s communist mayor promises “small steps to socialism”
April 29, 2019The Communist Party of Turkey’s Fatih Macoglu plans investment in agriculture and infrastructure to transform Dersim into "a new socialist city."
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