CP100

Communist Party USA: 100 years in struggle for peace, democracy, socialism

August 30, 2019 By People’s World Editorial Board

Just as it was a century ago, the idea of socialism is again on the minds of millions. And just like then, the Communist Party is a part of the mix.

My parents were Communists: The story of our 1934 eviction

August 30, 2019 By Noyma Appelbaum

My mother had not enjoyed a formal education, but she possessed a highly developed sense of working-class “street smarts”: She knew who the enemy was and how to deal with him.

Saga of 1930s Alabama Communists has lessons for today

August 26, 2019 By Henry Millstein

Activists today need to understand that they are building on a long and powerful heritage of working-class and anti-racist organization and struggle in this country.

Ben Riskin, the Communist behind “portal-to-portal” pay

August 20, 2019 By Tim Wheeler

He fought to win workers pay for the time it takes them to get to and from their job, but corporate-controlled Congressmen took it away.

Against fascism and war: The Communist Party USA’s third decade

August 19, 2019 By Norman Markowitz

Was there truth to the allegation that Communists—both in the Soviet Union and around the world—had helped Hitler start World War II?