Jarvis Tyner

 
 
Jarvis Tyner

Jarvis Tyner is executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA and a long-time member of the party's national board.. He was a founding member of the Black Radical Congress and served on its national coordinating committee for five years.

Tyner was born in the Mill Creek community of West Philadelphia in 1941 and graduated from West Philadelphia High School. He joined the Communist Party USA at the age of 20. After several years working in various industrial jobs in the Philadelphia area, where he was a member of the Amalgamated Lithographers and the Teamsters union, he moved to New York in 1967 to become the national chair of the DuBois Clubs of America, and later founding chair of the Young Workers Liberation League. He was the Communist Party USA candidate for vice president of the U.S. in 1972 and 1976, running with party leader Gus Hall.

As a leader of the CPUSA Tyner has been an active public spokesperson against racism, imperialism and war. He has written numerous articles and pamphlets and appears on the media, campuses and in other public venues advocating for peace, equality and the socialist alternative. He currently resides in the Inwood section of Manhattan, N.Y., is married and the father of four adult children and one grandchild.

 

Hope is stronger than hate

Hope is stronger than hate

In their effort to win the Congress this year and the White House in 2012, the Republican Party and their tea party attack dogs are unashamedly promoting fear, racism, bigotry...

BY:Jarvis Tyner| September 30, 2010
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CPUSA Youth Conference: Why we are here

CPUSA Youth Conference: Why we are here

Welcome Address to the Communist Party USA Youth Conference by Executive Viecc-Chair Jarvis Tyner.

BY:Jarvis Tyner| September 21, 2010
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The fight against racism: New challenges, new features, new possibilities

The fight against racism: New challenges, new features, new possibilities

A special report to the 29th National Convention of the Communist Party We are having a great convention. It is full of enthusiasm and confidence starting with the report and...

BY:Jarvis Tyner| May 27, 2010
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Special Convention Discussion: African American Equality

Special Convention Discussion: African American Equality

A special report to the National Board on African Americans in the U.S. today.

BY:Jarvis Tyner| April 5, 2010
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African American Equality: Video Discussion with Jarvis Tyner

African American Equality: Video Discussion with Jarvis Tyner

For Black History Month we are presenting a live broadcast of a presentation by Jarvis Tyner.

BY:Jarvis Tyner| February 23, 2010
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