Joelle Fishman
Joelle Fishman chairs the Connecticut Communist Party USA. She is a Commissioner on the City of New Haven Peace Commission, serves on the executive board of the Alliance of Retired Americans in Connecticut and is an active member of many economic rights and social justice organizations. She was a candidate for Congress from 1973 to 1982, maintaining minor-party ballot status for the Communist Party in Connecticut's Third Congressional District. As chair of the CPUSA Political Action Commission, she has played an active role in the broad labor and people's alliance that defeated the ultra-right in the 2008 elections and continues to mobilize for health care, worker rights and peace.
Block party makes for great neighborhood outreach
A day-long block party was a great way to introduce a local communist club to the community.
Bernie Sanders ‘political revolution’
The context of the amazing outpouring and response to Bernie Sanders campaign is the uprising underway for a more just society
State of the Union: Framework to mobilize
Congress is controlled by a belligerent, bought-and-paid corporate minded cabal. What now?
2014 elections: Keep our eyes on the prize
Of course the system is rigged. And more and more people understand that. The challenge is how to organize the anger and build unity strong enough to take on corporate...
Conneticut Communist Party in action
Voter registration, jobs marches and participating in the struggle to prevent climate change have topped the Conneticut district's work.