Joelle Fishman

 
 
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.

 

 

Conneticut Communist Party in action

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.

BY:Joelle Fishman| October 31, 2014
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Top ten reasons to vote

Top ten reasons to vote

Refusing to vote is not rebellion, it's surrender  

BY:Joelle Fishman| October 30, 2014
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Women are fighting back

Women are fighting back

Women's rights are on the line in next week's election.  Your vote can make a difference.

BY:Joelle Fishman And Chauncey K. Robinson| October 27, 2014
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Voter turnout is the key

Voter turnout is the key

Most governor and U.S. Senate races are toss ups. This election could go either way.

BY:Joelle Fishman| September 18, 2014
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Convention Discussion: Turn up the heat!

Convention Discussion: Turn up the heat!

Submitted by Joelle Fishman, Chair Connecticut Communist Party USA Our name embodies our outlook, tactics and strategy and is an integral part of building a bigger Communist Party and a...

BY:Joelle Fishman| May 22, 2014
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