Norman Markowitz
Red Scare without the Reds? Clay Risen loses the plot
Blind to anti-communism's function in the class and democratic struggle, Risen erases CPUSA history, presenting McCarthyism as a mere cultural phenomenon.
The Communist movement and gay rights: The long hidden history
Communist and Socialist contributions to the struggle for Gay Rights are deserving of both recognition and analysis.
Dashiell Hammett: from Pinkerton spy to proletarian writer
From Pinkerton detective to anti-fascist writer and CPUSA activist hounded by HUAC and the FBI, Hammett's experiences and politics led to major developments of the private detective genre.
Louise Thompson Patterson: A Revolutionary Life
For nearly 80 years Louise Thompson Patterson was an organizer and leader of the freedom movement. Her story deserves to be told and her life emulated.
A few of the Communist women who shaped U.S. history
Major histories of women in and of the CPUSA have yet to be written, just as true women’s equality has yet to be won in the United States.