CPUSA Mailbag
I am a student at Rhode Island College and I am writing a historiography on the CPUSA in the 1930's....
While I understand your desire, following from much of the academic work on our Party as well as popular misconceptions, the choices you offer are too limiting. Not possible to...
I am a student at Lower Lake High School, I am currently working on a Presentation of your party, I...
We don’t have an “official” position on drugs. I personally favor the legalization of marijuana, or at least decriminalization. Legalization in Colorado and Washington State has thus far proved to...
What response do you usually have to arguments against communism such as "Communism does not work because humans are naturally...
I don’t have any specific articles to suggest on those subjects, but reference to the actual experiences of socialist countries offers some illumination on how things might work. It is...
I am curious as to the stance of the Communist Party USA on gun ownership?
The Communist Party doesn’t have a “stance” or “official position” on gun ownership. We do support the Second Amendment rights to gun ownership, and we also support common sense restrictions...
Does the CPUSA advocate the violent overthrow of the American government? Don't all Communists advocate violence?
No, we do not. We support the fullest expression of the democratic will of the majority, advocating extending democratic control over the economic decisions which affect our lives. We believe...