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| {{Infobox political party|name=Party of Communists USA|logo=PCUSA logo.png|founded=2014|chairperson=Chris B.|general_secretary=[[Angelo D'Angelo]]|headquarters=Staten Island, New York, United States|newspaper=''[[The Worker]]''|youth_wing=[[League of Young Communists USA]]|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]|website=https://partyofcommunistsusa.net/}}{{Communist parties}}
| | == Overview == |
| | The '''Party of Communists USA''' ('''PCUSA''') is a Marxist Leninist political party within the United States of America founded in 2015. PCUSA is a Marxist-Leninist party which upholds the legacy of the CPUSA of old. |
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| The '''Party of Communists USA''' ('''PCUSA''') is a [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America]]. The PCUSA claims to be the [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] continuation of the [[Communist Party USA]]. The PCUSA defends the [[Soviet Union]] and the leadership and legacy of [[Joseph Stalin]]. The PCUSA's 1st Congress was held in April 2016.<ref>[https://issuu.com/redmenacemartin/docs/greetings Letters of greetings, founding congress of the PCUSA]</ref> In August 2022, members of the PCUSA split from the party to form the [[American Council of Bolsheviks]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[People's School For Marxist-Leninist Studies]]|newspaper=[[Twitter]]|title=Declaration of the ACB To The Workers In The PCUSA|date=2022-08-15|url=https://twitter.com/OfficialPSMLS/status/1559265455931637762|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815194846/https://twitter.com/OfficialPSMLS/status/1559265455931637762|archive-date=2022-08-15|retrieved=2022-09-05}}</ref> | | === Origins === |
| | The PCUSA had its origins in the National Council of Communists USA (NCCUSA). The PCUSA was founded in 2015 by members of the National Council of Communists USA (NCCUSA) in 2015. The origins of the PCUSA lie in clubs expelled from the Communist Party USA during the Sam Webb Era. These clubs included ones located in NYC, Los Angeles, Houston, Staten Island, and many other places. These clubs were expelled for standing true to the Marxist Leninist traditions of William Z Foster, Gus Hall, Henry Winston, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn among others. The PCUSA is led by former CPUSA member Angelo D'Angelo a former student activist at Wagner College and a teachers union organizer. The leadership of the PCUSA is almost exclusively made up of former CPUSA members. |
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| == Program == | | === Ideological Orientation === |
| | PCUSA in many respects is unique to the left in America. PCUSA continues almost alone to uphold the American revolution as progressive and upholds American patriotism as the CPUSA of old once did. PCUSA alongside the Communist Party of Ukraine and Communist Party of the Russian Federation support the SMO, standing out amongst American communist organizations. |
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| === Labor === | | === Today === |
| The PCUSA supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hour and supports building the [[World Federation of Trade Unions]] in North America. It advocates repealing the [[Taft–Hartley Act]], which restricts trade union activities.<ref name=":1">{{News citation|newspaper=Party of Communists USA|title=Party Program|url=https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/program/#point1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127053948/https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/program/|archive-date=2022-01-27|retrieved=2022-06-26}}</ref> | | PCUSA is active across the USA. The Party has run candidates for office such as Christopher Helali in 2020 for Vermont's single House seat. The PCUSA was one of the few communist organizations to attend the 2023 February 19th "Rage Against the War Machine" protest. PCUSA alongside its affiliates, the American Student Union (ASU), Movement for People's Democracy (MPD), and Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE) attended February 19th. |
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| === Education === | | == Links == |
| The PCUSA supports free education from kindergarten through college.<ref name=":1" />
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| === Health ===
| | * [https://partyofcommunistsusa.net Website] |
| The PCUSA advocates for socialized medicine and a national program for training physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals. It also supports guaranteed pensions for elderly and disabled people.<ref name=":1" />
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| === Women's rights ===
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| The PCUSA supports at least four years of paid parental leave, free childcare, and financial assistance for housework..<ref name=":1" />
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| === Housing ===
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| The PCUSA demands reducing rent to 15% or less of total income and a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures. It advocates for a construction program to build public housing and retrofit older houses to save energy.<ref name=":1" />
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| == Membership ==
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| The PCUSA has three membership levels as well as one non-member status:<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=Party of Communists USA|year=2014|title=Statutes of the Party of Communists USA|title-url=https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/constitution/|chapter=|section=}}</ref>
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| * Supporters pay dues to the party but have not officially applied to join the party.
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| * Associate members are members who pay dues and are non-voting members of mass movements.
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| * Candidate members are active members who undergo 12 months of training before applying for cadre status.
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| * Cadres are active members of the party that can hold leadership positions in the party.
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| == Structure ==
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| [[File:PCUSA districts.png|thumb|306x306px|Four districts of PCUSA: Blue (west), red (midwest), orange (east), and green (south).]]
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| The PCUSA is organized into four districts: Eastern, Southern, Midwestern, and Pacific. These districts are divided into local units called cells or clubs.
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| === Congress ===
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| The national congress of the PCUSA elects a Central Committee, Politburo, and Council of Secretaries to serve between congresses. The Central Committee meets at least twice a year.<ref name=":0" />
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| === Politburo ===
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| The Politburo of the PCUSA contains eight officers (including a General Secretary), four district organizers (Eastern, Southern, Midwestern, and Pacific), and three other members. The Politburo meets at least once a week except during the holiday season from late November to early January.<ref name=":0" />
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| ==== Politburo officers ====
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| The General Secretary presides over meeting of the Politburo and Central Committee but cannot make a unilateral action without a majority vote of the Politburo. If the General Secretary is incapacitated, the National Chair acts as General Secretary until the Central Committee elects a new General Secretary.<ref name=":0" />
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| == Party organizations ==
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| The PCUSA maintains the organization [[US Friends of the Soviet People]],<ref>https://usfriendsofthesovietpeople.info</ref> active in support of the peoples of the former Soviet Union including the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] and [[Luhansk People's Republic|Lugansk People's Republic]].
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| == Publications ==
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| The newspaper of the PCUSA is ''[[The Worker]]'' and its theoretical journal is ''[[The Communist]]''. The League of Young Communists USA has a magazine called ''[[Red Patriot]]''.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Red Patriot|title=About|url=https://redpat.org/about/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514095439/https://redpat.org/about/|archive-date=2021-05-14|retrieved=2022-07-26}}</ref>
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| == Elections ==
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| The PCUSA runs candidates in local, state, and national elections. In the 2020 general election, PCUSA ran [[Christopher Helali]] as a candidate for Vermont's at-large congressional district.<ref>https://suncommunitynews.com/news/82310/the-communist-next-door-christopher-helali-of-vermont/</ref><ref>https://mynewsonthego.com/denton/Epaper/PdfReader.aspx?pageid=88b7e858-1b18-4e66-8e2f-4eec498e9d37&freeid=4f4a062d-4eab-46ad-ac48-8f11211e6734&tarp=dfab5bd1-dcf2-4027-aca6-f9d041151df7&signInAction=&isPhony=0&isMgr=0&isEdit=0&isBook=0&search=#puzzle,1640,1609519897361</ref><ref>https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/election-info-resources/candidates/</ref> When not running its own candidates, the PCUSA endorses other anti-racist, anti-war, and pro-worker candidates who are not part of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] or [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] parties.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Center for Political Innovation]]
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| == References ==
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Overview
The Party of Communists USA (PCUSA) is a Marxist Leninist political party within the United States of America founded in 2015. PCUSA is a Marxist-Leninist party which upholds the legacy of the CPUSA of old.
Origins
The PCUSA had its origins in the National Council of Communists USA (NCCUSA). The PCUSA was founded in 2015 by members of the National Council of Communists USA (NCCUSA) in 2015. The origins of the PCUSA lie in clubs expelled from the Communist Party USA during the Sam Webb Era. These clubs included ones located in NYC, Los Angeles, Houston, Staten Island, and many other places. These clubs were expelled for standing true to the Marxist Leninist traditions of William Z Foster, Gus Hall, Henry Winston, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn among others. The PCUSA is led by former CPUSA member Angelo D'Angelo a former student activist at Wagner College and a teachers union organizer. The leadership of the PCUSA is almost exclusively made up of former CPUSA members.
Ideological Orientation
PCUSA in many respects is unique to the left in America. PCUSA continues almost alone to uphold the American revolution as progressive and upholds American patriotism as the CPUSA of old once did. PCUSA alongside the Communist Party of Ukraine and Communist Party of the Russian Federation support the SMO, standing out amongst American communist organizations.
Today
PCUSA is active across the USA. The Party has run candidates for office such as Christopher Helali in 2020 for Vermont's single House seat. The PCUSA was one of the few communist organizations to attend the 2023 February 19th "Rage Against the War Machine" protest. PCUSA alongside its affiliates, the American Student Union (ASU), Movement for People's Democracy (MPD), and Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE) attended February 19th.
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