On January 25th I cross posted Trevor Loudon’s part one exposé
of Communist infiltration in America. A Communism dedicated to the
destruction of the Founding Fathers’ vision of an American Republic sealed by a
Constitution insuring representative government by WE THE PEOPLE under the
providence of nature’s Judeo-Christian Creator. Below is part two.
Here is an excerpt that should inspire you as an American
Patriot, to read the entire article:
The Nature of Communist Organizations
Keep in mind that leftist
groups often overlap, morph, and split. Like their principles, these groups are
forever changing, which adds to the complexity in researching them. One thing
that does not change, however, is the goal of all these organizations: global
communism, which they believe can only be achieved through revolution.
…
No matter how this revolution
is achieved, the United States is the biggest obstacle in their path. Once the
United States succumbs to communism, these activists believe they will be
directly overseeing a new world order.
JRH 2/1/19
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A Beginner’s Guide To
American Communist Parties: Part 2
By Trevor Loudon
Originally posted: The
Epoch Times
January 25, 2019 8:52
am
A Socialist Party supporter holds a protest sign at a
rally to urge Congress to vote against a limited military strike. Photo
by David McNew/Getty Images.
Part Two of this article addresses American communist
groups who organize outside of the Democratic Party, unlike their Democrat
Party-friendly counterparts, who were discussed in Part One.
Broadly speaking,
there are two categories of hard-left organizations in America: those who
organize within the Democrat Party and those who do not. Those who generally
stay away from the Democratic Party encompass dedicated ideologues who are more
likely to engage in street violence and—like their Democrat-friendly
counterparts — work with foreign communist regimes and groups.
While hardened
communists represent a small fraction of the population, they have a
surprisingly powerful impact but receive little scrutiny from the establishment
media. The Revolutionary Communist Party’s flag-burning activities, for
example, resulted in a Supreme Court decision that continues to reverberate.
The Revolutionary
Communist Party’s front group, Refuse Fascism, placed a full-page ad in
the New York Times that was signed by former Weather Underground terrorist,
communist, and former President Barack Obama’s friend Bill Ayers; professor of
theology and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Cornel West; and
militant anti-Israel activist Marc Lamont Hill, to name a few.
The hardcore
Marxist Workers World Party was behind the headline-grabbing push to demolish
confederate-era statues. The Freedom Road Socialist Organization/FightBack!
fought to keep terrorist murderer Rasmea Odeh in the United States.
Communists of all
stripes descended upon Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of the shooting of
Michael Brown; they were behind the Standing Rock standoff over the Dakota
Access Pipeline in North Dakota; they flooded to the border to support the
Honduras Caravan at the end of 2018; they descended upon Charlottesville in
August 2017 to protest the so-called “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally;
and they were behind numerous violent anti-Trump protests in 2016 and 2017.
Communists agitate
their way into headlines on a regular basis; yet many Americans believe
communists somehow evaporated when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down in 1989.
This two-part
series offers a birds-eye view of the U.S.-based organizations, and hopefully
plants the seed for readers to understand that these subversive organizations
exist, and they seek to hurt America.
Socialist Party
USA (SPUSA)
In the early
20th century, the Socialist Party USA (SPUSA)
was the largest Marxist group on the U.S. left with 100,000 members boasting
numerous elected officials, mainly in the Midwest. The SPUSA lost many members
to the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) in the 1920s, and much of the
remaining remnant to the Democratic Socialists Organizing Committee in the
1970s.
Today’s SPUSA
overlaps with the Green Party in some areas, with the Freedom Road Socialist
Organization (FRSO) in Memphis, Tennessee, and with Democratic Socialists of
America (DSA) nationally.
In Memphis, the
SPUSA controls the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center and does interact with
some local Democrats such as Congressmember Steve Cohen (D-TN).
The SPUSA is
probably under a thousand members in total, but has a presence in almost every
state.
The party is
extremely militant, and is effective in some areas on local issues, but is
ultimately a fringe player on the U.S. left.
Socialist
Workers Party (SWP)
In the 1970s, the Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
was a leading force in the anti-Vietnam War movement. Its newspaper The
Militant was widely read on the U.S. left. The SWP began as a pro-Leon Trotsky
split from the CPUSA in the 1920s, and for many years was the country’s
second-largest communist party. Currently, the SWP is a shadow of its former
self.
The SWP abandoned
Trotskyism in the 1980s, and now orientates its international activities around
Cuba and the old Soviet front the World Federation of Democratic Youth. The SWP
has tiny sister groups in Canada, Iceland, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia.
In the United
States, the SWP is now little more than a Marxist cult. Their tactic is to
recruit bright young college students then put them to work for decades in
meat-packing plants in Iowa or Nebraska to connect with the “working class.”
This talent-wasting exercise has been applied since the 1970s with minimal
results.
But they keep
trying.
The once-dynamic
SWP retains maybe 500 members nationwide.
Freedom
Socialist Party (FSP)
The Freedom Socialist Party (FSP)
began in 1966 as a split from the SWP in Seattle. It is militantly feminist,
“anti-racist,” and pro-Cuba. Today, the FSP has branches in Los Angeles, New
York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Melbourne, Australia. It probably has
under 200 members in total.
The FSP is big on
“abortion clinic defense,” usually through their front-group Radical Women.
Workers World
Party (WWP)
The Workers World Party (WWP)
is one of the most hardcore Marxist organizations of any consequence in the
United States. It was founded in 1959 as a pro-China split from the SWP. Its
newspaper, the Workers World’s banner line is “Workers and Oppressed Peoples of
the World Unite.”
They incorporate
elements of Stalin, Mao, and Trotsky into their revolutionary philosophy.
The WWP is a
serious communist party, very active in street protests and often prone to
violence. When you see Confederate statues being toppled in North Carolina or
Louisiana—that’s the WWP.
The WWP has close
ties to Russia, North Korea, and Cuba. These people are one the most dangerous
communist parties in the country.
The WWP has 400–600
members in about 30 branches, mainly in New York, Boston, Chicago, and the West
Coast.
The WWP runs its
own candidates, but the Durham, North Carolina, branch does work with
Democrats.
In 2018, the WWP’s
very strong Detroit branch split from the organization to form a new group,
the Communist Workers League.
Party for
Socialism and Liberation (PSL)
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)
was originally created in 2006, as the result of a split in the WWP, although
their “political line” is almost identical. The San Francisco branch as well as
several other members left the WWP in 2004. The PSL has since established two
national branches in Washington, D.C. and in San Francisco, as well as more
than 20 smaller branches throughout the United States, from Sarasota, Florida,
to West Virginia to Portland, Oregon.
The PSL is a
dynamic and growing party but suffers a high burnout rate of cadre. It is
probably 500 to 800 members strong.
The PSL is very
close to Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Cuba, even the ruling Communist Party
of Nepal. PSL leader Brian Becker is
a regular on Russian Propaganda channel Russia Today (RT) and has his own show
on Russian channel Sputnik.
These people are
serious communists.
Becker and the PSL
have ties to several Muslim groups, including the Nation of Islam and the pro-Hamas
Muslim American Society.
The PSL controls
the nationwide anti-U.S. military organization the ANSWER Coalition.
Freedom Road
Socialist Organization-FightBack! (FRSO-FB)
The FRSO-FB split
from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization in 1998 but kept the same name.
FRSO-FB is centered in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Wisconsin, with some strength
in New York, North Carolina, northern Florida, eastern Texas, Arizona, Utah,
and California. It’s probably around 500 members strong, more if you count its
youth wing, Students for a Democratic Society.
The FRSO-FB is
hard-core Maoist. It supports China, and three officially designated terrorist
organizations: the Communist Party of the Philippines, Colombia’s FARC
guerrillas, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Because of
these connections, the FBI raided the homes of several FRSO-FB members in
September 2010 and issued subpoenas, searching for evidence related to material
support of terrorist groups. No charges were ever made.
FRSO-FB works
closely with the WWP and together have built ties to some pro-Putin elements in
Russia. The FRSO-FB also has close ties to Venezuela.
Solidarity
Headquartered in Detroit,
Michigan, Solidarity is feminist,
green, and socialist. Originally formed by ex-SWP members in 1986, Solidarity
is affiliated to the Fourth International, a worldwide alliance of
Trotskyist parties. Only about 200 members strong, Solidarity has most presence
in New York City and California.
Solidarity comrades
mainly support the Green Party and have some overlap with the Freedom Road
Socialist Organization (not the FightBack! group) and with the DSA.
League of
Revolutionaries for a New America (LRNA)
League of Revolutionaries
for a New America (LRNA)
morphed out of the old Communist Labor Party (CLP), a Maoist grouping that
originated out of a pro-China split in the CPUSA in 1958. The early CLP was
predominately black and Puerto Rican, and today’s LRNA is largely comprised
of “people of color.” The LRNA is extremely secretive about membership, which
probably stands at about 300.
People’s Tribune
was the newspaper of the LRNA, with Rally Comrades! now its official
publication. Its best-known affiliate now is probably Caleb Maupin, a convert from the WWP. He is a regular guest
on RT and a correspondent for Iran’s PressTV.
International
Socialist Organization (ISO)
Founded in 1977,
the International Socialist
Organization (ISO) is now America’s largest Trotskyist
organization. It was aligned for years with the British Socialist Workers
Party, but now has relations with several foreign Trotskyist groupings in
Canada, Australia, and Europe. The ISO has 1,500 to 2,000 members and is
present in most northern and western U.S. cities and Texas.
The ISO is very
active on campuses and in the anti-war movement. It works with and inside the
Green Party. Many ISO leaders have stood for office on the Green ticket,
especially in California.
The ISO publishes a
daily online and monthly print newspaper, Socialist Worker. ISO also
distributes the International Socialist Review and titles from the publishing
house Haymarket Books, both of which are run by the non-profit Center for
Economic Research and Social Change.
Every year, the ISO
hosts a well-attended “Socialism” conference in Chicago.
Socialist
Alternative (SA)
Socialist Alternative (SA) is in political solidarity with
the Committee for a Workers’ International, a worldwide Trotskyist alliance
working in more than 30 countries. SA is the second largest U.S. Trotskyist
grouping after ISO, with probably 600 to 800 members active in most states.
SA first emerged as
“Labor Militant” in 1986, inspired by the example of the UK socialist group
Militant Tendency, which sought to infiltrate the British Labour Party. SA
advocates for electoral opposition to the Democratic Party and concentrates on
running its own candidates. After many electoral campaigns—often on the Green
Party ticket—SA’s biggest success to date was electing their comrade Kshama Sawant to Seattle City Council in 2013.
Party of
Communists, USA (PCUSA)
The Party of Communists, USA
(PCUSA) split from the CPUSA in 2014, mainly because they thought their party
was becoming indistinguishable from the Democratic Party.
Though probably
under 200 members, the diehard Stalinist PCUSA sees itself as the true leader
of American communism and has reached out to more “mainstream” communist
parties in Mexico, Cuba, Europe, Russia, and Canada.
The PCUSA is
strongest in Los Angeles and New York City, where it has some influence in the
Transit Workers Union. The PCUSA publishes a magazine, Ideological Fightback!,
and runs a front group the U.S. Friends of the Soviet People.
Revolutionary
Communist Party (Revcom)
Revolutionary Communist Party (Revcom) is the cultiest group on the
U.S. left. These people worship their great leader Bob Avakian and hang on his
every word.
Revcom has roots in
the Maoist student movement of the Vietnam War era of the 1960s and 1970s. They
have active chapters in at least 15 population centers, mainly centered around
their Revolution bookshops. Once boasting several thousand members, Revcom
today is probably around 500 to 800 members, centered largely in Chicago and
the Bay Area.
Revcom supports
only the most extreme foreign Maoists, such as Peru’s notorious Sendero
Luminoso guerrillas.
Revcom leaders
believe “elections are not the arena where decisions are made about the future
direction of the society” and do not participate in them.
Their
magazine/newsletter Revolution is published weekly in print and online. The
Antifa-like “Refuse Fascism” protest group is a front group for Revcom.
Revcom’s trademark
is burning U.S. flags. If you see black-tee-shirt-clad protesters gleefully
immolating Old Glory it’s almost certainly Revcom.
The Nature of
Communist Organizations
Keep in mind that
leftist groups often overlap, morph, and split. Like their principles, these
groups are forever changing, which adds to the complexity in researching them.
One thing that does not change, however, is the goal of all these
organizations: global communism, which they believe can only be achieved
through revolution.
The biggest debate
within leftist groups is how to best achieve “Revolution.” Is it through the
constant chaos of violent protest, as advised by Leon Trotsky? Is it through
the “march through the institutions” as directed by Antonio Gramsci? Or perhaps
through race-baiting tactics, turning people against one another, as preferred
by Mao Zedong?
No matter how this
revolution is achieved, the United States is the biggest obstacle in their
path. Once the United States succumbs to communism, these activists believe
they will be directly overseeing a new world order.
______________________
Trevor Loudon is an author,
filmmaker and public speaker from New Zealand. For more than 30 years, he has
researched radical left, Marxist and terrorist movements and their covert
influence on mainstream politics.
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