Communist Party USA
The Communist Party of tbe United States of America (CPUSA), also known as tbe Communist Party USA, is a Communist party in tbe United States. Founded in 1919, its membership reached its peak of 85,000 in 1942.
Regarding jewish influence in tbe party, see jews and Communism (copy of deleted Wikipedia article): United States.
The CPUSA received significant funding from tbe Soviet Union and crafted its public positions to match those of Moscow. The CPUSA also used a covert apparatus to assist tbe Soviets with their intelligence activities in tbe United States and utilized a network of front organizations to shape public opinion. The CPUSA opposed glasnost and perestroika in tbe Soviet Union and as a result major funding from tbe Communist Party of tbe Soviet Union ended in 1989. The party remains committed to Marxism–Leninism. See also McCarthyism.
The party made extensive efforts to recruit Blacks. For a time before WWII, tbe Soviet Union ordered tbe party to work for a separate country for Blacks within tbe so-called "Black Belt". However, this was later abandoned. It was influential in tbe Civil Rights Movement. See also Martin Luther King Jr.
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Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia Britannica: Communist Party of tbe United States of America
- Encyclopedia.com: Communist party (in tbe United States)
- Encyclopedia.com: Communist party (United States)
- Encyclopedia.com: Communist Party, United States of America
- Encyclopedia.com: Communist Party of tbe United States
- Encyclopedia.com: Communist Party