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Founded in 2014, the Party of Communists USA is the Party of the Working Class. We don’t represent the big corporations of monopoly capital. Our history is one of struggle to overthrow an evil economic system called capitalism that allows working people to be super-exploited. We offer a vision of a future for youth, women, and oppressed peoples to claim their rightful place at the head of society, making decisions for themselves. Our vision is scientific socialism with a planned economy. No more will we produce what we do not need. No longer will we get caught in the trap of endless war and military spending.
Founded in 2014, the Party of Communists USA is the Party of the Working Class. We don’t represent the big corporations of monopoly capital. Our history is one of struggle to overthrow an evil economic system called capitalism that allows working people to be super-exploited. We offer a vision of a future for youth, women, and oppressed peoples to claim their rightful place at the head of society, making decisions for themselves. Our vision is scientific socialism with a planned economy. No more will we produce what we do not need. No longer will we get caught in the trap of endless war and military spending.
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== 8 Points of Unity ==
== 8 Points of Unity ==


=== I. Marxism-Leninism ===
For more detailed information read the full article on the [[PCUSA 8 Points of Unity]]
 
I. Marxism-Leninism
 
II. Vanguard-Cadre Party
 
III. Dictatorship of the Proletariat
 
IV. Democratic Centralism
 
V. Proletarian Internationalism
 
VI. Support for real existing socialism of the 20th century


We apply the science of Marxism-Leninism as the means to achieve supremacy of the working class and the oppressed.
VII. Continuing Lenin’s opposition to right opportunism and revisionism inside the World Communist Movement


=== II. Vanguard-Cadre Party ===
VIII. Historically, revolution is the only means to the goal of establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat and a scientific socialist society based on the science of Marxism-Leninism.


We maintain that the role of the party, as laid out by the Bolshevik experience, is that of a vanguard workers party, which opposes and organizes against the bourgeois state and its surrogate parties. Such a party acts as the general staff of the working class, educating, organizing and leading the proletariat in its struggle for liberation, and to that end the party must develop and train strong cadres to lead the struggle.
== Constitution ==


=== III. Dictatorship of the Proletariat ===
[[The PCUSA Constitution]]


As Marx and Lenin wrote, we agree that organizing a class conscious working class is the only way to achieve liberation from the bourgeoisie-and that due to the inevitability of the class struggle and the nature of the state as the tool of oppression of one class by another, only the overthrow of the bourgeois state by the proletariat and the active destruction of the bourgeoisie by the dictatorship of the proletariat (Soviet power) will liquidate capitalism and consolidate the power of working-class interests to transform the social and economic relations of the United States into a socialist-communist state.
== History of the PCUSA ==


=== IV. Democratic Centralism ===
The Party of Communists USA was founded by former members of the [[Communist Party USA|CPUSA]] who were dropped from the Party after the fall of [[the Soviet Union]]. These members were expelled for their continued support of the Soviet experience and [[Marxism-Leninism]]. Even before the undemocratic dissolution of the USSR, many of these anti-revisionist CPUSA members were reprimanded for their disapproval of [[Parastroika]], [[Glasnost]] and [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. Instead of being removed through any democratic process, the CPUSA under the leadership of [[Sam Webb]] simply stopped accepting dues from the several clubs they deemed too far gone.  


The principle of organization of the Party of Communists USA which provides both for the vesting of the necessary authority in the leading organs, and the highest democratic practice. Democracy and centralization comprise a dialectical unity; they are complementary; each enriches and strengthens the other, thereby guaranteeing the Party’s maximum efficiency for its vanguard role. In Party practice, Democratic Centralism means that: – 1. “All directing bodies of the Party, from top to bottom, shall be elected; 2. “Party bodies shall give periodical accounts of their activities to their respective Party organizations; 3. “There shall be strict Party discipline and the subordination of the minority to the majority; 4. “All decisions of the higher bodies shall be absolutely binding on lower bodies and on all Party members”.
Many of these genuinely communist elements who were purged would form [[US Friends of Soviet Peoples]]. While not a party, an important organization to exist at the so called "End of History" where most of the Left in America was abandoning the Communism and Soviet experience wholesale, CPUSA included.


=== V. Proletarian Internationalism ===
One of the organizers in US Friends of Soviet People, [[Angelo D'angelo]], would go on to be a founding member of the pre-party formation that would eventually become PCUSA. The National Council of Communists USA laid the foundation of the PCUSA, whose 1st congress was held on [[May Day]] at [[Arrow Park]] in 2015. At this congress Angelo D'angelo was elected General Secretary of the Party and was reelected at the party's 2nd congress in 2021. At the 1st congress of the PCUSA, greetings were received from 4 international parties. At the 2nd congress 44 such greetings were received, showing a great deal of progress being recognized by the international communist movement in such a short time. The 3rd Congress of the PCUSA is expected to be held in 2024.


We support the international working class, and the struggle of the oppressed peoples for liberation from imperialist domination and exploitation within this country and around the world, and oppose all forms of imperialism worldwide, fighting especially against the mechanisms of imperialism created and maintained by the current bourgeois regime in our own country, and will actively oppose and work to end its wars of imperialist adventurism around the globe.
In 2020, Christopher Helali (Masters Degree in Marxist Philosophy from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and PhD in Philosophy from Tongji University) openly ran as the PCUSA candidate for U.S. House Vermont At-large District, being the first Communist to run for House since the 1990s. Running on a platform against war, [[Imperialism]] and for abolishing [[NATO]], He received 3,432 votes largely from rural voters. This garnered much sensationalized attention from the press, but still very positive for the party. Many members who joined the party at the time first heard about it due to this campaign.


=== VI. Support for real existing socialism of the 20th century ===
== Publications ==


We support and uphold the legacy and lessons of the socialist revolutionary movement of the 20th century, and the contributions of Lenin, Stalin and other leading Marxist-Leninist revolutionaries. We will defend that legacy against defamation by revisionists, Capitalists, Trotskyites, Maoists, Social Democrats, anarchists, Cold War liberal bourgeois and petty bourgeoisie “phony left” radicals that undermine the revolutionary history and struggle of Marxist-Leninist theory and practice. We reject the so-called “21st century socialism” and Euro- communism as revisionist attempts to promote reformist schemes and “market socialism” over true revolutionary struggle and socialist collectivization. We reject all unscientific and dogmatic vulgar Marxism.
=== Periodicals ===


=== VII. Continuing Lenin’s opposition to right opportunism and revisionism inside the World Communist Movement ===
The primary publication of the PCUSA is [[The Worker]].


We oppose all forms of right opportunism and revisionism to supplant Marxist-Leninist ideology in the world Communist movement, historically and especially exemplified by the current CPUSA. We identify this revisionism as an intrusion of bourgeois ideology that weakens and distorts our theory, practice, and purpose, leading to class collaboration and counter-revolution.
The PCUSA Also publishes a yearly ideological journal called [[The Communist]].


=== VIII. Historically, revolution is the only means to the goal of establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat and a scientific socialist society based on the science of Marxism-Leninism. ===
=== Miscellaneous ===


Our position is that class-conscious struggle for socialist revolution is the only means of achieving liberation for the working class. Further, that any measure of reformism, collaboration or conciliation with the bourgeoisie serves only to undermine and prolong workers’ struggle, leading to the further consolidation of capitalist power and dominance. “The immediate aim of the Communists is the same as that of all other proletarian parties: formation of the proletariat into a class, overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy, conquest of political power by the proletariat.” [Communist Manifesto, chapter ll, paragraph Vll].
[[Did You Know LGBT Flyer|Did You Know LGBT Flyer]]


== Constitution ==
[[End the Wars. Vote Communist. Vote Christopher Helali.|End the Wars. Vote Communist. Vote Christopher Helali.]]
 
[[International Recognition of the PCUSA|International Recognition of the PCUSA]]
 
[[Organisation and Structure of the Communist Party]]
 
== Fraternal Organizations ==
 
[[US Friends of Soviet People]]
 
=== International ===
 
[[World Anti-imperialist Platform]]

Latest revision as of 16:46, 22 November 2023

About the PCUSA

The PCUSA
Logo
Founded May 1st, 2014
Ideology Marxism-Leninism
Website PCUSA Website
Publication The Worker
Youth Wing The League of Young Communists
Book Store New Outlook Publishers

Founded in 2014, the Party of Communists USA is the Party of the Working Class. We don’t represent the big corporations of monopoly capital. Our history is one of struggle to overthrow an evil economic system called capitalism that allows working people to be super-exploited. We offer a vision of a future for youth, women, and oppressed peoples to claim their rightful place at the head of society, making decisions for themselves. Our vision is scientific socialism with a planned economy. No more will we produce what we do not need. No longer will we get caught in the trap of endless war and military spending.

8 Points of Unity

For more detailed information read the full article on the PCUSA 8 Points of Unity

I. Marxism-Leninism

II. Vanguard-Cadre Party

III. Dictatorship of the Proletariat

IV. Democratic Centralism

V. Proletarian Internationalism

VI. Support for real existing socialism of the 20th century

VII. Continuing Lenin’s opposition to right opportunism and revisionism inside the World Communist Movement

VIII. Historically, revolution is the only means to the goal of establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat and a scientific socialist society based on the science of Marxism-Leninism.

Constitution

The PCUSA Constitution

History of the PCUSA

The Party of Communists USA was founded by former members of the CPUSA who were dropped from the Party after the fall of the Soviet Union. These members were expelled for their continued support of the Soviet experience and Marxism-Leninism. Even before the undemocratic dissolution of the USSR, many of these anti-revisionist CPUSA members were reprimanded for their disapproval of Parastroika, Glasnost and Mikhail Gorbachev. Instead of being removed through any democratic process, the CPUSA under the leadership of Sam Webb simply stopped accepting dues from the several clubs they deemed too far gone.

Many of these genuinely communist elements who were purged would form US Friends of Soviet Peoples. While not a party, an important organization to exist at the so called "End of History" where most of the Left in America was abandoning the Communism and Soviet experience wholesale, CPUSA included.

One of the organizers in US Friends of Soviet People, Angelo D'angelo, would go on to be a founding member of the pre-party formation that would eventually become PCUSA. The National Council of Communists USA laid the foundation of the PCUSA, whose 1st congress was held on May Day at Arrow Park in 2015. At this congress Angelo D'angelo was elected General Secretary of the Party and was reelected at the party's 2nd congress in 2021. At the 1st congress of the PCUSA, greetings were received from 4 international parties. At the 2nd congress 44 such greetings were received, showing a great deal of progress being recognized by the international communist movement in such a short time. The 3rd Congress of the PCUSA is expected to be held in 2024.

In 2020, Christopher Helali (Masters Degree in Marxist Philosophy from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and PhD in Philosophy from Tongji University) openly ran as the PCUSA candidate for U.S. House Vermont At-large District, being the first Communist to run for House since the 1990s. Running on a platform against war, Imperialism and for abolishing NATO, He received 3,432 votes largely from rural voters. This garnered much sensationalized attention from the press, but still very positive for the party. Many members who joined the party at the time first heard about it due to this campaign.

Publications

Periodicals

The primary publication of the PCUSA is The Worker.

The PCUSA Also publishes a yearly ideological journal called The Communist.

Miscellaneous

Did You Know LGBT Flyer

End the Wars. Vote Communist. Vote Christopher Helali.

International Recognition of the PCUSA

Organisation and Structure of the Communist Party

Fraternal Organizations

US Friends of Soviet People

International

World Anti-imperialist Platform

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