The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) was established on this day in 1919. CPUSA provided legal aid to the Scottsboro Boys, helped poor Southern farmers form sharecropper unions, and promoted communist ideas within the U.S.

The party was established after a split in the Socialist Party of America following the Russian Revolution, and initially operated underground due to the Palmer Raids, a series of anti-immigrant, anti-labor, and anti-communist raids conducted by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.

CPUSA was an early opponent of segregation and racial discrimination, giving legal aid to the Scottsboro Boys and helping poor black farmers in the South organize sharecropper unions. Because of this, the party had a strong presence in Alabama in the 1930s. This history is detailed in “Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression” by historian Robin D.G. Kelley.

Hammer and Hoe pdf cpusa

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  • xj9 [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    tiktok has been trying to organize a general one day strike that starts and ends today but possibly goes on indefinitely. they’re mad that everyone is telling them that a general strike can’t work without

    • mutual aid
    • unions
    • any form of organizing at all

    big psyop vibes tbh, so i’m using it as an opportunity for 300 people to totally ignore everything i have to say about… you know talking to each other. i would like to hang out with grown up leftists please.

    • GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I highly doubt it’s an op, just a consequence of how online and shattered socialization is nowadays

      If dating apps have become one of the most popular ways to find a partner and Instagram and TikTok has become genuine third places, why would people not naturally try to organize protests and strikes purely online?

      • xj9 [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        you may be right. the more i’ve looked at it the more suspicious the whole thing makes me, but maybe i’m paranoid. i’m gonna spend some time outside…

        • GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Nah dw, I’ve been there

          I literally think my phone is passively recording audio and is keylogged even though I’m not even in a registered party lol