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.
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I love trans communists its like:
ohh my sharky I love them they so cute and fluffy
I will love them and call them blahaj
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The maoist uprising against the landlords was the largest and most comprehensive proletarian revolution in history, and led to almost totally-equal redistribution of land among the peasantry
The only cure to fascism is a bullet to the brain
The problems with trans people is that society is all fake and held together by consensus. Our trans comrades have had to realize that at least one part of society is fake. Which places them in position to realize everything else is. Which makes them a threat to the system just for looking up fashion tips. Which, frankly makes them braver and tougher than me for just existing.