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The same struggles that propelled the October Socialist Revolution exist today. Working people continue to struggle in the United States for democratic self-determination and an end to economic exploitation for private profit. Read the full article here: cpusa.org/article/the-...
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The same struggles that propelled the October Socialist Revolution exist today. Working people continue to struggle in the United States for democratic self-determination and an end to economic exploitation for private profit. Read the full article here: cpusa.org/article/the-...
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Solidarity with the Starbucks workers! ✊☕️The "Red Cup Rebellion" is on as over 1,000 baristas strike against Starbucks' union-busting and demand a fair contract. This is class war and workers are fighting back!
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Solidarity with the Starbucks workers! ✊☕️The "Red Cup Rebellion" is on as over 1,000 baristas strike against Starbucks' union-busting and demand a fair contract. This is class war and workers are fighting back!
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With peace prize for Machado, Nobel Committee shows it favors the ruling class. Despite the image it presents of itself, the Nobel Committee is not neutral in matters of world politics.
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With peace prize for Machado, Nobel Committee shows it favors the ruling class
Venezuelan political leader María Corina Machado recently received the Nobel Peace Prize. Her selection prompted a flood of criticism, but the reporting hasn’t accounted for why it happened.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
With peace prize for Machado, Nobel Committee shows it favors the ruling class. Despite the image it presents of itself, the Nobel Committee is not neutral in matters of world politics.
#news
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From criminalization to compassion: Rethinking addiction. Criminalization seems to do more harm than good; it can lead to people being afraid to seek help, and it perpetuates stigma around drugs and the people who use them.
#health #Michigan #HealthCare #politics
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#health #Michigan #HealthCare #politics
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From criminalization to compassion: Rethinking addiction
YPSILANTI, Mich.—There is no doubt that drug use is a national public health crisis affecting people from all demographics. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), overall d...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
From criminalization to compassion: Rethinking addiction. Criminalization seems to do more harm than good; it can lead to people being afraid to seek help, and it perpetuates stigma around drugs and the people who use them.
#health #Michigan #HealthCare #politics
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#health #Michigan #HealthCare #politics
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Thousands of Young Republicans group chats filled with racist, sexist and homophobic hate speech were revealed this week. How do communists address these issues in relation to free speech? Join us Friday @ 10:30 EST. youtube.com/@cpusa
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thousands of Young Republicans group chats filled with racist, sexist and homophobic hate speech were revealed this week. How do communists address these issues in relation to free speech? Join us Friday @ 10:30 EST. youtube.com/@cpusa
In an essay written in Feb of 2022, Travis Smith wrote about one Iowa's earliest Communist Party members and civil rights leaders. We hope that this repost will spread Edna's story to a new audience.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In an essay written in Feb of 2022, Travis Smith wrote about one Iowa's earliest Communist Party members and civil rights leaders. We hope that this repost will spread Edna's story to a new audience.
Read more here:
iowacitycpusa.substack.com/p/edna-griff...
Read more here:
iowacitycpusa.substack.com/p/edna-griff...
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In Chicago last week a Black Hawk helicopter was used in an ICE raid on an apartment building. Over 100 people were zip tied and arrested including children and seniors. We join with the people of Chicago to demand the removal of ICE and national guard troops!! The time to speak up is now!!!
October 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In Chicago last week a Black Hawk helicopter was used in an ICE raid on an apartment building. Over 100 people were zip tied and arrested including children and seniors. We join with the people of Chicago to demand the removal of ICE and national guard troops!! The time to speak up is now!!!
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Happy Birthday Gus Hall! Gus was born into a working - class family in the Minnesota Iron Range. He worked as lumberjack and steelworker. In 1959 he was elected General Secretary of the CPUSA. The title was later changed to National Chairman.
October 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy Birthday Gus Hall! Gus was born into a working - class family in the Minnesota Iron Range. He worked as lumberjack and steelworker. In 1959 he was elected General Secretary of the CPUSA. The title was later changed to National Chairman.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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September 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Red Alert! Trump is once again sending unwanted and unneeded troops to another city. This time it's Portland. Oregon's governor, Portland's Mayor, community leaders, labor, all are united in opposition. We join with the people of Portland and around the country in demanding Hands Off Portland!
September 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Red Alert! Trump is once again sending unwanted and unneeded troops to another city. This time it's Portland. Oregon's governor, Portland's Mayor, community leaders, labor, all are united in opposition. We join with the people of Portland and around the country in demanding Hands Off Portland!
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Racism in the U.S. is organized violence. It's systemic and deeply embedded in the history, economy, politics and the country's criminal justice institutions. The cause is monopoly capitalism. On this anniversary we pledge once again to continue the fight.
August 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Racism in the U.S. is organized violence. It's systemic and deeply embedded in the history, economy, politics and the country's criminal justice institutions. The cause is monopoly capitalism. On this anniversary we pledge once again to continue the fight.
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Today we're Marching on Wall Street for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and against attacks on migrant workers, the trans community and anyone who opposes the MAGA agenda. We're saying NO to troops in our cities and YES to Good Trouble! We're Not Going Back!
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today we're Marching on Wall Street for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and against attacks on migrant workers, the trans community and anyone who opposes the MAGA agenda. We're saying NO to troops in our cities and YES to Good Trouble! We're Not Going Back!
NEW PETITION:
Join Johnson County Residents United in calling on Havenpark Communities--owner of five manufactured home parks in Johnson County--to address the many issues raised by the tenants.
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Join Johnson County Residents United in calling on Havenpark Communities--owner of five manufactured home parks in Johnson County--to address the many issues raised by the tenants.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/jo...
July 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW PETITION:
Join Johnson County Residents United in calling on Havenpark Communities--owner of five manufactured home parks in Johnson County--to address the many issues raised by the tenants.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/jo...
Join Johnson County Residents United in calling on Havenpark Communities--owner of five manufactured home parks in Johnson County--to address the many issues raised by the tenants.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/jo...
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Valve just updated their Steam rules to ban content that “may violate rules set by payment processors or banks.” Sounds boring. It’s not. It’s the quiet normalization of financial censorship and it’s going to hurt LGBTQ+ games and devs
July 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Valve just updated their Steam rules to ban content that “may violate rules set by payment processors or banks.” Sounds boring. It’s not. It’s the quiet normalization of financial censorship and it’s going to hurt LGBTQ+ games and devs
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We stand with Zohran Mamdani against the racist and anti-Communist attacks on him and his campaign and will fight to continue to expand the unity among working class New Yorkers and around the country around the issues he ran on — affordability in childcare, housing and transportation.
July 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We stand with Zohran Mamdani against the racist and anti-Communist attacks on him and his campaign and will fight to continue to expand the unity among working class New Yorkers and around the country around the issues he ran on — affordability in childcare, housing and transportation.
📧Email Stolley and ERO Director Peter Berg and demand they use their discretion to release Pascual Pedro Pedro NOW and let him go home to his family and community.
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Email ICE and demand they let Pascual go!
Help us stop the deportation of Pascual Pedro Pedro, a 20-year-old Iowan and beloved community member. Urge ICE officials to use their discretionary power and let Pascual go home.
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July 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📧Email Stolley and ERO Director Peter Berg and demand they use their discretion to release Pascual Pedro Pedro NOW and let him go home to his family and community.
✊🏽 Take action here 👉
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The International Department of the CPUSA condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s illegal bombing of Iran. It is a reckless act of aggression backed by U.S. imperialism designed to escalate tensions in the region.
June 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The International Department of the CPUSA condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s illegal bombing of Iran. It is a reckless act of aggression backed by U.S. imperialism designed to escalate tensions in the region.
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Fueled by capitalism's deepening crisis, right wing politics are affecting many countries around the world. Join us for a discussion of this topic entitled "Right-wing Populist Nationalism and 'the new world order': The Socialist Response". Registration is in the bio. tinyurl.com/4x9vwwbn
June 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fueled by capitalism's deepening crisis, right wing politics are affecting many countries around the world. Join us for a discussion of this topic entitled "Right-wing Populist Nationalism and 'the new world order': The Socialist Response". Registration is in the bio. tinyurl.com/4x9vwwbn
We condemn the violent arrest on NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander and call for his immediate release.
Solidarity with the people of New York and their fight against ICE.
Only thing to do now is, turn up the HEAT!
Solidarity with the people of New York and their fight against ICE.
Only thing to do now is, turn up the HEAT!
Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. “This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.
Federal agents handcuff and detain New York City mayoral candidate
Brad Lander was taken into custody at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
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June 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We condemn the violent arrest on NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander and call for his immediate release.
Solidarity with the people of New York and their fight against ICE.
Only thing to do now is, turn up the HEAT!
Solidarity with the people of New York and their fight against ICE.
Only thing to do now is, turn up the HEAT!
📰 | Abundance, but for whom? The corporate Democrats’ latest scam
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Abundance, but for whom? The corporate Democrats’ latest scam
The Democratic Party’s faction of corporate-backed politicians has begun pushing a new buzzword: “abundance.” Their argument is allegedly simple—America’s economic problems stem from too much “red tap...
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June 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📰 | Abundance, but for whom? The corporate Democrats’ latest scam
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This man is your FRIEND
June 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This man is your FRIEND
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We condemn the recent ICE raids in Los Angeles, the seizure of immigrant workers from their workplaces, and the violent arrest of SEIU President David Huerta. We demand the immediate release of Brother Huerta and all those detained for expressing their free speech rights. #FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We condemn the recent ICE raids in Los Angeles, the seizure of immigrant workers from their workplaces, and the violent arrest of SEIU President David Huerta. We demand the immediate release of Brother Huerta and all those detained for expressing their free speech rights. #FreeDavidEndRaids