I’ve tried to do some research, but I frankly don’t want to read paragraphs and paragraphs of policies and their history.
I know CPUSA is important, but in what ways are the two parties different?
As I understand it, when CPUSA shifted to a more bourgeois-oriented program they kicked out the chapters that protested the change, and those chapters became PCUSA, but it would be nice to know a little more about this history.
What are the party’s general stances on historical figures like Stalin or Mao, or modern figures like Xi or Putin?
I read on their site that they believe in political revolution, but I’m not sure if they say how they intend to bring about that revolution?
To briefly answer what you asked to the best of my ability, yes, your understanding of the CPUSA/PCUSA split is accurate. Unfortunate as it may be, CPUSA in the modern era is ran by the Liberals. You need only read their newspaper to confirm this, or read the words of their leader Joe Simms.
PCUSA is a strictly anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist Party, which is to say a Bolshevik party. The only kind of Communist Party.
As for our stance on Historical figures, we uphold Stalin and to a lesser degree Mao. Xi and Putin? We support the PRC, although we do not endorse their market socialism, we understand that China is the current center of the Communist movement and we have had presentations with CPC Members. As for Putin, it goes without saying that his is not a Communist, nor is Russia. We do however, support Russia’s liberation of the DPR and LPR from the Fascist regime in Kiev, and hope to see the rest of The Ukraine free from Nazi influence.
If you want to learn more without totally committing you can come to our People’s School of Marxist Leninist Studies classes every Tue/Thur at 5PM EST.
