Talk:Communist Party USA

Racial integration of article on Communist Party USA
The CPUSA was certainly not the first racially integrated political party in the US. Blacks played a prominent role in the Republican Party after the Civil War, often profiting from political patronage from Republican administrations, since few whites supported the Republican Party. Black politicians were often courted by Republican presidential candidates, since they controlled a number of convention delegates, and participated actively in the Republican conventions.

The Populist Party, a quite successful third party of the late 19th century, also had active black participation, even in the South, where they cooperated with dissatisfied white farmers. 2600:1700:7F80:A1B0:BCC9:565D:88F7:F32F (talk) 16:47, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Self-Published on the Party's Website
It seems to me that many of sources in this article source back to the CPUSA website. WP:SPS points out that anyone can publish anything and that it's best to use third party sources. - AquilaFasciata (talk &#124; contribs) 17:09, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Marxism-Leninism?
I am not deeply familiar with the CPUSA. However, I am not convinced by the current citations that the CPUSA as it stands now is necessarily Marxist-Leninist. References in its constitution to Marx, Engels, and Lenin do not necessarily mean it is Marxist-Leninist, and there are other socialist ideologies like orthodox Marxism and Trotskyism that make similar references but do not identify with Marxism-Leninism.

I won't edit it due to my lack of familiarity with the organization and therefore a lack of knowledge of sources right now, but I will say that, for instance, the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism emerged as a grouping within the CPUSA explicitly rejecting Leninism and its derivations entirely in favor of a non-Leninist form of democratic socialism, and the group still allows dual membership with the CPUSA today. The party constitution itself does not explicitly mention Marxism-Leninism, either. Anecdotally, I have also met some people in person and online part of the CPUSA who identify more closely with other labels such as syndicalism or democratic socialism.

Does someone have more insight into this? 4kbw9Df3Tw (talk) 05:46, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 February 2024
Please fuse the links to Mccarthyism and second red scare as they both lead to the same page P5B0 (talk) 18:31, 9 February 2024 (UTC) — Urro[ talk ] [ edits ] ⋮ 21:51, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting question.svg Question: What do you mean by fuse the links? GrayStormTalk Contributions 20:14, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Are you talking about the phrase "the combined effects of the second Red Scare, McCarthyism, Nikita Khrushchev's 1956 "Secret Speech"" in the History section? I think we should just remove the mention of the "second Red Scare", since McCarthyism is probably the more common term, and a link to the general topic of Red Scare (which is what is currently in the piped link) doesn't help much. Any other thoughts? Liu1126 (talk) 22:44, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I ✅ -- It is indeed redundant. But perhaps we should mention that it is also known as the "second Red Scare". I am unsure how.
 * Maybe say "the second Red Scare, more commonly known as McCarthyism". GrayStorm(Talk&#124;Contributions) 22:36, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't think so, we should likely mention the more common name first? Otherwise it could do...

— Urro[ talk ] [ edits ] ⋮ 03:15, 12 February 2024 (UTC) — Urro[ talk ] [ edits ] ⋮ 18:17, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * P.S. We're nearly signature twins. :)
 * That makes sense. Also yeah, we are almost sig twins. :) GrayStorm(Talk&#124;Contributions) 04:16, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Good point. So something like "the combined effects of McCarthyism (also known as the Second Red Scare) and Nikita Khrushchev's "Secret Speech""?
 * I also noticed another instance of this repetition, this time in the third paragraph of the lead: "However, as Cold War hostility ensued, the party was restored but struggled to maintain its influence amidst the second Red Scare and McCarthyism." We could do the same thing for this one too. Liu1126 (talk) 15:59, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me!
 * ✅ Changed both phrases. Liu1126 (talk) 20:32, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Request: Add a section on splinter parties
Could someone add a section on splinter parties, the Trotskyite ones and others? I, and perhaps others, came here hoping to see a bit, or links, to American Communist Parties generally, not just the mainstream one. editeur24 (talk) 15:34, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, the article is about the main party. Are there articles on the other parties?  Are they significant (via coverage in mainstream publications) to have an article?  Can you provide links to reliable sources that talk about them? If you want changes, it helps if you provide more information, like the name, a site, a reliable article on them, etc. Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 00:15, 12 May 2024 (UTC)