Communist Party Members - How many here are registered?

[Dirty Commie]

Someone else asked this awhile ago, how many people here are actual memebers of the communist party in their country?

I've registered, but haven't gotten a confirmation from the YCL.

[Soul Rebel]

I am actually meeting with a member of the cp here pretty soon to take care of all that (getting me registered and active with the party).

[Guardia Bolivariano]

I'm a member of my communist party the PCV.

[Pete]

I connections to a variety of different political organizations of all affiliations, but I am a member of none. Until I understand my own ideology more I should not place my self into an organization that may naturaully reject me. For instance I have always had this certain theory (that I don't want to mention because if I start explaining it I will go one forever) that is Maoist, although I never knew that until someone told me. So what if I joined an anti-maoist party? Then I would be an outcast. I will just wait until I have a fully developed understanding of my own politics first. But as I said I have connections to many many groups.

[Dirty Commie]

Quote: from CrazyPete on 2:54 pm on June 5, 2003
I connections to a variety of different political organizations of all affiliations, but I am a member of none. Until I understand my own ideology more I should not place my self into an organization that may naturaully reject me. For instance I have always had this certain theory (that I don't want to mention because if I start explaining it I will go one forever) that is Maoist, although I never knew that until someone told me. So what if I joined an anti-maoist party? Then I would be an outcast. I will just wait until I have a fully developed understanding of my own politics first. But as I said I have connections to many many groups.

That is how I often feel, I have viewws that won't fit in to any one party, my opinions are a mixture of Marxist-Leninist, Maoist, enviromentalist and anarchist.

[YKTMX]

I'm a member of the SSP. The Communist Part of Britain is a bit of a joke anyway, so.

[James]

yeah i agree.
I'm going to sound like kamo here... oh dear :(
However;
Alot of these communist parties are simply sects, people should be active where the organs of the workers are; eg the trade unions and . . . labour

[Sandanista]

I am also a member of the SSP, and member of the Socialist Workers Platform, are u platformed comrade?

The Communist Party of Britain and the Communist Party of Scotland are both little insignificant little stalinist sects, talk shops.

[YKTMX]

Quote: from Sandanista on 8:54 pm on June 5, 2003
I am also a member of the SSP, and member of the Socialist Workers Platform, are u platformed comrade?

The Communist Party of Britain and the Communist Party of Scotland are both little insignificant little stalinist sects, talk shops.

No, I'm not. To be honest, I'm a member, but I rarely go to branch meetings. I'm going to Marxism though, been going for years (dragged along for the first few years). My mums quite a "prominent member".

[YKTMX]

Show my post.

[Pete]

What are yo usaying X?? Your last post made no sense whatso ever

[YKTMX]

Quote: from CrazyPete on 10:50 pm on June 5, 2003
What are yo usaying X?? Your last post made no sense whatso ever

If you mean the "Show my post" thing, I was just annoyed because I had posted about 2 hours ago and the board wasn't showing it.

[Son of Scargill]

about 10pm.I had a similar problem,I've probably triple posted meaningless drivel all over the place.I could move from forum to forum,but my reply box was on screen for about 20 minutes and I kept hitting submit to attempt to shift it.Oh,well.

As for CP membership,I feel similar to CrazyPete,James and youknowtheymurderedX.Not that I have no sympathy with the cause,just can't deal with the in fighting.
Been in SWP and Socialist Alliance,but it's the same old story.No fucker will work with each other!So the status quo remains.Bring on proportional representation.
*edit*Shit,forgot the Labour Party,but I'm not sure if it counts as a political choice;)

(Edited by Son of Scargill at 12:20 am on June 6, 2003)

[Nobody]

I can't vote. Plus I have been blacklisted form my local chapter of the Communist party. Funny story actually, apprently I was too radical.

[Kez]

Im a member of a communist party. its called socialist appeal. www.socialistappeal.org (USA) and www.socialist.net (UK) and this is their theoretical site www.marxist.com (this site has all the international branches to its organisation.

Back to the thread, in my opinion one should read and be as knowledgable as posible (experimenting with parties and the such, i think i even once joined the Communist Party of Britain :( lol). Anyway, the reason i joineed socialist appeal is because from what i read they were applying marxism now, rather than twisting it and making god knows what.

James was right about the sects tho :) got it spot on. One should join an organisation where he/she thinks they have real theoretical grasp of teh workers and of socialism

comrade kamo

[BOZG]

The CPI (Communist Party of Ireland) is Stalinist like the majority of communist parties throughout the world and therefore I'm not a member. I am a member of the Socialist Party.

[il Commy]

Currently I'm not a member of any party. But I think I'm gonna join the 'Maavak Socyalisti' ('Socialist Struggle', CWI Israel) because they are the trotzkist organization with the biggest potential to grow here. I've talked with some of the guys there, I think I'll join them soon.

The ICP (Israeli Communist Party) is bullshit - until '91 they still received orders from mother Russia, all of them (and some even today!) praised Stalin and his system, they were always reformist and not revolutinaries. And add the fact that there's a growing division in the horrible leadership - the pro-Zionists and the nationalist arabs. Not a very good party to join.

[rebelafrika]

I am a member of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) http://members.aol.com/aaprp/ . Our objective is Pan-Africanism which is defined as "The total liberation and unification of Africa under scientific socialism" and our goal (which is greater than our objective) is world wide communism.

[the SovieT]

I am a member of PCP...

why you say most Communist partys of the world are stalinists BOZG?

because they are not.. they are marxist-leninists...

yet if you somehow think that democratic centralism is stalinism then my friend you are very wrong...

[BOZG]

il Commy,

That's what I like to hear. The Socialist Party is the Irish section of the CWI.

[BOZG]

I say the majority are Stalinist because they actually are. Most CPs were controlled by Stalinist puppets.

[jjack]

Member of the CPUSA, and more importantly, <shameless plug>the Socialist Party of Alaskan Independence</shameless plug>.

[YKTMX]

Quote: from jjack on 8:21 pm on June 8, 2003
<shameless plug>the Socialist Party of Alaskan Independence</shameless plug>.


Now, THATS obscure

Sorry comrade.

[Saint-Just]

Quote: from Son of Scargill on 12:17 am on June 6, 2003
about 10pm.I had a similar problem,I've probably triple posted meaningless drivel all over the place.I could move from forum to forum,but my reply box was on screen for about 20 minutes and I kept hitting submit to attempt to shift it.Oh,well.

As for CP membership,I feel similar to CrazyPete,James and youknowtheymurderedX.Not that I have no sympathy with the cause,just can't deal with the in fighting.
Been in SWP and Socialist Alliance,but it's the same old story.No fucker will work with each other!So the status quo remains.Bring on proportional representation.
*edit*Shit,forgot the Labour Party,but I'm not sure if it counts as a political choice;)

(Edited by Son of Scargill at 12:20 am on June 6, 2003)


If you're the Son of Scargill shouldn't you be with the Socialist Labour Party since he is their leader?

[kylie]

Im not a member of either, but i support the Internationalist Group and the International Bolshevik Tendancy. Locally, there isnt much to choose from apart from the green party and the SWP, neither of whom i'd want to be associated with.

(Edited by feoric at 2:40 pm on June 10, 2003)

[BOZG]

Soviet,

I'm not saying that any party that calls itself communist is Stalinist. I'm saying that the majority of "official" communist parties ie Communist Party of Ireland, Portuguese Communist Party, Spanish Communist Party were controlled by Stalinists during the life of the Soviet Union and a lot of them still run by old hardline Soviets.

[TXsocialist]

I believe Stalin made a speech discrediting the CPUSA, so I'm not sure whether they should be added to that list or not.

As for the rest, yea, they probably were, but back then, before everyone knew of stalin's evil, Russia was considered the socvialist fatherland, and, in keeping with their Internationalist ideal, of course the CP's of those various countries supported him.

Was it right? No. But don't condemn them for mistakes they made and paid for in the past, look only to the future, and what can be done with it!

[Vinny Rafarino]

I started out in the SWP (socialist workers party) in London 1983...But moved on to many other different organisations in several different countries. I don't feel comfortable naming them. Sorry comrades.

(Edited by COMRADE RAF at 4:26 am on June 11, 2003)

[IHP]

I'm not a part of any. The Socialist Alternative at my university are a pack of militant, reactionary wannabe's. I was a part of the Greens Party (Monash Greens) last year, but they were your cliched hippes, which I am not.

--IHP

[jjack]

Quote: from YouKnowTheyMurderedX on 10:41 pm on June 8, 2003

Quote: from jjack on 8:21 pm on June 8, 2003
<shameless plug>the Socialist Party of Alaskan Independence</shameless plug>.


Now, THATS obscure

Sorry comrade.


I suppose it's only obscure to you because you're not an Alaskan.

[TXsocialist]

Alaska's a great state, one that, despite its being capitalist etc., allows 3rd parties onto the ballot.