Joined the CPUSA

[Bud Struggle]

Comrades!!! I joined the Communist Party USA. ($60.)

http://www.cpusa.org/article/articlestatic/7/

I'm a Commie!

I'm also looking to join the Revolutionary Communist Party--but it seems they only take your money, but don't have a membership--is that true?

Are there any other (American) Communist Parties do you think I should join?

Comrade Tom :hammersickle::hammersickle::hammersickle:

[Dicktator]

Deciding which org to join is an important question for most committed revolutionaries. Why would you want to support two leftist parties at the same time?

The CPUSA won't let you join the RCP or any other organized group unless it's a community issue-type of organization that they created or have entered.

[Unicorn]

Comrades!!! I joined the Communist Party USA. ($60.)
Really? Why did you join because you are not a communist?

[Annie K.]

How would the CPUSA know ?

[Bud Struggle]

Really? Why did you join because you are not a communist?

Neither is 90% of the people that join.

I joined there, as I joined RevLeft.....to learn.

[Bud Struggle]

Deciding which org to join is an important question for most committed revolutionaries. Why would you want to support two leftist parties at the same time?

They need to explain the difference to me.


The CPUSA won't let you join the RCP or any other organized group unless it's a community issue-type of organization that they created or have entered.

Neither of ther websites mentioned those issues. I don't disagree with what you say is true...but how would I know?

These guys need to explain themselves, don't you think?

[Pogue]

Join every leftist party possible, and push for unity amongst them all. This is the way for us to win. This is the wya to defeat the fascists and capitalists and free everyone from the tyranny of the world we live in.

[Bud Struggle]

Join every leftist party possible, and push for unity amongst them all. This is the way for us to win. This is the wya to defeat the fascists and capitalists and free everyone from the tyranny of the world we live in.

You da man! Great answer! :thumbup:

Let's all join every Communist Party.

[Annie K.]

With a flag of the POUM as avatar, you should know that unifying the leftist parties from the inside is not a realistic plan.

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[Bud Struggle]

With a flag of the POUM as avatar, you should know that unifying the leftist parties from the inside is not a realistic plan.



So from the outside--do you think tanks might be needed or just semi-automatic weapons?

[spartan]

So from the outside--do you think tanks might be needed or just semi-automatic weapons?
Well it would be a start i guess:lol:

[Annie K.]

Maybe ice axes would be sufficient.

[Bud Struggle]

Maybe ice axes would be sufficient.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/MercutioTomK/257110_206_avatar-1.jpg

Your wish is my command French Babe Comrade.

[Dicktator]

They need to explain the difference to me.
Neither of ther websites mentioned those issues. I don't disagree with what you say is true...but how would I know?
These guys need to explain themselves, don't you think?

You can know all thing that are knowable by asking questions and doing research to find the answers. But, you don't seem like a serious person, and that is who the CPUSA always likes to recruit. So, you might be in the right place.

[Bud Struggle]

You can know all thing that are knowable by asking questions and doing research to find the answers. But, you don't seem like a serious person, and that is who the CPUSA always likes to recruit. So, you might be in the right place.

And so I am asking questions--see? But, I am TOTALLY SERIOUS, my friend. You should pay no mind just because I have a jovial nature. :)

[534634634265]

Comrades!!! I joined the Communist Party USA. ($60.)

http://www.cpusa.org/article/articlestatic/7/

I'm a Commie!

I'm also looking to join the Revolutionary Communist Party--but it seems they only take your money, but don't have a membership--is that true?

Are there any other (American) Communist Parties do you think I should join?

Comrade Tom :hammersickle::hammersickle::hammersickle:
your a fucking hoot man.:D:laugh::D
hey, why not state yourself a proud member of the ELF and PETA while your at it? OOOHHHH join a UNION!!:ohmy:

[Bud Struggle]

Here something interesting:

The Florida chapter of the CPUSA meets in St. Petersburg (FL). I would like to see if I could charm my way in and become head of the St. Petersburg Worker's Soviet--just like my hero. :)

[Kwisatz Haderach]

We should warn them that they have an evil bourgeois infiltrator in their midst. :D

But on the serious side - if you can actually do something useful for the cause (or better yet, actually become a communist), that would be excellent.

[534634634265]

We should warn them that they have an evil bourgeois infiltrator in their midst. :D

But on the serious side - if you can actually do something useful for the cause (or better yet, actually become a communist), that would be excellent.

don't warn them, they should be able to tell when he comes in sweating money from a hard day of exploiting his factory workers.:rolleyes:
also, TomK a commie for reals?:blink:
like a snowball in hell.:cool:

[Led Zeppelin]

Comrades!!! I joined the Communist Party USA. ($60.)

http://www.cpusa.org/article/articlestatic/7/

I'm a Commie!

I'm also looking to join the Revolutionary Communist Party--but it seems they only take your money, but don't have a membership--is that true?

Are there any other (American) Communist Parties do you think I should join?

Comrade Tom :hammersickle::hammersickle::hammersickle:

Why do you make threads without posting a title?

It's annoying, please stop doing it.

[RedAnarchist]

Why do you make threads without posting a title?

It's annoying, please stop doing it.

He can't make a full thread title for some reason.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

CPUSA? Hahahaha, you got diddled, mate.

[Dust Bunnies]

I guess the CPUSA needs to do some purges...

[534634634265]

I guess the CPUSA needs to do some purges...
yeah, lets make a re-education center in the coldest place we can find, then send all of our non hardline supporters their to work until they see the folly of their ways.:rolleyes:
the concept of a "purging" of a political movement makes me slightly nauseous.:bored: why can't you have an expiration date, where you either contribute positively or your just removed from the party roster?
also, no one has to pay money to be a democrat or a republican, so why should i pay money to be something i can simply state myself a supporter of? seems like CPA is about as effective as either of our more mainstream political parties.:D

[Bud Struggle]

Whoever filled in my titles of threads--Thank you.

The Communist Party, I guess is kind of like having an American Express card--"membership has its privileges." :)

[Edit--it was Led Zep--thanks]

[534634634265]

Whoever filled in my titles of threads--Thank you.

The Communist Party, I guess is kind of like having an American Express card--"membership has its privileges." :)
are you planning on joining any other political organizations?

[Bud Struggle]

are you planning on joining any other political organizations?

The CPUSA is the first and only political party or organization I have ever joined.

I have no other plans--unless something similar (but different) comes along. I plan to go to any meetings I'm invited to and report back to RevLeft what I see.

If I can, of course, I'll try and take the organization over--but no matter what, I'll be honest to you in my reportage.

[Buster Flynn]

Comrades!!! I joined the Communist Party USA. ($60.)



Um.... having been there recently, I can tell ya-- it ain't no sixty dollars.

I don't know if that was a lie, proper-- but it's definitely an untruth. Which is to say, it may have been given, but it's certainly not required.

I'm reluctant to speculate on motivations without much info.

[Bud Struggle]

Um.... having been there recently, I can tell ya-- it ain't no sixty dollars.

I don't know if that was a lie, proper-- but it's definitely an untruth. Which is to say, it may have been given, but it's certainly not required.

I'm reluctant to speculate on motivations without much info.

Here's what I payed from their website:


Pay Your Dues

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Regular dues payments are a requirement of membership. Dues are set at two levels: $60 annual/$5 monthly, as well as a low-income rate of $24 annual/$2 monthly.

Dues payments are divided between the local (club), state and national levels of the Party, and used for political work. They are also an important organizational tool that helps us to gauge membership participation.

If you are already a member of the Party, you can pay your dues online below, via PayPal.

http://cpusa.org/article/articleview/844

I sent them a check for $60.
You might have taken the $24 route. :)

Also, I did this over the holiday weekend--so they may get back to me with aditional fees.

[Dros]

Comrades!!! I joined the Communist Party USA. ($60.)

http://www.cpusa.org/article/articlestatic/7/

I'm a Commie!

:lol::lol::lol:

I doubt there are any Communists in that party! But this is still hilarious.


I'm also looking to join the Revolutionary Communist Party--but it seems they only take your money, but don't have a membership--is that true?

We do have a membership. But you can't just send a check and get a membership card. The RCP is a Marxist-Leninist organization. This means to be a member, you need to know in detail about the party's line and have a sophisticated understanding of Maoist theory. You must have done work with the party for some period of time and be recommended by two party members or proletarians with whom you've worked. Also, I doubt they'd let you in if you were a member of the CPUSA.


Are there any other (American) Communist Parties do you think I should join?

Solidarity, FRSO (join both of 'em!), the Trot groups (SWP, ISO, IMT, CWI, L5I), Ray O. Light Group, Single Spark...

[Buster Flynn]

I sent them a check for $60.
You might have taken the $24 route. :)


Well, then, you chose to spend that much-- and good on ya!
However, one needn't fork over $60 before being allowed to join.
Or even $24, for that matter.

But then, I joined face to face. Your mileage may vary.

BTW.... don't forget your paper sub! and ya might want to get the journal, Political Affairs, while you're at it. Assuming you're here to learn. :)

[Dimentio]

Comrades!!! I joined the Communist Party USA. ($60.)

http://www.cpusa.org/article/articlestatic/7/

I'm a Commie!

I'm also looking to join the Revolutionary Communist Party--but it seems they only take your money, but don't have a membership--is that true?

Are there any other (American) Communist Parties do you think I should join?

Comrade Tom :hammersickle::hammersickle::hammersickle:

I still think you really are a technocrat deep within ;)

[RGacky3]

TomK, did you really join the CPUSA!!!?

I wonder how many of their members are members for a joke.

[Bud Struggle]

TomK, did you really join the CPUSA!!!?

I wonder how many of their members are members for a joke.

I didn't do it as a joke. I don't agree with everything Communist 100%--but I did it for the same reason I'm here at revLeft--I'm learning. Now I do joke around a bit--but that's just my personality.

I'm pretty serious about learing about Marxism--I'm not the greatest economic theorist in the world--but when it comes to practicle applications--nobody's better.

You know I wasn't serious about Communism at all when I first joined here, and I'm far from being totally commited to Revolution and all of that--but I've grown to respect your point of view on a lot of matters--especially where it comes to fairness to workers.

I'm still anti-abortion and I'm still a committed Catholic--but there's a lot of things that I find rather refreshing in Communism. Anyway--I'm learning.

And Serpent--Techno stuff is still an area I need to learn a lot about. But I warn you--I'm sticking with real women--no sex with robots for me. You are not converting me there. :D

[Bud Struggle]

:lol::lol::lol:

I doubt there are any Communists in that party! But this is still hilarious.

Comrade--we dance:w00t:!




We do have a membership. But you can't just send a check and get a membership card. The RCP is a Marxist-Leninist organization. This means to be a member, you need to know in detail about the party's line and have a sophisticated understanding of Maoist theory.

Sounds elitist! (I'm actually a long way from knowing off of that.)


You must have done work with the party for some period of time and be recommended by two party members or proletarians with whom you've worked. Also, I doubt they'd let you in if you were a member of the CPUSA.

I have started five Worker Soviets and one Supreme Worker Soviet--I doubt many of your RPC buddies have ever done that! And proletarians that I have worked with, ha! I have a truck load of proletarians that will vouch for me. Literally a truck load--a 20 foot Ford desel box truck full of proletarians that will say I'm the best Communist they've ever seen. As for still being a member of the CPUSA--let me see how this goes for a while. I would like to be head of the St. Petersburg Workers Soviet (just like Trotsky:lol:) first--and then I may ask you where I should deliver my truck load of proletarian workers. :)




Solidarity, FRSO (join both of 'em!), the Trot groups (SWP, ISO, IMT, CWI, L5I), Ray O. Light Group, Single Spark...

Thanks comrade, let me check these out. :hammersickle:

[Qwerty489]

Join every leftist party possible, and push for unity amongst them all. This is the way for us to win. This is the wya to defeat the fascists and capitalists and free everyone from the tyranny of the world we live in.
Sounds like more liquidationist 'merge into the mass movement' madness. 'Fascists' in proper term do not exist, they are nothing but the bogeyman of the ultra-left. How about you stop acting like we are living in the pre-WWII period and start criticizing the mainstream bourgeois proper.

[Raúl Duke]

Interesting...

I suppose it could get maybe get more interesting if you "took over" the CPUSA...

How can, by being a member of the CP, can you learn more about communism, etc (except the seemingly apparent fact that some marxist parties are reformists.)?

[Robert]

Why do you make threads without posting a title?

Hey Tom, are you laughing or crying?

[Dimentio]

I didn't do it as a joke. I don't agree with everything Communist 100%--but I did it for the same reason I'm here at revLeft--I'm learning. Now I do joke around a bit--but that's just my personality.

I'm pretty serious about learing about Marxism--I'm not the greatest economic theorist in the world--but when it comes to practicle applications--nobody's better.

You know I wasn't serious about Communism at all when I first joined here, and I'm far from being totally commited to Revolution and all of that--but I've grown to respect your point of view on a lot of matters--especially where it comes to fairness to workers.

I'm still anti-abortion and I'm still a committed Catholic--but there's a lot of things that I find rather refreshing in Communism. Anyway--I'm learning.

And Serpent--Techno stuff is still an area I need to learn a lot about. But I warn you--I'm sticking with real women--no sex with robots for me. You are not converting me there. :D

Well, do you want more time to have sex with women? Why not shuffle over the really boring stuff to robots?

[Chapter 24]

TomK you are the man! Congratulations on gaining membership to such a fine institution as the CPUSA!

Now, um, the Party should be coming to your place of living to take the children for farmwork and your factory will be given to the proletariat. And any other means of production. And you're in for life.

Have fun!:)

[Comrade Rage]

Neither is 90% of the people that join.
Win.

This whole thing is hilarious.

[Buster Flynn]

...but there's plenty of people would tell you that there is nothing contradictory about being a Catholic and a Communist. It's called liberation theology, of course, and most of what you'll find to read about it is probably in Spanish, though there's doubtless materials in Portugese as well, and probably in Italian, come to think of it. There'd also be a tradition of co-existence in Cuba as well, but I don't know what it's called there. How's your Spanish, TomK?

As for still being a capitalist, I can't help ya there... though the current economy just might yet disabuse you of that particular notion! :lol:

[MarxSchmarx]

Comrades!!! I joined the Communist Party USA. ($60.)

Man, I wish I was rich so I could spend $60 on pointless crap too...:(

[Bud Struggle]

Man, I wish I was rich so I could spend $60 on pointless crap too...:(

Don't insult the Communist Party--the KGB-USA is still in operation.:D As far as you not having $60, that's because you are doing it ass backwards--first you become a Capitalist--make a pile of money THEN you become a Communist.

[Bud Struggle]

...but there's plenty of people would tell you that there is nothing contradictory about being a Catholic and a Communist. It's called liberation theology, of course, and most of what you'll find to read about it is probably in Spanish, though there's doubtless materials in Portugese as well, and probably in Italian, come to think of it. There'd also be a tradition of co-existence in Cuba as well, but I don't know what it's called there. How's your Spanish, TomK?

As for still being a capitalist, I can't help ya there... though the current economy just might yet disabuse you of that particular notion! :lol:

Alas, I pretty much know Liberation theology--the interesting thing is that it hasn't stuck, where it bagan, in Latin America. The people really aren't much interested--what's really sticking in South America is hard line, Capitalist, Born Again Fundamentalism.

That's what sells.

[MarxSchmarx]

-the KGB-USA is still in operation
Yes, I believe they call themselves the NSA or Experian or the IRS or some such.


first you become a Capitalist--make a pile of money THEN you become a Communist.Interesting theory, but I still prefer the anarcho-trotskyists who shot themselves at Kronstadt.


what's really sticking in South America is hard line, Capitalist, Born Again Fundamentalism.

That's what sells.Well, that and Bolivarist anti-capitalism.

[Bud Struggle]

Interesting theory, but I still prefer the anarcho-trotskyists who shot themselves at Kronstadt.

A worthy goal for all Trotskyites!


Well, that and Bolivarist anti-capitalism.

A lot more people signing up to be born again Christians in South America than Bolivarist anti-Capitalists.:(

What do the Fundamentalists have to sell the poor and disenfanchised that we Communists aren't able to sell them?

Actually, the answer to that question was given by one of the greatest marketing geniuses of all time, Charles Revson--the founder of Revlon Cosmetics.

[534634634265]

A worthy goal for all Trotskyites!

wouldn't they rather someone sneak up on them unawares and icepick them in the temple?:lol:
(i hope this kind of humor doesn't get ME icepick'd:()

[Buster Flynn]

...what's really sticking in South America is hard line, Capitalist, Born Again Fundamentalism.

That's what sells.

Well, why on Earth do you think the RCC is learning to tolerate (stage whisper) Communists (/whisper) in their midst? :laugh:

[RedAnarchist]

A worthy goal for all Trotskyites!

Trotskyists, not Trotskyites - Trotskyites tends to be derogatory towards Trotskyists.

[Hiero]

Solidarity, FRSO (join both of 'em!), the Trot groups (SWP, ISO, IMT, CWI, L5I), Ray O. Light Group, Single Spark...

What does the RCP and you personally think about the Ray O.Light group? Is this the group that followed from Harry Haywood's explusion from the CPUSA?

[Bud Struggle]

Trotskyists, not Trotskyites - Trotskyites tends to be derogatory towards Trotskyists.

My apologies--it was an unintentional mistake--thanks for the clarification. :)