I get the want to have the CPUSA be a thing, but it really isn't. Your group actually has principles and you're better off not affiliated with that democratic party front. You might consider PSL or FRSO, they also actually have principles.
I cannot properly put words to the intense disappointment and sadness I feel with the understanding that one of the most influential clubs in the south is now gone. Solidarity to you comrades, I wish you endless success in your MA efforts and I hope that we work together again in the future.
I would suggest FRSO. I have met the leadership and worked with them in the past. The problem with the CPUSA is that it is a bureaucratic centralist organization. They don't actually practice democratic centralism. This happens every convention there is individuals and groups that they expel from the party simply for having a different opinion on how the party should operate. I had been to two different conventions when I thought the main issue was the leadership of Sam Webb and his clique of sycophants but that was not the case. It's an issue that has been going back to at least Gus Hall. There isn't anything that can be done to fix it, the organization is moribund. The positive side is you know what to look for an organizations and whether or not it's going to be worth your time.
You should stay together as the Austin Communist Party. You have a right to appeal the district's decision. The Convention is the highest party body-#5 was not passed and is dead--efforts to revive it violate the party constitution by rogue elements in the leadership who think one or two people run the show. The party worked with and supported the original Black Panthers. Angela Davis was a member.
We are not all white. Just majority white, but we have Latino and Asian comrades. Perhaps try to understand what happened here rather than posting knee-jerk comments.
Step 1) get canned for factionalism because state committee saw your discussions behind their backs about the petition
Step 2) say a “rat” leaked the discussions and didn’t provide appropriate context
Step 3) don’t elaborate on what context was supposedly missed
You want to do mutual aid? More power to you and may you have success in that. But if that’s all you want to do then you’re just a nonprofit charity and not a party chapter.
Your argument is y’all got liquidated because you didn’t support Resolution 5, then you immediately insist that your secret discussions about the Resolution 5 petition were taken out of context and you swear you didn’t actually support the petition. Can you see how unconvincing that argument is?
I get the want to have the CPUSA be a thing, but it really isn't. Your group actually has principles and you're better off not affiliated with that democratic party front. You might consider PSL or FRSO, they also actually have principles.
It is an honor to be expelled for all those reasons listed. Join a different national organization that aligns with your (correct) stance.
I cannot properly put words to the intense disappointment and sadness I feel with the understanding that one of the most influential clubs in the south is now gone. Solidarity to you comrades, I wish you endless success in your MA efforts and I hope that we work together again in the future.
I would suggest FRSO. I have met the leadership and worked with them in the past. The problem with the CPUSA is that it is a bureaucratic centralist organization. They don't actually practice democratic centralism. This happens every convention there is individuals and groups that they expel from the party simply for having a different opinion on how the party should operate. I had been to two different conventions when I thought the main issue was the leadership of Sam Webb and his clique of sycophants but that was not the case. It's an issue that has been going back to at least Gus Hall. There isn't anything that can be done to fix it, the organization is moribund. The positive side is you know what to look for an organizations and whether or not it's going to be worth your time.
I applaud you for standing up for your principles. Thank you so much!
With a Communist Party like that, who needs enemies?
You should stay together as the Austin Communist Party. You have a right to appeal the district's decision. The Convention is the highest party body-#5 was not passed and is dead--efforts to revive it violate the party constitution by rogue elements in the leadership who think one or two people run the show. The party worked with and supported the original Black Panthers. Angela Davis was a member.
Anyone who believes an all-white chapter got dissolved because of Black Nationalism isn’t worth taking seriously.
We are not all white. Just majority white, but we have Latino and Asian comrades. Perhaps try to understand what happened here rather than posting knee-jerk comments.
Thank you for the clarification.
Anyone who believes a chapter with zero Black people in it got kicked out for Black Nationalism isn’t worth taking seriously.
We have no reason to make anything up. Of course it’s absurd. This whole situation is absurd.
Step 1) get canned for factionalism because state committee saw your discussions behind their backs about the petition
Step 2) say a “rat” leaked the discussions and didn’t provide appropriate context
Step 3) don’t elaborate on what context was supposedly missed
You want to do mutual aid? More power to you and may you have success in that. But if that’s all you want to do then you’re just a nonprofit charity and not a party chapter.
Your argument is y’all got liquidated because you didn’t support Resolution 5, then you immediately insist that your secret discussions about the Resolution 5 petition were taken out of context and you swear you didn’t actually support the petition. Can you see how unconvincing that argument is?
This essay is simply the story of what happened. We aren’t trying to convince Party loyalists of anything. Have a nice day.