World History
CNN has this report titled Communist Party USA donates collection to NYU. It should be quite the archive for scholars researching this doomed cause. The article notes, "The Communist Party USA has donated a vast collection of its photographs and documents, including smuggled directives from Moscow, to New York University. It will take years to catalog and include the collection, which also has original founding papers, personal letters and secret code words."
I found this quote amusing. Michael Nash, director of the Tamiment Library, was surprised to be contacted. He said, "I didn't realize it (the party) still existed."
Indeed. The party had brief successes before the Cold War before fading into a joke. How could it have possibly been successful in the heart of world capitalism? Even the poor never went for it in large numbers. Communism appears to the vast majority to be unAmerican.
Gus Hall was the long time chairman of Communist Party. He ran for president five times and was often the butt of jokes of comedians. In 1996 he told the Cleveland Plain-Dealer that "Socialism in America will come through the ballot box." Hall did not stand for socialism and neither did his party. They stood for Stalinist Communism and history left them behind. He and his party remained anachronisms as good communists in an age when it was clear that communism was not a viable system. And had he ever won, the ballot boxes would have vanished...
Most of these documents have never been released before. It should provide for much fascinating research.
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World History
Communist Party USA donates collection to NYU
CNN has this report titled Communist Party USA donates collection to NYU. It should be quite the archive for scholars researching this doomed cause. The article notes, "The Communist Party USA has donated a vast collection of its photographs and documents, including smuggled directives from Moscow, to New York University. It will take years to catalog and include the collection, which also has original founding papers, personal letters and secret code words."
I found this quote amusing. Michael Nash, director of the Tamiment Library, was surprised to be contacted. He said, "I didn't realize it (the party) still existed."
Indeed. The party had brief successes before the Cold War before fading into a joke. How could it have possibly been successful in the heart of world capitalism? Even the poor never went for it in large numbers. Communism appears to the vast majority to be unAmerican.
Gus Hall was the long time chairman of Communist Party. He ran for president five times and was often the butt of jokes of comedians. In 1996 he told the Cleveland Plain-Dealer that "Socialism in America will come through the ballot box." Hall did not stand for socialism and neither did his party. They stood for Stalinist Communism and history left them behind. He and his party remained anachronisms as good communists in an age when it was clear that communism was not a viable system. And had he ever won, the ballot boxes would have vanished...
Most of these documents have never been released before. It should provide for much fascinating research.
- Happy May Day
Today is May Day. Through much of history, this has been a mostly benevolent holiday celebrating pagan traditions or those who labor. However, in the 20th century, May Day became a Communist spectacle where the military might of communist nations was...
- Democrats -- The Party Of Disorder, And Achievement
I am reprinting this short article from the History News Network. I believe from the language on the article I am allowed to do this. While clearly written from an anti-Republican perspective, I still find it an interesting take on recent history. Democrats...
- 50th Anniversary Of The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. It was brief but the people of Hungary clearly demonstrated their desire to end communism. But for the Soviet Union, they may well have been succesful. Soviet troops engaged...
- Canadian Election Results
Canadian Election Results. Today is election day in Canada! Will the Liberals stay in power or will there be new government instead? I am not Canadian and I do not live in Canada but I will be watching the CBC tonight to see how this election turns out....
- The Encyclopedia Of Cleveland History
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. The definitive source of information regarding the history of Cleveland, Ohio. This is a very well constructed site with lots of good information. From the site: When the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland...