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BayCityProgressive

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Wed Aug-06-03 11:54 PM
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Communists within the party

Hey everyone, I actually just kind of stumbled apon this article and many others and was just wondering if it were true. If so it doesn't really bother me as I am pretty far left and do agree with some principles of socialism.
http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleview/379/1/76/

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BayCityProgressive

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Thu Aug-07-03 12:02 AM
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1. I realize they may not be exactly trustworthy as a source LOL

but there were a lot of other links I came across as well...

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sam sarrha

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Thu Aug-07-03 12:52 AM
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3. i agree with several American socialist programs,community fire department

, police departments , public schools, municipal clean water, municipal sewage disposal, public roads and freeways,public flood control, i disagree with the miss perception that all socialism is SOVIET. does the socialist/communist thing in Washington give you problems? are you making a Liberal connection here?... just curious..

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BayCityProgressive

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Thu Aug-07-03 12:53 AM
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4. No I have no problem with socialism

I like a lot of it and agree with you. I was just wondering if historically socialists have played a roll within the party.

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sam sarrha

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Thu Aug-07-03 01:58 AM
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6. What is your point ??? what if they did ? sisnt sound like they did any

any harm, didnt blow up any one, just helped people..so what is your point if they did...? spit it out...

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BayCityProgressive

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Thu Aug-07-03 11:48 AM
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8. uh?

Calm down dude. It was a question. As I said I hold many positions that the socialist party does. I wa sonly asking to be informed so chill out.

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BayCityProgressive

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Thu Aug-07-03 12:16 AM
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2. on edit I need my eyes checked

*upon

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lancemurdoch

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Thu Aug-07-03 01:13 AM
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5. What year was this the 1930's?

This seems to be back in the 1930's...there were also Republicans associated with socialists and communists decades ago like Robert LaFollette and some other ones. The communists were always marginalized up until the point Stalin got nervous about Hitler invading him, at that point he told all the European and US communists to dump what they were doing and get behind anyone who was against Hitler.

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Mairead

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Thu Aug-07-03 05:34 AM
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7. It should also be noted that, up til about the Depression

what we think of as Rep and Dem ideologies belonged to the other party (i.e., the Dems were the bad guys)

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genius

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Fri Aug-08-03 12:26 PM
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9. Sounds like McCarthism

Communism is about sharing. I think most people would agree with the idea of sharing. To the extent that the wealth in America is being shared, America is communistic. It's the word that is a problem. Communism is a scare word or an attack word. The Republicans mostly uses it to put down Democratic ideas of lifting the lower clases and making the upper classes pay their fair share. I know a great many activists and I have yet to meet one who considers himself or herself a communist.

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