Lol! I am sure you mean good, and are only trying to be open minded on the subject, and feel free speech is precious. But seriously, Lol!
Just because they used non-violent means such as rigging elections, fraud, corruption, blackmail, what else?, they can overthrow the government and that wouldn't be a problem?
So, having exposed and possibly staved off an overthrow of our government, McCarthy is a hero, right?
I doubt the CPUSA was interested in true revolution.
CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY; HELP SPREAD REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS!
By The Editors
Life in America, July 4, 1995: For so many of us, it's rough just
trying to survive and hold a family together. It might be a good
time to look back to the original Fourth of July, for inspiration
to carry on the fight, to remember the vision so boldly put
forward more than 200 years ago. That vision, resurrected and
enriched during the battles against slavery, today remains
unfulfilled.
Thomas Paine was one of the great revolutionaries produced by the
fight for American independence. The role played by the ideas he
popularized shows what revolutionaries need to do today. Although
Paine was poorly educated and inexperienced as a writer, he became
the American Revolution's most uncompromising revolutionary
thinker. His ideas moved millions.
Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" was America's first best seller.
More than 120,000 copies were sold in the first three months after
its publication on January 10, 1776. Five hundred thousand copies
of "Common Sense" were sold in its first year in print -- in a
country with a population of 5 million.
What did Paine advocate? American independence from England, of
course; an end to slavery; equal rights for women; rights and
protection for laborers; public employment; assistance for the
poor; pensions for the elderly. He painted a picture of a true
democracy, of human freedom and community.
It is ironic that, so long ago, Paine wrote: "The cause of America
is in a great measure the cause of all mankind." Today, we find
ourselves in a similar situation, one which again demands a
revolutionary solution. The greatest gap between wealth and
poverty in the industrialized world exists in America. Our country
is one of the few to still have the death penalty. Poverty, hunger
and homelessness are spreading daily. The list goes on and on.
The fight to save America is the fight to rid the world of human
exploitation and oppression forever. Paine's words live on:
"O! Ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose not only the
tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world
is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the
globe. ... O! Receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum
for mankind."
The League of Revolutionaries for a New America has dedicated
itself to the political awakening of the American people. What is
needed today is to spread the understanding of the "cause of
America," which Paine refers to, the vision of what our country
can become. This understanding will be the engine driving forward
the new revolutionary movement.
For those who doubt the power of an idea whose time has come, let
us go back to 1776. The ragtag Continental Army was on the verge
of defeat. It was winter, and the troops were freezing and near
starvation. It was hard to find a glimmer of hope among the men.
During those dark days, Thomas Paine began writing a series of
pamphlets called "The American Crisis." On Christmas Day 1776, a
desperate George Washington ordered his troops to gather into
small groups. The officers read to them from Paine's latest
pamphlet. Many of the soldiers wept when they heard what Paine
wrote. The power of his now-famous words energized them with the
strength to carry on:
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and
the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service
of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and
thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily
conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder
the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
That bitter Christmas night, Washington and his troops
courageously crossed the Delaware River. They surprised and
defeated the British at Trenton. That victory was a major turning
point in the war.
Today, for the first time in history, the conditions exist to make
the vision of a just society, the vision Paine described so
eloquently, into a reality. The way things are produced,
particularly with electronic technology, makes a world of material
abundance and cultural development for everyone possible.
Throughout history, our cause has been brought to life, and
further developed, during every new round of social struggle.
Today, if revolutionaries introduce new ideas like Paine did, the
realization of this cause is inevitable. |
