Communist Party USA
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The Communist Party USA is a Marxist-Leninist political organization in the United States that has historically advocated for workers’ rights, socialism, and alignment with the international communist movement.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T537442 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communist Party USA Context triple: [Elia Kazan, politicalAffiliation, Communist Party USA]
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A.
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America was a prominent early 20th-century U.S. political party that advocated democratic socialism, labor rights, and social welfare reforms, and ran influential presidential candidates such as Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas.
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B.
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a Marxist–Leninist political party that has historically represented revolutionary socialist and communist movements in Canada.
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C.
Communist League
The Communist League was a 19th-century international revolutionary socialist organization that commissioned Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to write the Communist Manifesto and played a key role in the early development of communism.
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the ruling Marxist–Leninist political party that dominated the government and society of the Soviet Union from its founding after the Russian Revolution until its dissolution in 1991.
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E.
Anti-Revolutionary Party
The Anti-Revolutionary Party was a Dutch Protestant political party that played a major role in the Netherlands’ pillarized political system and was closely associated with the ideas and leadership of Abraham Kuyper.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communist Party USA Target entity description: The Communist Party USA is a Marxist-Leninist political organization in the United States that has historically advocated for workers’ rights, socialism, and alignment with the international communist movement.
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A.
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America was a prominent early 20th-century U.S. political party that advocated democratic socialism, labor rights, and social welfare reforms, and ran influential presidential candidates such as Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas.
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B.
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a Marxist–Leninist political party that has historically represented revolutionary socialist and communist movements in Canada.
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C.
Communist League
The Communist League was a 19th-century international revolutionary socialist organization that commissioned Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to write the Communist Manifesto and played a key role in the early development of communism.
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the ruling Marxist–Leninist political party that dominated the government and society of the Soviet Union from its founding after the Russian Revolution until its dissolution in 1991.
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E.
Anti-Revolutionary Party
The Anti-Revolutionary Party was a Dutch Protestant political party that played a major role in the Netherlands’ pillarized political system and was closely associated with the ideas and leadership of Abraham Kuyper.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist-Leninist organization
ⓘ
communist party ⓘ political party ⓘ |
| affiliatedOrganization | Young Communist League USA ⓘ |
| alignedWith |
Comintern
ⓘ
surface form:
Communist International
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| color | red ⓘ |
| coreFocus |
racial equality
ⓘ
socialist transformation of society ⓘ trade union organizing ⓘ women’s rights ⓘ workers’ rights ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
Charles Ruthenberg
ⓘ
John Reed ⓘ Louis Fraina ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Communist Party USA
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CPUSA
|
| hasChairperson |
Joe Sims
ⓘ
Rosanna Cambron ⓘ |
| hasNewspaper | People’s World ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor |
Communist Party USA
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Communist Labor Party of America
Communist Party USA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Communist Party of America
|
| headquartersLocation |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| historicalEra |
Cold War
ⓘ
First Red Scare ⓘ
surface form:
Red Scare
|
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
ⓘ
surface form:
Marxism-Leninism
communism ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| inception | 1919 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| membershipPeakPeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Angela Davis
ⓘ
Earl Browder ⓘ Gus Hall ⓘ Henry Winston ⓘ William Z. Foster ⓘ |
| opposes |
capitalism
ⓘ
fascism ⓘ |
| participatesIn | United States elections ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | far-left ⓘ |
| supports |
expansion of social welfare programs
ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ public ownership of key industries ⓘ |
| symbol | hammer and sickle ⓘ |
| wasTargetOf |
FBI surveillance
ⓘ
McCarthyism ⓘ |
| website | cpusa.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Communist Party USA Description of subject: The Communist Party USA is a Marxist-Leninist political organization in the United States that has historically advocated for workers’ rights, socialism, and alignment with the international communist movement.
Referenced by (88)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Communist Party USA (former)
subject surface form:
Herbert Aptheker
this entity surface form:
American communist movement
this entity surface form:
CPUSA
this entity surface form:
Communist Party of America
this entity surface form:
Communist Labor Party of America
subject surface form:
Benjamin Gitlow
subject surface form:
Benjamin Gitlow
this entity surface form:
Communist Party of America
this entity surface form:
Communist Party of America
this entity surface form:
Communist Party USA (fictionalized)
subject surface form:
Gus Hall
this entity surface form:
Communist Party
this entity surface form:
Lovestoneite faction of the Communist Party USA
this entity surface form:
Communist Party USA National Committee