the American Communist Party

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:advocated_for Anti-fascism
Civil rights
Workers' rights
Universal healthcare
Free education
Workers' control of production
Public ownership of industry
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Communist_International
gptkbp:associated_with Anti-imperialism
gptkbp:challenges Anti-communist movements
gptkbp:conflict Stalinism vs. Trotskyism
gptkbp:consequences gptkb:U._S._government
gptkbp:decline Cold War paranoia
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1991
gptkbp:founded 1919
gptkbp:founded_by gptkb:C._E._Ruthenberg
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkbp:historical_role Labor rights advocacy
Political activism
Civil rights advocacy
Socialist education
Anti-fascist advocacy
gptkbp:historical_significance Cold War politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the American Communist Party
gptkbp:influence Labor movement in the United States
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Leninism
gptkb:Maoism
gptkb:Marxism-Leninism
gptkbp:initially_named Workers Party of America
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Anti-war protests
Trade union organizing
gptkbp:is_divided_into gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Mc_Carthyism
U. S. involvement in World War II initially
gptkbp:last_national_convention gptkb:1991
gptkbp:legacy Influence on leftist movements in the U. S.
gptkbp:membership 80,000
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Earl_Browder
gptkb:Henry_Winston
gptkb:William_Z._Foster
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Popular_Front
gptkbp:political_ideology gptkb:socialism
gptkbp:political_position Left-wing
Electoral politics
gptkbp:promoted International solidarity
Socialist revolution
gptkbp:publication gptkb:The_Daily_Worker
gptkbp:relationship_with gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Communist_Party_USA
gptkbp:supported New Deal policies
U. S. involvement in World War II later
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Scottsboro_Boys_case
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6