The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) was established on this day in 1919. CPUSA provided legal aid to the Scottsboro Boys, helped poor Southern farmers form sharecropper unions, and promoted communist ideas within the U.S.

The party was established after a split in the Socialist Party of America following the Russian Revolution, and initially operated underground due to the Palmer Raids, a series of anti-immigrant, anti-labor, and anti-communist raids conducted by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.

CPUSA was an early opponent of segregation and racial discrimination, giving legal aid to the Scottsboro Boys and helping poor black farmers in the South organize sharecropper unions. Because of this, the party had a strong presence in Alabama in the 1930s. This history is detailed in "Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression" by historian Robin D.G. Kelley.

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  • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I have seen people drown in their own blood from drinking too much for too long. Manwhile people just use most other drugs to deal with the crushing alienation of capitalism and only have problems when they are crushingly alienated by cpaitlaism. Not that alcoholics are also, but like, I would rather see ever hard drinker just smoke too much weed all the time you know.

    • ilyenkov [she/her, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      Weed makes me feel anxious, alcohol makes anxiety go away and makes me feel happy. Other drugs just don't work

      • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        In a better world we'd have qualudes or opium still. Gotta be a better option somehow