I get that CPUSA has some bad reputation. This clip is a part of a call-in show. It features 4-5 calls from American hogs and the CPUSA guy responds to their questions. I think that this interview was interesting at least. I will post more information in a comment.
video link
https://www.c-span.org/video/?536104-4/joe-sims-communist-party-usa-campaign-2024=
The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.
You only muddy the name of communism by being a weasel two-faced reformist who speaks out of both sides of their mouth. Have principles
Saying that you oppose NATO expansion is not a betrayal of communist principles. It is not concealing your views or aims by speaking in simpler terms so that normal people understand you. You don't have to smug and esoteric to express a communist view point.
The very book that you quoted in your post is a simplification of Marx's other writings. The communist manifesto is an introduction to communism for the masses. Would you go on TV and start with talking about coats and yards of linen? You would only talk about the coats and yards of linen who already have an some understanding of Marxism.
I'm not affiliated with CPUSA. I think it is fine to have criticisms of CPUSA. I didn't reply to other people in the thread who criticized CPUSA. I even posted in the main post that I have heard CPUSA has a bad reputation.
What I don't like is people who take things out of context, exaggerate, or otherwise lie to mislead people. I did not get the impression from the video that the CPUSA guy was blaming Russia for the Ukraine War.
Keep defending a Zionist pro-DNC tailist organization.