cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5141613

From the Tweet:

"The Communist Party USA is saddened to learn about the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Our Party sends condolences to all members of the Communist Party of Vietnam and to all the people of Vietnam."

    • robinnn
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      5 months ago

      Sure what?

      From the CPUSA.org article “Not One Step Back — Vote Against Fascism 2024”:

      Our Co-Chair Joe Sims said that “defeating Biden’s support for the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza is the path to defeating fascism in November.” The massive show of force in the key swing state of Michigan, where over 101,000 people voted ‘uncommitted’ rather than for Joe Biden in the Democratic primary, shows how high the stakes are for the fight for a ceasefire. Make no mistake, the fate of Palestine and U.S. democracy are now intertwined. Failure to reach a ceasefire could very well mean a defeat for Biden in Michigan and even in the entire general election. While Biden will have no one to blame but himself for his defeat, the results would be catastrophic.

      But while we can forget the Joe Sims quote (he may have been misheard!), what we cannot forget is Lenin’s On Militant Materialism, where he very explicitly states that the CPSU did not have hyper strict standards for who/what they published, and that therefore not everything published represented the official stance of the party! Maybe CPUSA is simply following in Lenin‘s footsteps!

      Everything is great until we look at this CPUSA-authored article, “the main report to the 32nd National Convention of the Communist Party USA, presented by Joe Sims, Co-Chair,” which “was unanimously adopted”:

      Let’s make it plain: Biden’s Israel policy must be defeated today, so that Trump and MAGA can be defeated tomorrow!

      • Makan@lemmygrad.ml
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        5 months ago

        Again, we don't endorse other candidates and even had a schism over it. And yes, we do subscribe to Lenin here. People's World, for example, is not the party voice officially. Notice how we don't do so in any of the articles cited.

        • robinnn
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          5 months ago

          …why would you reply “sure” to what I said? You effectively endorse Biden, but great you don’t officially do so. Why couldn’t you reply to my original comment with that empty nonsense?

          • Makan@lemmygrad.ml
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            5 months ago

            Frankly, I was short on time and I didn't know how else to reply to what you were saying. It's hard when everyone's arguing with you and I was thinking to myself "Well, I'm not going to convince you." At least at the time, idk.