Guide to the Committees of Correspondence (U.S) Records, 1991-1997

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Guide to the Committees of Correspondence (U.S) Records, 1991-1997

1991-1997

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The Committees on Correspondence was organized in 1992 after the 1991 Communist Party USA convention as a non-Leninist, democratic socialist organization to dispute the policies and leadership of CPUSA head, Gus Hall. The movement centered around the respected veteran communist and former leading CP official, Gil Green (1906-1997). The Committees on Correspondence sought to reach out to others on the left outside the Party, and held conferences in 1992 and 1994 to formally establish the new organization. Around 2000, the Committee on Correspondence changed its name to the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism. The collection includes: letters, memos, statements, minutes, photographs, and emails that document formation of the organization and national leadership meeting minutes.

1.5 Linear Feet in one record carton and two manuscript boxes.

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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