[Collection of material relating to application for membership in the Communist Party of the United States of America]. 19--?

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[Collection of material relating to application for membership in the Communist Party of the United States of America]. 19--?

2 pieces ; 16-22 cm.

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Communist Party of the United States of America

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The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), a Marxist-Leninist party aligned with the Soviet Union, was founded in 1919 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution by the left wing members of the Socialist Party USA. These split into two groups, with each holding founding conventions in Chicago in September 1919: one which established the Communist Labor Party, and a second which established the Communist Party of America. In a 1920 Joint Unity Convention, a minority faction of t...