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Communist Party, USA praises Democrat policy shifts ahead of centennial celebration - go.shr.lc/2IrWZ95 - @washtimes
“The left is very excited that Sanders has normalized socialism, and in a sense he’s doing what they wanted to do,” he said. “So now I imagine those in the CPUSA think they’re not members of the Democratic Party but they want to take it over.”
The CPUSA was formed in Chicago as an outgrowth of the Socialist Party by communists enthralled with the Soviet experiment and convinced that more moderate paths offered by social democrats had failed.
“One of the most striking developments in U.S. political life in the last few years has been the dramatic return of ‘socialism’ to the political mainstream, especially among young people,” Mr. Steinberg wrote to The Washington Times from Moscow, where he is conducting research.
Democratic Socialism’ [is] the most popular term, though many young people are rediscovering Marxism-Leninism though generally with no interest in the CPUSA, which is seen as out of touch with what is new and exciting, moribund as an organization, and tarred by its history.”
