Google tells us: The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (also known as
RCP and The Revcoms) is a communist party in the United States founded
in 1975 and led by its chairman
Bob Avakian.
I did not go to Wikipedia, but there's more for those who care.
Carl Jarvis
On 8/27/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 10:19 PM
To: 'Roger Loran Bailey' <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [blind-democracy] Unexpected
I heard this guy on either Flashpoints or Loud and Clear. He was introduced
as the head of the Revolutionary Communist Party. Unfortunately, I don't
remember his name. One more disability, short term memory deficit. However,
he did say that ordinarily, he would never recommend voting for a candidate
of either of the two major parties. He believes that this time, such a vote
is necessary in order to prevent a Fascist takeover.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:58 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [blind-democracy] Unexpected
I don't regularly read the press of the Revolutionary Communist Party, but I
think you must be thinking of some other party unless the RCP has made a
complete 180 from the position they have held since their founding. The RCP
has always urged everyone not to vote for anyone. They urge a boycott of
bourgeois elections in favor of direct street actions.
I am thinking that you may have heard someone from the Communist Party, USA.
The last time I recall them running their own candidate was when Gus Hall
ran for president in 1976. If they have run a candidate for anything since I
must have missed it. It seems to me that they have become a faction of the
Democrat party instead. They always urge a vote for the Democrat candidate
and, in fact, when they ran Gus Hall in 1972 they still praised party
members for voting for George McGovern. But if they no longer run candidates
of their own and always urge a vote for Democrats I find it hard to see how
the CPUSA is not a faction of the Democrat party.
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Carl Sagan
“Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of
wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who
pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human
beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather
than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and
structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes
and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
On 8/27/2020 3:33 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
On Flashpoints, I heard someone, I think he's the head of the
Revolutionary Communist Party, say that given the immanent threat of
Fascism that another term of Trump as President is causing, everyone
should vote for the Democrdatic nominee, Joe Biden, regardless of what
they think of him. Isn't that a surprise for someone in a Communist
party to suggest, given Roger's position on voting?
Miriam
