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AFTER NINE MONTHS of discussion and debate, several revisions and compromises, and the emergence of a seemingly irreconcilable polarization, President Barack Obama’s health insurance “reform” measure finally passed through Congress in the early morning hours of Monday. The vote came after two days of increased violence against Democratic Party offices and officials by supporters of the Tea Party Nativist movement. Bricks were thrown through the windows of Democratic Party offices in New York and Kansas.
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After months of discussion, including the convening of an assembly of the whole membership, the Communist League, along with its supporters and friends, have officially launched a public political organization, the Workers Party in America, for the purposes of coordinating and improving the public activity of the communist workers’ movement in the United States. The League, since its founding in November 2004, had experimented with various ways to carry out public activity, including establishing public sections of its organization and attempting to work inside other self-described socialist and communist political groups. |
We want freedom and liberation. Capitalism is a system of exploitation and oppression. For working people, capitalism is nothing more than slavery, where the shackles that bind us are the threats of starvation and misery if we do not labor for the profit of others. We organize to defeat capitalism and free ourselves from this modern-day slavery — to liberate ourselves from exploitation and oppression, and take into our hands the power to determine the destiny of ourselves, our class and our society — by building a classless, communist society.
Looking Behind the News ... and Ahead
The Workers Party in America produces a weekly newspaper, Working People’s Advocate, and a quarterly journal, Workers’ Republic. These publications present the views of the Party and its members, analysis from a working-class communist perspective, and more in-depth discussion of both the issues of the day and the historic questions we face in this society.
You can read our articles online at the website of the United Communist Press Association.
When You Can’t Be There...
Silent agitators can make the point when you’re not around. They can be produced as stickers, cards or small leaflets that can be printed up cheap and distributed everywhere.
We are always in the process of putting together new silent agitators. So please be sure to check back regularly for additions to what we offer. Also, if you have any suggestions for a silent agitator, please e-mail us with your idea. If it’s good, you can bet we’ll use it.
Working people who accept the Program, Constitution and By-Laws of the Worker Party in America are eligible for membership in the Party. Members are expected to carry out work for the Party in accordance with decisions of the membership, participate in a Party Unit (where one exists), and contribute to the Party through monthly dues and voluntary assessments.
Multiple members of the Workers Party are encouraged to organize themselves into Party Units, and study and promote the Party regularly.