A Marxist IQ for June and the Coming National Convention of the CPUSA by Norman Markowitz

by: Sunday 1 June 2014

 

This  Marxist IQ is dedicated to the CPUSA, which will be holding its convention in Chicago in two weeks

 

1.        CPUSA members and close allies made huge contributions to the U.S. Labor movement, to which capitalist responded  with massive post WWII purges. But they didn't eradicate the contributions or the people  Which of the following was not a CPUSA member or ally

a.       Harry Bridges, founding member and leader of the ILWU

b.      Mike Quill,  founding member and leader of the TWU

c.       Lane Kirkland, President of the AFL-CI0

d.      James Matles of the UE

 

2.       The CPUSA was founded after WWI by

 

a. the rightwing of the Socialist party who wanted to “Americanize” the party and eliminate the name “socialist”

b. bohemian intellectuals and artists of the “lost generation” who believed in “revolution for the hell of it”

c.. Leftwing socialists and anti-syndicalist elements of the IWW influenced directly by the experience of the Russian Empire Socialist revolution

d. Soviet agents organizing for world revolution

 

 

3.       The longest serving General Secretary of the CPUSA to this day was

a.       Jay Lovestone

b.      Gus Hall

c.       Earl Browder

d.      Eugene Dennis

 

4.       Although mass media in the cold war and postcold war period have either completely demonized or denied the existence of the CPUSA, CPUSA activists in recent decades have played a  very significant role in

a.       Unions and mass organizations fighting against U.S. intervention in Vietnam, Central America, and the Middle East

b.      Unions and mass organizations fighting against the deindustrialization of the U.S. and the attack on private and public sector unions

c.       Unions and mass organizations fighting offensive  to establish Civil Rights national legislation from the 1950s to the 1970s and defensive battles to sustain the legislation and gains that were made from the 1980s to today

d.      All of the  above

 

5.       The Communist movement will continue here and abroad and the people of the U.S. will have need for the a militant  CPUSA as long as

a.       The U.S. has economic and social problems

b.      There are divisions between various ethnic groups

c.       There is injustice in the U.S.

d.      The capitalist system remains dominant

 

Answers to last month’s Marxist IQ

1.c

2.c

3.d

4.d

5.d

 

 

         

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  • 1. c

    2. c

    3. b

    4. d

    5. d

    Posted by Sean Mulligan, 06/02/2014 6:37pm (10 years ago)

  • 1. c
    2. c
    3. b
    4. d
    5. d

    The role and nature of the Communists, U. S. A., as highlighted in Norman Markowitz's number 4, especially against war, racism, fascism, militarism and repression- in a word, against capitalism, has been tremendous.

    So tremendous, that W. E. B. Du Bois's statement over half century ago that the Communists, through their Party would help restore democracy to the U. S. A., even in the wake of anti-democratic law like the infamous Citizen's United has rung true, and will continue.

    Moreover, through the systematic study of U. S. history from a labor perspective, like Tamiment, the Communists will win millions of workers to their Party.

    Posted by E.E.W. Clay, 06/02/2014 11:39am (10 years ago)

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