Norman Markowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Norman Markowitz
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Sit down! The CPUSA, the CIO, and the great industrial union drive
June 3, 2019In the second half of the 1930s, Communists took on the task of organizing America's industrial workforce and fighting fascism in Spain.
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The Communist Party in the ’30s: The Depression and the great upsurge
May 14, 2019When the Depression struck, Herbert Hoover and the business press said to wait for economic adjustment. But unemployed and hungry people couldn't wait.
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The Communist Party in the 1920s: The first decade of struggle
April 24, 2019During its first ten years, the new Communist Party jumped into struggles on a range of fronts - from labor to racism to defense of the foreign born.
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Opinion
What fascism’s history can tell us about Trump’s takeover
November 14, 2016The left should face the fact that this election is the most significant electoral victory for fascist mass politics since World War II.
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U.S.
In the vanguard for gay liberation: The life of Communist organizer Harry Hay
June 7, 2016In 1950, Harry Hay, longtime Communist and union activist, founded the Mattachine Society, one of America's first LGBTQ rights organizations.
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U.S.
Would-be president Christie exposed by his New Jersey record
July 27, 2015While Chris Christie campaigns for the presidency, the people of New Jersey continue to suffer the consequences of his disastrous policies.
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Opinion
A second look at FDR’s “Second Bill of Rights”
June 4, 2015In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, preparing to run for a fourth term, proposed a "Second Bill of Rights" for post World War II U.S.
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Opinion
Chris Christie’s hero
May 19, 2014In Christie's own words, one can see what he really stands for. His praise of Walker, the Koch-owned governor of Wisconsin, shows his true political colors.
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