Red Lives: Our Years in the U.S. Communist Party (1950–2000), Vol. 1
Red Lives: Our Years in the US Communist Party (1950–2000) is the first collection of historical analyses and reminiscences by members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and the Communist youth movement in the US from the 1950s through the 1990s. The nearly fifty first-person testimonies bring to li...
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| description | Red Lives: Our Years in the US Communist Party (1950–2000) is the first collection of historical analyses and reminiscences by members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and the Communist youth movement in the US from the 1950s through the 1990s. The nearly fifty first-person testimonies bring to life a missing chapter in the history of US radicalism and demonstrate the influence of the post–World War II generation of Communists on social justice movements. Most histories of US Communism end in 1956 when Red Lives just begins, when McCarthyism was on its final legs, the Civil Rights Movement was sweeping the American South and the whole country, the student movement was taking its first breaths, and a new generation of young people were seeking out socialists, communists, and the Communist Party in order to craft a radical, anti-establishment politics. At a time when the launching of Sputnik, the Cuban Revolution, other revolutions sweeping Africa, and the example of the Vietnamese people fighting for their freedom and independence were inspiring the world, one-third of the world was also socialist, led by the Soviet Union and China. The time was propitious for a new generation in the US to also be seeking out, and joining, the CPUSA. This first volume of Red Lives, Coming of Age in the Communist and Labor Movements, brings the stories of that generation to the forefront of American history at a time when narratives of resistance are more needed than ever before. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1742972026-03-24T06:46:08Z Red Lives: Our Years in the U.S. Communist Party (1950–2000), Vol. 1 Schaffner, Jay Friedman, Paul Hawes, Cindy Jacques, Geoffrey Johnson, Timothy Pittman, Carol Ristorucci, Donna Rosenberg, Daniel Saindon, Jackie Cold War US politics Communism Vietnam War Trade unions Communist Party of the United States of America W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs Red diaper babies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPL Political parties and party platforms thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFC Far-left political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBH Biography: historical, political and military::DNBH1 Autobiography: historical, political and military thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBH Biography: historical, political and military Red Lives: Our Years in the US Communist Party (1950–2000) is the first collection of historical analyses and reminiscences by members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and the Communist youth movement in the US from the 1950s through the 1990s. The nearly fifty first-person testimonies bring to life a missing chapter in the history of US radicalism and demonstrate the influence of the post–World War II generation of Communists on social justice movements. Most histories of US Communism end in 1956 when Red Lives just begins, when McCarthyism was on its final legs, the Civil Rights Movement was sweeping the American South and the whole country, the student movement was taking its first breaths, and a new generation of young people were seeking out socialists, communists, and the Communist Party in order to craft a radical, anti-establishment politics. At a time when the launching of Sputnik, the Cuban Revolution, other revolutions sweeping Africa, and the example of the Vietnamese people fighting for their freedom and independence were inspiring the world, one-third of the world was also socialist, led by the Soviet Union and China. The time was propitious for a new generation in the US to also be seeking out, and joining, the CPUSA. This first volume of Red Lives, Coming of Age in the Communist and Labor Movements, brings the stories of that generation to the forefront of American history at a time when narratives of resistance are more needed than ever before. 2026-03-24T06:45:57Z 2026-03-24T06:45:57Z 2026-03-23T15:32:39Z 2026 book ONIX_20260323T152922_9781685712914_4 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112158 9781685712914 9781685712907 9781685712976 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174297 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112158/1/9781685712914.pdf punctum books punctum books 10.53288/0455.1.00 10.53288/0455.1.00 12970da4-0116-4486-b8be-fc9756703ab1 9781685712914 9781685712907 9781685712976 punctum books 412 Earth, Milky Way open access |
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| title | Red Lives: Our Years in the U.S. Communist Party (1950–2000), Vol. 1 |
| title_full | Red Lives: Our Years in the U.S. Communist Party (1950–2000), Vol. 1 |
| title_fullStr | Red Lives: Our Years in the U.S. Communist Party (1950–2000), Vol. 1 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Red Lives: Our Years in the U.S. Communist Party (1950–2000), Vol. 1 |
| title_short | Red Lives: Our Years in the U.S. Communist Party (1950–2000), Vol. 1 |
| title_sort | red lives our years in the u s communist party 1950 2000 vol 1 |
| topic | Cold War US politics Communism Vietnam War Trade unions Communist Party of the United States of America W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs Red diaper babies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPL Political parties and party platforms thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFC Far-left political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBH Biography: historical, political and military::DNBH1 Autobiography: historical, political and military thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBH Biography: historical, political and military |
| topic_facet | Cold War US politics Communism Vietnam War Trade unions Communist Party of the United States of America W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs Red diaper babies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPL Political parties and party platforms thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFC Far-left political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBH Biography: historical, political and military::DNBH1 Autobiography: historical, political and military thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBH Biography: historical, political and military |
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