The Communist Labor Party together with the Communist Party of America was one of the predecessors of the Communist Party USA. It was formed August 31, 1919 by John Reed, Benjamin Gitlow and others who had been expelled from the Socialist Party of America. The Communist Party of America was formed the next day. The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is one of several Marxist-Leninist groups in the United States. ... The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is one of several Marxist-Leninist groups in the United States. ... John Reed John Jack Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 19, 1920) was a journalist and communist activist, famous for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days that Shook the World. ... Benjamin Gitlow (1891 - 1965) was a prominent American socialist of the early twentieth century. ... Election poster for Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party of America candidate for President, 1904 The Socialist Party of America was a socialist political party in the United States, the historic American member party of the Socialist International. ...

The Communist International to which the Communist Labor Party had pledged its allegiance was not happy with two communist parties and insisted on a merger which was eventually effected in May, 1921 under the name Communist Party of America which was later changed to Communist Party USA. The first edition of Communist International, journal of the Comintern published in Moscow and Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) in May 1919. ... The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is one of several Marxist-Leninist groups in the United States. ...

References

• Chapter One Soviet World of American Communism
• Adapted from the Wikinfo article, "Communist Labor Party" http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Communist_Labor_Party April 19, 2004