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The original [[Center for Marxist Education]] (CME) was set up in New York City about August 6, 1969, and incorporated on Jan. 14, 1970, after the Party's convention wherein it adopted a resolution establishing such a place. The U.S. government's [[Subversive Activities Control Board]] (SACB) held hearings on a petition filed July 17, 1970, by the Attorney General designating the CME as a [[Communist Party USA]] (CPUSA) "front organization."
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The SACB held its hearings on the CME and made a finding on March 14, 1973, that the CME was a "communist front organization" and ordered it to register with the government as such. A reproduction of the Final Report, with many details about the CME and its staff/teachers/programs, was not only published by the SACB, but was included in a [[House Internal Security Committee]] (HISC) combined report on "The Communist Party Youth Program", issued April 1974.
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In the HISC report, they also included hearings/reports on other CPUSA youth fronts, including [[Advance]], [[Burning Issues Youth Organizations]], and the successor to the CP's [[W.E.B. BuBois Clubs of America]] (DCA), the [[Young Workers Liberation League]] (YWLL).<ref>The Communist Party Youth Program: Documents of the Subversive Activities Control Board on Advance and Burning Issues Youth Organizations, Center for Marxist Education, and Young Workers Liberation League, HISC, April 1974</ref>.
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This publicatin is invaluable for understanding the youth programs of the CPUSA from the late 1950's thru the early 1970's, along with the many names it provides, some of whom were still fucntioning Party members or members of the Party-split-off, the [[Committee of Correspondence for Socialism and Democracy]] (COCSD) well into the first decade of the 21st century.
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==Key Leaders,Staff, Faculty and Speakers of the Center for Marxist Education, New York City==
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Among those CPUSA members whose names appeared in the HISC/SACB publications as being connected to the CME in New York City, we find:
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*[[John Gallo]] - First Director from 1969 onward
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*[[Duba Weinstein]] - Assistant Director since June 1970
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Fall Term 1969 Teachers:
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*[[Dynamite Hallinan]] - National Committee, CPUSA
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*[[Henry Klein]] - Party member
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*[[James Jackson]] - Secretary, International Affairs Commission, National Committee
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*[[Conrad Komorowski]] - National Committee
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*[[Hyman Lumer]] - National Education Director, National Committee
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*[[George Meyers]] - Chair, Labor Commission, National Committee
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*[[Charlene Mitchell]] - Secretary, Black Liberation Commission, National Committee
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*[[Victor Perlo]] - Chairman, Economics Commission, National Committee
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*[[Jose Stevens]] - National Committee
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*[[Rasheed Storey]] -  Chairman, New York State Communist Party, National Committee
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*[[Jarvis Tyner]] - National Committee
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*[[Louis Weinstock]] - Party member, labor
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'''Center for Marxist Education''' is based in Cambridge Massachusetts and is run by the [[Communist Party USA]] and [[Committees of Correspondence]] for Democracy and Socialism.
 
'''Center for Marxist Education''' is based in Cambridge Massachusetts and is run by the [[Communist Party USA]] and [[Committees of Correspondence]] for Democracy and Socialism.
  

Revision as of 07:55, 8 May 2011

The original Center for Marxist Education (CME) was set up in New York City about August 6, 1969, and incorporated on Jan. 14, 1970, after the Party's convention wherein it adopted a resolution establishing such a place. The U.S. government's Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB) held hearings on a petition filed July 17, 1970, by the Attorney General designating the CME as a Communist Party USA (CPUSA) "front organization."

The SACB held its hearings on the CME and made a finding on March 14, 1973, that the CME was a "communist front organization" and ordered it to register with the government as such. A reproduction of the Final Report, with many details about the CME and its staff/teachers/programs, was not only published by the SACB, but was included in a House Internal Security Committee (HISC) combined report on "The Communist Party Youth Program", issued April 1974.

In the HISC report, they also included hearings/reports on other CPUSA youth fronts, including Advance, Burning Issues Youth Organizations, and the successor to the CP's W.E.B. BuBois Clubs of America (DCA), the Young Workers Liberation League (YWLL).[1].

This publicatin is invaluable for understanding the youth programs of the CPUSA from the late 1950's thru the early 1970's, along with the many names it provides, some of whom were still fucntioning Party members or members of the Party-split-off, the Committee of Correspondence for Socialism and Democracy (COCSD) well into the first decade of the 21st century.

Key Leaders,Staff, Faculty and Speakers of the Center for Marxist Education, New York City

Among those CPUSA members whose names appeared in the HISC/SACB publications as being connected to the CME in New York City, we find:

Fall Term 1969 Teachers:



Center for Marxist Education is based in Cambridge Massachusetts and is run by the Communist Party USA and Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.

History

According to director Gary Dotterman, the volunteer-run center—which will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary in January — 2005, is still open during limited hours on Thursday evenings, offering lectures, courses, book signings and film series. The center, which has a mailing list of 540 members, also operates the Bookmarx bookstore and hosts a weekly show on Cambridge cable television.

“It’s mainly a place for people to come, converse, learn and explore new ideas and some old ideas,” Dodderman says.

The space on Mass. Ave. was first used as a headquarters for Communist Party USA candidate Laura Ross, who challenged legendary Massachusetts congressman Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill in the 1970’s. After she lost—twice—the newly founded center took over the space, and to this day pays the rent using donations from members. One of its founders, MIT mathematician Dirk Struik, was banned from teaching during what Dotterman calls “the dark years of the McCarthy era.” Struik stayed on at MIT, and “he couldn’t teach but they had to pay him anyway,” Dotterman says.

Since then, the center’s space has been used by activists and hosted foreign dignitaries, including an ambassador from Haiti and representatives from Cuba. Dotterman says Harvard faculty members and students have taken part in the lecture series and study groups over the years. “We got a really good deal on the rent,” Dotterman says of the space. “We’ve grown up around it.”[2]

Director

In 2004 Al L. Sargis was the Director of the Center for Marxist Education.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ The Communist Party Youth Program: Documents of the Subversive Activities Control Board on Advance and Burning Issues Youth Organizations, Center for Marxist Education, and Young Workers Liberation League, HISC, April 1974
  2. ↑ [1] Seeing Red A Communist guide to Cambridge, Harvard Crimson, December 09, 2004
  3. ↑ [2] Unfinished Business: Socialist Market Economy By Al L. Sargis, political Affairs, January 2004
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