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Oct 8, 2022·edited Oct 8, 2022Author

Here's another example of how similar many of the Communist Party USA's policies are to those of the Democratic Party:

"The CPUSA wholeheartedly endorse the Green New Deal and will work to build political support to strengthen and implement it. We fully support the commitment of the Green New Deal 'to promote justice and equity by stopping current, preventing future, and repairing historic oppression of indigenous peoples, communities of color, migrant communities, deindustrialized communities, depopulated rural communities, the poor, low-income workers, women, the elderly, the unhoused, people with disabilities, and youth,' and that we commit ourselves and our Party to working within these communities to advance the goals of the Green New Deal."

Source: https://cpusa.org/article/resolutions-adopted-by-the-31st-convention-of-the-communist-party-usa/

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Oct 10, 2022Liked by Elizabeth Smoots

Reading further into the Communist Party USA's website, it seems their interpretation of the Green New Deal is more communist oriented than the interpretation I read in the mainstream press. They see it as an effective launchpad for implementing more of their ideology.

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The Democratic Party's Green New Deal is heavily influenced by communist party ideas. The Communist Party USA endorses the Green New Deal and says that it wants to use it as a springboard to launch even more communist policies. For instance, they say that the Green New Deal must include guaranteed jobs or basic income and must include "sweeping reductions in U.S. military spending." It's striking how the Green New Deal resolutions have little or nothing to do with climate change or the environment.

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