An essential feature of the Communist Party’s work is our strategic policy. A strategic policy allows us to identify the most important political goal at this moment that, when achieved, will advance the whole working class and democratic struggle, and then to help organize and unite every force possible to make it happen.
The extreme right and the most reactionary section of the capitalist class backing it are concentrated in and around the Republican Party. Defeating this monster is the most critical thing the working class and people must do at this moment. It affects everything else, including the ability to win any social advances; this is the front line of the class struggle today.
The most decisive arena to accomplish this strategic task is the 2020 election. The aim is to oust Trump from the presidency, the GOP majority from the U.S. Senate, defend the Democratic majority in the House, and break GOP domination of governorships and state legislatures.
A majority of voters oppose Trump and Republican policies. An unprecedented voter registration, grassroots mobilization, education, and turnout, is required—and every vote must be counted.
The working-class led movement, its critical allies, all social movements, and the broad anti-right alliance are gearing up for this battle. The U.S. labor movement will no doubt play a crucial role in providing resources, mobilizing millions, and creating alliances with core groupings.
Maximum unity, or a popular front, is needed of our multi-racial, LGBTQ, multi-generational, native and foreign-born working class in alliance with all other democratic and core forces including communities of color, women, youth, immigrants, and every social movement, and left and center political currents.
The strategic policy also requires taking advantage of what Lenin called... Read More »
