History of Class Struggle in the US Democratic Party

By CHARLES D. BROWN , Esq. Subject: History of class struggle in DP

So my position is that since FDR a genuine class struggle goes on in the DP. Sometimes the Proletariat wins ; sometimes the Bourgeoisie wins . The bourgeoisie dominate the Republicans steadily; no class struggle in the Republican Party .

With FDR the working class won , he was among other major reforms , 40 HOUR WORKWEEK , THE HAYMARKET MAY DAY DEMAND . You know the one Communist Parties famously celebrate every year . That alone knocks the stuffing out of your whole Democratic Party has done nothing for us, the Proletariat.

But there was the rest of the New Deal Then as I say_ a real class struggle goes on in the DP in which sometimes the Bourgeoisie win , which speaks to all your criticisms above , including in the first place Democrat Truman started the Cold War ; and put the whole national board of the CPUSA , my Party, in prison ! This was before the Republican McCarthy. I and my Party have felt the sting of DP backstabbing more than you ! We know the treachery of Democrats better than you. But we don’t allow that cause us to subjectively take on a dogmatic anti-Democratic Party attitude.


Things change ; with Kennedy and Johnson, another big pro-proletarian reform is won. And Kennedy was assassinated by fanatics anti-Communists in the CIA for being soft on Communism. He allowed the Cuban revolution to survive , he didn’t escalate in Viet Nam and he made a nuclear testing ban treaty with the Soviets. Cuba still stands The test ban treaty was important for the International Proletariat in that period . Johnson of course got the message and invaded The Dominican Republic when there was an insurrection there ; and escalated in Viet Nam . However , Johnson basically followed the demands of the peace movement by not running for re-election. And at that point the leading candidates for President in the Democratic Party were for ending the war , again the dominant influence in the material interest of the International Proletariat.

Then of course LBJ passed the Great Society / a War on Poverty and Civil Rights Act. The low incomed and Black People are major sections of the proletariat. So this is another major reform victory through the Democratic Party. Meanwhile the Elephant in the room that you are blind too is moving steadily to the right , leaping to the antiproletarian right with Reaganism