The 1936 election platform of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), led by presidential candidate Earl Browder and vice-presidential candidate James W. Ford, focused on a "People's Front" against fascism and reaction. It prioritized social security, labor rights, and anti-racism over immediate revolutionary overthrow. • Digital V... +2


Key Economic Demands


• "Based upon the opening of closed factories, implementation of a 30 hour work week, establishment of old age pensions, unemployment insurance, and social security."


, as detailed in the Internet Archive summary. of the 1936 Platform.

• Continuation and expansion of federal relief through the WPA and CCC.




• Nationalization of banking, finance, and the armaments industry. • Funding through heavy taxation on the rich and corporations while repealing sales taxes. Social and Civil Rights<


• "An expansion of civil liberties, particularly for black Americans. The death penalty is sought for lynchers and anti-semitic propaganda is to be banned." • Stopping farm foreclosures and evictions alongside aid for working farmers. Political Strategy


• Urging a united front with the Socialist Party and trade unionists to defeat the "forces of reaction" and the Republican platform. Building a broad independent Farmer-Labor Q 1936 Communist Party Social and Civil Rights • "An expansion of civil liberties, particularly for black Americans. The death penalty is sought for lynchers and anti-semitic propaganda is to be banned." • Stopping farm foreclosures and evictions alongside aid for working farmers. Political Strategy • Urging a united front with the Socialist Party and trade unionists to defeat the "forces of reaction" and the Republican platform. • Building a broad independent Farmer-Labor movement. © Marxists Internet A... +2 The Communist Election Platform, 1936. Ask anything Communist <



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