American Communists

Members and adherents of the Communist Party in the United States, particularly active in the early-to-mid 20th century. The term refers to the organized American communist movement and its membership, which engaged in political organizing and theoretical work, including efforts to recruit Black radicals and involvement in Marxist-theoretical disputes.

Claims that use this term

• American Communists suppressed Du Bois’s theoretical revision of Marxism
• Lenin personally ordered American Communists to recruit Black radicals from 1921 onward