>I hope to reply to some other points Doug made soon, but for now,
>here's a reply to just one.
>
>He wrote: "American Communists did many admirable things amidst
>the many brutalities & idiocies that are all too well known ...."
>
>But Doug, it isn't true that their true history and legacy are
>all that well known.
Andrew, anyone who's drawn more than 3 or 4 breaths in the U.S. over the last 60 or 70 years is fully aware of the shortcomings of the CPUSA. Foregrounding only the negative side of this complicated institution does no one but anti-Communists a favor.
Doug